Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy governs data collection and usage on https://lightinnewengland.com. By using the Light in New England website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://lightinnewengland.com. This blog is authored by Courtney Cania / Courtney Cania Photography LLC. You can reach us by emailing lightinnewengland@gmail.com.
Information We Collect
In order to better provide you with products and services we may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
– First and Last Name
– Mailing Address
– Email Address
– Phone Number
– Date of Birth
If you purchase products and services from Light in New England or its website, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect or maintain information at our website from children under the age of 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract those under 13.
Mailing List
When you subscribe to the mailing list, we collect your name, email, and birthday month and day. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Light in New England, you may opt out of such communications. Users can stop receiving emails by replying with “STOP” in subject line of emails, or clicking the “unsubscribe” link.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Affiliate Links
Courtney Cania/Light in New England has financial relationships with ShareASale, Commission Junction, and Awin which provide affiliate marketing partnerships for merchants. Some links on Light in New England website pages and posts (where explicitly noted) contain a tracking code. While you are not obligated to purchase the products from these sites, when you do, I receive a commission. Only products that I have used and love are promoted on this site. The commission comes at no additional cost to you. Brands that I have an affiliate relationship with are:
Artifact Uprising
Etsy
KEH
Micheals
Minted
Who we share your data with
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Light in New England does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Light in New England may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Light in New England, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Light in New England may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Light in New England or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Light in New England; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Light in New England, or the public.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Light in New England. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Light in New England website.
Use of Cookies
The Light in New England website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Light in New England pages, or register with Light in New England site or services, a cookie helps Light in New England recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Light in New England web page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Light in New England website features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Light in New England services or websites you visit.
Cookies Used for Comments
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Security of your Personal Information
Light in New England secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Light in New England uses the following methods for this purpose:
– SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Changes to this Statement
Courtney Cania Photography reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.