ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: Sept 23, 2017

This Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by Veritas By Design, LLC., and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (“Veritas By Design, LLC” or “We”). This privacy policy (“Policy”) applies to consumer users of Veritas By Design, LLC's websites, including veritasbydesign.com, shop.veritasbydesign.com (collectively, “Sites”). This Policy does not apply to websites, applications, or services that do not display or link to this statement or that display or link to different privacy statements.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

We collect information about you in various ways when you use our Sites. We collect personal information you provide to us. For example, we collect your name, email address, postal address, phone number, date of birth, password, demographics, photos, and other information you provide us on our Sites. We also collect credit card numbers and other payment information if you purchase our products on our Sites. We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect on our Sites. 

When you visit our Sites, some information is automatically collected. For example, when you visit our Sites your computer’s operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, and the website you visited before our site are logged automatically. We also collect information about your usage and activity on our Sites.

• Cookies.  We may automatically collect information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Sites and your experience. We use cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits to our Sites.

• Web Beacons.  We may collect information using Web beacons. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our Sites or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon.

• Local Shared Objects.  We may use local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences such as volume control or to display content based upon what you view on our sites to personalize your visit. Third party partners provide certain features on our sites and display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity using Flash cookies to collect and store information.  Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and way in which data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser usually will not remove Flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for certain Flash cookies click here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html#117118 

Google Analytics.  We use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Site.  Google Analytics uses Cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other personally identifying information.  We do not combine the information generated through the use of Google Analytics with any of your personal information collected through our Sites or otherwise. Although Google Analytics plants a persistent Cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Site, the Cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google.  Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

Third Party Advertisements

We may also use third parties to serve ads on the Site. Certain third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our Site (but not your name, address, email address, or telephone number). They do this using cookies, clear gifs, or other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our Site and the other sites tracked by these third parties.  This policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, cookies or clear gifs in third party ads, and we encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

USE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use personal information collected through our Sites for purposes described in this Policy or disclosed to you on our Sites or in connection with our services. For example, we may use your information to:

• operate and improve our Sites, products, and services;
• understand you and your preferences to enhance your experience and enjoyment using our Sites, products, and services;
• process and deliver contest entries and rewards;
• respond to your comments and questions and provide customer service;

• provide and deliver products and services you request;
• to send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;

• communicate with you about new contests, promotions, rewards, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by Veritas By Design, LLC. and our selected partners;
• link or combine it with other personal information we get from third parties, to help understand your needs and provide you with better service.

Veritas By Design, LLC. may store and process personal information in the United States and other countries.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Information You Share

Our Sites allow you to connect and share your actions, comments, photos, content, and information publicly or with friends. We may also allow you to connect and share on third-party sites and services.  Our privacy policy does not cover any third-party sites or their services, including social networking services made available through our Sites. For information about a third party’s privacy practices, please consult its privacy policy.

Please be mindful of your own privacy needs as you choose who to connect with and what to share and make public.  We cannot control the privacy or security of information you choose to make public. If you share information about others, we suggest you get consent for any information you may share about them.

Information We Share

We disclose your personal information as described below and as described elsewhere in this Policy:

• with your consent, for example, when you agree to our sharing your information with other third parties for their own marketing purposes subject to their separate privacy policies;
• with third party vendors, consultants and other service providers who work for us and need access to your information to do that work;
• to (i) comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, (ii) to protect the rights and property of VERITAS BY DESIGN, LLC. our agents, customers, members, and others including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use or (iii) in an emergency to protect the personal safety of VERITAS BY DESIGN, LLC., its customers, or any person;
• in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition, or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets to another company.  In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal information may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company acquires our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the personal information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your personal information as described in this Policy.

We may also share aggregated or deidentified information.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take reasonable steps to help protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

YOUR INFORMATION CHOICES AND CHANGES

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as emails about your accounts or our ongoing business relations. You may also send requests about your contact preferences and changes to your information including requests to opt-out of sharing your personal information with third parties by emailing info@veritasbydesign.com

Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Site visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this Policy, we will change the “Last Updated” date above.