Effective from July 2019.
Privacy Policy contents
Privacy policy
GDPR
CCPA
Consent
How we collect information
Retention periods
Security
3rd Parties
Google Analytics
Google Ads & Google Analytics Advertising Features
Facebook
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
Cookies set by this website
Cookie management
“Do Not Track” (DNT) disclosure clause
Privacy Policy changes
Contact information
Privacy Policy
Please be advised that this Site is hosted in the United States and is only intended for users in United States.
GDPR
As we only target, market to, sell and ship within the United States, and do not do targeted marketing to customers within the EU, or monitor the behavior of users located in the EU, our company do not have to comply with EU GDPR regulations.
Having a website accessible in the EU is not, by itself, sufficient to create an “establishment” in the EU and is insufficient to trigger GDPR applicability.
If you access the Site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data to the United States, and you expressly consent to have your data transferred to and processed in the United States under the laws applicable here.
CCPA
As we are a small company we do not meet the thresholds stated in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), and are therefore not required to be compliant with the CCPA.
If or when we do meet the thresholds we will, of course, amend our website and privacy policy to be compliant with CCPA.
The thresholds are stated in the legislation section 1798.140.
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(A) Has annual gross revenues in excess of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 1798.185.
(B) Alone or in combination, annually buys, receives for the business’ commercial purposes, sells, or shares for commercial purposes, alone or in combination, the personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices.
(C) Derives 50 percent or more of its annual revenues from selling consumers’ personal information.
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Read the whole legislation here.
To specify:
- We are nowhere near an annual gross revenue of more than twenty-five million dollars
- Neither do we have much website traffic and do not reach the threshold of more than 50,000 visits to our website from Californian residents a year
- And lastly, we do not sell any personal information to anybody
Further, we do not knowingly accept, request, or solicit information from children or knowingly market to children or people under the age of 18. Therefore, we do not comply with the Content Eraser law, and in accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we receive actual knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from the Site as quickly as is reasonably practical.
Pure Scenic respects the privacy of our users and is fully committed to comply with all applicable laws, policies, and regulations relating to the collection of information from users and protect your personal data and use it in accordance with legal obligations.
This Privacy Policy describes how we may collect and use personal data and the rights granted to our visitors and customers.
By accessing or using this website you signify your approval of the terms set out in this Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Shipping and Returns, and other terms and policies posted on our website.
If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you must leave this website and discontinue all use of any of our Services.
We collect the following data to confirm your identity, contact you, invoice you, and otherwise provide our services.
• Name/Company name
• Shipping and billing address
• Email address and phone number
• Payment details
To give you access and to improve our services, we may collect data about:
• How and when you access our website
• Information about the device and browser you use
• Your network connection
• Your IP-address
• Information that is collected from cookies and similar technology we use
• Other information you share via e-mail and chat
We use this information to provide and enhance our services and answer any questions you may have.
We collect the above-mentioned personal data when the user uses or accesses our services or places an order.
Upon starting to use our services or when you subscribe to our newsletters, we may process your email address to send you informative materials. At any point in time you can unsubscribe from receiving the above-mentioned information in our email footers.
Consent
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us by e-mail: help@purescenic.com to find out what information we have collected about you, and to request any changes.
How we collect information
We collect information by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. You are free to refuse our request for this information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services without it.
Retention periods
We may retain your personal data for as long as your relationship with us is active or as otherwise needed to provide you our services.
After terminating your relationship with us or otherwise ceasing to use our services, we may continue to store copies of your personal data as reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes between you and us to prevent fraud and abuse, to enforce our agreements, and/or to protect our legitimate interests.
Note that we cannot delete all information about your purchases, as we need your invoicing information for our bookkeeping. The general rule is to keep accounting records for 7 years, so expect your invoice information to be kept electronically in our bookkeeping application for this long.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, that is why the entire site is SSL-encrypted. But remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
3rd Parties
Note that while our service may contain links to other websites or services, we are not responsible for each respective website’s or service’s privacy practices, and encourage you to be aware when you leave our Services and read the privacy statements of each and every website and service you visit. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites and services.
We use third-party services for:
• Analytics tracking (Google Analytics)
• User authentication
• Advertising and promotion (Google Ads, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Affiliate Network)
• Content marketing
• Email marketing (MailChimp)
• Payment processing (Stripe, Bank of America)
• Bookkeeping (Quickbooks)
• Customer Relationship Management/CRM (Agile CRM)
These services may access our data solely for the purpose of performing specific tasks on our behalf.
We do not share any personally identifying information with them without your explicit consent. We do not give them permission to disclose or use any of our data for any other purpose.
We do not otherwise share or supply personal information to third parties.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to marketers or third parties.
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so.
Google Analytics
Purescenic.com uses Google Analytics to track website visitor activity.
We will not pass information to Google that Google could use or recognize as personally identifiable information.
Read more on this link from Google on how Google collects and processes data:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Purescenic.com uses user ID tracking in Google Analytics. User ID’s are anonymous.
We do not share any data that allows Google or any other company to personally identify an individual (by name, Social Security Number, email address, or any similar data), or data that permanently identifies a particular device (such as a unique device identifier if such an identifier cannot be reset).
To learn about Google’s privacy practices, see here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can opt out of having your information used by Google Analytics. To access and use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, see here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Google Ads & Google Analytics Advertising Features
We use Googles advertising service “Google Ads” to advertise for our business.
This means that you might see our ads in Googles search results in the Google Search Engine or you might see our banner ads when you visit websites that are part of Googles partner network “Google Display Network”.
We also utilise Google Analytics Advertising Features that enable us to use interest-based advertising including remarketing, which let us show personalised ads to you on Googles partner network.
This for example means that after you visit our site, you could see an ad for our wall art on a different site that shows ads served by Google.
Interest-based advertising also let us market to similar audiences, meaning if we have a list of people Google help us advertise to people who are similar to our audience.
Read more about ad personalization on Googles website:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can opt-out of ad personalization through your ad settings on your Google account:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
We advertise on Facebook and to analyse the effectiveness of our advertising we use the Facebook pixel.
The Facebook pixel collects data that helps us track conversions from Facebook ads, optimize ads, build targeted audiences for future ads, and remarket to people who have already taken some kind of action on our website.
It works by placing and triggering cookies to track users as they interact with our website and our Facebook ads.
See instructions under “Cookie management” on how to opt-out of cookies or remove cookies that have already been set.
We advertise on Linkedin and to analyse the effectiveness of our advertising we use the LinkedIn Insight Tag.
We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to track conversions, retarget website visitors, and unlock additional insights about LinkedIn members interacting with our ads.
The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of data regarding members’ visits to our website, including the URL, referrer, IP address, device and browser characteristics (User Agent), and timestamp. This data is encrypted, the IP addresses are truncated, and members’ direct identifiers are removed within seven days in order to make the data pseudonymous. This remaining, pseudonymized data is then deleted within 90 days.
LinkedIn does not share the personal data with us, it only provides aggregated reports about the website audience and ad performance. LinkedIn also provides retargeting for website visitors, enabling the us to show personalized ads off its website by using this data, but without identifying the LinkedIN member.
LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes through their account settings.
Also, see instructions under “Cookie management” on how to opt-out of cookies or remove cookies that have already been set.
We advertise on Pinterest and to analyze the effectiveness of our advertising we track user behavior. By using this website you consent to that data collection, sharing, and usage.
The information collected will only be used for ads personalization. It will be shared with third parties for online behavioral advertising. If you do not wish for this to happen you can opt-out of online behavioral advertising through your Pinterest personalization settings and/or the AdChoices website: optout.aboutads.info
Also, see instructions under “Cookie management” on how to opt-out of cookies or remove cookies that have already been set.
Cookie Policy
We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site.
This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.
We use cookies to help improve your experience of https://purescenic.com
This cookie policy is part of Pure Scenic’s Privacy Policy, and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though they are not covered by our policy.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit, typically containing information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognise your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.
A cookie is stored on your computer, and accessed each time you visit our website, so we can understand how you use our site.
The cookie allows our website to “remember” your actions and preferences over time, like for example storage of your shopping card items between visits.
Please note that cookies don’t allow us to gain control of your computer in any way.
A cookie is not a program, it cannot contain viruses or malware and is not harmful in any way.
Cookies are used to enable certain features (eg. logging in), to track site usage (eg. analytics), to store your user settings (eg. timezone, notification preferences), and to personalise your content (eg. advertising, language).
Cookies set by the website you are visiting are normally referred to as “first-party cookies”, and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies (ie. third parties) are called “third-party cookies”, and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Cookies set by this website
Example of third-party cookies that are used and set by this website:
• Google Analytics cookie
• Google advertising cookies
• Doubleclick cookie (Google Analytics Advertising features, Youtube etc.)
• Facebook pixel
• LinkedIn Insights tag
Cookie management
You can manage the cookies that are set on your device.
If you want to disable cookies, you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser:
Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Opera:
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
Safari:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
We recommend you accept cookies from us, as some functionality on the website are dependent on them, like remembering your items in the shopping cart.
If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you can delete cookies from the purescenic.com domain or instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://purescenic.com, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services, as they may be depending on remembering the choices you make on the website via a cookie.
Opt-out of cookies and interest-based advertising collectively
To learn more about how you can opt-out of cookies and interest-based advertising visit the link below:
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1
Note: Opting out of interest-based advertising does not mean you will no longer see ads online. It does mean that the company or companies from which you opt-out will no longer show ads that have been tailored to your interests. Ads shown to you will now be selected at random.
“Do Not Track” (DNT) disclosure clause
In 2010, the US Federal Trade Commission issued a privacy report challenging internet browsers to provide a “do not track” feature. Also called DNT, this feature allows consumers to avoid having their online actions monitored.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to the DNT settings. Because there isn’t an industry or legal standard for recongnizing and honoring DNT signals, we don’t respond to them at this time. – Sadly, we cannot, as even if we did it would only apply to our own first-party cookies and not third-party cookies, like for example from Google Analytics and Google Ads and others, who do not currently comply with the DNT settings.
Privacy Policy changes
We may occasionally amend this Privacy Policy, for example in cases when we introduce new services or new features. The amendments to this Privacy Policy enter into force and are applied from the moment they have been uploaded to this page.
Therefore, we encourage you to check this page from time to time. By continuing to use our services or otherwise providing personal data to us, after the amendments to this policy have been implemented, you agree to the updated terms of Privacy Policy.
Contact information
If you have any questions about your personal data or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to file a complaint about how we process your personal data, please contact us by email at help@purescenic.com
We will do our best to respond quickly, within 1 – 3 business days.