Privacy Notice
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Kipmark, and our website; http://www.kipmark.com. We appreciate the trust you place in us by choosing to visit our website and we consider your security to be of utmost importance.
This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:
These are the things most important to us:
• What information we collect;
• With whom it is shared;
• How it can be corrected;
• How it is secured;
• How policy changes will be communicated;
• How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We collect a variety of information types including the following that you might provide:
-Contact Information: name, address, phone number, email address
-Purchase Information: items purchased, payment information, billing and shipping information, items in your shopping cart, account information volunteered, samples requested, online artwork storage, credit applications
-Preference Information: information provided based on contact preferences, survey information
We also collect a variety of information types including the following that can be obtained simply through your browsing of our site:
-Device and browsing information: including information about your phone, tablet, computer, or device, and online browsing activity (collectively, “automatically collected information”). Automatically collected information may include IP addresses, unique device identifiers, cookie identifiers, device and browser settings and information, and Internet service provider information. Automatically collected information also may include information about your browsing behavior on our website, such as the date and time of your visit or use, the websites you visit before coming and after leaving our website (ie. referring URLs, how you navigate and what you search for using our website and mobile application, the website pages and items you view using our website and mobile application, and the items you purchase.
This information is collected solely for the monitoring and improvement of our service to you as a valued customer.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
External use of provided information:
Please note that there are instances where we share your volunteered information with third parties.
Kipmark, similar to other internet retailers, employs other companies and individuals to perform specific functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivery of packages, mail and e-mail, address hygiene, credit card processing services, research that improves the quality of services or offers provided to you, or performing a credit check if requested as part of your order. These providers have access to the information that they require to perform their functions but are strictly forbidden from using it for any other purposes.
Your Access and Control of Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:
• See what data we have about you, if any.
• Change/correct any data we have about you.
• Have us delete any data we have about you.
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data
In the event we are required to respond to a subpoena, court order or other legal process, your personal information may be disclosed pursuant to such subpoena, court order or other legal process, which may be without notice to you.
Account Registration
During account registration when necessary a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address, etc). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest unless otherwise requested. At your option, you may also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but it is not required.
Orders
We request information from you on our order form. To purchase from us, you must provide contact information (including name, billing and shipping address) and financial information (including credit card number, expiration date, cvc code). This information needed for billing purposes and to fill orders placed. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you. For your security, all above information is collected and stored via encrypted means.
Sharing
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.
Security and Social Media
We take the important steps to protect your online confidentiality and security. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page. We review our security procedures periodically and revise them when necessary.
Please note that whatever you transmit or disclose online could be collected and used by others or even unlawfully intercepted by third parties. No data transmission over the internet can ever be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us. You may also take steps of your own to protect your information.
The following are examples of ways to further protect your internet security:
-reviewing accounts and immediately reporting any unrecognized activity
-installing the latest security updates and anti-virus software on your computer
-use complex passwords for account registration
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
We encourage you to review your privacy options and settings with the social media platforms and networks you use to understand what choices you have about sharing information from those platforms and networks with us. Please be aware that certain social media platforms or features, such as the Facebook® virtual button, the Twitter® virtual button and other similar Features buttons may be used to collect your IP address, determine what pages you are are visiting and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social media Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with social media Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Cookies
We use "cookies" on this site to optimize your buying experience. (A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site.) Examples of this include recording session information, Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. It is important to note that usage cookies is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information and will not compromise your internet security.
The use of cookies is up to your discretion as you can disable cookies on your computer or electronic device. Please note that certain features of our site may be inhibited if cookies are disabled.
Children's Privacy
Kipmark does not knowingly request or collect personal information from any person under 13 years of age without prior verifiable parental consent. Any information collected from a suspected minor will be deleted in accordance with applicable law.
Link Disclaimer
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Notification of Changes
We may make changes to this Policy, and may apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. When we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you by posting the updated Policy on our website, and we will update the effective date at the end of this Policy.
Additional provisions
California law entitles residents to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal information we share with third parties for third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Unless you request us to or consent to us doing so, Kipmark does not sell any personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone or email.
Our website or mobile application may provide links to other Internet sites, content or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties. We are not responsible for the sites, content, or videos accessed via the links, and we have not reviewed the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of those third parties.
Effective Date
This policy is effective January 1, 2018.