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Privacy Policy 2023

Privacy Policy of Magnolia-Mountain- Jewelry.com

 This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.

 Owner and Data Controller

 Mountain Path Media dba Magnolia Mountain Jewelry

209 Brady Rd, New Bloomfield, 17068

 Owner contact email: Mickey@mountainpathmedia.com

 Types of Data collected

 Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; city; device information; email address; Data communicated while using the service; first name; last name; billing address; shipping address; state; ZIP/Postal code; house number.

 Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

 Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

 Mode and place of processing the  Data

 Methods of processing

 The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

 Legal basis of processing

 The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

 Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;

Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre- contractual obligations thereof; processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject; processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner; processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

 In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

 Place

 The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

 Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

 Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

 If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

 Retention time

 Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

 Therefore:

  •  Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

 The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon the order of an authority.

 Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

 The purposes of processing

 The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Analytics, Contacting the User, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Interaction with live chat platforms, Platform services and hosting, Registration and authentication, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website, Remarketing and behavioral targeting and Tag Management.

 For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section

“Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

 Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services: Analytics

 The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

 Google Analytics (Google LLC)

 Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

 Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy –  Opt Out.

 Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)

 Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting  Google’s official documentation.

 Personal Data processed: city; device information; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy –  Opt Out. Contacting the User

Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)

 By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

 Personal Data processed: email address.

 Interaction with external social networks and platforms

 This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.

The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.

This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when

Users do not use it.

It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

 The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services, allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

 Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest, Inc.)

 The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services, allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

 Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy. Interaction with live chat platforms

This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of this

Website, in order to contact and be contacted by this Website‘s support service.

If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

 Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

 The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Facebook Messenger live chat platform provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

 

Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

Inbox Live Chat widget  (Inbox)

 The Inbox Live Chat widget is a service for interacting with the Inbox live chat platform provided by Inbox. Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

 Platform services and hosting

 These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.

Some of these services work  through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Shopify (Shopify Inc.)

 Shopify is a platform provided by Shopify Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host an e-commerce website.

 Personal Data processed: billing address; email address; first name; last name; shipping address; Usage Data.

 Place of processing: Canada –  Privacy Policy.

 Registration and authentication

 By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.

Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.

Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

 Facebook Authentication (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

 Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

 Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

Pinterest OAuth  (Pinterest, Inc.)

 Pinterest  OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Pinterest, Inc. and is connected to the Pinterest social network.

 Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

 By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

 Direct registration (this Website)

 The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Website.

 Personal Data processed: billing address; city; email address; first name; house number; last name; state; ZIP/Postal code.

 Remarketing and behavioral targeting

 This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.

This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.

Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.

Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

 Facebook Custom Audience (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

 Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

 Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page. Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers.

Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy –  Opt Out.

 Tag Management

 This type of service helps  the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.

This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

 Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

 Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC. Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States –  Privacy Policy.

 Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

 In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by  YourOnlineChoices (EU), the  Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the  Digital Advertising Alliance (US),  DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow

Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that

Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

 The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called  AppChoices that helps Users to control interest- based advertising on mobile apps.

 Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

 Further information about the processing of Personal Data

 Preference Cookies

 Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on this Website in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.

 Profiling of Virginia consumers

 We perform automated processing of your personal data to evaluate, analyze, or predict personal aspects related to, for example, your economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. Such profiling activity is done in furtherance of decisions that result in the provision or denial of, for example, financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment or opportunity, criminal justice, employment opportunities, healthcare services, or access to essential goods or services.

 You always have the right to opt out from this kind of profiling activity. To fully exercise this right to opt out you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document. To find out more about your rights and how to exercise them, you can consult the section of this document outlining your rights under the VCDPA.

 Rights for registered California Users under the  age of 18

 California's "Online Eraser" law, part of California's Business and Professions Code Sections 22580-22582, requires operators of certain websites and online services targeting minors to allow registered Users who are under the age of 18 and residents of California to request removal of content they post.

 If a registered User fits that description and posted content on this Website, they may request removal of such content by contacting the Owner or its privacy policy coordinator at the contact details provided in this document.

 In response to this request, the Owner may make content posted by the registered User invisible to other registered Users and the public (rather than deleting it entirely), in which case the content may remain on the Owner's servers. It may also be publicly available elsewhere if a third party copied and reposted this content.

 We do not collect personal data about Virginia consumers below the  age of 13

 We do not knowingly collect personal data of Virginia consumers who are below the age of 13 nor do we sell their data or process them for targeted advertising purposes.

 The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner. In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

 Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.

Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.

Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.

Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

Restrict the  processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.

Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.

Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.

Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

 Details about the right to object to processing

 Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

 Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

 Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

 Additional information about Data collection and processing

 Legal action

 The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.

The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

 Additional information about User's Personal Data

 In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

 System logs and maintenance

 For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

 Information not contained in this policy

 More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

 How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

 This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests.

To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

 Changes to this privacy policy

 The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

 Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

 Definitions and legal references

 Personal Data (or  Data)

 Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

 Usage Data

 Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment. 

User

 The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

 Data Subject

 The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

 Data Processor (or  Data Supervisor)

 The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

 Data Controller (or  Owner)

 The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

 This Website (or  this Application)

 The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

 Service

 The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

 European Union (or  EU)

 Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

 Cookie

 Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.

 Tracker

 Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

 Legal information

 This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

 This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document. Latest update: December 31, 2022