This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their “Personally Identifiable Information” (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in United States privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect, or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our websites and their subdomains. These websites may also be referenced collectively as “the site” in this privacy policy.
Who we are
Our website addresses are AuRiseCreative.com (our business website), TessaWatkins.com (Tessa’s personal website, formerly the business website), and Just1Voice.com (Tessa’s educational and advocacy website).
What personal data we collect
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or other details to help you with your experience. When visitors leave comments or product reviews on the site we collect the data shown in their respective forms, 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or product review the content and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments and product reviews automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, have made purchases, or have left comments or product reviews, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
When we collect data
We collect information from you when you visit our site, register an account on our site, make a purchase on our site, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, enter information on our site, or attend a local event.
How we use your information
We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To improve our website in order to better serve you.
- To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We use cookies to:
- Understand and save users’ preferences for future visits.
- Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your browser warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It may affect your experience, or features may be less efficient or may not function properly.
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.
Embedded YouTube Videos
For details on how your PII is kept private and secure in regards to watching embedded YouTube videos on our Site, please refer to YouTube’s rules and policies and Google’s privacy policy since YouTube is a Google-owned property.
Embedded TikTok Videos
For details on how your PII is kept private and secure in regards to watching embedded TikTok videos on our Site, please refer to their community guidelines, safety center, and privacy policy.
Embedded Facebook Content
For details on how your PII is kept private and secure in regards to embedded Facebook content on our Site, please refer to their privacy center, particularly their privacy policy, cookies policy, and information for people who don’t use Meta products.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments and product reviews may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Analytics
This site uses Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for tracking anonymous user data.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your PII.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Do Not Track Signals
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.
We may use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
- Demographics and Interests Reporting
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add-on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting PII from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. For more information, click here.
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
- Users can visit our site anonymously.
- Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it in the footer of every page of this microsite.
- Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
Any Privacy Policy changes that occur will take place on the Privacy Policy page and the date at the bottom will be updated with the date of the day the change was made.
You can change your personal information:
- By logging in to your account
- By contacting the site administrator
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 18 years old.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
- We will notify the users via in-site notification within seven (7) business days
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
This site may send you automated emails based on your account settings for notifications in addition to any user-triggered requests such as forgetting your password.
Automated emails from this Site are sent from no-reply@aurisecreative.com, no-reply@tessawatkins.com, or no-reply@just1voice.com.
Newsletter
We utilize MailChimp, a third-party online marketing platform, for sending out our email newsletters. For more information on how your PII is kept private and secure in regards to your email newsletter subscription, please refer to their privacy policy and data security and privacy information.
CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:
- Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
- Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
- Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
- Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
- Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email or update your email preferences on your account page and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence that would be sent automatically from this website.
Unsubscribing does not prevent other users from sending you emails from their email account.
Online Meetings
We utilize Zoom, a third-party online video conferencing platform, for conducting online meetings. By scheduling an online consultation or registering for a Zoom event directly on our website, relevant data will be sent to Zoom for registration purposes. For more information on how your PII is kept private and secure on Zoom’s platform, please refer to their privacy and security policies.
Any meeting that is recorded for public use may use your audio and/or video upon consent at the start of the recording. You may revoke consent at any time by disabling your audio and/or video during the event or exiting the meeting.
All meetings hosted by us will enable Zoom’s default automatic live transcriptions at the start.
Online Monetary Transactions
As a provider of products and services, we utilize several technologies and platforms to engage in online payment transactions.
Harvest
We utilize Iridesco LLC, d/b/a Harvest for invoicing. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their privacy policy.
Wave
We utilize Wave Financial Inc. for invoicing. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their security and privacy and privacy policy.
Printful
We utilize Printful Inc. for selling products online. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their policies page, particularly their privacy policy.
RedBubble
We utilize Redbubble as an option for selling products online. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their privacy policy.
Stripe
We utilize Stripe, Inc. for managing online payments. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their privacy policy.
Cash App
We utilize Cash App, a service of Block, Inc. (formerly known as Square, Inc.) as an option for managing online payments. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their privacy policy.
Venmo
We utilize Venmo, a service of PayPal, Inc., as an option for managing online payments. For information on how your PII is kept private and secure on their platform, please refer to their privacy policy.
Venmo may disclose your personal information to their parent company, PayPal Inc., companies that get merged or acquired by their parent company, and others as outlined in their privacy policy. For more information, please refer to PayPal’s privacy hub, particularly their privacy statement and how they can hold the balance for up to 180+ days or be subject to a minimum of $2,500 USD fine per violation for activities such as transactions involving “certain sexually orientated materials or services” or providing “false, inaccurate, or misleading information” which is purposely vague and under their discretion as to what that includes.
Contact
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at:
AuRise Creative
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
Phone: 412-906-9498
Email: Tessa@AuRiseCreative.com
Last updated February 4, 2023.
