Privacy Policy – Cocoa & Hearth

Last Updated: August 2, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Cocoa & Hearth (“Company”, “we”, “our”, “us”)! We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at support@cocoaandhearth.org.

When you visit our website cocoaandhearth.org (the “Site”) and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we describe our privacy practices. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. Please read this policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information, and social media login data. We also collect information automatically as you navigate through the site. This information may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our Site for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We use the information we collect or receive:

To facilitate account creation and logon process.
To send you marketing and promotional communications.
To send administrative information to you.
Fulfill and manage your orders.
To post testimonials.
Deliver targeted advertising to you.
Administer prize draws and competitions.Request Feedback.
To protect our Site.
To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, or in connection with our contract.
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm.

4. Sharing Your Information

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

Compliance with Laws.
Vital Interests and Legal Rights.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers.
Business Transfers.
Affiliates.
Business Partners.
With your Consent.
Other Users.

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

6. Retention of Your Information

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

7. Security of Your Information

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

The right to request access to your personal data.
The right to request correction of your personal data.
The right to request erasure of your personal data.
The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
The right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
The right to request the transfer of your personal data.
The right to withdraw consent.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at support@cocoaandhearth.org or by our support form.