Privacy Policy
Our website address is: https://thecrookedolive.com
This Privacy Policy was last updated on February, 6th 2023
The Crooked Olive (“I”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respects the privacy of our visitors (“you”) and recognizes that your personal information is extremely important to keep secure. We are here to inform you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of all personal information TheCrookedOlive.com (the “website”) receives from anyone who views, uses, or visits our website.
If you desire to not be bound by this Privacy Policy, do not use or visit this website. By accessing our website you have agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy and your continued use of the website after updates or changes have been made to the Privacy Policy represents your acceptance of those alterations.
Privacy Of Children
Any individual 13 years of age or younger is forbidden to use this website. Therefore, we do not deliberately collect, use, or disclose the personal information of children (anyone 13 years of age or younger) without the consent of the parent or guardian of said child. Please contact us if you believe that the personal information of an individual 13 years of age or younger is being used without the consent of the parent or guardian so that the information can be permanently removed from our records.
The Collection and Use of Information
While using, viewing, or visiting our website you may be prompted to provide personal information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include but is not limited to your name, avatar image, email address, physical address, phone number, and credit card number when purchasing from the website.
The Personal Information that is collected is used to improve our website to provide you with a more personalized, customer-oriented, and efficient experience. This information may also be used to exchange correspondence with you when promoting products and/or following up with you on inquiries or business. In addition, we may use this personal information to promote offers from our partners and/or affiliates to you for a commission that has no additional cost to you.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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.
Log Data
Like many other websites, we may also collect information that your computer browser sends to our website when you visit it, this is known as “Log Data”.
This Log Data may include information such as your computers Internet Protocol Address (IP Address), your internet service provider, the browser used to visit our site, and your operating system. In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor, and analyze general patterns related to your use of our website. The information collected is then used to improve the performance of our website and enhance the products offered to you by analyzing the statistics based on your interests.
While we do not sell your personal information to third parties, be aware that when you choose to contact us using Social Media platforms, those platforms can track your personal information. We take no responsibility and have no control over how your personal information is used should you choose to interact with us through Social Media platforms. Therefore, we are not liable for any misuse of your personal information by others through such platforms.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like many websites, we may use “cookies” to collect information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from the website and stored on your computers hard drive. Our website may automatically collect some personally non-identifiable information including, but not limited to, your IP Address, language, and location as well as the date and time that you visited the website.
These cookies are used to better your experience with the website and simplifying future use of the website. This may be done through geotargeting purposes, showing ads based on your interests, and/or saving your information for future use.
You may instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept the cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website, including not being able to log into website services, programs, forums, or accounts.
Third parties may use both cookies and web beacons to analyze your use of our website by monitoring your activity and tracking data. This may be relevant for the ad networks used on our site for ad-targeting.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Third-Party Links
Third-Party links may be used to support our website. Be aware, once you leave our website page and go to the Third-Party platform, our Privacy Policy as well as our Terms and Conditions are no longer applied. You are now responsible to agree to the Third-Party’s Privacy Policy. We hold no responsibility for the activities or practices of these Third-Parties, you agree to their policies at your own risk. For any inquiries contact them directly.
Under nearly all circumstances, your personal information is not sold or disclosed to third parties without your knowledge and approval. However, we may share your information to comply with state or federal regulations as well as to trusted third parties such as our hosting platform, email service providers, and other affiliates that we must rely on to provide you with the best service.
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.
Email Marketing and Opt-Out
By subscribing to our email list you agree to receive content that regards our website including but not limited to newsletters, promotional materials, and updates about our website. When communicating with us through email your messages and information (such as email address) will be saved for future communication purposes. This Personal Information is not shared, sold, or traded with Third-Parties except as stated otherwise on this Privacy Policy.
You have the option to opt-out or unsubscribe from our emailing list as we comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. If you wish to no longer receive communication from us, contact us.
Contact third party websites directly to unsubscribe from their communications.
We comply with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we use to collect your data.
We do not intend to offer goods or services to individuals living in the European Union as outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (see GDPR Visitor Rights below).
If you are in the European Union and opt-in to receive any of our free products or services or purchase any products through our website then you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you consent. Should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us please contact us.
If you are NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you opt-in to receive any of our free products or services or purchase any products through our website. Should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us please contact us.
GDPR Visitor Rights
If you reside within the European Union you are entitled to certain rights and information as outlined under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
Your information will be retained until:
- You request the information be deleted by contacting us.
- We stop using our current data provider
- The Crooked Olive declares it is no longer in business
- Your data is outdated or no longer needed.
You have the right and ability to request access to your data.
You have the right to verify the accuracy of your data, have it corrected, and/or erased.
You have the right to restrict processing on your data, allowing us to store your data but not process it further.
You have the right to deny the processing of your data in situations including by not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling, and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.
You have the right to lodge complaints with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
You have the right to request your data from us, receive it, and transfer it to another controller. You have the right to the portability of your data.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time, if you have provided our website with your personal information, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred before your withdrawal of consent.
Only necessary information, to provide you with the best service, will be required from you should you choose to consent.
Security
The Security of your Personal Information is extremely important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Information you provide to us during the checkout process is not stored on our website but instead provided to the third party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.
By using our website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach or any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties; As well as agree to not hold us responsible for the disclosure of your information through our website without your knowledge or consent.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 7/5/2020 and will remain in effect except for any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
We reserve the right to update and/or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
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