Privacy Policy
This document was last updated on November 12, 2024.
HERD AND HOMESTEAD, LLC (“Company”) and its affiliated entities manage this website (“Website”) and the services connected to or offered through this Website (collectively, “Services”). Our Services include, but are not limited to, various tools, applications, email capabilities, forums, blogs, social media integrations, calendars, and downloadable mobile applications associated with or facilitated through the Website.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy (“Policy”) outlines the types of information we may collect from you when you visit our Website or utilize any of the Services, and how we use, maintain, and disclose this information.
“Personal Information” refers to data that specifically identifies an individual, such as name, address, or email address. Conversely, “Non-Personal Information” includes data that does not directly identify an individual (for example, user demographics and general geographic information).
By accessing this Website or using the Services, you consent to the practices and procedures described in this Policy. Each interaction with our Website or Services constitutes your agreement and consent to the collection, usage, and sharing of your information as described herein.
Your Personal Information will be processed in the United States by the Company.
Each specific Service may have additional privacy stipulations that pertain solely to that particular service. These additional disclosures will be provided where relevant when information is collected and govern the use of your information.
Generally, the Website and Services can be accessed without revealing any Personal Information about yourself. However, certain functionalities may be limited or unavailable if the necessary information is not provided.
Information Collection Methods
The Company collects your data in several ways:
A. Information You Provide: This data includes data that you voluntarily submit while using our Website and Services, such as:
When you sign up for the Website, you are required to provide certain information such as your name and email address.
When you post comments, content, or participate in message boards or forums on the Website, the information may include your name, user name, likes, profile information, and picture. This information could be public and may appear in search engine results.
If you enter a contest, sweepstakes, or subscribe to a newsletter, you may provide contact details like email or postal addresses.
Connecting the Website to social media services may result in the collection of additional information such as your user ID and user name from those services, along with any information you agreed to share with those services.
B. Automatically Collected Information: As you navigate through the Website, Company may collect data through various technologies such as cookies, log files, and web beacons, which may include your IP address, the type of browser you use, and your activities on the Website to provide targeted advertising.
Use of Your Information
The Company uses your Personal Information and Anonymous Information for the following purposes:
- To manage your account and your access to the Services;
- To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests;
- To send you important information regarding the Website, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies and/or other administrative information;
- To send you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you;
- To personalize your experience on the Website by presenting products and offers tailored to you;
- To allow you to participate in contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities;
For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing our website, improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Except as detailed in this Policy, the Company will not disclose your Personalstea Information outside of the Company without your consent. Company may share your information with trusted third parties who are integral to the operation of Company’s Website and Services, including but not limited to the processing of transactions and the handling of customer data. Company requires that these parties agree to process such information based on Company’s instructions and in compliance with this Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
The Company may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Company or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Company; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Company, or the public.
Third Party Links
Occasionally, at Company’s discretion, Company may include or offer third party products or services on our Website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. Company, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked 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.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Party
In connection with any personal information we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
- The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt out of the disclosure of your personal information, email: [email protected]
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Party
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of the Company by contacting us here: [email protected]
Security of your Personal Information
Company implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
The Company secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Company uses SSL Protocol for this purpose.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet that are beyond our control; and (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed.
Tracking User Behavior
The Company may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the Company, in order to determine what the Company services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Company to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
The Company may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Company’s website.
Use of Cookies
The Company’s website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the Company’s pages, or register with Company’s site or services, a cookie helps the Company recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as bulling addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Company’s features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Company’s services or websites you visit.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Delete your personal information from our records; and
Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethic
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
Comply with existing legal obligation; or
Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information;
Children Under Thirteen
The Company does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Email Communications
From time to time, the Company may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alters, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from the Company or click a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from the Company, you may opt out of such communications by clicking “unsubscribe” in the email.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Company reserves the right to update or change our privacy policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any amendments to the Privacy Policy on this page will be deemed as your acknowledgment and consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact Company by using the information below: Email: [email protected]
Other Important Information
The Sites may link to websites operated by third parties that Company does not control. Company does not monitor, control, or endorse the information collection or privacy practices of any third parties. Company encourages you to become familiar with the privacy practices of every website you visit and to contact them if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies and practices. This Policy applies solely to information collected by Company through the Site or Services and does not apply to these third party websites. The ability to access information of third parties from the Site or Services, or links to other websites or locations, is for your convenience only and does not signify Company’s endorsement of such third parties, their products, services, websites, locations or their content.
Company places a priority on the security of Personal Information, and Company undertakes reasonable security measures to help protect the data that resides on its servers. Company also uses secure server software (SSL) to process all financial transactions that occur on the Site. SSL technology can encrypt Personal Information transmitted over the Internet. However, no security system is impenetrable. Company does not warrant the security of its servers, nor does Company warrant that your information, including Personal Information, will be completely secure or not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.
In addition, Company is not responsible for the privacy or data security practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Apple, Google, Microsoft or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider, or device manufacturer, including in connection with any information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Services.