Privacy Policy

Danny Fratina (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates www.dannyfratina.com (the “Website”). This policy explains when and why we collect Personal Information, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how you can control your information. By using the Website, you agree to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect and How It’s Used
2. How We Protect Your Information
3. How We Share Information
4. Control Your Information
5. Additional Information
6. Privacy Policy Changes
7. Contact

1. Information We Collect and How It’s Used

We collect Personal Information about you when you make a purchase through our webstore, comment on an article, subscribe to our email list, or fill out a form on the Website. In each case, Personal Information is only collected insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of your interaction with the Website.

1.1 Email List

We ask for your email address when subscribing to our email newsletter, so that we may notify you via email of new products and special store promotions. The email address you provide will be transferred to MailChimp, our marketing automation platform, for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms. Your email address will be stored with MailChimp indefinitely (for as long as we maintain our account). You may choose to unsubscribe from our email list at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. You may also email us to request that your email address be permanently removed from our MailChimp account.

1.2 Store Purchases

When making a purchase through our store, you will be asked to provide Personal Information, such as, your name, billing address, email address, and credit card details. This information is used to: process payments and prevent fraud; send a confirmation email with order details and digital download link; contact you if we have trouble processing your order; comply with legal obligations.

All transactions made through the Website are processed through PayPal. We do not process or store credit card information on our Website server. Information required to process the payment, including billing information, will be transferred to PayPal. The PayPal Privacy Policy can be viewed here.

1.3 Contact and Custom Work Forms

We ask that you provide your name and email address when filling out our contact form located at dannyfratina.com/contact and the custom work form located at dannyfratina.com/custom-work/quote so that we may respond to your inquiry via email. When you submit a form, your message and contact information (name and email address) will be sent, in the form of an email, to Danny Fratina. Form submissions will be stored on our website server for up to 2 months.

1.4 Comments

If you choose to comment on an article, we will collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

1.5 Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze Website traffic information such as the browser type, referring site, pages visited, and the date of each visit. We use this information to find out how much traffic the Website is receiving and to learn what content is most popular. This information helps us improve the Website and monitor performance.

Google Analytics uses cookies to measure and report statistics about interactions on the Website. For more information about Google Analytics cookies used on the Website, please see the section below titled “Cookies.”

Google Analytics collects IP addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to provide geographical location information. IP addresses are anonymized before storage and processing begin. Information collected through the use of Google Analytics is retained indefinitely (for as long as we maintain our Google Analytics account). For more information on how Google collects and uses data, view Google’s “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” page and the Google Privacy Policy.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on. This add-on will disable measurement by Google Analytics for any website you visit.

1.5 Cookies

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies to enhance the functionality and performance of the Website and to gain insight into how the Website is performing.

Google Analytics
Google Analytics uses first party cookies to collect data related to the device/browser, IP address, and Website activities to measure and report statistics about interactions with the Website. Your IP address is anonymized and therefore never stored in its full form. For more information about our use of Google Analytics please see the section above titled “Analytics.”

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Woocommerce
Woocommerce cookies are used to allow our webstore to function properly. No personal information is stored within these cookies. Blocking these cookies will prevent the shopping cart from functioning properly.

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woocommerce_items_in_cart (expires when the browsing session ends)
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Cookie Banner
If you click “okay” on the cookie banner, this cookie will be set to record your choice and prevent the cookie banner from displaying again while you browse the Website.

privacy_embeds (expires after 1 day)

Popups
The following cookies are used to display or hide the popup based on the visitors interaction with the popup. No personal information is stored within these cookies.

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Control Cookies
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies in your browser settings. Look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to identify, limit, and remove cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, some features of the Website, such as the ability to purchase products from the store, may not work properly.

2. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your Personal Information. However, no online service is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet. By choosing to submit Personal Information through the Website, you acknowledge and agree to assume any risks involved in the transmission and storage of such information.

This Website uses HTTPS to provide a secure, encrypted connection between your web browser and the Website server.

3. How We Share Information

We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to anyone. We only share information to the extent that is necessary to operate the Website and provide services such as email notifications and purchasing.

If you choose to make a purchase through the Website, or sign-up for our email list, your Personal Information will be shared with third parties who provide payment processing and marketing automation services. More information on these third parties is provided above in sections 1.1 and 1.2.

Your information may also be shared with those whom we have contracted to manage and maintain the operation of our Website and analyze Website analytics reports, so long as those parties agree to keep your information confidential.

We may release your Personal Information if its release is appropriate to comply with the law or to protect our or others’ rights, property or safety.

3. Control Your Information

If you are a citizen of the EU, you may have certain rights concerning the information we hold about you, as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You may request a copy of any Personal Information we have about you and ask us to change/correct this information. You may also request that we erase any Personal Information we hold about you. This does not include information we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To request a copy of your information, change/correct your information or request that your information be deleted, please write to info@dannyfratina.com and provide your email address.

4. Additional Information

4.1 Links

The Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. We encourage visitors to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy policies of any other website that collects Personal Information.

4.2 Embedded Content

The Website includes embedded videos from YouTube. The videos are embedded using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode, however, YouTube cookies may still be set when the videos are played. We have no access to, or control over these cookies.

4.3 Children’s Information

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13. Any person who provides Personal Information through the Website represents to us that he or she is 13 years of age or older. If we learn that Personal Information has been collected from a Website visitor under 13 years of age, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

4.4 International Data Transfers

Information collected through the Website will be stored and processed in the United States.

5. Privacy Policy Changes

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this page occasionally for changes. Your continued use of the Website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your consent to such change.

This privacy policy was updated on: October 12, 2018

6. Contact

Any questions regarding this Privacy Policy can be emailed to info@dannyfratina.com.