Diane M. Dresback/Mindclover Productions LLC - Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 13th, 2024
Your privacy is important to us. It is Diane M. Dresback (“Author”) and Mindclover Productions LLC’s (“Us”, “We”, or “Our”) policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you (Data), including across our website, https://dianedresback.com (the “Author Site”), https://mindclover.com (the “Film Site”), and our Shopify store (the “Shopify Store”), collectively referred to as the “Sites” which we own and operate.
Information We Collect
Information we collect includes both information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services and promotions, and any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services.
Log Data
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, other details about your visit, and technical details that occur in conjunction with any errors you may encounter.
Personal Information
We may ask for personal information which may include one or more of the following:
When you sign up for free content, including eBooks, offers:
First name
Last name
Email address
When you purchase directly from us:
First name
Last name
Physical address
Any personal data included in the details text box
Payment method choice (details are held by our payment processor, not us)
When you complete the contact form to get in touch with the author:
Name
Email address
Any personal data included in the details text box
When you make a purchase through our Shopify Store:
First name
Last name
Shipping address
Email address
Any personal data included in the details text box
Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information
We will use your email address to send you updates, newsletters, marketing or other promotional materials that we believe will be of interest and/or value to readers of Diane M. Dresback’s books. We will also use your personal information to process delivery of any purchased books or products, including those made through our Shopify Store.
Collection and Use of Information
We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website:
Sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels.
Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content.
Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies.
When you mention us on social media.
Security of Your Personal Information
When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security. We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.
How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. If your personal information is no longer required, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.
However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation.
Children’s Privacy
We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. In addition, if we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
We may disclose personal information to third-party companies (“Service Providers”) and individuals for the following reasons:
To coordinate Service on our behalf;
To administer Service related processes;
To assist us in analyzing our service.
These third-party companies will have access to your personal information only to perform tasks related to the servicing of our Website on our behalf. These third parties are obligated not to disclose or use this information for any other purpose.
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates. In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure, or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, or any other social media platform provider.
Mailerlite
We use Mailerlite (“Service Provider”) for our Newsletter delivery. When you sign up for our Newsletter (Insiders List), your name and email address is collected by Mailerlite. They take the security of your data collected very seriously. You can read their privacy policy here: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
You can unsubscribe from our Newsletter (Insiders List) via the ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of every newsletter.
MailerLite’s Data Processing Addendum
We created our Data Processing Addendum, which forms part of the Terms of Use, to cover the GDPR requirements as they relate to email marketing. Our goal is always complete transparency and our agreement mirrors this approach with clear details about:
What data we collect.
Why we collect it.
How we use it. In compliance with GDPR, the agreement also covers our security measures, confidentiality policies, and our acknowledgment and approach to working with other vendors (also called Sub-Processors). You can review MailerLite's Data Processing Addendum here: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/data-processing-agreement
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (“Service Provider”) to monitor and analyze the use of our Website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
We also use Analytics-cookies in combination with other Google services. Analytics cookies are set only when consented to in our cookie banner. Don’t want to be followed by Google at all? Please have a look at the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Facebook Pixel
Conversion tracking helps us measure the return on investment of Facebook Ads by reporting on the actions people take after viewing our ads. We create pixels that track conversions, add them to pages of our website where the conversions will happen, and then track these conversions back to the ads we have run on Facebook.
You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/182371508761821
To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/1075880512458213 Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance.
You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on the privacy practices of Meta (“Facebook”), please visit the Privacy Policy web page: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
Squarespace Analytics
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
To assist us in analyzing our service.
Information about your browser, network, and device.
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website.
Your IP address.
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Squarespace, please visit the Squarespace Privacy Terms web page: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
Bookfunnel
We use Bookfunnel (“Service Provider”) to collect your email address and deliver ebooks. Bookfunnel is an ebook delivery service that collects your email for delivery of ebooks, secure ARCs (“Advanced Reader Copy’s”) and other services offered by Bookfunnel. For more information on the privacy practices of Bookfunnel, please visit the Bookfunnel Privacy Terms web page: https://bookfunnel.com/privacy
Transfers of Personal Information
The personal information we collect is stored and/or processed where we or our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities.
Please be aware that the locations to which we store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. If we transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) we will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) we will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
You always retain the right to withhold personal information from us, with the understanding that your experience of our website may be affected. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. If you do provide us with personal information you understand that we will collect, hold, use and disclose it in accordance with this privacy policy. You retain the right to request details of any personal information we hold about you.
If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time. We will provide you with the ability to unsubscribe from our email-database or opt out of communications. Please be aware we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.
If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint.
Use of Cookies
We use “Cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.
Limits of Our Policy
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Changes to This Policy
At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.
If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us using the following details:
Diane M. Dresback
diane@dianedresback.com
Or mail to:
Diane M. Dresback
Mindclover Productions LLC
15411 W Waddell Rd
Ste 102 PMB 1143
Surprise, AZ 85379
United States