Privacy policy

Website Privacy Policy

Last modified: August 29, 2024

Introduction

Grater Things L.L.C. ("Company", "our", "us" or "we") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you use our websites located at graterthings.co and graterthingsthreads.com including other media forms, media channels, mobile websites or mobile applications related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

 

BY USING OR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

This policy applies to information we collect:

·       On this Website;

·       Via telephone, email, text, and other electronic messages between you and our Website;

·       Through mobile and desktop applications you download from our Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website;

·       When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy. Third-party advertising companies that may use your information is google analytics; and

·       Through any webstore or portal set up through our Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

·       Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through our Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any Personal Information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at contactgrater@gmail.com.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

·       By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, credit and debit card information and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("Personal Information");

·       That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as products or services purchased; and/or

·       About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

·       Directly from you when you provide it to us;

·       Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies; and

·       From third parties including but not limited to, our business partners such as Google Analytics.

Information You Provide to Us 

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

·       Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website;

·       Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;

·       Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes;

·       Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders, including shipping addresses. You may be required to provide banking information before placing an order through our Website; and

·       Your search queries on our Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies 

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

·        Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Website; and

·       Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically may include Personal Information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

·       Estimate our audience size and usage patterns;

·       Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests;

·       Speed up your searches; and

·       Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

·       Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

·       Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on our Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.


 

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:

·       To present our Website and its contents to you;

·       To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us;

·       To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;

·       To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;

·       To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;

·       To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website;

·       To provide you with marketing emails;

·       In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and

·       For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your Personal Information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

·       To our subsidiaries and affiliates;

·       To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;

·       To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred;

·       To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;

·       For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and

·       With your consent; however, we do not sell Personal Information to third parties in exchange for money.

We may also disclose your Personal Information:

·       To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;

·       To enforce or apply our agreements with you, including for billing and collection purposes; and

·       If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

How We Use and Disclose Your Project Information

We do not use your project information such a images or product choice in our public advertisements without your consent; however, we may use such information in product recommendations that appear on your account's home page or in communications we send to you, but these images are not used for public advertising.

How Long Do We Retain Your Information

We will retain your Personal Information only for so long as is necessary for the purposes set forth in this policy, for so long as you maintain an account, or as needed to provide the services for which you have engaged us.  We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, perform and enforce our agreements and as otherwise set forth in this policy.

Social Media
If you access us through a social media site, we will also have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and profile photo, in accordance with the site’s account verification procedures.  If you interact with content on our social media profiles (for example, if you “like” or share a post from our Facebook, Twitter/X, or Instagram accounts), those social media sites may share information about you with us, including your public profile, e-mail address and friend list. If you choose to “like” or share content, information about you may be publicly displayed on the social network, depending on your privacy settings. You should review the Privacy Notice of that social media site and check your privacy settings through that site. If you post information on a social media or another third-party service that references us or our products and services (e.g., via a Twitter/X hashtag), we may publish your post on our social media accounts or websites.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

·       Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

·       Third Parties. We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your Personal Information by logging into our Website and visiting your account profile page.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their Personal Information.

California Residents: California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about the Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of the Personal Information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared Personal Information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in accordance with our contact information below.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depend on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. Company may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to Company’s Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page and the revised date of the new version will be posted at the top of this Privacy Policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that you have provided to the Company. Users should regularly check this page for any changes to this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

contact@graterthings.com