Privacy Policy
Silver Violet respects your privacy. The purpose of this policy is to communicate the information we collect and how we use and share it. By utilizing this site, you consent to your information being collected, used, and shared. If you don’t agree with this policy, you should not use this website.
This policy does not extend to third parties utilized by this site including but not limited to payment processors, advertisers, or analytics services (Google Analytics). We encourage you to visit their sites to gain an understanding of their individual policies. Similarly, we are not responsible for third parties or their privacy practices.
Amendments
This privacy policy may be amended at any time. Amendments will be posted on this site and will become effective immediately.
Information We Collect About You And Collection Methods
When you use our site, we may collect personal information including but not limited to your name, phone number, address, birth date, and email address.
Information collection occurs when you fill out forms, place orders, sign up for newsletters, make inquiries, post comments, create an account, or similar.
We may also collect information automatically including but not limited to your IP address, operating system, browser information, device, traffic and site visit statistics, and cookie preferences.
reCAPTCHA
We have implemented reCAPTCHA on our site to fight spam and abuse. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google’s Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/policies/terms/
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and 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.
Media
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.
Cookies
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 visit our login page, 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 one day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
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.
How We Use Your Information
We may use your information for standard business operations including but not limited to providing products, gift cards or similar upon your request or agreement; to contact you in relation to your order, inquiry, or similar; to provide information to you that we believe you may be interested in; to prevent fraud; to distribute newsletters; for advertising, research, analytical, website management, or other business purposes.
Who Your Information Is Shared With
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers we utilize for ordinary business purposes including but not limited to payment processing, advertising (you may opt-out of targeted advertising), analytics services (Google Analytics), spam detection, website management, and business management. We may also disclose your personal information if it is required by law.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (though they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Children
This website is not intended for children under the age of 16, and Silver Violet does not knowingly collect or use their information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.