Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 26, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes how The Design Scribe ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website (the "Site"). It also addresses information that our website platform, Squarespace, may automatically collect.
Information We Collect:
When you visit the Site, we and Squarespace automatically collect certain information about your device, including your IP address, web browser, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase, we collect information about you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, and payment information. We may also collect information about your browsing behavior on the Site, including the pages you visit, the products you view, and the links you click.
Squarespace Analytics:
Squarespace provides us with website analytics that help us understand how visitors interact with our Site. This may include information about traffic sources, popular pages, visitor demographics (if available), and other usage data. This information is generally aggregated and anonymized, but it may include IP addresses. For more information about how Squarespace collects and uses data, please refer to Squarespace's own Privacy Policy.
Cookies:
We and Squarespace use cookies to help improve your experience on our Site and to provide personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. We use the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly. They enable you to navigate the Site and use its features.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Site, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us improve the Site's performance. Squarespace analytics may rely on these.
Functional Cookies: These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced features.
Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of the Site may not function properly, and it may impact the accuracy of Squarespace's analytics.
How We Use Your Information:
We use the information we collect to:
Fulfill and manage your orders.
Communicate with you about your orders and other inquiries.
Personalize your experience on the Site.
Improve the Site and our services.
Provide customer support.
Market our products and services to you (with your consent, where required).
Comply with legal obligations.
Analyze website traffic and usage through Squarespace analytics.
Sharing Your Information:
We may share your information with the following third parties:
Service Providers: We share information with service providers who help us operate our business, such as payment processors, shipping carriers, and marketing agencies. This includes Squarespace, as our website platform.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Your Rights:
You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete your information. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at molly@thedesignscribe.com.
Data Retention:
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Squarespace may also retain data according to their policies.
Children's Privacy:
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under this age.
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Effective Date."
Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
P.O. Box 56 Rosewood, OH 43070