Your privacy is very important to us. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal information.
- We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can’t stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.
- We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
- We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site.
- We don’t sell any of your personal information.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related laws, we have a legal duty to protect the personal information we collect from you. GDPR says that ‘personal data’ is any information relating to a living individual who can be identified, either directly or indirectly, from that information. This could include your name, email address, postal address or telephone number, or information collected online and used to identify you.
Who we are
Distinctive Stoneworks (“the Company, we, our”) operates the www.distinctivestoneworks.com website. It is the Company’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.
Consent
By using or accessing www.distinctivestoneworks.com you have chosen to opt in and agree to our privacy practices outlined here. You may revoke, at any time, your consent and also ask to have your information removed from our databases.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact forms
Information submitted through the contact forms on our site includes your name and email, as well as any other personal information you might voluntarily supply. We only use this information to better serve you. The information collected through our contact forms is never used for marketing purposes, and is never shared with third parties. Contact Form stores a record of all form submissions. Your data may be deleted by the site administrator. You may request a report of saved data related to your email address. Uploaded media files may remain on the server.
Cookies
Cookies are small data files which are sent to your your computer, mobile phone, or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors, and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in. the Company uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the Company’s website, and their website access preferences. Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as ‘first party cookies’), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (‘third party cookies’). You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our service though your access to some functionality may be restricted.
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.
Who we share your data with
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. However, some data is transferred and/or stored with third-party services we use, like cloud-based services. This is done as a way to provide you with a better overall service and user experience.
How long we retain your data
When you submit a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Links to other websites
We may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Company. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our website. To the extent that you access or use another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
What rights you have over your data
Data protection laws give you rights to 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.
Data Breach
In the event there is a breach and your information is no longer secure, we will inform you of such event within 72 hours of the event at your last known address.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to update, delete, or change any personal information we might hold, please contact us at distinctivestoneworks@gmail.com. We will attempt to resolve any complaints regarding the use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.