hand-crafted home décor
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PRIVACY POLICY
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Protecting your private information is our priority. This statement applies to ponderingotter.com and The Pondering Otter, LLC and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The Pondering Otter, LLC include ponderingotter.com and The Pondering Otter. The Pondering Otter website is a Gift, Novelty, Souvenir, Wardrobe and Home Accessories site. By using The Pondering Otter website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
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Collection of your Personal Information
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To better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, The Pondering Otter may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
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First and Last Name
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Mailing Address
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E-mail Address
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Phone Number
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Shipping Addresses
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If you purchase The Pondering Otter's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
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The Pondering Otter may also collect anonymous demographic information which is not unique to you such as your:
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Age level
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Gender specified
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We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to communicating with you in relation to services and or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
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Use of your Personal Information
The Pondering Otter collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
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The Pondering Otter may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Pondering Otter.
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Sharing Information with Third Parties
The Pondering Otter DOES NOT SELL or lease its customer lists to third parties.
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The Pondering Otter may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about an offer that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number, etc.) is not transferred to the third party. The Pondering Otter may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Pondering Otter, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
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The Pondering Otter may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith believe that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edict of the law or comply with legal process served on The Pondering Otter or the Site, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Pondering Otter; and or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Pondering Otter, or the public.
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Tracking User Behavior
The Pondering Otter may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within The Pondering Otter, to determine which The Pondering Otter products and services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Pondering Otter to customers whose behavior indicates they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Pondering Otter. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service to maintain quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of The Pondering Otter website.
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Children Under Fourteen
The Pondering Otter does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of fourteen.
If you are under the age of fourteen, please ask your parent or guardian's
permission to use this website.
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E-mail Communications
From time to time, The Pondering Otter may contact you via e-mail for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys and or other general communication.
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If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from The Pondering Otter, you may opt out of such communications by contacting us via the email address given below.
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Changes to this Statement
The Pondering Otter reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site and or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy, and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
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Contact Information
The Pondering Otter welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Pondering Otter has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Pondering Otter at the email address below.
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The Pondering Otter, LLC
Two Rivers, WI
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Email Address:
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Effective September 1, 2021