Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been put together to better cater to those who are concerned with how their "Personal Information' (PI) is being used online. PI is information that can be used on its own or in accord with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy very carefully to get a clear idea and understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal information in accordance with our website and any and all associated mechanisms.

What personal information do we collect from the people that use our services, visit our website, or use any upcoming or current apps?

When ordering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience. When using the Gem Shop, you will be sending personal information via email for the shipment of goods.

When do we collect the information?
We collect information from you when you register for product shipping, using the polls, filling out forms, or entering information on our site.When do we collect information? We also collect information when taking feedback on products or services.

How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you make a purchase, fill out a form, surf the site, or use certain other website features in the following ways:

To personalize your MHSP experience and allow us to deliver the type of content and products in which you are most interested.
To improve our site in order to better serve our community.
To allow us to service you better by responding to your customer service requests.
To administer a giveaway, promo, poll or other site features.
To ask for peer ratings and reviews of services and/or products
To follow up with peers after correspondence (live discord chat, email or phone inquiries)

How do we protect your information?
We never ask for credit card numbers, EVER.
We regularly use Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is always contained behind multiple secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required by law to keep the information confidential. In addition, all the sensitive data you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

Do we use cookies?
Yes, cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through the web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are used to help us understand peers preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide peers with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer a better site experience in the future. If you turn cookies off, some of the features will be disabled. It won’t affect the peer’s experience that makes the site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

Third-party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personal Information. This does not include website hosting partners or entities and other parties or entities who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties or entities agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is necessary to comply with the law, enforce our site or app policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information can and may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party Links
Occasionally at our discretion, we may include, insert, or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites may have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. However, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any and all feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously,
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above,
You will be notified of any and all Privacy Policy changes: On our Privacy Policy Page,

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also very important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA rule that spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. This is very important.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles are the backbone of privacy law in the United States, the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect your personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we take the following responsive actions, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via an email on file.

We will notify the users via in-site notification on the home page within 7 business days.


 

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