Privacy Notice
Last updated January 27, 2022
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Kidding Around DMV (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We recognize and value the protection of your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at admin@kiddingarounddmv.com.
We have implemented this Privacy Policy in order to be open and transparent about how we collect, hold and use your personal information, and under what circumstances we may disclose or transfer your personal information.
This privacy notice describes how we might use your information if you visit our Website at https://www.kiddingarounddmv.com or engage with us through sales, marketing or events.
What information do we collect and how is it used?
Personal information you disclose to us
We collect personal information that you voluntarily disclose to us such as your name or email address when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website or otherwise contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website. Personal information we collect may include your name and email address. and other similar information.
Information automatically collected
Like many other Websites, we automatically collect certain information when you visit or navigate our Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity, like your name or contact information, but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Information we collect from others
We may receive information about you from other sources. You may choose to link your Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.
How do we use your information?
We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes. For example, we may send you promotional information such as newsletters. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time by sending us an email to admin@kiddingarounddmv.com.
- Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
- To send you administrative communications. We may send you administrative emails, such as confirmation emails, updates on policies or security alerts.
- To respond to your comments or inquiries. If you contact us through email or through comments on our website, we may use your information to respond.
- For other business purposes. We may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Website, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information.
Who will your information be shared with?
- We may process or share your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
- We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, government requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
- We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- We may share your data with third-party vendors, consultants and other third-party service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on our Website, which will enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages or features, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
- We may use third party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit or use our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to our Website and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us at admin@kiddingarounddmv.com.
- Advertising and Direct Marketing
Google AdSense – our advertising partner who uses cookie information to deliver optimized ads to users.
- Affiliate Marketing Programs
Amazon Affiliation – We engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. Kidding Around DMV is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. While the prices of the items displayed on this website is no different than you’d normally find on Amazon.com, we do earn a commission if you choose to purchase the item.
- Allow Users to Connect to Their Third-Party Accounts
Facebook account, Instagram account and Pinterest account – these services track user analytics and advertising tracking
- Content Optimization
Google Site Search – tracks the extent to which users took advantage of the Website’s search function, which search terms were entered, and how effectively the search results created a deeper engagement with the site.
- Web and Mobile Analytics
Google Analytics – this service uses cookies to track Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address.
- Website Hosting
Host Gator
Cookie Notice
The website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services as described above.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible on most Internet browsers. However, if you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be usable.
Our Stance on Third-Party Websites
Our Website may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Website. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
How long do we keep your information?
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 2 years.
How do we keep your information safe?
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or Information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guaranteed that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.
Do we collect information from minors?
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at admin@kiddingarounddmv.com.
What are your privacy rights?
You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
Do we make updates to this notice?
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification.
How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at admin@kiddingarounddmv.com.