Last Modified: 12/20/2024.
Purpose
Beth Harkins LLC (hereinafter “we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and
maintaining a quality online experience for our website users.
This Privacy Policy describes the type of personal information we may collect from you or that
you may provide when you visit BethHarkins.com (hereinafter “Website”) and our practices for
handling, storing, and protecting that information as well as your rights in relation to your
personal information and how you can contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you
have questions about how we handle your personal information.
Privacy Policy Consent
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and in its entirety before using our Website. If you do
not agree with our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will
treat it, your choice is to not use our Website. Your use of our Website constitutes your voluntary
acceptance to be bound by this Privacy Policy, whether you have read it or have had the
opportunity to read it and have chosen not to.
This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect:
On this Website.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
It does not apply to information that is collected by:
Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any
third party (including our affiliates).
Any third party (including our affiliates) through any content (including advertising) that
may link to or be accessible from (or on) the Website.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
This Website and any products and services offered herein are not intended for persons under the
age of 18.
We prohibit children under the age of 18 from using any and all interactive portions of this
Website, including leaving any comments, filling out forms, or otherwise submitting
information. A child’s parent or guardian should contact us if we have inadvertently collected
any information or content from that child without the parent or guardian’s authorization, so that
we may delete that information from our records.
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that we are in compliance with the Controlling the
Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 and will not
send misleading information.
Personal Information We Collect
The type of personal information we collect depends on how you are interacting with us. We
generally collect the following categories of personal information:
Contact information, such as first and last name, email address, postal address, phone
number, and other similar contact data;
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email address) if you contact us;
Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your
orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order
through our Website and we will use a third-party payment processor to process the
payment. We do not collect your credit card or debit card number, expiration date, or pin
number;
Comments, feedback, questions and other information you provide to us;
Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other
communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website;
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address,
operating system, and browser type.
Sources of Personal Information
We collect personal information from you as follows:
You provide personal information to us when you:
Subscribe to or purchase our products and/or services;
Complete a contact or information request form
We automatically collect personal information when you:
Visit, interact with, or use our Website;
Access, use, or download content from us; and
Open emails or click links in emails from us
How We Use the Information/Lawful Bases
We process personal information about you on one or more of the following bases:
With your consent;
To comply with the law;
We process personal information to:
Process and fulfill an order, download, subscription, or other transaction;
Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into
between you and us, including for billing and collection;
Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments, and concerns;
Notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide
through it;
Send marketing emails;
Inform you of and administer promotions, contests, sweepstakes or surveys;
Help us address problems with and improve our Website;
Protect the security and integrity of our Website;
Contact you for other business reasons, if necessary;
We will not sell or share your personal information and have not done so in the last 12 months.
We may transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of a bankruptcy,
dissolution, merger, sale, acquisition, or change of control.
We may transfer your personal information to a third party if we need to comply with our legal
obligations, resolve disputes, and/or enforce our agreements.
Use of Cookies
“Cookies” are small text files that are placed on a computer or other device and used to identify
the user or device and to collect information when you visit a website. Cookies may be set by the
website you are visiting (also known as “first party cookies) or by third parties who provide
advertising or analytics services on the website (also known as “third party cookies).
We use cookies for several different purposes.
You can disable cookies through your web browser’s settings, but disabling this function may
diminish your experience on our Website as some features may not work as intended.
“Do Not Track” (DNT) Signals
Some browsers transmit Do Not Track (DNT) signals to websites.
Due to the lack of a common interpretation of DNT signals throughout the industry, we do not
currently alter, change, or respond to DNT requests or signals from these browsers.
How the Information is Shared
Depending on how you interact with us, we share information with our third-party service
providers, agents and representatives, including, but not limited to, [1] eCommerce platform
providers, payment processing providers, email service providers, IT service providers, security
and software service providers, in order to process the information as necessary to complete a
transaction, fulfill your request, or otherwise on our behalf based on our instructions and in
compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security
measures.
We also will disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that such
disclosure is necessary to:
meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation;
detect, investigate and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues; and/or
protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our Website, our users, employees, or others.
Information Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the transactions you have
requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations,
maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting
and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements, or until such time as you let us
know you would like for us to delete it or unsubscribe from our marketing contacts.
Information Protection and Security
Our Website uses commercially acceptable security measures to prevent your personal
information from being lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We never transmit your
credit card information via email. If you receive an email from us that appears to be a request for
personal information, do not respond because it may be a phishing scam designed to steal your
personal information.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.
Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security
of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal
information is at your own risk.
Should there be a data breach, we will notify you when we are legally required to do so.
Your Rights to Control Your Information
You can unsubscribe from our email newsletters or updates at any time through the unsubscribe
links found in the communications you receive from us.
Local data protection laws may give you rights with respect to personal information if you are
located in or a resident of that country, state, or territory.
THESE RIGHTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
CONSULT YOUR LOCAL DATA PROTECTION LAWS TO DETERMINE WHAT
RIGHTS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
These rights may include the following:
Right May Apply To
Right to disclosure/access (to know the
personal information collected about you and
request a copy)
Residents of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Australia, Canada, the European
Union and/or the European Economic Area,
and the United Kingdom
Right to correct/rectification (to have your
inaccurate personal information corrected)
Residents of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas,
Virginia, Canada, Australia, Quebec, the
European Union and/or the European
Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
Right to erasure/deletion (to have all or
some of your personal information deleted
upon a verifiable request)
Residents of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Montana, Texas, Oregon, Utah,
Virginia, the European Union and/or the
European Economic Area, and the United
Kingdom
Right to nondiscrimination (the right to
equal service and price even if you exercise
your rights)
Residents of California, Montana, Oregon,
Texas, and Virginia
Right to obtain a specific list of third
parties your personal information was
shared with
Residents of Oregon
Right to data portability (to have your
personal information transferred to you or a
third party in machine-readable format, where
technically feasible)
Residents of California, Colorado, Montana,
Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia
Right to data portability (to have your
personal information transferred to you in a
readily-usable format that lets you transmit
that information to a third party)
Residents of Connecticut
Right to data portability (to have your
personal information transferred to you in a
readily-usable format that lets you transmit
that information to a third party where
processing is carried out by automated
means)
Residents of Canada, Quebec, the European
Union and/or the European Economic Area,
and the United Kingdom
Right to withdraw consent (to withdraw
your consent that we handle your personal
information at any time. The withdrawal of
your consent shall not affect the lawfulness of
processing based on your consent before its
withdrawal)
Residents of Australia
Right to not identify yourself or of using a
pseudonym
Residents of the European Union and/or the
European Economic Area, and the United
Kingdom
Right to restriction of processing (to limit
the purposes that your personal information
may be used for)
Residents of the European Union and/or the
European Economic Area, and the United
Kingdom
Right to object (to object to the processing of
your personal information in cases where our
processing is based on direct marketing)
Residents of the European Union and/or the
European Economic Area, and Australia
Right to stop unwanted direct marketing Residents of Canada, Australia, Quebec, the
European Union and/or the European
Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
Right to complain (to lodge a complaint with
competent authorities in the proper
jurisdiction if you are not content with how
we collect, share, and process your personal
information)
Residents of Montana, Oregon, and Texas
Right to appeal (a decision made regarding
an exercise of rights)
These rights are not absolute and they do not always apply in all cases. We will honor your rights
under applicable data protection laws.
Exercising Your Rights
If you wish to exercise any of the rights specified above, please submit a request via email to:
bethharkinswrites@gmial.om Please be sure to specify which right you want to exercise and
provide us with enough information to verify your identity. If we cannot verify your identity, we
may not be able to fulfill your request.
We will respond to your request within 30-45 calendar days of receipt, depending on where you
reside. We will notify you in writing via email if we need more time to respond.
We may deny your request if certain exceptions in the law apply. We will provide you the
reason(s) for denial in writing via email.
You have the right to appeal our decision with respect to your request to exercise your rights.
You may appeal the decision by emailing the address provided above in this section.
We will respond to your appeal within 30-45 calendar days of receipt, depending on where you
reside. We will notify you in writing via email if we need more time to respond.
Use and Transfer of Your Information Out of the European Economic Area (EEA) or
Canada
This Website is operated in the United States and the third parties with whom we might share
your personal information (as explained above) are also located in the United States or other
countries located outside the EEA and Canada.
If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide
will be transferred to the United States. By using this Website and/or providing your information,
you consent to this transfer.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, complaints, or suggestions in relation to this Privacy
Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by email at Bethharkinswrites@gmail.com
