Cozy Mystery Finds (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes what information is collected from you on www.cozymysteryfinds.com (hereinafter the “Website”) and how it is used. This Privacy Policy applies to this website and any products or services that we offer that link to this policy. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits, or views the website.
By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.We comply with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which regulates the collection, use, and disclosure of the personal information provided to us. PIPEDA requires that we notify you why we collect your personal information, how we use it, and under what circumstances we will disclose such information. Under PIPEDA, you also have the right to access your personal information held by us as well as receive an accounting of how that information is being used or disclosed. We take all the necessary security measures appropriate to secure your personal information provided to us.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACYWe respect the privacy of children and “child” means an individual under the age of 13. This policy is in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). This website's information and content are only intended for people over the age of 18. This website is not intended for children under the age of 13. Without prior parental or guardian consent, we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that personal information was collected without parental or guardian consent from a child under the age of 13, please contact us to have that information deleted.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USEDWhen you access the website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, address, avatar image, and credit card information when you make a purchase on the website (“personal information”). This information is collected when you register on the site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form, use the live chat, or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website. Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone). We may also use this information to provide you with offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Just like other websites, this website automatically collects certain
information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is
information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is
your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s
information, your operating system, and your browser type. Similarly,
Google Analytics collects certain information about your location,
browsing history, the pages you visit, the equipment you used to access
the website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to
your use of the website.
This information is used to analyze
website statistics related to user behavior and interests, improve our
performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance our
products and services offered to you. Please see Google’s Privacy and
Terms to learn more about their privacy practices.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained
indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up
comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
When you leave a comment, your name, email address, and
website/organization name are not shared with a third party and may be
used to communicate with you.
Social media accounts and sharing
options are available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and others) can track your personal
information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media,
please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal
information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public
information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control
over and take no responsibility for the use, storage, or dissemination
of such publicly disclosed personal information by you. Any such
interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to
any kind of liability related to the misuse of your information by
others.
The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website.
Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous
unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive
when you are viewing the website. Just like other websites, we
automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information
including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location,
language preference, date, and time of visitors. Some features of our
website may use Flash cookies, which are small files stored on your
computer by websites that use Adobe Flash Player. They can store data
such as preferences, settings, and usage information like which pages
you visit. The main difference between traditional cookies and flash
cookies is that they are not managed through the browser but locally on
your computer.
When you leave a comment on our website, you may
opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These
are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details
again when you leave another comment.
If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a
temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This
cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your
browser.
We may use cookies for various reasons such as optimizing and
personalizing your browsing experience, checking our website analytics,
saving your preferences and settings for future use, serving ads based
on your liking and interests, affiliate marketing, and posting comments
on our website.
This information is only collected to better serve and understand your
user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off
cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do
that, you may not be able to view all the features and content of this
website.
In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web
beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs, or pixel tags to
collect general information about your use of our website. They monitor
user activity and are used to track customer behavior data. This
information may be relevant to third parties such as the ad networks
used on our website to tailor the advertising based on your behavior and
interests.
We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information
about your use in compliance with different social media sites
(Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and others) to promote products, track
conversions, remarket, run target advertisements, and so forth. Third
parties like Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other
technologies to collect and receive information from our website to
provide target advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook or
YouTube after you have visited our website.
We may include, offer, or advertise third-party links, products, or
services on the website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave
this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms
and Conditions.
Articles on this website may include embedded
content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements, 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 tracing your
interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are
logged in to that website.
We may use Google AdSense advertising along with any other third-party
advertising on the website. Google is a third party that also uses
cookies to serve ads on the website to provide a positive user
experience. Third-party vendors such as Google use cookies to serve ads
based on a user’s prior visits to the website. You can opt out of Google
by visiting their privacy policy and ad settings.
We have no control over these third parties and they have their own
privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and
practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and
read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your
use of these third-party websites is solely at your risk.
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third
parties without your consent except in the following circumstances:
We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that
work with us such as our website hosting partners, email marketing
service provider, other service providers that assist in the operation
of the website, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon
to provide you products and services offered here.
We may disclose
your information to contractors or third parties we use to support our
business. These parties may use your data only to provide the services
requested by us and for no other purpose, and they are bound by
contractual obligations to keep your information confidential. We may
disclose your information to comply with state or federal regulations
related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims
related to the website.
We may disclose your information to enforce our website or product terms
and conditions or terms of sale and any other agreements we may have
entered into for billing and collection purposes.
We may disclose
your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of
a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the
future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the
acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list.
By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates,
messages, promotional materials, and any other content related to this
website. When you send an email, your email message along with your
email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with
you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell, or
trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise
stated in this privacy policy.
If you are in the European Union
and opt-in to receive any of our free products or services and/or
purchase any products or services through our website then you will be
subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively
consent to it. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to
“unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
But if you are
NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically subscribed to
receive our free email newsletter once you opt-in to receive any of our
free products or services and/or purchase any products or services
through our website. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you
wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send
misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive
communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking
“unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting
us.
As for third-party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe
and/or opt out of their communications.
We comply with the GDPR
along with the email marketing service we use to collect your data.
If you are located in the European Union (“EU”) or the United Kingdom
(“UK”), you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below
under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR).
We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the
earlier of: You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to
admin@cozymysteryfinds.com. Please note that such requests may result in
you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously
provided to you.
Our decision is to cease using our existing data
providers.
The Company decides to no longer be in business or
continue to offer the services.
The data is no longer needed to
provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the
Company finds it outdated.
You have the right to request access to
your data that we store and have the ability to access your personal
data.
You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal
data. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal data
and have it corrected or removed completely.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data
but cannot process it further.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain
circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling,
scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes,
automated decision-making and profiling, and tasks based on legitimate
interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.
You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right
to request your personal data from us, receive it, and transfer it to
another controller.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided
consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the
right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the
lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred before your
withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint
with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related
to the GDPR.
We require only the information that is reasonably
necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to
provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of
entering into a contract with us.
Under the GDPR, we may process your data under the following legal basis:
Consent:when you give us clear consent to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes.
Contractual Necessity:when processing your personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract with you.
Legal Obligation: when processing of your personal data is necessary to comply with the law such as data related to taxes or employee records.
Vital Interests: when processing your personal data is necessary to protect your life or health. Public Interests: when the processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or for official functions.
Legitimate Interests: when processing your personal data is necessary to further our legitimate interests such as marketing activities.
U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
State consumer privacy laws in the U.S. may give their residents
additional rights regarding how we use their personal information. These
privacy rights vary depending on the local laws that apply to you.
Depending on the state including but not limited to California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Texas, Delaware, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Nevada, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Utah, and
others, you may be subject to the following rights:
The right to obtain confirmation of processing and access to your
data.
The right to correct incomplete or inaccurate data.
The right to portability of data where you can request your data to be
transferred to another organization.
The right to revoke or withdraw consent at any time.
The right to delete your personal information/data collected from you,
subject to certain limitations under the law.
The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal
information.
The right to non-discrimination for exercising a privacy right.
The right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal
information was shared or disclosed.
The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal
information.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Delaware,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland,
Utah, Texas, and other states provide their state residents with
rights to:
Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted
advertising and sales.
Several states including but not limited to California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Nebraska, Delaware, Texas, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Minnesota, Maryland, and Virginia also provide their state residents
with rights to:
Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account
the information's nature processing purpose.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or
similarly significant effects.
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to
opt out of certain types of personal information being sold by a
business. The opt-out option does not apply to all types of data,
however; it does protect sensitive medical or financial data, for
example. Please note that we do not currently sell data that triggers
the opt-out requirements of that statute.
Maryland prohibits the sale of personal information requiring that sensitive
data can only be processed to provide a requested service or product.
To exercise any of these rights above under different states, please
contact us with your request at admin@cozymysteryfinds.com and please
include your name, email address, and mailing address.
CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) AND CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
ACT (CPRA) COMPLIANCE AND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
If you live in California, you have additional rights under California
law, and we comply with the CCPA and CPRA because we may have visitors
from California on our website. Here are your legal rights under
CCPA/CPRA:
You have the right to know the categories of personal
information we have collected, sold, or disclosed about you to third
parties.
You have the right to opt out of the sale and sharing of
your personal information with third parties. If you are under the age
of 16, you have the right to opt into such sales or to have a parent or
guardian opt-in on your behalf.
You also have the right to access your personal information, which we
will provide within 30 days of such request.
You have the right to
know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used,
which we explained in this Privacy Policy.
You have the right to
correct your personal information.
You have the right to have your
personal information deleted, subject to some exceptions.
You have the right to equal service, price, and no discrimination.
You have the right to data portability and the right to request
your personal information and use it for your own purposes.
You have the right to consent and/or limit the use and disclosure of
your sensitive personal information.
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED AND DISCLOSED FOR A
BUSINESS PURPOSE
The types of personal information we collect and how we use
it have already been listed above, but under the CCPA/CPRA, the
following categories of personal information may have been collected and
disclosed for business purposes in the previous 12 months:
Identifiers such as your name, address,
phone number, email address, and other similar identifiers
Protected classification characteristics such as your
age, gender, religion and disability information
Commercial information
such as your use of our products and services
Internet/Network information such as your IP address,
search history, browser, and device information
Geolocation data such as the information about your
physical location or movements Sensory information such as audio,
electronic, photos, or other visual information
Professional or Employment Information such as your job
history including previous employer and performance evaluations
Biometric information such as fingerprints, faceprints,
voiceprints, genetic and physiological activity patterns. We do not [or
do] collect any biometric information from you.
Education information such as records related to your
educational institution (grades, transcripts, class lists, student
schedules, and so forth). We do not [or do] collect any such educational
information.
Inferences such as information reflecting your
interests, preferences, characteristics, physiological trends, and
abilities.
Other Personal Information such as information provided
by you directly when you fill out a form on our website, register for an
event scheduled by us, post a comment on our website or social media,
make a purchase from us, your account login or credentials allowing you
to access a product or account, telephone number, and any other
information you provide to us.
Sensitive personal information such as your
social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or
passport number. We do not [or do] collect this sensitive personal
information from you.
HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND FOR WHAT
PURPOSE
We collect this personal information directly from you, from your
browser or device, use of cookies, service providers, our business
partners, affiliates, or third parties.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We use the
information we collect for various purposes depending on how you
interact with us. These purposes include:
To provide our services or products to you including invoices and
statements
To create, maintain, or secure your account with us
To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments
To communicate with you about your account and our products/services
To market or advertise our new products and promotions to you via email
or other social media, to answer your questions, and to understand your
needs and preferences.
To improve our website, products, services, content, and advertising and
personalize them to your interests and preferences
To better understand the demographics of our users, analyze data and
usage trends
To help you share our content, products, services, and your experience
working with us with your friends and followers on social media
To hire or evaluate you as a candidate when you seek employment with
us
To protect our website, products, and services from misuse and to ensure
security To process payments or to prevent theft and fraud
To transfer business in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of
assets, bankruptcy where we may sell, transfer, or share some of our
business assets including information related to our customers. In those
instances, you will be notified of such ownership changes as well as the
rights you have regarding your personal information.
To comply with legal requirements and to enforce our terms and
agreements with you To assess or carry out a merger, dissolution,
restructuring, reorganization, or other sale or transfer of some or all
of our assets, whether as part of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, in
which personal information about our website users, including our email
list, is one of the assets transferred.
We may also use your information in other ways for which we provide
specific notice at the time of collection. We may combine different
types of information that we collect about you for any of the purposes
described above.
Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third
parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend
to sell your personal information in the future either.
Under the CCPA and CPRA, you still have the right to opt out of sharing
your personal information and send us a “do not sell or share my
personal information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your
rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request
to us by sending us an email at admin@cozymysteryfinds.com.
Only you, as the person registered with the California Secretary of
State, or someone you authorize to act on your behalf, can make such
verifiable consumer requests related to your personal information.
Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information
that allows us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be
or that you are the authorized representative of such person about whom
we had collected personal information. You must describe your request
with enough details such as your first and last name, address, and your
country that allow us to properly understand the request and respond to
it. Please note we cannot respond to your request or provide you with
personal information unless we first verify your identity or authority
to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates
to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30
days of receipt.
The above-mentioned California privacy rights are not absolutely
guaranteed because some exceptions allow us to refuse your request. We
are only required to respect these rights if we are acting as a business
under the CCPA/CPRA and the requested rights have been granted and
applied to you under the CCPA/CPRA.
CALIFORNIA’S “SHINE THE LIGHT” ACT
Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to
request information about how we share certain categories of information
with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your
personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties
such as service providers, or vendors for their use in marketing to you,
so we can provide the products and/or services offered on this website
to you. When we disclose such information, your personal information is
still kept confidential and between us and that third party. It is not
used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.
DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information
included in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and
Delaware law also require us to state whether we honor “Do Not Track”
settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising, and please note
we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests. You can
also enable or disable Do Not Track in your browser. This is a setting
that tells websites not to track your online activities. To enable or
disable it, go to the "Privacy" or "Security" tab in your browser's
settings menu. Depending on which browser you're using, you may find the
option under "Do Not Track Requests" or something similar.
DATA RETENTION
We will retain your information as long as necessary to fulfill the
purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention
period is required or permitted by law. We may also retain and use your
information to continue offering you our products and services, comply
with our legal and accounting obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce
our agreements.
SECURITY
The security of your personal information is important to us, and we
strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your
personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and
we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. When you
make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the
website, you will be directed to a third-party vendor to complete the
transaction. Any information you provide during the checkout process is
not stored on our website but instead provided to the third-party vendor
that completes the purchase transaction.
By using this
website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and any
unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also
agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your
information through our website without our knowledge and consent.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This privacy policy is effective as of 01/25/2025 and will be updated
and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page
periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any
modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our
publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after
the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified
privacy policy.
CONTACT
For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please
contact us at admin@cozymysteryfinds.com