Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how ParchmentPaper.com ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase from our website (the "Site").
1. Information We Collect
We collect information about you in various ways when you interact with our Site.
A. Information You Directly Provide
Contact and Profile Information: When you create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, you may provide us with your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
Transaction Information: When you make a purchase, we collect details related to your order, such as the products purchased, payment information (though processed securely by third-party processors), and shipping address.
User-Generated Content: Any recipes, reviews, comments, or other content you voluntarily post to the Site.
B. Automatically Collected Information (Usage Data)
When you access the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your activity. This data may include:
Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
Usage Information: Pages you viewed, the time and date of your visit, the amount of time spent on those pages, and referring/exit pages.
Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons) to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various business purposes:
To Provide Services: To process and fulfill your orders, manage your account, and provide customer support.
To Improve and Maintain the Site: To monitor usage, perform data analysis, and improve the functionality and user experience of the Site.
For Communication: To send you transaction confirmations, shipping updates, newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information you request or consent to receive.
For Security: To detect and prevent fraud, protect the security of our services, and comply with legal obligations.
3. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information. We share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to perform work on our behalf, such as payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal), shipping carriers (e.g., USPS, FedEx), and website analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics).
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of ParchmentPaper.com, or protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.
Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
4. Third-Party Links
Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
5. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data:
Marketing Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails.
Access and Correction: You may have the right to request access to or correction of the personal information we hold about you.
Do Not Track: We do not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals.
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: contact@parchmentpaper.com