Privacy statement (US)

This privacy statement was last changed on October 28, 2020, last checked on October 28, 2020, and applies to citizens of the United States.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via www.littlebridges.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;

we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;

we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;

we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;

we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1.   Purpose and categories of data

 Categories of personal information to be collected and the purpose for which the categories shall be used.

Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

 The following categories of data is collected

• A first and last name Account name or alias
• A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town An email address
• A telephone number IP address

 

1.2  We use your data for the following purpose:

• Payments

The following categories of data are collected 

• A first and last name Account name or alias
• A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town An email address
• A telephone number IP address
• Financial information such as bank account number of credit card number

1.3  We use your data for the following purpose:

• Registering an account

The following categories of data is collected

• A first and last name Account name or alias
• A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town An email address
• A telephone number

1.4  We use your data for the following purpose:

• Newsletters

The following categories of data are collected

• A first and last name Account name or alias An email address

 We use your data for the following purpose:

• Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

The following categories of data is collected

• IP address
• Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
• Geolocation data

2.   Sharing with other parties

We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:

• Purpose of the data transfer: Payment processing
• Country or state in which this third party is located: United States
• Purpose of the data transfer: Order fulfillment

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

3.   How we respond to Do Not Track signals

Little Bridges uses Shopify for its e-commerce solution. Shopify rejects "Do Not Track" signals by default. Please refer to Shopify's privacy policy at  https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy for more information.

4.   Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Cookie Policy (US) webpage.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

5.   Security 

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

6.   Third party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third party websites connected by links on our web‐ site. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7.   Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that   you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8.   Accessing and modifying your data 

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please con‐ tact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

8.1  Right to know what personal information is being collected about you

1. A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose to the consumer the following:
   • The categories of personal information it has collected about that
   • The categories of sources from which the personal information is
   • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal
   • The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal
   • The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that

8.2  The right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom

1. A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to that consumer:
   • The categories of personal information that the business collected about the
   • The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was
   • The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business

8.3  The Right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights

We shall not discriminate against a consumer because the consumer exercised any of the consumer’s privacy rights, including, but not limited to, by:

1. Denying goods or services to the
2. Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing
3. Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to the consumer, if the consumer exercises the consumer’s privacy
4. Suggesting that the consumer will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or However, nothing prohibits us from charging a consumer a different price or rate, or from providing a different level or quality of goods or services to the consumer, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to the consumer by the consumer’s data.

8.4  The right to delete any personal information

1. A consumer shall have the right to request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected from the
2. A business that receives a verifiable request from a consumer to delete the consumer’s personal information pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall delete the consumer’s personal information from its records and direct any service providers to delete the consumer’s personal information from their
3. A business or a service provider shall not be required to comply with a consumer’s request to delete the consumer’s personal information if it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the consumer’s personal information in order to:
   • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by the consumer, or reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing business relationship with the consumer, or otherwise perform a contract between the business and the
   • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that
   • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended
   • (Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by
   • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
   • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the businesses’ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, if the consumer has provided informed
   • To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the consumer’s relationship with the
   • Comply with a legal
   • Otherwise use the consumer’s personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which the consumer provided the

9.   Selling and disclosure of personal data to third parties

We have not sold consumers’ personal data in the preceding 12 months.

A list of the categories we have disclosed for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months:

A first and last name Account name or alias

A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town An email address

A telephone number

Financial information such as bank account number of credit card number

Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

10.   Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

11.   Contact details

Little Bridges LP

315 Jewell St

San Rafael, CA 94901

Website: www.littlebridges.com

Email: support@littlebridges.com

Annex

Shopify

In addition to our own programming, Little Bridges uses Shopify to power the e-commerce experience. Please refer to https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy for additional information on data privacy for Shopify.

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

 What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed

Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping

Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

Send you information about your account and order Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints Process payments and prevent fraud

Set up your account for our store

Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes Improve our store offerings

Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders. We generally store information about you   for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for seven years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses. We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access to your data

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and

Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information. Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

What we share with others

 We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example --

 Payments

Little Bridges uses Shopify Payments for receiving payments. Please refer to the Shopify privacy statement at https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy

 Shipment Tracking

Simon and Schuster provide fulfillment services for Little Bridges. Please refer to Simon & Schuster’s privacy policy at https://www.simonandschuster.com/c/privacy-policy. In addition, a variety of shipping providers are used to deliver Little Bridges product. Please refer to the privacy policy for the shipper identified on your order.

 
Cookie Policy (US)

This page was last changed on October 28, 2020, last checked on October 28, 2020 and applies to citizens of the United States.

1.    Introduction 

Our website, www.littlebridges.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2.    What are cookies? 

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3.    What are scripts? 

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

 4.    What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5.    Consent 

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non- functional cookies.

5.1  Manage your consent settings

You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly. 

6.    Cookies

6.1  Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our web‐ site. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our web‐ site and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

6.2  Advertising cookies

 On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to personalize the advertisements for you, and we (and third parties) gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your click and surfing on and outside www.littlebridges.com. With these cookies you, as website visitor are linked to a unique ID, so you do not see the same ad more than once for example.

You can object to the tracking by these cookies by clicking the "Revoke cookie consent" button.

6.3  Social media buttons

 On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote web‐ pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are located in the United States.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for website statistics.

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics (anonymous)
_ga	2 years
_gid	1 day	Count and track pageviews
_gat	1 minute	Filter requests from bots

 

 

Facebook

We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
_fbp	3 months	Store and track visits across websites
actppresence	1 year	Manage ad display frequency
fbm*	1 year	Store account details
_fbc	2 years	Store last visit
fbm*	1 year	Store account details

MailChimp 

We use MailChimp for mailing list subscriptions.

For more information, please read the MailChimp Privacy Statement

 

Name

Retention

Function

Functional
MCPopupClosed	1 year	Store if a message has been dismissed
Statistics
mailchimp_landing_site	1 month	Store which page was visited first
Marketing/Tracking
mailchimp_campaign_id	2 weeks	Store and track the email campaign
mailchimp_email_id	2 weeks	Store and track the email campaign
mailchimp_cart_current_email	session	Store information for remarketing purposes
mailchimp_cart_previous_email	session	Store information for remarketing purposes
Purpose pending investigation
mailchimp.cart.*
mailchimp.cart.*

YouTube

 

We use YouTube for video display.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
GPS	session	Store location data
Functional
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	6 months	Estimate bandwidth
Statistics
YSC	session	Store a unique user ID
PREF	1 year	Store and track visits across websites

 

Sharing

For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement

 

Twitter

We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Sharing

For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement

 

Name	Retention	Function

Functional
local_storage_support_test	persistent	Load balancing functionality
Marketing/Tracking
metrics_token	persistent	Store if the user has seen embedded content

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