PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy policy

Sweet & Arts by Brigitte operates the www.sweetartsbybrigitte.com website (including all content and functionality available through the sweetartsbybrigitte.com and sweetartsbybrigitte.com domain names and any country or region-specific domains or subdomains (jointly referred to as the "site").

Sweet & Arts by Brigitte is committed to ensuring the privacy and protection of information users enter into the site. The following privacy policy governs Sweet & Arts by Brigitte practices for information collection, use, and retention on the site. It should be read:

(1) Our standard terms and conditions 
(2) Our disclaimer and
(3) Any other policy developed by Sweet & Arts by Brigitte from time to time and notified on any part of the site.

In this policy:

"We" or " Sweet & Arts by Brigitte " means Sweet & Arts by Brigitte or any subsidiary or authorized distributor, "you" means you, the person using our services or visiting the site, "services" means all services we provide to you, including providing you with access to the site.

Consent to collection and use of data 

You agree that we may collect, retain and use information about you in accordance with this privacy policy. You may decline to provide any information to us. However, if you do not, our ability to provide you with some or all of our services may be impaired.

Types of data collected 

As you navigate within the site, we automatically track, collect and store information about you, your computer, PDA, telephone or other voice internet portals. This information may include some or all of the following information about you and your visit:

- the IP address of your machine when connected to the internet
- the domain name from which you are accessing the internet
- the operating system and the browser your computer uses
- any search engine you are using
- the date and time you are visiting
- the URLs of the pages you visit
- if you provide them, your name, email, address, and other personal data

Purpose for collection 

You hereby expressly agree that we may use the information we collect to tailor your experience on the site, for editorial and feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for statistical analysis of users' behavior, for product development, for content improvement and to inform advertisers or other interested parties of how may visitors have seen or clicked on the site. Although we may publish aggregated information about usage patterns, we do not disclose information about individuals except as set out below. We do not sell information that identifies you personally. We may gather more extensive information if we believe it is necessary, for example, to address any security issues. If we think it is necessary, we can disclose information to relevant law enforcement authorities, such as the police.

Sweet & Arts by Brigitte will not provide or release your personal information to a third party unless you have opted-in for a promotion. You agree that Sweet & Arts by Brigitte may send you information on forthcoming promotions or services unless you have specifically opted-out of receiving such information. We provide you with a facility by which to do so.

We may, without specific or further notice to you, release information about you when we believe such disclosure is appropriate: for example, to protect the rights, property or safety of Sweet & Arts by Brigitte, the site, our users or others; enforce our terms and conditions of use; provide the services you directly request from us through the site; comply with law, a court order or other legal process; in the course of responding to any claim by a third party that any user is using the functionality or services provided through the site in connection with an infringing, illegal or improper activity or that data placed on the site infringes rights of any third party; in response to a request for identification in connection with a claim of copyright or trademark infringement by you; to an affiliate or service provider engaged to maintain or host the site, subject to that party's agreement to honor this privacy policy.

Retention of information 

We may hold the information you provide to us, share it with our affiliates, employees and contractors, credit reference agencies and collection agencies. This enables us to:

- provide services to you
- send you bills and recover the money you owe to us
- keep you informed of services available to you from us
- exercise any lawful right any of us has

Children's privacy 

Sweet & Arts by Brigitte does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18 and does not target the site to children under 13. We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.

Cookies 

A "cookie" is a file that allows us to track and target the interests of site users. We may use cookies to keep track of pending transactions, deliver content that is specific to your interests, save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit the site, and for other lawful purposes consistent with this privacy policy. The site may place a cookie on the hard drive of your computer and your browser may accept small identifying files from our system. While we recommend that you enable cookies on your browser in order to enjoy all the features of the site, the decision remains in your hands. Note that your browser may decline the cookie if it is set up to do so, but this may limit the functionality of the site.

Linked sites 

The site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the reliability of the content or privacy practices of such other websites.

Public forums 

We may provide you with chat features, instant messaging, message boards, community forums and/or news groups through the online community or otherwise. Please remember that any information that you disclose in the online community or other public areas of the site will become public information, and become accessible to all other members of the online community and the public. We do not intend (but reserve the right) to monitor, moderate or screen the contents of user postings. We are no responsibility for any such content and you should be cautious when considering whether to disclose your personal information in the online community or any public or private forums.

Security 

The site has security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information contained within it. We have put in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. These measures may or may not be vulnerable to hacking, and we do not guarantee complete security.

Lost or stolen information 

You must notify us promptly if your user name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission. Upon notice, we will cancel that user name or password and update our records accordingly.

Opt-out option 

We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communication from us or our affiliates when we request information from you. You may send a request to remove your information from our database, stop future communication, limit the use of your information, or to review and modify information that you may have previously provided using the contact information provided in the "Contact us" section below.

Access to your personal data 

You may ask to see the personal information we hold about you. As long as we can readily retrieve it, we will provide it to you. You may also ask for any details that are wrong to be corrected.

Contact 

To exercise your opt-out privileges, access your user information, obtain more information about this privacy policy or advise us of other matters regarding your experiences with Sweet & Arts by Brigitte or the site, please contact us using the form below. Please include your username.

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We may update or change this privacy policy at any time. We will tell you about any changes by posting an updated policy on our website. Any such modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the site and your continued use of the site following such posting constitutes your acceptance of the revised privacy policy.