Privacy Policy

  Last updated: October 24, 2024

This Privacy Policy for www.sewsparkstudio.com aims to lay out:

· the way your personal information is collected and processed. “Personal information” means any information that could identify you, such as your name, your mailing address, your email address, your location and your IP address. “Personal information” is a synonym for “personal data” within the meaning of the Regulation 2016/679 of the European Union (General Data Protection Regulation);

· your rights regarding your personal information;

· who is responsible for the processing of the collected information;

· to whom the information is transmitted;

· the website’s policy regarding cookies.

This Privacy Policy complements the Terms and Conditions that you may find at the following address: https://sewsparkstudio.com/privacy-%2F-terms-%26-cond#9a6b3bae-0812-411d-b379-4f862b6bd6bb

1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect your email address if you sign up for notifications. Depending on the format of your email address, we may also have access to your name. The personal information we collect is collected through the collection methods described in the following section.

2. FORMS AND METHODS OF COLLECTION

· Website Subscription. Your personal information is collected if you subscribe to our website.

· Interactivity. Your personal information may also be collected through interactivity between you and the website (e.g., if you download a file).

We may use the collected data to contact users about new information posted on our website and to manage the website.

3. COOKIES AND LOG FILES

We may collect information through log files and cookies. These allow us to process statistics and information about traffic on our Website, to ease navigation, and to improve your experience with our Website.

· Cookies used by our Website. The cookie files used on our Website may include IP address, pages visited and queries, and the day and time of connection. The use of such files allows us to improve our service, to track downloads, and manage statistical surveys. If you purchase items, third party apps, such as paypal or credit cards, may use cookies and log files.

The website also embeds sharing and social media network buttons that may allow you to share your activity on our Website. Cookies and log files from social media networks may be saved on your computer when you use these features. These websites have their own privacy policy and terms and conditions that may be different than ours. We invite you to look at the privacy policies and terms and conditions from these websites.

· Objection to the use of cookies and log files by our Website. You have the right to object to the recording of these cookies and log files by configuring your web browser. Once you have deactivated cookies and log files, you may continue your use of our Website. However, any malfunction resulting from this deactivation shall not be considered of our making.

4. SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information collected by our Website is not transmitted to any third party and is processed only by us.

5. HOSTING AND STORAGE PERIOD OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our website is hosted by GoDaddy, located at 2150 E. Warner Road, Tempe, AZ 85284. The host may be contacted at 1-866-938-1119.

Personal information we collect and process is transferred to the United States. The transfer of personal information outside of the European Union is justified because the personal information is hosted in the USA where company headquarters are located.

Any personal information collected will be held in GoDaddy computer systems, in reasonable security conditions until you request it be deleted or the website is removed.

6. CONTROLLER

The “Controller” is the website creator and manager, Paula Alexander, who may be contacted through the contact form on the website. The Controller is in charge of determining the purposes for which personal information is processed and the means of such processing.

· Obligations of the controller. The Controller is committed to protecting the personal information collected, not to transmit it to third parties without informing you, and to respect the purposes for which personal information was collected. In the event that the integrity, confidentiality, or security of your personal information is compromised, the Controller is committed to notifying you.

7. RIGHT OF OBJECTION AND OF WITHDRAWAL

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information by our Website. You also have the right to withdraw your subscription at any time. If you wish to exercise the right to object or the right to withdraw, use the contact form on the website. You can also “unsubscribe” from the email list by clicking the unsubscribe message on any email message.

8. RIGHT OF ACCESS, OF RECTIFICATION, AND OF REMOVAL

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact us through the website.

9. PRIVACY AND RIGHTS RELATED TO SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS

a) If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

· If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way

· For investigations and fraud detection and prevention

· For business transactions provided certain conditions are met

· If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim

· For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin

· If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse

· If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province

· If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records

· If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced

· If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes

· If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations

b) If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of European Regulation 2016/679, the collection and processing of your personal data must comply with the following principles:

· Lawfulness, fairness and transparency. Your personal data may only be collected and processed with your consent. Every time your personal data is collected, you will be informed that your personal data is collected and for which reasons your personal data is collected.

· Limited purposes. The data is collected and processed for one or more purposes set out in the Privacy Policy.

· Data minimization. Only personal data necessary for the purpose is collected.

· Storage limited in time. Personal data is stored for a limited time, of which you are notified.

· Integrity and confidentiality of collected and processed personal data. The Controller is committed to guarantee the integrity and confidentiality of the collected personal data.

In order to be lawful and to comply with Article 6 or European Regulation 2016/679, collection and processing will only occur if one of the following applies:

· You have given your express consent.

· Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract.

· Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.

· Processing is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or those of another physical person.

· Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.

· Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller or a third party.

In accordance with European regulation relating to the processing of personal data, you also have the rights listed below. In order for the Controller to grant your request, you must provide you first and last name and your email address. The Controller must answer your request within a period of thirty (30) days.

· Right to portability of personal data. The only information held by this Website will be your email address if you subscribed, so this provision is not applicable.

· Right of not being the object of a decision based only on automated processing. In accordance with the provisions of European Regulation 2016/679, you have the right to not be the subject of a decision based solely on automated processing.

· Right to submit a complaint to the competent authority. In the event that the Controller does not answer your request, you wish to challenge a decision, or you believe one of your rights has been infringed upon, you have the right to submit a complaint to the competent authority.

c)  

a) If you are located in California, this section applies to you.

· What categories of personal information do we collect? We may have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

o Identifiers. Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name.

o Internet or similar network activity. Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements.

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide our Services.

· How do we use and share your personal information? SewSpark Studio may collect and share your personal information through:

o Social media plugins: We may use social media features, such as a “Like” button, and widgets, such as a “Share” button in our Services. Such features may process your Internet Protocol (IP) address and track which page you are visiting on our website. We may place a cookie to enable the feature to work correctly. If you are logged in on a certain social media platform and you interact with a widget or button belonging to that social media platform, this information may be recorded to your profile of such social media platform. To avoid this, you should log out from that social media platform before accessing or using our Services. Social media features and widgets may be hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy notices of the companies that provide them. By clicking on one of these buttons, you agree to the use of this plugin and consequently the transfer of personal information to the corresponding social media service. We have no control over the essence and extent of these transmitted data or their additional processing.

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be “selling” of your personal information. SewSpark Studio has not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months.

d) If you are located in Virginia, this section applies to you.

Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA):

The information we collect, use, and disclose about you will vary depending on how you interact with SewSpark Studio and our Services. Your rights with respect to your personal data include:

· Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your personal data

· Right to access your personal data

· Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data

· Right to request deletion of your personal data

· Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us

· Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects 

SewSpark Studio has not sold any personal data to third parties for business or commercial purposes. SewSpark Studio will not sell personal data in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.

10. SECURITY

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

11. CHILDREN

The Website includes sections aimed towards children. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using our Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of our Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the subscription and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us through the website form.

· Personal Data of Minors Under European Regulation 2016/679. In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of Regulation 2016/679, only minors over 15 years of age may consent to the processing of their personal data. If you are a minor under the age of 15, the consent of a legal representative is required in order for your personal data to be collected and processed. We reserve the right to verify by any means that you are over 15 years of age or that you have obtained the consent of a legal representative before using our Website.

12. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Our Privacy Policy may be viewed at all times at the https://sewsparkstudio.com/privacy-%2F-terms-%26-cond#9a6b3bae-0812-411d-b379-4f862b6bd6bb. We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy in order to guarantee its compliance with the applicable law. You are therefore invited to regularly consult our Privacy Policy to be informed of the latest changes. However, in the event of a substantial change to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you when you access the website and/or through our subscribers’ email list.

  Effective Date: October 24, 2024

These terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern the use of www.sewsparkstudio.com (the “Site”). This Site is owned and operated by SewSpark Studio. This Site showcases video tutorials and accompanying materials created and posted by the owner on youTube. At some point patterns and some materials may be available for purchase on the website.

By using this Site, you indicate that you have read and understood these Terms and Conditions and agree to abide by them at all times.

Intellectual Property

All content published and made available on the Site is the property of Paula Alexander and the Site’s creators. This includes, but is not limited to images, text, logos, documents, downloadable files, and anything that contributes to the composition of the Site.

Acceptable Use

As a user of the site, you agree to use the Site legally, not to use the Site for illegal purposes, and not to:

· harass or mistreat other users of the Site;

· violate the rights of other users of the Site;

· violate the intellectual property rights of the Site owners or any third party to the Site;

· hack into the account of another user of the Site;

· act in any way that could be considered fraudulent; or

· post any material that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive.

If we believe you are using the Site illegally or in a manner that violates these Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to limit, suspend, or terminate your access to the Site. We also reserve the right to take any legal steps necessary to prevent you from accessing our Site.

Third Party Goods and Services

The Site may offer goods and services from third parties. We cannot guarantee the quality or accuracy of goods and services made available by third parties on the Site.

Links to Other Websites

The Site may contain links to third party websites or services that we do not own or control. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third party website or service linked to the Site. It is your responsibility to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of these third party websites before using these sites.

Limitation of Liability

Paula Alexander and any employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates will not be liable for any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses including legal fees from your use of the Site.

Indemnity

Except where prohibited by law, by using this Site, you indemnify and hold harmless Paula Alexander and any employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates from any actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses including legal fees arising out of your use of the Site and your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

Applicable Law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia.

Severability

If at any time any of the provisions set forth in these Terms and Conditions are found to be inconsistent or invalid under applicable laws, those provisions will be deemed void and will be removed these Terms and Conditions. All other provisions will not be affected by the removal and the rest of these Terms and Conditions will still be considered valid.

Changes

These Terms and Conditions may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to the way we operate the Site and the way we expect users to behave on the Site. We will notify users by email of changes to these Terms and Conditions and/or post a notice on the Site.

Contact Details

Please contact us through the Website form if you have any questions or concerns.