Privacy Policy

Hello Lovely,

I take your privacy seriously and am committed to protecting your personal data here at Christinemylinh.com. Below is my privacy policy, but I understand that the policy can be intimidating or difficult to understand. If you have any questions about the use of your information, please email hello@christinemylinh.com

In short, I collect your information to fulfill your order and send you emails. I have to share some of the information with the platforms I use, such as but not limited to Convertkit, Squarespace, and Google Analytics. If you agree to receive my email, I use your email to send you updates and letters. You can opt-out anytime and choose your preference when you sign up or at the bottom of every email. 

I will never sell your information to third parties or otherwise do anything ill-intentioned with your data, nor do I ever want to hide anything I am doing with your information from you.

Sincerely,
Christine My Linh 

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This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.christinemylinh.com (the "Website," "we," "us," and "our").

Please read the Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and Terms and Conditions carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms and Conditions when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Website, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Website, and information about how you interact with the Website. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information."

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  - "Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

  - "Log files" track actions occurring on the Website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

  - "Web beacons," "tags," and "pixels" are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Website.

- We improve our products and your experience by using Microsoft Clarity to see how you use our website. By using our site, you agree that we and Microsoft can collect and use this data.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Website, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information."

When we talk about "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect to fulfill any orders placed through the Website (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

Communicate with you;

Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and

When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally, to improve and optimize our Website (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Website, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Squarespace to power our online store--you can read more about how Squarespace uses your Personal Information here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Website--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We use Convertkit (https://convertkit.com/privacy) to send our emails to those that have opted-in or signed up. You can always easily unsubscribe and change your preferences via the links in the footer of any email we send.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

We will not share your personal information in any malicious or ill-intentioned way and will never sell your information to third parties.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt-out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

- Pinterest: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/personalization-and-data

Additionally, you can opt-out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

EMAIL INFORMATION

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, by mail, and by telephone. This also applies when you register for our Website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this Website. For further information, see the email policies below.

EMAIL POLICIES

We are committed to keeping your email address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Sharing Your Personal Information.

We will maintain the information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from our organization will clearly state who the email is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further email communication from us.

Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any email they receive from us at any time.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Website's data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, if you make an order through the Website) or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

These rights are subject to specific rules around when you can exercise them. You can see a lot more information on them, if you are interested, on the UK Information Commissioner's Office website.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

California Civil Code Section 1789.83, also known as the "Shine the Light" law, permits users who are a California residence to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information, if any, we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Website, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

MINORS

While our content is suitable for all ages, our Website is not explicitly intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. We want to respect the wishes of parents. If you are a minor under the age of 18, please make sure you have your parent's consent to visit this Website.

CHANGES

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website's home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions or would like to make a request, please get in touch with us by email at hello@christinemylinh.com with the subject "Privacy Policy Inquiry."

Thank you for taking the time to read this Privacy Policy, and thank you for visiting our Website.