PRIVACY POLICY
Thanks for visiting our website. The following privacy policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this website and at Internet properties under the control of Fusions Glass Studio only. If you link to other websites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites.
By using the Fusions Glass Studio website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going-forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the website to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
Collection of Information
We collect personally identifiable information like names, postal addresses, and email addresses, when voluntarily submitted by our visitors during activities such as site registration, online store purchases, information requests, and Fusions Glass Studio Glass Fusing Academy subscriptions and courses. The information provided is used to fulfill specific requests and direct relationships between Fusions Glass Studio and customers.
We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.
Purchases and Shopping
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 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
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
We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.
Commitment to Data Security
Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, agents, and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt out of further mailings.
Authorized Sales Affiliates
Certain products and services such as Fusions Glass Studio Glass Fusing Academy Online subscriptions may be offered via authorized third-party sales affiliates, who are rewarded for referring customers who purchase those products and services. We may share the name and/or email address only of individual customers to the specific referring sales affiliates (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential). This circumstance is the only exception to our blanket prohibition against sharing customer information with third parties.
Third-Party Mailing Lists
In the case of the previously acknowledged exception for sales affiliate relationships, we do not under any circumstance sell or share any part of our customer database information with third-party marketing organizations.
Cookie/Tracking Technology
The website may use cookie and tracking technology, depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the website, and understanding how visitors use the website. Cookies can also help customize the website for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology; however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.
Distribution of Information During Legal Investigation
We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes.
Changes to Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted and dated.
Privacy Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us using the contact form on the website.
Thank you,
Fusions Glass Studio