Type of website: E-commerce
Effective Date: 1st day of January, 2022
Green Curtain owns and operates at www.greencurtain.org (the "Site"). Fatima Gould is the data controller and can be contacted at info@greencurtain.org.
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
For users in the European Union, we comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer because we do not fall within the categories of controllers or processors required to appoint one under Article 37 of the GDPR.
By using our Site, users agree that they consent to:
1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.
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When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make the processing that we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.
You can withdraw your consent by emailing info@greencurtain.org.
We collect and process personal data of users in the EU only when we have a legal basis under Article 6 of the GDPR.
We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:
Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:
This data may be collected using the following methods:
1. Create an account and sign up for newsletters.
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.
The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:
1. To send the user newsletter and update emails.
The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:
Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Third Parties
We may share user data with the following third parties:
1. Mailchimp
We may share the following user data with third parties:
1. Full name and email address.
We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:
Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the given purpose.
Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.
User data will be stored for 2 years.
You will be notified if your data is retained beyond this period.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
To protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements, and any breach would result in termination.
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and users are protected, there is always a risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times, and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
The minimum age to use our website is 18. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16, we will delete it as soon as possible. If a child under 16 has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your data, and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our privacy officer here: info@greencurtain.org
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:
1. You can opt out of the use of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of any marketing email or updating your email preferences under "Your Account".
A cookie is a small file stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.
We use the following types of cookies on our Site:
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access it, such as the content you view, how long you stay on our Site, etc.
Targeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us to personalize the information you see on our Site.
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time to maintain compliance with applicable laws and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.
If you have any complaints about how we process your data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern satisfactorily, you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can file a complaint with a supervisory authority by emailing info@greencurtain.org.
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer at info@greencurtain.org.