KINTSUGI INSTITUTE
PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: Jan. 17, 2023
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE INFORMATION THAT KINTSUGI INSTITUTE COLLECTS AND HOW IT USES SUCH INFORMATION. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ACCORDING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Privacy Statement
We are committed to safeguarding Your privacy online. This privacy policy applies to Your information that we collect and receive. By using this website, kintsugi.institute (“Website”), You agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please read the following policy to understand how Your Personal Information will be treated as You use our Website. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices.
Personal Information Defined
For this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information that is personally identifiable to a user as well as other non-public information that is associated with a user. We collect and use Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy from the users of the Website.
Browsing the Website
If You browse through the Website without entering any Personal Information, we will automatically gather and store certain information about Your visit. This information does not identify You personally and cannot be linked back to You unless You decide at some point to identify Yourself. If You are only browsing, we may collect the following information (whenever possible): IP address, domain name, the type of browser and operating system used to access the Website, the date and time You access the Website, the pages You visit (click-through), and if You linked to the Website from another website, the address of that website as well as additional information related to Your visit. We use Your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Website.
Cookies
We may place “cookies” on Your personal computer. “Cookies” are small identifiers sent from a web server and stored on Your computer’s hard drive, similar to a license plate, that help us to recognize You if You visit the Website again. We use cookies to record session information, such as record user-specific information on what pages You access or visit, record past activity in order to provide better service when You return to the Website, to customize Website content based on Your browser type, and to track how You found the Website. Cookies are not designed to be used to get data from Your hard drive, Your e-mail, or any other personal data about You. To protect Your privacy, We do not use cookies to store or transmit any Personal Information about You on the Internet. You can reject cookies by changing Your browser settings. Please note, however, that if You reject our cookies, it is possible that some web pages may not properly load, Your access to certain information might be denied, or You might have to enter information about Yourself more than once.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect the following Personal Information that You submit voluntarily. Scheduling an appointment or requesting more information requires You to provide us with Your name, e-mail address, physical addresses, and telephone numbers. Personal Information may also include other personally identifiable information You may affirmatively provide to us.
Minors
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information by anyone under the age of 18. Do not submit your information if You are under the age of 18 and do not provide us with any information regarding any individual under the age of 18 through the Website.
Use of Personal Information
Personal Information You submit to us, or to third parties that support us in collecting information, is used by us to provide You through the Website, to respond to requests that You make, to improve our services, and to operate, maintain, and improve the features, functionality, performance, and support of the Website.
We use the Personal Information that we gather about You for the following purposes:
To communicate with You to schedule appointments and to respond to Your inquiries, which may include communicating with You via email;
For marketing and promotional purposes (for example, we may use Your information, such as Your email address, to send You news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, or to otherwise contact You about products or information we think may interest You); and
To better understand how users access and use the Website and services, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, to improve the Website and services and respond to user desires and preferences, and for other research and analytical purposes
Feedback
If You provide feedback about the Website, we may use and disclose such feedback for any purpose, provided we do not associate such feedback with Your Personal Information. We will collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the Personal Information in it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We never sell your Personal Information. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose to or share Your Personal Information with third parties, unless You ask or authorize us to do so. We may provide Your Personal Information to third party service providers, vendors, and suppliers who work on behalf of or with us to provide You with services. However, these service providers and suppliers do not have any independent right to use this information except to help us provide the services. We may share some or all of Your Personal Information with any parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), in which case we will require Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We value Your privacy and has taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute or sell Your Personal Information to outside parties except as permitted under this Privacy Policy.
Mergers
In the event we go through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, Your Personal Information will likely be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of the company or its assets may continue to use Your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Legal Obligation to Disclose
We may (and You authorize us to) disclose information we have collected from and about You (including Personal Information) if we believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (b) to enforce our Privacy Policy; or (c) to protect and defend the rights or property of us, the users of our services, or third parties.
Changing Personal Information
You may change Your Personal Information by emailing us at privacy@kintsugi.institute
Links to Other Web Sites
The Website may contain links to Third Party Sites that are not owned or controlled by us. The provision of such links is for Your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such websites or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review and are not responsible for the privacy policies of or content displayed on Third Party Sites. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to Third Party Sites.
Notification of Privacy Statement Changes
From time to time, we may use Personal Information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to this Website to notify You of these changes and provide You with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If You are concerned about how Your information is used, You should check back at this Website periodically.
Contacting Us
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or Your dealings with this Website, please contact us by email at privacy@kintsugi.institute.