Privacy & Confidentiality Policy
The Persimmon Studio Promise
Persimmon Studio/Amy S Gall Ritchie desires to only serve those clients who wish to work with us, who want to grow, who voluntarily seek our services. This is a joy filled endeavor and your mutual participation is essential for your growth. All contact information is kept confidential to the best of Amy’s abilities, given the current online securities and insecurities. Amy S Gall Ritchie practices confidentiality of what is shared, according to the ICF code of ethics, and will not share anything unless she become aware that you or another person is in danger. Amy does not keep client notes.
If at anytime you wish to unsubscribe to mailings or these services, just contact Amy and she will delete your content. If you want to take part in any service, but do not want to share your information online, she will gladly receive that information via phone or letter. Amy is also happy to set appointments through acuity scheduling in a way that keeps your information offline. Persimmon Studio/Amy Ritchie will only accept information regarding minors age 18 and under from legal parents or guardians and never from the minor age 18 or under themselves.
Persimmon Studio/Amy S Gall Ritchie will never sell or share your personal information. Your happiness and sense of security is important and valued.
With Love for a Better World,
Amy S Gall Ritchie
The Formal Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.persimmonstudio.org and Persimmon Studio and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Persimmon Studio include www.persimmonstudio.org and Amy S Gall Ritchie. The Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie website is an online front office. By using the Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may collect personally identifiable information that you willingly choose to provide, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
- birthdates, city/state of birth
If you purchase Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie's products and services, we prefer you use Paypal or Venmo so you don’t share personal banking information. We only see, but do not collect billing and credit card information of you choose to send a check. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction only.
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include:
(a) registering for an account on our Site;
(b) signing up for special offers from selected third parties;
(c)) sending us an email message;
(d) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future only with your consent.
Use of your Personal Information
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie collects and uses your personal information, such as email, to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Amy S Gall Ritchie does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie, or the public. Persimmon Studio/Amy S Gall Ritchie does not keep client notes and will not ever divulge personal information shared in a session.
Tracking User Behavior
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie, in order to determine what Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie website.
Use of Cookies
The Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie pages, or register with Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie site or services, a cookie helps Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. Persimmon Studio/Amy S Gall Ritchie cannot/does not ensure safety from your online use of credit card or checking information.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website and any services of Persimmon Studio.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie, you may opt out of such communications by unsubscribing from emails using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each mailing or contacting Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Persimmon Studio and Amy S Gall Ritchie has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Amy S Gall Ritchie at:
Persimmon Studio
204 N Wayne Street
North Manchester, Indiana 46962 USA
Email Address:
amy@persimmonstudio.org
Telephone number:
7659670657
Effective as of May 25, 2018