WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated July 11, 2019
Thank you for visiting the Playground Pictures website. We are committed to protecting your personal information and are actively working to ensure that your use of our website remains safe and respects your privacy as a user. This Privacy Policy governs the practices of This Site regarding how we collect and use your information. Please read the following terms carefully as it will help you make a more informed decision regarding how you decide to share your personal information with us. We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your use of our website and our policies.
I. GENERAL TERMS
The following context of terms and conditions shall be recognized as “Privacy Policy” and pertain specifically to the use and access of this website located at www.playgroundstudios.com. The aforesaid domain and any of its associated subdomains, subsites, extensions, content, materials, constituent and or whole parts located at said domain, shall collectively be recognized as “This Site”. The terms “you”, “your”, and “user” are used in reference to and or in definition of any party at any time that attempts to and successfully establishes an active connection to This Site through any medium of connection. The terms “us”, “we”, and “our” are used in reference to Playground Pictures, LLC. This Agreement is immediately effective and binding between Playground Pictures, LLC and you upon your access of This Site.
This Site is published and maintained by Playground Pictures, LLC, along with our respective subsidiaries, affiliates, and or related entities whom we may work in conjunction with in order to provide quality services and information through This Site. In doing so we may frequently make changes to the content and certain features available on our website. This Site may also provide a connection and or portal to another subsite or website operated under Playground Pictures, LLC brand. Please be aware that any subsite(s) accessible through This Site may have its own specific policies and practices regarding privacy. When you access, browse, or use This Site you accept without limitation or qualification, the terms and conditions set forth herein in addition to any terms and conditions set forth in any subsite or website owned, maintained and or operated by Playground Pictures, LLC.
II. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
While accessing our website (This Site) as a Visitor, you can browse through our pages to discover more about our company and the services we provide. You are not required to provide us with any personal information when using our site as a Visitor. We collect your personal information when you express an interest in acquiring more information about us or our services, specifically when you directly initiate one of the following events:
A. Should you decide to contact us through our website by either initiating an email link or via our online contact form
B. Should you request more information regarding any of our services and submit an inquiry through any form on our website
C. Should you decide to register for our digital newsletter by completing our online newsletter signup form
D. Should you communicate and or interact with us through any social media or third party widget used on our website
As a user of This Site, you have the right and ability to decide whether or not to share any personal information with us. Our online forms are there to help facilitate your interaction with us. They also allow us to help provide you with a greater quality of service. You may decide how much and what type of information you wish to provide us when using our This Site. The personal information that we collect is in relation to the context of your interaction with us through our website and the type of service(s) you are requesting. The personal information we collect can include the following:
A. Name (First or First and Last)
B. Email Address
C. Phone Number (including other means of direct contact)
Automatically Collected Information
When you use This Site, we automatically collect certain computer information by the interaction of your web browser or mobile phone connecting to our website. Such information is generally considered non-personal information, and includes the following:
a. Cookies
A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. When you visit our website, a cookie is used to identify the areas of our site that you have visited. Cookies also allow us to personalize certain website features and our content that you interact with on our website. We also use Cookies to improve the performance and efficiency of certain website functions and services made available on our website. Most web browsers provide the ability to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you decide to disable Cookies, the functionality and your access to certain website functions that rely on such cookies may be effected and or fail to perform correctly. As a general security measure, our cookies do not contain Personally Identifiable Information and are used typically to deliver a better quality experience when interacting with our website.
b. Third Party Tracking Tools
We also use third party tracking tools to improve the performance and features of our website. These third party tracking tools are designed to collect only non-personal information about your use of our website. By accessing our website, you acknowledge that these tools are created and managed by external parties outside our control. As such, we are not responsible for what information is actually captured by such third parties or how such third parties use and protect that information
c. Third Party Software & Technology Resources
In order to provide a better website experience to our users, we employ the use of certain third party software and technology resources, including but not limited to plugins, modules, application platform interfaces (API), content delivery networks (CDN), web servers (i.e. Apache), hosting services (i.e. Squarespace), and a variety of other resources that work together to keep our website operable and allow us to provide certain functions and features to our users (Refer to Article V, Service Providers). These third party software and technology resources may collect non-personal information about your use of our website. By accessing our website, you acknowledge that these resources are created and managed by external parties outside our control. As such, we are not responsible for what information is actually captured by such third parties or how such third parties use and protect that information.
d. Log Information
We automatically receive information from your web browser or mobile device. This information includes the name of the website from which you entered our website, if any, as well as the name of the website to which you're headed when you leave our website. This information also includes the IP address of your computer/proxy server that you use to access the Internet, your Internet Website provider name, web browser type, type of mobile device, and computer operating system. We use all of this information to analyze trends among our Users to help improve our website.
III. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
When you access and use This Site and decide to send us information through any of the online forms, the information you submit is collected and stored in a secure database. The way we use the information we collect from you (also referenced as “User Data”) is outlined in the following ways:
· To create a profile for you
We use your information to create a profile that helps us to provide services that are personalized to your needs. This profile helps us during our consultation with you to identify and address your unique goals, challenges, and ways in which we can best serve you as customer.
· To customize your website experience
We may use the information you provide to us along with any computer information we receive to customize the performance and functionality of our website.
· For data aggregation purposes
We retain the right to collect and use any non-personal information collected from your use of our website and aggregate such data for internal analytics that improve our website and Service as well as for use or resale to others. At no time is your personally identifiable information included in such data aggregations.
Transfer of Your Personal Information
Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers and or servers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Retention of Your Personal Information
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
User Rights to Non-Confidential Information
All materials and information submitted to This Site that are of a “non-confidential” nature defined herein as “any information that does not hold any value of personal significance and must not be protected and or is not deemed to require protection through higher levels of security”. If you send any non-confidential communications or materials to This Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions, ideas, plans and or designs, suggestions, documents, materials, and information of a non-personal nature, or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Thus, you give up any claim that any use of such material violates any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right to approve the way Playground Pictures, LLC uses such material.
Any “non-confidential” material submitted to This Site may be adapted, broadcast, changed, copied, disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold, transmitted, or used by Playground Pictures, LLC anywhere in the world, in any medium, for any undefined period of time. Furthermore, Playground Pictures, LLC is free to use, without any notice or compensation to you, any concepts, ideas, know-how, or techniques contained in any non-confidential communication(s) you send to This Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. However, you agree and understand that you have no right or authority to how Playground Pictures, LLC may use such information, and that Playground Pictures, LLC is not obligated to use any such information or materials.
Transmission of Electronic Material
Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to This Site may be read or intercepted by others, unless there is a special notice that a particular message (for example, credit card information) is encrypted (sent in code). Sending a message to Playground Pictures, LLC does not cause Playground Pictures, LLC to have any special responsibility to you.
Links
This website may contain links to other internet websites, applications, portals, online addresses. Playground Pictures, LLC provides such links for your convenience only, and is not responsible or bears any authority in any manner whatsoever for the content of any website linked to or from this Site. Links from This Site to any other website do not represent that Playground Pictures, LLC approves of, endorses, or recommends the content on the linked website, including any information or materials contained on such linked sites. Playground Pictures, LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, legality, reliability, or validity of any content on any other website. We strongly advise that you exercise your own good judgment when choosing to interact with any linked website.
IV. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER GDPR
Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your personal information.
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, depends on the information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal information for the following reasons:
· Provide you with consultation in relation to our services, and more specifically to contact you in response to a service you have requested from us.
· To create a personalized profile for you in order to provide you with our services
· To respond to any communication you have submitted to us
· Provide you with a better quality of service
· You have given us permission to contact you through the contact data you have provided
· The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights
· To comply with the law
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
· The right to access, update or to delete the personal information we have on you
· The right of rectification
· The right to object
· The right of restriction
· The right to data portability
· The right to withdraw consent
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
V. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
Service Providers
We employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website ("Service Providers"), to provide our website on our behalf, to perform Website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third-parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Links to Third-Party Websites and Applications
Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not under our direct control. These websites may have their own policies regarding privacy. We have no control of or responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors. You access such linked Websites at your own risk. These websites are not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should check the privacy policies, if any, of those individual websites to see how the operators of those third-party websites will utilize your personal information. In addition, these websites may contain a link to Websites of our affiliates. The websites of our affiliates are not subject to this Privacy Policy, and you should check their individual privacy policies to see how the operators of such websites will utilize your personal information.
VI. ASSOCIATED POLICIES
Email Policy
Playground Pictures, LLC, its subsidiaries, affiliates and or partners fully comply with national laws regarding SPAM. You can always opt out of receipt of further email correspondence from us and/or our affiliates. We agree that we will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third-party without your permission.
Child's Privacy Policy
Our Website is not designed for use by anyone under the age of 18 (recognized hereby as a “minor”), though we realize we may have a minor attempt to make a connection to our site and complete forms through our website. We do not verify the age of visitors to our website nor are we liable or required to verify the age of any visitor and or active user of our website. If you are a minor, a parent or guardian of a minor, by accessing and using our website you acknowledge and agree that we are not liable or responsible for any information whether confidential or publicly known, that is submitted by a minor whether accidentally or intentionally through any of the forms on our website.
As we take privacy very seriously, it is our inherent policy to automatically delete any information that we consider irrelevant to the purposes of our website and the services we provide. If you believe any information pertaining to a minor that can be deemed personally harmful and damaging to that minor was submitted through our website, please contact us at support@playgroundstudios.com so we may assist you further. In such an event, it is our policy to ask for verification to ensure that you are legally authorized to represent the minor. Naturally, the discovery of any such information submitted to us is immediately deleted. We will not use the information for any purpose, and we will not disclose the information to third parties. However, as parent or guardian of a minor, you understand that you are legally liable for any information submitted through our website by a minor.
VII. PROACTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUR DATA
In order to better serve our community of website users and visitors, we employ all measures within our capabilities to secure and protect (a) the content, source code and functionalities of This Site; (b) any systems and technologies we own, manage, or license that is used to collect information through This Site; (c) the data, materials and information we collect through This Site. In addition to proactively working to improve our existing methods of security, we enforce strict guidelines regarding privacy that all users and visitors of This Site must adhere to.
Privacy Policy Commitment
In accordance with this Privacy Policy and to the best of our ability, we agree to (a) not unlawfully misuse, abuse, and or permit the unauthorized access, use, and sale of information collected through This Site that is deemed sensitive or confidential in nature; (b) provide transparency regarding the type of information we collect through This Site and how we use such information. Our practices and guidelines regarding privacy will always be made publically available herein this Privacy Policy. Updates or amendments to these terms will be made at the sole discretion of Playground Pictures, LLC, without any prior notification to you. By accessing This Site, you hereby accept the responsibility to frequently check for any changes to these terms as such changes may impact your use of This Site.
VIII. UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this policy, we may notify you through a written notice on our website, by a blog post, by email, or by any method we determine. The method we choose is at our sole discretion. A notice regarding the last update to this Privacy Policy (“This Agreement”) will be made visible either at the beginning or at the end of this document. Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy is immediately effective and shall replace any previous Privacy Policies.
IX. CONTACT US
Feel free to reach out to us anytime. Please address any inquiries or concerns to the following departments:
Client Services
Mailing Address: 1793 Lafayette St #120 Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA
Phone: 877-500-9645 / Email: info@playgroundstudios.com
General Support
Website Related Support
webmaster@playgroundstudios.com
X. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By using This Site, you agree to be bound by all terms set forth herein this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms with the intent to violate any of the expressed conditions set forth, your access to this site is unauthorized and in violation of our Terms of Service policy.
This website privacy policy is current as of July 2019