It is SpeakTut policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you through our Big Cartel store or our related sites and services in the circumstances set out below. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, safeguard and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”).
We will only collect and use your Personal Data where:
– we have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with our legal obligations;
– we are performing a contract with you for our services; and
– we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy and Big Cartel here. (https://help.bigcartel.com/privacy-policy)
We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.
1. Personal Data we collect via our website speaktut.com (the “Website”) through our Big Cartel store or our related sites and services.
Personal Data that you provide to us
We only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with us on the Website in the following ways:
ACTIVITY TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
When you sign-up to:
· receive free content, including eBooks, news and offers;
· Email address
· First name
· Last name
When you purchase a book directly from us:
· Name
· Email address
· Phone number
· Any Personal Data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form
· Payment method choice (payment details are held by our payment processors, Stripe (also known as Link), ApplePay, Amazon, not us.
See Stripe policy here…
See Link policy here
See Apple Pay policy here
See Amazon policy here
When you complete the contact us inquiries form:
· Name
· Email address
· Phone number
· Any Personal Data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form
Data that is collected automatically:
The Big Cartel platform automatically collects information utilizing a number of cookies over which we at SpeakTut have no control. The Big Cartel platform uses cookies when customers purchase something, according to the directive "strictly necessary". These cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly. They consist of non-personally identifiable information including your IP address, computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the site and individual pages on the site. You can take steps to disable cookies on your browser; however this may affect your ability to use the site. For more information on the use of cookies by Big Cartel's platform, please refer to their Privacy Policy (https://help.bigcartel.com/privacy-policy).
2. Use of your Personal Data
We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your Personal Data to:
– process and manage your use of our website;
– process your order for shipment;
– respond to your questions, comments and requests;
– where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you;
– improve our services and Website through analysis of information.
3. Sharing of your Personal Data
We take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below:
We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These third parties may include social media advertising platforms or shipment platforms such as Amazon, IngramSpark Publishing Pirateship, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Google Adwords for the purpose of shipment, custom audience generation, and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Please note that we have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf.
4. Keeping your Personal Data secure
We have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Data we collect. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable laws to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage and unauthorised access, use and disclosure.
5. Retention periods for use of your Personal Data
We will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymise any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.
6. Children
This Website and our services are aimed at adults, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.
7. Access to and control over your Personal Data
Our store is hosted by Big Cartel Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that facilitates your purchase of products we offer for sale.
• Your personal information is stored through Big Cartel’s data storage, databases and the Big Cartel application. Big Cartel, including its service providers and affiliates, have access to information related to our store’s customers for Big Cartel to analyse performance, make improvements to Big Cartel’s services and products and to provide related services, such as payment processing. You consent to the collection, processing, and transfer of all data by Big Cartel, and third parties contracted by Big Cartel, to assist in the performance of the services.
• For more information on how your information is stored, shared and protected by Big Cartel, please refer to their privacy policy here. (https://help.bigcartel.com/privacy-policy)
You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You refer to Big Cartel privacy policy here (https://help.bigcartel.com/privacy-policy) for how your personal data is stored, shared and protected AND you can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us via email [[email protected]] to:
– see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
– ask us to change/correct your Personal Data;
– ask us to delete your Personal Data;
– object to the processing of your Personal Data;
– ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
– withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data; and
– express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.
8. Change of purpose
We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
9. Contact Us
Speaktut
Email for Privacy Questions: [email protected]