Policies

PERMISSIONS POLICY

YOU MAY:

• Print posts/content of our site for personal, non-commercial use, as long as you include the following copyright notice: “© Mackenzie Makes All rights reserved.  Originally published at www.mackenziemakes.com.”
• Re-post a summary of an article (or an excerpt of up to 100 words) with a link back to the original post.
• Re-post images that are owned by Mackenzie Makes, but only with attribution to Mackenzie Makes and a link back to the original post.
• Link to our site or any of our public posts.
• Share images on social media with a link back to the original post.

WE DO NOT ALLOW ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT OUR WRITTEN PERMISSION:

• Re-posting our content in its entirety.
• Re-posting our images without attribution and link.
• Removal of our watermark, cropping, or editing of our images.
• Altering or selling any content on this site.
• Translation of our writings into another language.

To request permission for any of the uses on the above “We do not allow” list, please email questions@mackenziemakes.com

 

COMMENT POLICY

By posting on this blog, you agree to the policies below.

We welcome comments on our blog posts.  Please keep your comments clean and related to the content.  We reserve the right to edit or remove any comment.  Feel free to ask questions, disagree, provide alternate methods, or comment on the posts as long as your comment’s content is not offensive, defamatory, abusive, or otherwise mean and inappropriate.  Also, comments deemed to be spam or questionable spam will be removed.

COMMENT PRIVACY

You may comment anonymously or under a name/username.  The email address you use to submit a comment will not be displayed on our site and will not be sold or used to contact you unless you request to be contacted.

OWNERSHIP OF COMMENT

You retain ownership of comments you leave on our site; you simply grant us a license to post your comments.  This license is irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free.  You grant us the right to store, transmit, display, use, publish, reproduce, and distribute your comments in any format, including but not limited to a blog, in a book, in a presentation, in a class, or in a video.

We expressly disclaim any and all liability that may result from any comment you leave on this site.  By commenting on this site, you agree that you retain all ownership rights for the comments you post on this site and that you will relieve us from any and all liability that may result from those postings.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Mackenzie Makes (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.mackenziemakes.com website (the “Site”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Site.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at https://www.mackenziemakes.com/terms

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

While using our Site, we may collect certain personal identification information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or enter information on our site.  You may be asked, as appropriate, to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, or other details to help you with your experience.

You are, however, able to visit our site anonymously.  The collection of personal identification information is only done when you voluntarily submit such information to us.  You can always refuse to supply personal identification information; however, it may prevent you from engaging in certain aspects of the Site.

COLLECTION OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may collect non-personal information about our users whenever they interact with our Site.  Non-personal information may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages and other statistics.  Such non-personal information is not connected to any personal information collected from you.

USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

• To personalize user’s experience. This allows us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which our users are most interested.
• To allow us to better service you. This helps us when responding to your customer service requests.
• To improve our site. We may use the feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
• To run a promotion, contest, survey, or other site feature. We may send users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
• To quickly process your transactions. We may use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to provide service to that order.  We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.
• To send periodic emails. Such emails may be regarding your order or other products and services. It may also include emails about company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. Users are able to unsubscribe from receiving future emails at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of each email.
• To follow up with you. This allows us to communicate back with our users after correspondence (such as live chat, email, or phone inquiries).

PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION

The security of your personal information is important to us.  Unfortunately, no method of data transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order, enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

All transactions made directly on our website are processed through PayPal and are not stored or processed on our servers.  More information about PayPal is available at paypal.com.

USE OF COOKIES

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, etc.) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. Please note: if you disable cookies, it will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, such as sending out newsletters, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our Site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site.  We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.  Browsing and interacting on any other website, including those that link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.  We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Site does not specifically market to anyone under the age of 18.

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.  You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service.  If you do not consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information as discussed in this policy, please do not provide any personal information to Mackenzie Makes.  If you have already provided personal information to Mackenzie Makes and no longer consent to its use or disclosure as discussed in this policy, please contact us at questions@mackenziemakes.com.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your information, please email us at questions@mackenizemakes.com.

 

Last updated: May 16, 2021