Welcome to Placid Web Designs website. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website or interact with us. This Privacy Policy applies to our website only and not 3rd party websites or websites referred through a link. By using our website or providing us with your information, you consent to the practices described in this policy. 

Placid Web Designs website processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America. When you visit our website we may collect the following information in order to respond to your inquiries or provide you wi   th a better experience and to improve the quality of our services via third party services: 

When you use the Site, you consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

We encourage our Users to carefully read the Privacy Policy and use it to make informed decisions. 

a. User communications:

When you send an email or other communication via our website, we may retain that information in order to process and respond to your inquiries. This includes personal information you provide such as your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.

b. Automatically Collected Information:

We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics and Moz Pro, to collect information about your use of our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, and browsing behavior. Third party websites such as Google Analytics and Moz Pro. These third party websites may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies. 

c. Links: 

Flink Maswick Law may present links to other sites so you may gain more information for example in our blog. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. You should read their privacy policies as they would have different privacy practices than Flink Maswick Law. 

We do not rent, sell, or share Users’ information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may use the information for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
• To improve our website and services.
• To analyze website traffic and usage.
• To comply with legal obligations.
• Communicating with you – sending you notices regarding our services, providing you with technical information and responding to any customer service issue you may have;
  
• To communicate with you and to keep you informed of our latest updates and services;

4.0 Disclosure of Your Information

Placid Web Designs does not share your personal information (such as phone numbers, email addresses, name, or other identifiable information) with other companies or individuals outside of Placid Web Designs except in the following limited circumstances:

• Third Party Service providers such as Google and MozPro who help us operate and improve our website and its performance.
• Hosting and operating our site and or provide tech support when needed.  And, storing and processing such information on our behalf.
• Subcontractors who support Placid Web Designs in certain areas of design or development.
• Legal authorities when required by law to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable government request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Placid Web Designs, its users or the public as permitted by law.

You may request to: 

Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal information, together with supplementary information. 

 Receive a copy of personal information you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. 

 Request rectification of your personal information that is in our control.

 Request erasure of your personal information. 

 Object to the processing of personal information by us. 

 Request to restrict processing of your personal information by us.

 Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. 

If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact us at lhuber@placidwebdesigns.com or call at 215.205.2527 .

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicable regulations, we will keep records containing client personal data, account opening documents, communications and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations. 

We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.

We and our trusted partners use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our Site or access our services. 

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assign to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our Services. 

The Site uses the following types of cookies:

a. 'session cookies' which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed; 

b. 'persistent cookies ' which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to allow us to store your preferences for the next access of the website; 

c. 'third party cookies' which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access.

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.

We also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about your use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users access the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit sites, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy .

Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent you disclose your information to other parties or sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third party that you choose to disclose information to. 

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals whom we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties which we may disclose information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. 

We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Site and your information. SSL is used to ensure a secure access to the website, the data is stored on a secure server, we only interface with third party sites who comply with similar security requirements.  Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our Site, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.

Please note that some data recipients may be located outside the EEA. In such cases we will transfer your data only to such countries as approved by the European Commission as providing adequate level of data protection, or enter into legal agreements ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. The Placid Web Designs website is not designed for or directed at children. Under no circumstances shall we allow use of our services by minors without prior consent or authorization by a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at lhuber@placidwebdesigns.com

If you have any general questions about the Site or the information we collect about you and how we use it, you can contact us at lhuber@placidwebdesigns.com

Placid Web Designs LLC

Last Modified:  October 9, 2023