Effective July 29, 2019
Your privacy matters.
As the owner of this website, (www.shoreandstone.com, hereinafter referred to as "us," "we" "our" or "Site") it is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating Shore & Stone. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Site. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Site, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Site and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and Conditions posted on our Site, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Site. Depending on your activities when visiting our Site, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Shore & Stone collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring Site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the Site. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Site.
We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Shore & Stone blog posts. We only disclose logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that we use and disclose personally-identifying information as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to the Site choose to interact with Shore & Stone in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for the newsletter to provide a name and email address.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of 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.
Advertisements
Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Shore & Stone and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links To External Websites
Our Site may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of every website you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party websites, products or services.
Aggregated Statistics
We may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to the Site. We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, we do not disclose your personally-identifying information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.
Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
Affiliate Program Participation
This Site uses affiliate links and may engage in affiliate marketing through embedded tracking links on the Site. If you click on a link for an affiliate, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purpose of commissions. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.
Shore & Stone is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Site will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On the Site, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. Newsletters sent by Shore & Stone may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. These tracking pixels allow us to see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. The tracking pixels also allow the Site to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, we use "cookies" and similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Shore & Stone uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the Site and their website access preferences. Shore & Stone visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Shore & Stone's websites, with the drawback that certain features of the Site may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Shore & Stone's use of cookies.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows–10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Media
If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the Site.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us at hello [at] shoreandstone.com.