Last updated June 1, 2018
Simple Machines Marketing, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit www.simplemachinesmarketing.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to it (collectively, the “Site”).
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with its terms, please do not access the Site.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you to changes by updating the “Last updated” date above. Changes take effect as soon as they are posted on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each change.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. By continuing to use the Site after a revised policy is posted, you are deemed to have been made aware of, and to have accepted, the changes.
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give us when you make a purchase or submit a contact form on the Site. You are under no obligation to provide personal information of any kind. However, if you choose not to, you may not be able to use certain features of the Site.
Information our servers collect automatically when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about your device’s location if you access the Site from a mobile device.
Having accurate information about you allows us to give you a customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
If we believe that releasing information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting, customer service, and marketing assistance.
With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites, contained in web cookies, to provide advertisements for goods and services of interest to you.
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred to or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting them directly.
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize it and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through tracking technology. Most browsers accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but doing so could affect the availability and functionality of the Site. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by changing your browser settings to notify you each time a cookie is offered, so you can accept or decline cookies individually.
We may also use third-party software to serve ads on the Site, run email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us. To learn more about opting out of interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or the Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
We may partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Clicky, Google Analytics, HubSpot, and others, to enable tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through first-party and third-party cookies. Among other things, these help us analyze and track how users use the Site, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these vendors. We encourage you to review their privacy policies and contact them directly with questions. We do not transfer personal information to these vendors.
If you do not want information collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the vendor directly or use the Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out tools linked above.
Getting a new computer, installing or upgrading a browser, or erasing or altering your browser’s cookie files may also clear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you use these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to those third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting or providing information to any third-party website, review its privacy policies and practices (if any) and take whatever steps you consider necessary to protect your information. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy and security practices of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications linked to or from the Site.
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or other misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under 13, please contact us using the information below.
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt out by contacting us using the information below. If you no longer wish to receive communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting those third parties directly.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Simple Machines Marketing, LLC
5439 N Melvina Ave
Chicago, IL 60630
(773) 219-1090
inquiries@simplemachinesmarketing.com