Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 23, 2018

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://brandllama.com/ website (the “Service”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, 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 from https://brandllama.com/terms-of-use/

Definitions

Service

Service is the https://brandllama.com/privacy-policy/ website operated by Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama

Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)

Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)

Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Removal or Anonymization Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, can be anonymized or removed from the Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama website. Please use the form on his page to request a report on the Personal Data within the Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama website. You will receive an email with a link to view the data stored on the website, along with tools to remove or anonymize the data.

Please visit this URL to request data access: https://brandllama.com/data-access-request

Disclosure Of Data

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

Security Of Data

The security of your data 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 Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

“Do Not Track” Signals

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Small Business Design Center, LLC. d/b/a Brand Llama relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

PayPal or Braintree

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Authorize.net

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.authorize.net/company/privacy/

Links To Other Sites

Our Service 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 strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://brandllama.com/contact/

Terms of Use

The use of this site is governed by the policies, terms and conditions set forth below (“Terms and Conditions of Use”). Please read them carefully. Your use of this site indicates your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use. Your submittal of any personal information to Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama indicates acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Use. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall supercede any subsequent terms or conditions included within this website, whether or not such terms or conditions are signed by Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama. Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama reserves the right to make changes to this site and these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time.

Copyright and Trademark Notices

All contents and graphics on this site are copyrights of Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama, except where noted, and the related logos are trademarks of Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama. Other products and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or tradenames of their respective owners.

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SERVICES AND PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SITE AT ANY TIME. THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULT OF THE USE OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR OTHERWISE.

Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama will not be liable for:

  • the contents of any communication, message, or information provided to Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama by you or other third parties;
  • the contents of any website not controlled, owned, or operated by Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama that is accessed from or linked to this website by direct or indirect means;
  • any damages or injury caused by, including but not limited to, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure; and
  • any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, arising out of or relating to use of or inability to use this website, even if Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If certain states do not allow the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama, its directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives harmless from all claims, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising out of or relating to (a) your use of this website; (b) any alleged breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Limited License

This website is for your personal and noncommercial use. Except as otherwise expressly provided, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, use, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any information or content contained in the system, Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama website as a whole software, products or services obtained from or available as part of or in conjunction with this system. You are granted a non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use this system only under these Terms and Conditions of Use.

This license is not a sale of any of the owner’s rights. The Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama website may be used only by you, and you may not rent, lend, sub-license or transfer the website or any data residing on it or any of your rights under this agreement to anyone else. You may not develop or derive for commercial sale any data in machine-readable or other form that incorporates or uses any substantial part of the website. You may not transfer to or store any data residing or exchanged over the Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama website in any electronic network for use by more than one user unless you obtain prior written permission from Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama.

Law

The Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama or its affiliates.

This site is operated by Sagan Medvec from the State of Pennsylvania, United States of America. Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama makes no representation that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this site from other locations, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by internal Pennsylvania and relevant federal laws, and irrevocable consent is hereby granted by both parties to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any action or dispute in the state and federal courts located in Pennsylvania. Use of this site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not effect to all provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use, including without limitation this paragraph.

Remedies

Given the nature of these terms, you understand and agree that, in addition to money damages, Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama will be entitled to equitable relief upon a breach of them by you.

Waiver

No waiver by Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama shall be construed as a waiver of any proceeding or succeeding breach of any provision.

Survival of Provisions

Each provision of the Terms and Conditions of Use shall be construed as separately applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be severable and construed to the extent of their enforceability in light of the parties’ mutual intent if deemed at all unenforceable by the competent court.

Entire Agreement

We intend that these Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama and you. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use between Small Business Design Center (SBDC) d.b.a Brand Llama and you must be in writing and signed by both parties.

Contact Information

If you have any questions concerning this site or its policies, please contact us by emailing sagan(at)brandllama.com.

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