Privacy Policy
The effective date of this Privacy Policy is July 20, 2019. This Privacy Policy was
written in English (US). To the extent any translated version of this Privacy Policy
conflicts with the English version, the English version controls.
BY USING Choice Blooms®, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Choice Blooms® (“Company”) respects the privacy of the its users. The following
company privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to inform you, as a user of the
Website, about the types of information that Company may gather about or collect from
you in connection with your use of the Website. It also is intended to explain the
conditions under which Company uses and discloses that information, and your rights in
relation to that information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are discussed at the end of this document. Each time you
use the Website, however, the current version of the Privacy Policy will apply.
Accordingly, each time you use this Website you should check the date of this Privacy
Policy (which appears at the beginning of this document) and review any changes since
the last time you used the site.
Use of Website Restricted to United States Residents
The Website is hosted on servers located in the United States of America and is intended
for use by United States residents. You may not use this service if you are not a United
States resident. The information provided on this Website is not intended for distribution
to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or
use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration
requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose
to access the Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Children
The main version of the Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age.
Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Children Online Eraser Bill
Pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 22580, minors using the
Website can have content that they upload removed subject to certain exceptions.
Company will remove content or information posted by a minor unless: (1) it was posted
by a third party; (2) state or federal law require operator to maintain it or (3) Company
anonymizes the content or information.
Online Tracking
Company does track its users over time and across third party websites to provide
targeted advertising and therefore does respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Also,
some third-party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you
content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you.
Gathering, Use and Disclosure of Non-Personally-Identifying Information
Users of the Website Generally
“Non-Personally-Identifying Information” is information that, without the aid of
additional information, cannot be directly associated with a specific person.
“Personally-Identifying Information,” by contrast is information such as name or email
address that, without more, can be directly associated with a specific person.
Like most Website operators, Company gathers from users of the Website Non-
Personally-Identifying Information of the sort that Website browsers, depending on their
settings, may make available. That information includes the user’s Internet Protocol
(“IP”) address, operating system and browser type, and the locations of the Web pages
the user views right before arriving at, while navigating and immediately after leaving the
Website.
Company analyzes Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the
Website to help Company better understand how the Website is being used. By
identifying patterns and trends in usage, Company is able to better design the Website to
improve users’ experiences, both in terms of content and ease of use. From time to time,
Company may also release the Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from
Website users, in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of
the Website.
Web Cookies
A “Web Cookie” is a string of information that a website stores on a user’s computer or
other electronic device, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the
user submits a query to the site. Company uses Web Cookies to track the pages that users
visit during each Website session, both to help Company improve users’ experiences and
to help Company understand how the Website is being used.
As with other Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the
Website, Company analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using
Web Cookies, so as to help Company, its partners and others better understand how the
Website is being used. Company does not attempt to link information gathered using
Web Cookies to Personally-Identifying Information.
WEBSITE USERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE WEB COOKIES PLACED ON
THEIR COMPUTERS, CELLULAR PHONES, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES 3
SHOULD SET THEIR BROWSERS TO REFUSE WEB COOKIES BEFORE
ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN
FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT
THE AID OF WEB COOKIES. WEBSITE USERS WHO REFUSE WEB COOKIES
ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF
FUNCTIONALITY.
Web Beacons
A “Web Beacon” is an object that is embedded in a web page that is usually invisible to
the user and allows website operators to check whether a user has viewed a particular
web page. Company may use Web Beacons on the WEBSITE to count users who have
visited particular pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web Beacons are not to
access users’ Personally-Identifying Information; they are a technique, Company may use
to compile aggregated statistics about WEBSITE usage. Web Beacons collect only a
limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a
description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides.
You may not decline Web Beacons, however, they can be rendered ineffective by
declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie
is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. Third
parties are not permitted to use Web Beacons on the WEBSITE.
Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personally-Identifying Information
Website Registration
As defined above, Personally-Identifying Information is information that can be directly
associated with a specific person. Company collects a range of Personally-Identifying
Information from and about Website users. Much of the Personally-Identifying
Information collected by Company about users is information provided by users
themselves at the time they sign up to begin using the Website. That information
includes each user’s email address, telephone number, photographs, gender, or images.
Users of the Website are under no obligation to provide Company with Personally-
Identifying Information of any kind, with the caveat that a user’s refusal to do so may
prevent the user from using certain Website features.
BY REGISTERING WITH THE WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE USE AND
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS “COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF
PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION” SECTION.
Analytics Information
Choice Blooms® uses third-party analytic tools to assist us in determining the usage
and online traffic trends for our Website. The tools that we use obtain information sent
from your device to our Service. Information obtained includes the web pages that you 4
visit, pages liked, products purchased, and other related information. Collection of this
information assists us in improving Choice Blooms®. We collect and use analytics
information from you and other users in a manner that will not allow the identification of
any particular user.
Log File Information
A log file records the communications between a system and the users of the system.
Log file information will be reported by your browser when you request to view Choice Blooms®’ webpage. In addition, a log file can be provided when the content of the
webpage is downloaded to your browser or device. By using Choice Blooms®, our
servers will automatically record some log file information. This may include your web
request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring/exit pages and Uniform
Resource Locators, number of clicks, and how you interact with links on the Service,
domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. Please note
that we may collect information from electronic mail messages sent to our users which
can assist us in tracking which emails are opened and which hyperlinks are clicked by
recipients. This information allows us to improve our service.
Device Identifiers
If you access CHOICE BLOOMS® by using a mobile device, we may access, collect,
monitor, store on your device, or remotely store one or more “device identifiers.” Device
identifiers are data files stored on your mobile device, which can specifically identify
your mobile device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the device
hardware, data stored in connection with the device’s operating system or other software,
or data sent to the device by Choice Blooms®. A device identifier may deliver
information to CHOICE BLOOMS® or a third-party affiliate about your browsing patterns
and use of our Service. This can assist us, and others, in creating reports, personalized
content, advertisements, or promotions. However, some of these features may not
function correctly if device identifiers are impaired or disabled.
Metadata
Metadata is information that comes in the form of descriptive, structural, or
administrative and provides data about information. Choice Blooms® users may be
able to metadata to their content in the form of a hashtag, geolocation tag, comment, or
other information. The purpose of adding metadata is to make user’s content more
locatable by other users searching Choice Blooms®.
Ways Information May Be Used
Choice Blooms® may use information that we obtain to facilitate your use of our site;
record your login information to prevent you from having to input it each time you want
to enter Choice Blooms®; provide content tailored for your use; examine the
effectiveness of Choice Blooms®; beta test new products and services; monitor
5 Choice Blooms® user traffic; identify and correct WEBSITE issues; and update
Choice Blooms® on your device.
Safeguarding CHOICE BLOOMS User Information
Choice Blooms® cannot guarantee the security of any information that you submit.
Also, Choice Blooms® cannot guarantee that information submitted will not be
accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Sharing Choice Blooms® Users Information
Your content and other information that we have obtained through cookies, log files,
device identifiers, geolocation data, and similar information may be shared with our
Affiliates, third-party organizations, and advertising partners. Sharing of your content
and other information assists us in improving our service and providing you targeted
advertisements.
In sharing your content and other information, we may remove portions of data that
can be used to identify you and share anonymized data with others.
Other Disclosures
As described in the previous sections titled “Collection, Use and Disclosure of
Personally-Identifying Information,” users may at their option, disclose their own
Personally-Identifying Information by any means they choose.
If you decide to share your content or other information, by posting it on Choice Blooms™’ service, it will become available to the public. After you voluntarily
share your information, please be advised that the public may be able to re-publish that
information and continue to share it with others. Even if you remove content or information that you have previously shared, copies of your posts may still be viewable in cached and archived pages of Choice Blooms®. Also, despite your removal of content or information, other users or third parties may have saved or copied your content or information.
Company will disclose Personally-Identifying information under the following
circumstances:
By Law or to Protect Rights – Company discloses Personally-Identifying Information
when required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or when
Company believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to
protect the property or rights of Company, third parties or the public at large.
Marketing Communications
If a user opts-in to receive Company marketing materials upon registration, Company will email users about products and services that Company believes may be of interest to them. Company will also provide users’ email information to third parties, so that those third parties may directly contact 6 users about additional products and services. If a user wishes to opt-out of having their email information provided to third parties at any time after registration, they may do so by sending Company an email at hello@choiceblooms.com. Even after opting-out, a user may continue to receive marketing emails from third parties to whom Company already has provided the user’s email information. Users will be responsible for directly contacting such third parties to request cessation of further marketing emails.
Business Transfers; Bankruptcy
Company reserves the right to transfer all Personally-Identifying Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of Company’s assets. Other than to the extent ordered by bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personally-Identifying Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of
that new privacy policy and are given an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it.
Personally-Identifying Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however,
may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor organization.
Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
From time to time, Company may offer Website users the opportunity to participate in
contests, giveaways, and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection
with such activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. From time to
time, Company may also ask Website users to participate in surveys designed to help
Company improve the Website. Any Personally-Identifying Information provided to
Company in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey, and
will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in non-personally-
identifying, aggregated form.
Collection and Use of Information by Third Parties
Generally company contractually prohibits its contractors, affiliates, vendors and suppliers from disclosing Personally-Identifying Information received from Company, other than in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. Third parties are under no obligation to comply
with this Privacy Policy, however, with respect to Personally-Identifying Information that
users provide directly to those third parties or that those third parties collect for
themselves. Company neither owns nor controls the third-party websites accessible
through the Website. Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to
or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before visiting a third-party, whether
by means of a link on the Website or otherwise, and before providing any Personally-
Identifying Information to any third party, users should inform themselves of the privacy
policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should
take those steps necessary to, in those users’ discretion, protect their privacy.7
California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits
our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free
of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to
third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties
with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.
If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your
request in writing to us at hello@choiceblooms.com.
Privacy Policy Changes
Company may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any
and all changes to Company’s Privacy Policy will also be reflected on this page. Unless
Company obtains express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to
information collected after such time as the revised Privacy Policy takes effect, and not to
information collected under any earlier Privacy Policies. Company encourages visitors to
frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.