PRIVACY POLICY

LAST UPDATED 1/13/2021

Kelvin Parker is sensitive to the concerns regarding the private information of our visitors and recognizes that our visitors may become concerned about the information they provide to us and how this information is later used. This Privacy Policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you, the user, provide when you visit our website, www.authorkelvinparker.com (“Website”). Except as otherwise provided herein, this Privacy Policy applies to all services offered by us on this Website. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Privacy Policy applies to information collected offline and through our Website. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of third parties, including other companies that may advertise on this Website. In addition, the Website may contain links to third party websites. Please note that once you click on such a link, you will have left our Website and should be aware that we do not have any control over third party websites. Use of third party websites, and collection of information by those parties, are governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to exercise caution and review their privacy policies before using their websites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Website and welcome any feedback about these third party websites. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. We may revise and update our Privacy Policy from time to time, and all updates will be posted on this page. Unless otherwise required by law, your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact us at info@authorkelvinparker.com

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information that you provide to us, information from your engagement with our Website advertising and media, and information from third parties who have gained your consent to share it. We may combine information that we collect via one method (e.g., from a website, digital advertising engagement) with another method (e.g., an offline event). We do this to get a more complete view of preferences for our products and services, which, in turn, allows us to serve you better and with more customization and a better shopping experience. We collect the information you provide by using the Website, such as when:

  • Users complete forms on or through the Website or subscribe to our newsletter. The information you provide may include your name, email address, mailing address, or telephone number.

  • Make a request or transaction through the Website. We offer products for sale through the Website, and www.authorkelvinparker.com and its payment processor (PayPal) will need to collect and use information such as your name, mailing address, billing address, email address, telephone number, and payment card information to process these requests and transactions.

  • Communicate with www.authorkelvinparker.com, such as when you request support, submit comments or questions, or report a problem to us.

Information We Automatically Collect

We collect some data automatically when you use our Website.  We may obtain information by automated means such as through cookies, pixels, web server logs, web beacons, and other technologies described below.  Information collected via automated means includes identifiers (e.g., IP address, device ID, cookie ID, mobile advertising identifier), internet or network activity (e.g., browsing and search history, interactions with our websites or applications).  This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

SQUARESPACE

Our online store is hosted on Squarespace, which provides us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. We encourage you to review Squarespace’s Terms of Service available at https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service.

COOKIES & OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser. Cookies enable websites or service providers’ systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For example, you may use our cookies to stay logged in when you exit a browser window.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These are the types of cookies to monitor we use on our website: 

  1. Essential Cookies. These cookies are essential for the website to function or provide access to features and functionality on the website. They are usually set in response to actions requesting services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. They also enable enhanced website functionality and personalization. These cookies (or similar technologies) are essential for the website to function, provide access to features and functionality on the website, and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions requesting services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. These are also used in connection with website functionality, like web chat services, product recommendations, predictive sort, product search, and commenting and rating systems. Providers of these services may use their own analytics cookies (or similar technologies) to measure performance of our these services. You may be able to use your browser's settings to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work properly.

  2. Analytics Cookies. These cookies (or similar technologies), including Google Analytics, allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. We also have enabled Google Analytics Advertising Features to share information with Google about your use of this site to allow us to deliver relevant and personalized advertising or content to you on other sites. We have enabled the following Google Analytics Advertising Features: Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, Google Analytics Demographic and Interest Reporting, and integrated services that require Google Analytics to collect data for advertising purposes, including collecting data via marketing cookies and identifiers. You can learn more about how Google Analytics processes information here: Google Analytics Terms of Use and Google Privacy Policy.

  3. Marketing Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners, who use this information to build a profile of your interests to show you relevant adverts (for us or other advertisers) on other sites or to other devices connected to you (cross-device advertising).

The Website may also contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) and are used along with cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how the Website is used. We use third parties to gather information about how you and others use the Website. For example, we will know how many Users access a specific page and what Website Content they clicked on. We use this aggregated information1 to understand and optimize how the Website is used.

We may use certain social media plug-ins (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to allow you to communicate with such services and interact (e.g., “like” or “comment”) with various Website content. The social media plug-in will enable a direct communication between your end-user device and the servers of the applicable social media provider, allowing the applicable social media provider to communicate with you and collect information about you browsing the Website. If you decide to use a social media plug-in, we may transfer your information to the social media provider, whether or not you have a registered user account with the applicable social media provider. We are not responsible for the content and the data collection on respective third-party websites or apps and that www.authorkelvinparker.com neither controls the extent of personal information collected by the respective plug-in provider nor knows the processing’s purpose or the period your personal information will be retained. For further information as to how and for what purpose certain social network providers process your data, please see the relevant privacy policies of the applicable social media provider.

LIMITING OR BLOCKING COOKIES

Most browsers have a “help” button or section on the toolbar. If you click on this button or section, you will find information about turning on and off cookies and how to receive notifications when a new cookie is received. Your browser may give you the ability to control cookies, which may depend on the type of cookie, and browsers can be set to reject browser cookies. However, blocking or deleting cookies may prevent you from using most of the Website.

Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. If you block cookies, certain features on the Website may not work. If you block or reject cookies, not all of the tracking described in this Privacy Policy will necessarily stop. Note that certain options you select are specific to certain browsers and devices. Our system may not recognize Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers.

DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES

Other than as described herein, we do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to third parties your personally identifiable information. We may share your Personal Information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our Website, conducting our business and servicing you, including providers of hosting, cloud services and other information technology services providers for the management or hosting of the Website; payment processors; order and subscription management and fulfillment services; e-commerce platforms; rating and reviews platforms; email communication and customer support services; and web analytics, marketing and digital advertising services, so long as those parties agree not to use the information for their direct marketing purpose, to keep this information confidential and use appropriate security measures to protect your data. We may also disclose your information as required under applicable law, to enforce our Website policies, or to protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

YOUR CALIFORNIA RIGHTS

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your rights and how you can submit your request to us. We do not sell personal information. You have the right to request that we disclose information about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months, including:

  • Categories of personal information we collected

  • Categories of sources for the personal information we collected

  • Our business purpose for collecting personal information

  • The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information

  • The specific personal information we collected about you

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The privacy of children is of the utmost importance, and we are committed to complying with applicable privacy law, including the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We do not knowingly collect or process personal information from children under the age of sixteen (16). If we ever discover that we have inadvertently collected or processed personal information from a child under the age of sixteen (16) on or through the Website, we will take steps to delete such personal information from our records as soon as possible. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under the age of sixteen (16) without such persons’ affirmative authorization as required by applicable law.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Unless otherwise required by law, it is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. We may also notify you of any material changes by sending an email to you. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or data processing, if you would like to change or access the Personal Information we have collected from you, or if you would like to make a complaint, you may contact us at info@authorkelvinparker.com.