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PRIVACY POLICY

Material Thingz operates https://www.materiathingz.com (the site). We are located at 500 Hwy. 63, Ravenden, Arkansas 72459. You may also contact me through my business email: lindajean@materialthingz.com.

I am committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Material Thingz (the site) does collect some personal data from you (the user). I want you (the user) to understand our practices and policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any personal data collected on the site. By submitting personal data such as your name, email address, cookies, usage data, and password to us, you agree to us using your personal data in the following manner:

  • sending you our newsletters, emails, messages, and freebies that are offered.
  • provide you with products or services that you request from us
  • carry out my obligations in the way of contracts entered into between us
  • interact with external social media networks and platforms, ie, widgets and share bars
  • allow registrations/memberships through portals you have signed up for
  • allow access to third party services’ accounts
  • monitor/manage infrastructure and hosting
  • interact with live chat platforms
  • carry out marketing insights and behavioral targeting through analysis
  • carry out affiliation ads and payment through your purchases
  • interact with support and feedback platforms
  • manage user database

WHAT WE DON’T DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFO

We don’t collect/use identifiers such as social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, or other similar identifiers. Nor do we collect/use any personal information that you do not provide to us such as employment or business particulars that you do not provide to us.

COOKIE POLICY

We and our third-party service providers use cookies and similar technologies to recognize/collect/track info about and relevant to your usage of https://www.materialthingz.com. Some of the things tracked are: info about your device, browsing actions/patterns, internet provider, location, IP address, dates/times of visits, pages viewed, traffic pattern throughout the Site.

Cookies are text files with small amounts of data which may include anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent from a web site from your browser on your computer, phone, or tablet device to part of the hard drive specifically designed for cookies.

As it is standard practice to use cookies to enhance your experience when using a website, we do use cookies to recognize, collect, track info about and relevant to your usage of the Site. Along with these “first-party cookies” we also use/track “third-party cookies” provided by third-parties. These are used to perform tasks related to advertising, analytics, and to enable interactive features such as sharing or commenting. Some parties collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require your consent to use/track.

DATA PROCESSED UNDER THE GDPR

We may process personal data relating to users if one of the following applies:

  • users have given consent for a specific purpose
  • provision of the data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the user
  • processing is necessary for the purpose of legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP PERSONAL DATA

We only keep data as long as the user specifies or as long as the contract specifies/required by the purpose. Once the data is no longer pertinent, it is deleted as are the User’s right to access relevant sections of the Site.

Your data, personal information, or other info about you, the User, is never sold, traded, or otherwise transferred except in the way outlined above in the third-party info.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE GDPR AND THE CCPA

Users based in the European Union and the US always have the right to withdraw consent at any time, object to processing of data, access your data, verify the accuracy of your data and ask for it to be updated or corrected, to restrict the use of your data, have your personal data deleted, receive your data or have it transferred to another controller and finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint to us free of charge.

Additionally, The User may also request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal info collected, sources from which we collected the info, the business or commercial purpose we collected the info, the categories of the third parties with whom we share the info. You also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFO

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for vulnerabilities to make your visits to our site safer. Your info is contained and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access to the systems and is confidential. Credit info your supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology as per our gateway provider processors. But, as we all are coming to realize, no transmission of info is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our site is intended for individuals over eighteen (18) years old and we do not market to those under 18. By using our site you are attesting that you are over 18 and we do not knowingly collect data on those younger than 13. If you are under 13, please do not use our site or provide any info on our Site including your name or any personal particulars/identifiers/financial/payment information. If we learn that you are under 13 and have provided identifiers, it will be immediately deleted.

This Privacy Policy is effective 01/01/2023 and will remain in effect until changed by the site maintainer. In the event of policy changes, the changes will become effective once published. Material Thingz reserves the right to make changes to policy and post those changes at any time without notifying Users of the Site. Contact Material Thingz if you have questions, concerns or need clarification through the email listed above.

Terms & Conditions

This web page and any documents referred to on it is a binding agreement and represents the Terms of Use for our Site. Please read these Terms of Use before you use the Site. This site is intended for individuals 18 years or older.

By using the site, you attest that you are of legal age and meet the eligibility requirements and you indicate that you accept the terms and conditions and will follow them.

All info on this Site is copyrighted and owned by Material Thingz, with exception of content you submit to us through emails and contacts from you the User. Copying, redistribution, use or publishing our content is strictly prohibited. User use of our Site does not grant ownership rights. Reproduction of any part/whole of our Site without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited. This includes written content, images, and designs. You may contact us through email for permission.

DISCLAIMERS

Content we share on this Site is meant for informational purposes ONLY! Although every effort is made to research/check sources, provide complete and accurate information, the information is not meant to be followed or relied upon as professional source or services. We disclaim all responsibility and liability arising from any inaccuracies and any reliance placed on the information presented on this Site and shall not be liable for any damages or harm.

We do not warrant that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful components. The Site may contain links to external sites that are not maintained or affiliated with us and we cannot therefore attest to those sites being virus free. Nor can we guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, relevance, validity or completeness of the information presented although every effort is made to check the source.

Our interaction is not to be perceived as a professional-client relationship. We recommend that you seek advice from a professional and not rely upon any information contained in the Site or resources provided. Under no circumstance shall we be held liable or responsible for any errors or omissions on the Site or any damage you may experience from actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the content on the Site or resources provided.

You, the User, may be given the opportunity to share/upload information/media. You, the User, attest that the shared/uploaded content is your’s to share and is not copyrighted by other sources. You agree that the content, once submitted, is accessible by others and there is no confidentiality or privacy with regard to said content. You, not the Site or us, are responsible in total for all content you submit to us. We will not claim ownership to the submitted content. You also will refrain from posting/sharing content that is termed/understood as illicit, obscene, defamatory, libelous, discriminatory, result in a breach of contract between you and a third party and is your original creation. You will be held solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, etc. for royalties.

As a condition of your use of the Site, you attest that your will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Policies, Terms and Conditions, Disclaimers. You are also prohibited from attempting to violate any security features of the Site by endeavoring to gain unauthorized access to do harm to the Site or gain access to information about other Users on the Site.

When making comments on the Site, know that your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. If you leave a comment on the Site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies will last one year. Your comment may be checked through an automated spam detection service. The Site reserves the right to remove any comment that we determine to be unlawful, inappropriate, offensive or in violation of intellectual property laws of these terms.