Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 2, 2024
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.hotfunkfoundry.com. Hot Funk Foundry is based in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Introduction
At Hot Funk Foundry (“we”, “us”, or “our”), we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information when you visit our website or use our services.
Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) 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 your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms and Gravity Forms
By using any of the forms on our website, you consent to us collecting and using your data for marketing, providing information, fulfilling orders, improving user experience, and other business-related purposes. We use Gravity Forms to manage form submissions and may integrate with Mailchimp for email updates and marketing.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Jetpack to collect anonymized data about website traffic and usage patterns. This helps us improve our website and services. Google’s Privacy Policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy, and Jetpack’s Privacy Policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website.
- Understand and analyze how you use our website.
- Communicate with you, including for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes.
- Process transactions and fulfill orders.
- Detect and prevent fraud.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your data with service providers to help us operate our website and provide our services, such as Mailchimp for email marketing and Gravity Forms for form submissions. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Children’s Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. You must be 18 years or older to place an order. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Compliance with Laws
We will disclose your personal information where required to do so by law or subpoena.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at info@hotfunkfoundry.com or using the contact form in the footer of our website.