PRIVACY POLICY

It is Merry Happy Holiday’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

INTRODUCTION

Merry Happy Holidays can be found at https://www.merryhappyholidays.com/ (hereinafter, “us”, “we”,  or “Website”) and is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. 

The following Privacy Policy, along with our Terms and Conditions, contains information about how we process data. In the event there is any conflict between the Terms and Conditions and these rules, these rules govern.

By use of Merry Happy Holidays services, you instruct Merry Happy Holidays to process any personal data you provide to Merry Happy Holidays and agree to the processing of any personal data that Merry Happy Holidays provides to you in connection with the services. You also specifically authorize the engagement of Merry Happy Holidays’ Affiliates as sub-processors. In addition, you generally authorize the engagement of any other third parties as sub-processors.

Please know that any info you leave on this site is only used to perform the tasks you requested. Your personal information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, nor given to any other company for any reason whatsoever without your consent. The only exception to this might be the express purpose of delivering an ordered product or service requested by the customer.

Merry Happy Holidays reserves the right to revise the Privacy Policy without prior notice. Therefore we ask you, the visitor and or user, to review this policy and check it regularly for any changes to  the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 16 years of age.

GDPR COMPLIANCE

  • We take data safety seriously and we use your private data only to offer a personalized experience.  We use cookies to track analytics and passwords to protect access to website and data services. 
  • We use Mailerlite and WPForms for our newsletter, which you can opt out of, and Google Analytics for analyzing website data
  • If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will receive our newsletters. You can always unsubscribe by following the link in email or by emailing us
  • If you gave us your name, it will only be used to personalize the newsletters
  • We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us
  • All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant

You have the right to:

Be informed regarding how the data is collected and used

Have access to the data about you

Ask us to change the data about you

Ask us to delete the data about you

Ask us to stop sending you newsletters

If you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed), please get in touch with us.  We are happy to amend/remove your information/comments/email from the mailing list if you contact us.  We do not retain secondary copies of commenters/reader contact information without permission.  Similarly, we do not resell or share your contact information with third parties. Similarly, once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED

We may process the following categories of personal data about you

  • Information you voluntarily submit to the website: We may collect communications information from you such as your name or email address or Social Media contact details. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by submitting a comment, fill out a form for a freebie (such as a printable, a course, an ebook etc…), subscribe to a newsletter from Merry Happy Holidays, enter a competition on the site, fill out a reader survey, interact with us on Social Media (vis post, story, message etc…), or submit a contact form, or open, click links in, or otherwise interact with emails we send you, and any other communications from this site. In addition, you are able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
  • Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources.  You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile.  If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.  The Website utilizes the Facebook commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.
  • Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
  • Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
  • Sensitive Data: We do not collect any Sensitive Data about you and nor should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website or through Social Media. Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of the contract between us and you do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don’t provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you have ordered but if we do, we will notify you at the time. 

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website
  • To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings
  • To purchase a product from Teachable, who are the sellers. We will receive copies of the orders for our records and in order to fulfill each order (such as triggering the automated process of sending emails related to course sign up or digital download)
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries
  • To provide you with user support for example sharing backend access of Website with service providers who provide IT and system administration services
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website, see cookie policy for more details
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION:

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

MailerLite – this service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to MailerLite privacy policy for further information.

WPForms – this service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to WPForms privacy policy for further information.

SendOwl- We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our Site] (“Transactional Data”). The Transactional Data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. [Payment processing on our Site is handled by our payment services providers, SendOwl. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers’ privacy policies and practices at https://www.sendowl.com/privacy

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

DATA RETENTION 

We will only retain your personal data long enough to fulfill the purpose it was collected for and to provide when necessary and to satisfy any legal, reporting, or accounting requirements. 

When deciding an appropriate length of time to keep data for we evaluate the amount, the nature and sensitivity of the data, its potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, the processing purposes and whether these can be achieved by other means and legal requirements.

For tax purposes the law requires us to keep basic information about our customers (including Communications and Customer Data) for seven years after they stop being customers.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

ANONYMOUS DATA:

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION:

If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.

Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

Note: Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

ADVERTISING 

DISPLAY ADS:

This Website is affiliated with ____, <___> for the purposes of placing advertising on the Website, and <___> will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about <___>  data usage, click here 

AFFILIATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION:

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Merry Happy Holidays is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

NEWSLETTERS:

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at info@merryhappyholidays.com to be removed from our mailing list

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@merryhappyholidays.com

Amend – You may contact us at info@merryhappyholidays.comto amend or update your personal information

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to info@merryhappyholidays.com

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION:

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at info@merryhappyholidays.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

At any time, please contact us at info@merryhappyholidays.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

Last updated: December 2, 2021