Privacy Policy

The Site’s Privacy Policy was last updated on Oct 15, 2024.

This Privacy Policy describes policies related to the collection, disclosure and usage of Your Personal Information by the Site. By visiting the Site, you agree to the collection and use of Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Capitalized words are used throughout this Privacy Policy. These words are defined below, and the definitions apply regardless of whether they are singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

“The Site” refers to the website created by Christopher Croft through the icompendium.com website creation and hosting service, through which Your Personal Data is collected. It also refers to the software systems owned by icompendium.com used to collect, store and control data collected from visitors to www.christophercroft.com.
“You” refers to the individual visiting the Site.
“Device” refers to the physical device used to access the Site. This could be a computer, cell phone, tablet or other device.
“Browser” refers to software on the Device used to interact with the Site.
“Useragent” refers to the Browser’s descriptor passed from Your Device to the Site upon interacting with the Site. This typically indicates the Browser name, version, and may include some information about the Device’s brand name, model number, and operating system.
“Usage Data” refers to the data automatically collected by the Site when You visit the Site. This data may include Your IP address, your Browser’s Useragent, the web page URL, and Your browsing history on the Site.
“Personal Information” refers to any information that relates to your interaction with the Site. This is any data that the Site can use to identify You as a unique individual, as well as any browsing activities, such as visiting certain pages, that the Site can attribute to you. This may include, for example, the information You submit via a contact form on the Site such as Your email address, first name and last name. But, it also includes information that is gathered automatically such as your IP address, or Cookies that are sent from your browser to the Site.
“Embedded Widget” refers to JavaScript-enabled or HTML-enabled embeddable content from a third-party website that is displayed on the Site. Examples of this may include embedded videos from youtube.com or other video hosting services, “Join Mailing List” pop-ups, and content from social media sites such as Instagram or Twitter.
“Service Provider” refers to any company that processes data collected through the Site.
“Cookies” are snippets of data transparently stored in Your Browser by a specific website with which You interacted – either by visiting that specific site directly or visiting another site that contains embedded content from that specific site. Cookies are invisible to You, but readable by the website that created the Cookie.
“Icompendium.com” provides the website and software technology used to create the Site and process the data collected by the Site.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Information

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

When visiting the Site You may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Your email address
Your first name and last name
Your phone number
Your postal address
Usage Data

Usage Data

When You visit the Site, certain data will automatically be collected. This may include Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (eg. IP address), Browser type, Browser version, Device model information, Device software version, the pages visited at the Site.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Cookies play a fundamental role in the security of the Internet by allowing a particular website to identify a particular user. In this same way, the Site uses cookies to keep track of visitors for the purpose of collecting Usage Data, and allowing a returning visitor to retain items within their shopping cart. The Site may also contain third party cookies set by Embeddable Widgets. For example, if the Site contains a video embedded from youtube.com, additional cookies may be set directly from youtube.com.

The Site will set Cookies for the following reasons:

Icompendium.com Analytics Cookie

Type: Persistent Cookie

Administered by: icompendium.com

Purpose: This Cookie enables tracking Usage Data for distinct visitors for the purpose of creating website traffic analytics.

The Site’s Shopping Cart Cookie

Type: Persistent Cookie

Administered by: The Site

Purpose: This Cookie allows You to add items to the Site shopping cart, and then retain those shopping cart items after browsing away from the Site and then returning.

The Site’s Cookie Warning Cookie

Type: Persistent Cookie

Administered by: The Site

Purpose: This Cookie is set after you click an agreement allowing Cookies to be set by the Site within your browser.

Third-party Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: third parties, such as google.com, paypal.com, squareup.com and others.

Purpose: These cookies may be set by Embeddable Widgets, such as youtube.com videos, Usage Data tracking programs, such as Google Analytics, and payment processing forms. In some cases, these cookies may be vital to the functionality of the Embeddable Widget, but in other cases, they may simply collect Usage Data related to your interaction with the Site or the third-party widget. These Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor.

Use of Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data may be used for the following purposes:

To contact You with news and updates related to the Site
To contact You with information related to a purchase you have made
To process payment transactions when items are purchased from the Site
To create analytics and identify usage trends within the Site

We may share your Personal Information in the following situations:

When you subscribe to a mailing list on the Site: Your name and email address may be used with a third party mailing list Service Provider.
When You purchase a product from the Site: Your name, address and payment information will be passed to a Service Provider that processes the financial transaction.
When required by law: In the case of subpoenas or requests by law enforcement, the Site will disclose Personal Information necessary for compliance.

Third-Party Content Embedded Onto the Site

The Site may contain content embedded from third-party websites and services, such as Google Fonts, youtube.com, vimeo.com, mailchimp.com. These third-party websites may collect Your Personal Information through Embedded Widgets and remotely served font files, and track your interaction with the Site.

External Links

The Site may contain links to other websites not associated with the Site. These third-party websites operate independently of the Site and may collect, retain and share your Personal Information in accordance with their own separate policies. The Site and Christopher Croft assumes no responsibility for collection and usage of Personal Information by any third-party sites.

Payments

When You purchase an item from the Site your payment information will be sent to a Service Provider, which will process the payment transaction on behalf of the Site. The payment Service Provider will collect your Personal Information. Current payment Service Providers are: PayPal, SquareUp, and Mals-e. The Site does store payment card information, but does store Personal Information related to your purchase on the Site.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is subject to change, and updates will be posted directly on the Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

Please contact Christopher Croft at croftology@mac.com with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.

Christopher Croft

Christopher Croft

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