We at Áine Santala respect your privacy. These terms and conditions are designed to explain how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information you provide to us when you access our website or engage with us on social media, as well as your own rights to the information we collect. We also seek to lay out rules and rights regarding intellectual property, the use of affiliate links, mediation, and other potential legal concerns.

Please read these terms and conditions and privacy policy carefully.

We will alert you to any changes to these terms and conditions by changing the “last updated” date at the top of this page. Any changes become effective immediately upon publication on our website, and you waive specific notice of any changes to the terms by continuing to use and access our site(s). We encourage you to review these terms and conditions periodically, when you use our website for any purpose or engage with us on social media. You are deemed to have accepted any changes to any revised privacy policy and terms and conditions by your continued use of our website after the revised terms are posted.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

We collect your name and email if you choose to sign up for the newsletter. By accepting these terms and conditions and privacy policy, you are specifically consenting to our collection of the data described below, to our use of the data, to the processing of this data, and to our sharing of the data with third party processors as needed for our legitimate organizational interests.

The information we collect may include:

Personal Data: Personal Data is information that can be used to identify you specifically, including your name and email address. You consent to giving us this information by providing it to us voluntarily on our website or any mobile application. You provide some of this information when you register for our newsletter or sign up for an event. You may also provide this information by participating in various activities associated with our site, including responding to blogs, contacting us with questions, or participating in workshops and webinars. Your decision to disclose this data is entirely voluntary. You are under no obligation to provide this information, but your refusal may prevent you from accessing certain benefits from our website or from signing up for certain events. 

Derivative Data: Derivative data is information that our servers automatically collect about you when you access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, the dates and times that you access our website, and the specific pages you view. If you are using a mobile application, Squarespace servers may collect information about your device name and type, your phone number, your country of origin, and other interactions with the application. 

Notice:​ ​These​ ​terms​ ​and​ ​conditions​ ​of​ ​use​ ​are​ ​legally​ ​binding.​ ​It​ ​is​ ​your responsibility​ ​to​ ​read​ ​these​ ​Terms​ ​and​ ​Conditions​ ​of​ ​Use​ ​carefully​ ​prior​ ​to​ ​subscribing to the newsletter, clicking on hyperlinks, or accessing ​​any​ ​of​ ​our​ ​products,​ ​including​ ​downloads.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Your information allows us to offer you certain products and services, to fulfill our obligations to you, to customize your interaction with our organization and our website, and to allow us to suggest other events and services we think might interest you. We store your data in Google One and transmit it to a third party for newsletter distribution. However, to the extent we process your data, we do so to serve our legitimate organizational interests (such as providing you with the opportunity to engage in events and workshops or interact with our website and social media pages).

Specifically, we may use the information and data described above to:

correspond with you; and contact you about new offerings that we think you will be interested in; and send you a newsletter or other updates about our company or website; and request feedback from you; and notify you of updates to our product and service offerings; and resolve disputes and troubleshoot any problems; and assist law enforcement as necessary; and prevent fraudulent activity on our website or social media accounts; and analyze trends to improve our website and offerings.

WHY WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties in certain situations. In particular, we may share your data with third-party processors as needed to serve our legitimate organizational interests, which include administration of our website, administration of your account, u, communicating with you, delivering our goods and services, identifying trends, protecting the security of our company and website, and marketing additional goods and services to you. The legal basis for our disclosure of your data is both your Consent to this Privacy Policy and our own right to protect and promote our legitimate business interests. 

The following are specific reasons why we may share your information:

Third-Party Processing: We may disclose your information to third parties who assist us with various tasks, including hosting services and email delivery. We may not always disclose these third-party processors if not required by law.

By Law: We may share your data as required by law or to respond to legal process, including a subpoena, or as necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others. This includes sharing information with other parties to prevent or address fraud and to avoid credit risks.

To Protect Our Organization: We may use your information to protect our company, including to investigate and remedy any violations of our rights or policies. We may also disclose your information as reasonably necessary to acquire and maintain insurance coverage, manage risks, obtain financial or legal advice, or to exercise or defend against legal claims.

Interaction with others: If you interact with others on our website or social media accounts, such as commenting on a blog post, other users may have access to some of your data, including your name, profile picture, and your history of interaction with our website, such as prior comments or posts.

Online postings: When you post online, your posts may be viewed by others.

External Links: Our website may include hyperlinks to other websites not controlled by us. We suggest you exercise caution when clicking on a hyperlink. Although we use reasonable care in including a hyperlink on our own web page, we do not regularly monitor the websites of these third parties, are not responsible for any damage or consequences you suffer by using these hyperlinks. We are not bound by the Privacy Policies of any third-party website that you access by a hyperlink, nor are they bound by ours. We encourage you to read the Policies of those third-party websites before interacting with them or making purchases. They may collect different information (and by different methods) than we do.

Other purposes: We may disclose your personal data as necessary to comply with any legal obligation or to protect your interests, or the vital interests of others or our personhood.

WEBSITE ANALYTICS

We may partner with third-party analytic companies, including Google Analytics. Analytic companies may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website or mobile app to determine the popularity of the content, and better understand online activity. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access our website, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly if you have questions. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.

PROCESSING YOUR INFORMATION

We may occasionally process your data internally for legitimate organizational interests. Our purposes in processing this information, if we do, is to administer, maintain, and improve our website and offerings, to keep records of our interactions, to be able to provide you with goods and services, to comply with our legal obligations, to obtain professional advice, and to protect the rights and interests of our company, our community, and any third parties. We may process the following data:

• Data associated with you, such as your name and email address.

• Data about your usage of our website, such as your IP address, geographical information, and how long you accessed our website and what you viewed.  

• Data that you provide us in the course of using our services.

• Data that you post on our website, such as comments or responses to blogs.

• Data that you submit to us when you make an inquiry regarding our website or offerings.

• Data that you provide to us when you subscribe to our emails or newsletters, including your email address and contact information.

• Data that you submit to us via correspondence, such as when you email us with questions.

• Any other data identified in this policy, for the purpose of complying with our legal obligations, or to protect the vital interests of you or any other natural person.

DATA RETENTION

We retain personal data as long as it is needed to conduct our legitimate organizational purposes or to comply with our legal obligations, or until you ask us to delete your data. For example, we will retain your email if you subscribe to the newsletter indefinitely, unless you request that we do not. Data that we gather for a specific and particular purpose, such as assisting law enforcement or analyzing trends, will not be kept for longer than is necessary for that particular purpose. Data that is no longer needed by us for any of the purposes listed above will be permanently deleted.  

You may request that we delete your data at any time. However, note that we cannot control the retention policies of third parties. If you wish to have any third parties, including those to whom we’ve transmitted your data, delete that data, you will need to contact those third parties directly. You may request from us a list of all third parties to whom we have transmitted your data.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data and keep your information secure. We use a recognized and secure email marketing program and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information you transmit to us.

By consent to these terms and conditions, you acknowledge that your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of your data by other parties.

We will notify you of promptly any known breach of our security systems or your data which might expose you to serious risk.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have certain rights with respect to your personal data, as outlined below. We reserve the right to request that you provide us with evidence of your identity before we take any action with respect to the exercise of your data rights. Further, your rights may be restricted or nullified to the extent they conflict with our compelling organizational interests, the public interest, or the law. To exercise any of the rights outlined below, please contact us at ainesantala@gmail.com.

Update Account Information: You have the right to update, change or delete any information you have provided to us.  

Confirm Personal Data and Its Use: You have the right to request that we confirm what data we hold about you, and for what purposes. You also have the right to confirmation of whether we process your data or deliver your data to third party processors, and for what purposes. We will supply you with copies of your personal data unless doing so would affect the rights and freedoms of others.  

Change Consent: You have the right to change your consent to our use of your information. In such cases, we may require you to delete your account with us, and you may not have full access to our website.

Request a Copy of Data: You have the right to request a digital copy of the data that we hold about you. Your first request for a copy of your personal data will be provided free of charge; subsequent requests will incur a reasonable fee.

Delete All Data: You have the right to request that we delete all data that we hold about you, and we must delete such data without undue delay. There are exceptions to this right, such as when keeping your data is required by law, is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, is required for compliance with a legal obligation, or is necessary for the exercise or defense of legal claims. Such a request may result in a termination of your newsletter subscription and you may have limited or no use of our website. 

Emails and Communications: You may change your communication settings by contacting us at ainesantala@gmail.com.

Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving any third-party marketing communications or having your personal information used for marketing purposes. You may do this by contacting us at ainesantala@gmail.com.

Processing: You may, in some circumstances, restrict the processing of your data, such as when you contest the accuracy of your data or when you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. When processing has been restricted, we will continue to store your data but will not pass it on to third-party processors without your consent, or as necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect your rights or those of others or our organization. In addition, you may opt out of any processing of your data altogether. Note, however that doing so may result in the termination of your account and loss of access to our website. 

Complaints: You have the right to complain to a supervising authority if you believe we are misusing your data or have violated any of your rights under these terms or conditions or applicable law.

NEWSLETTER PRIVACY

We offer the opportunity for you to volunteer certain information to us that is used for email and marketing purposes. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name and email. You will have an opportunity to unsubscribe from any future communications via email, but we reserve the right to maintain a database of past email subscribers. We reserve the right to use this information as reasonably necessary in our organization and as provided by law.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE

All images, text, designs, graphics, trademarks, and service marks are owned by and property of Áine Santala or the properly attributed party (the “Intellectual Property”). It is a violation of federal law to use any of the intellectual property in whole or in part, and modification of any materials contained on this site is illegal and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent permissible should we choose to do so, including asking for financial penalties (damages) and/or an injunction forcing you to stop using Our intellectual property immediately.

You may never claim any of our intellectual property as your own or your unique creation, even with attribution, or use any intellectual property within the offering that is attributed to a third-party.

AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

This site may use affiliate links to sell certain products or services. We disclaim any and all liability as a result of your purchase through one of these links. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you when and where we have placed affiliate links in addition to this disclaimer located in these terms and conditions. You accept express liability for any and all consequences or benefits of clicking the affiliate links contained on this website or related communications.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

If you and our company cannot find a resolution to a dispute or potential claim by means of good-faith negotiation, then you explicitly agree to make a reasonable attempt to resolve any such dispute through alternative dispute resolution or mediation before filing a civil cause of action.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree at all times to indemnify and hold harmless Áine Santala, as well as any of our affiliates, agents, contractors, transferees, assignees, and licensees, as applicable, from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to our newsletter or offering(s).

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

If you are found to be slandering, libeling, or otherwise disparaging our personhood, our offerings, or related materials at our discretion, you will be immediately removed from the offering(s) and any related communications. We reserve the right to file a civil claim of action against you for any such damaging actions you take that materially harm our work and livelihood.

TERMINATION

If at any time we feel you have violated our terms and conditions, we shall immediately terminate your use of our website, offerings and any related communications as we deem appropriate. It is within our sole discretion to allow any user’s access of our website, and we may revoke this access at any time without notice, and if necessary, block Your IP address from further visits to our site(s).

SEVERABILILTY

If any part of these terms and conditions is deemed unlawful and/or unenforceable, all other provisions contained herein will remain in full force and effect.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The information contained herein constitutes the entire agreement between site users and our company relating to the use of this website.

LAW AND JURISDICTION

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with United States law. You agree that any dispute related to these terms will be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, excluding its conflicts of law provisions.

In the event of any dispute related to these terms that is not subject to binding arbitration, you and Áine Santala will submit to the personal jurisdiction of and exclusive venue in the federal and state courts located in and serving Boulder County, Colorado as the legal forum for any such dispute.

CONSENT

By using our website, you hereby consent to our terms and conditions of use and privacy policy.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

All rights not expressly granted in these terms or conditions or any express written here, are reserved by Áine Santala.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you require any more information or have any questions about our terms and conditions of use, or our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at ainesantala@gmail.com.