Privacy Policy
A legal disclaimer
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to write your own document of a Privacy Policy. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific privacy policies you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and to assist you in the creation of your own Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy - the basics
Having said that, a privacy policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, processes, and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It usually also includes a statement regarding the website’s commitment to protecting its visitors’ or customers’ privacy, and an explanation about the different mechanisms the website is implementing in order to protect privacy.
Different jurisdictions have different legal obligations of what must be included in a Privacy Policy. You are responsible to make sure you are following the relevant legislation to your activities and location.
What to include in the Privacy Policy
Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy often addresses these types of issues: the types of information the website is collecting and the manner in which it collects the data; an explanation about why is the website collecting these types of information; what are the website’s practices on sharing the information with third parties; ways in which your visitors an customers can exercise their rights according to the relevant privacy legislation; the specific practices regarding minors’ data collection; and much much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article “Creating a Privacy Policy”.
Privacy Policy
The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for Pergola Empire. We reserve the right to modify the information contained herein at any time without prior notice. If we do make changes to our privacy policies, we will modify this page accordingly.
Information Collected From Normal Browsing
Like many websites, we collect certain information when you access our site. When you browse, read, or download information from this site, data is collected by us, including but not limited to your IP address, URL request, browser type, web pages visited, and date and time of your request. We use this information to generate statistics and measure site activity so that we can improve the usefulness of the site to our visitors and for other business purposes. For example, we track which pages are most popular among visitors. Currently, we handle this information on an aggregated basis and do not use this information to identify any users.
We often use analytics software, such as Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and others, to assist us, and we may use additional or different service providers in the future.
Information You Provide
At several places on the site, Pergola Empire asks you to provide additional information so that we can respond to inquiries from you. For example, we may ask for your name, your email address, and your location, or may ask for other information about you. We will use this information to contact you or other activities related to the mission or services of Pergola Empire. You do not have to provide us with this information to use many features of the site, but we will be unable to provide you with certain information unless you do so. We will manage and store this information as an ordinary business record.
Disclosure of Information
Available log records, account information, and all data stored on servers hosting this website and any other online sites we use may be accessed by our system administrators, who may make the information available to other Pergola Empire personnel for business purposes.
Pergola Empire may share information that you have provided to us, including your name and email address, with our affiliated franchisors and with the companies that provide analytical services to us in support of the website. In some circumstances, we may share information that you have provided to one or more of our franchisees located in your area.
Finally, we will provide information that you have given us when required by legal process, such as a subpoena.
Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your computer by our site. Our site may use both session and permanent cookies. Session cookies make it easier to use our site by enabling you to move through it without having to re-enter your personal information on each page. Session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
We may also use cookies to recognize when you return to our website. In some instances, cookies may trigger specific advertisements based on the parts of our site and other websites that your browser visits.
Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising on Microsoft
To exercise your opt-out rights, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) consumer opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out page. Please note that opting out does not mean you will no longer see advertisements; it means that the ads you see may be less relevant to your interests.
Security
Pergola Empire employs reasonable administrative and technical security measures in place to help protect against loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. However, as with any Internet website, it is not possible to guarantee that the site will not be attacked or that the information you provided may not be compromised.
Other Websites
This website may contain links to independently run websites outside this one. Pergola Empire is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any websites you visit from this website.