PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy was last revised on 5th February, 2019.

INTRODUCTION
MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO (also referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”) understands that you are aware of and care about your personal privacy interests, and we take that seriously. We will fully comply with all applicable Data Protection and consumer legislation from time to time in place. This Privacy Policy describes MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO’s policies and practices regarding its collection and use of your Personal Information, and which rights you have regarding them. MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO is the data controller for the Personal Information being processed by on https://michaeljsdesignstudio.com/.

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA
The following categories of personal data are processed when using our services: Name, e-mail, home address, telephone number, business name etc.

PURPOSE
We use your information in order to:
Create your account.
Create things that are relevant to you.
Process your purchases.
For statistical or survey purposes to improve this website and its services to you.
Complete payments you make on our website with your billing information.
Enable you find services and information quickly.
Ensure that you don’t have to add information more than once, this makes the website easier for you to navigate through’
Send you email about our services.
You agree that you do not object to us contacting you for any of the above purposes whether by telephone, e-mail or in writing and you confirm that you do not and will not consider any of the above as being a breach of any of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

CONSENT
You will be able to make use of our website even if you do not want to provide your personal information/create an account on our website; but your access will be limited.
However, if you decide to provide your personal information/ create an account, you will be able to select the kinds of information you want to receive from us by subscribing to various services. You have the choice of selecting the option stating that you do not wish to receive messages about our other offers or services. You also have the option of closing/deleting your account on our website, once you do this you will no longer have unlimited access on the website.

COOKIES
This Website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. A cookie is a computer file containing information about a user that is sent to the central computer with each request. The server uses this information to customize data sent back to the user and to log the user’s requests. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us:
Date and time of visits.
Pages viewed.
Time spent at our Website.
Websites visited before and after our Website.
Your IP address.
IP address is a number used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data.
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 that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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 several cookies to save your login information and your 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 of your account, 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 1 day.

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.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT
The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can 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 also store the personal information they provide 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.

MEDIA
When you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ENFORCEMENT
If for any reason you believe that MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO has not complied with this privacy policy, please notify us by email, and we will do our best to determine and correct the problem promptly. Be certain that the words Privacy Policy are in the Subject line.

USER PROFILES
Every registered user has a unique personal profile. Each profile is assigned a unique personal identification number, which helps us ensure that only you can access your profile.
When you register, we create your profile, assign a personal identification number, and then send this personal identification number back to your hard drive in form of a cookie, which is a very small bit of code. This code is uniquely yours. It is your passport to seamless travel across the website, without having to fill out registration forms with information you have already provided. Even if you switch computers, you won’t have to re-register – just use your Registration ID to identify yourself.

LEGITIMATE INTEREST
MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO or the site (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO and its family of Websites, and (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO its Websites, or the public.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION
Your personal data is stored and processed for as long as it is necessary from the date of your registration, after that it will be deleted. Note that we might process your personal data for an extended period of time if it is necessary in order to comply with a legal obligation.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITE
The links in this area will let you leave MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO site. The linked sites are not under the control of MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO and MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in any linked site, or any changes or update to such sites. MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO is not responsible for any webcasting or any other form of transmission received from such linked site. MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO of the site.

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
By virtue of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) our website users have, with certain statutory exceptions, multiple rights with regard to MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO’s processing of personal data. Users have:
(1) the right to request access to their personal data and to find out how they are processed;
(2) the right to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete information;
(3) the right to delete personal data for data processed illegally where the lawful basis is consent;
(4) the right to restrict personal data processing;
(5) the right to transfer personal data in electronic format (data portability);
(6) the right to object to personal data processing based on the legitimate interest of MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO .
Users have the right at any time to withdraw consent previously given regarding MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO’s processing of users personal 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please contact Michaeljsdesign@gmail.com with the title “Privacy Policy” to request this information. Where we send your data Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

AGREEMENT AND LITIGATION
By using MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO website and our services you agree to the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy and/or any other agreement that we might have with you. If you do not agree to any of these terms and conditions, you should not use MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO website. You agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy, or any other agreement we have with you, will be governed by the laws of Michigan, United States of America. You also agree to arbitrate such disputes in Michigan, United States of America and to abide by any limitation on damages contained in any agreement we may have with you.

USERS FROM OUTSIDE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Please note that if you are a user from outside United States of America, your information may be processed, stored and transferred in United States of America where our central database is operated. There is a possibility that the data protection laws operating in United States of America might not be as encompassing as those in your country, however, we assure you that we will take steps to ensure that your privacy is protected.

DATA BREACH
MICHAEL J’S DESIGNS STUDIO has taken strong measures to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. We take strong precautions to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, in the event of unforeseeable circumstances leading to data breach, you will be informed of such data breach within 72 hours of identifying the breach.

CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
As our services may change from time to time, this Privacy Policy is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Policy at https://michaeljsdesignstudio.com/. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions and will e-mail users of material changes hereto, but you should check our site frequently to see the current Privacy Policy that is in effect and any changes that may have been made to it. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices and the terms and conditions that govern the use of this site.

CONTACT DETAILS, COMPLAINTS AND QUESTIONS
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy you can contact us through our contact form. If you feel like your concern has not been resolved, you can also lodge a complaint with the concerned supervisory authority in your country.

Michael Js Design Studio 845 N Van Dyke Ste. B Bad Axe MI 48413 9892694653