Last Updated: March 27, 2025
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Introduction
Welcome to My Birthstone ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to My Birthstone.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site. By accessing or using our website, you signify your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we collect may include:
Personal Data
When you voluntarily provide it, we may collect personal identification information, such as your name and email address, when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Respond to a survey
- Fill out a form
- Contact us through our contact form
- Participate in other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our website
You may visit our website anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent you from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website. If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device name and type, operating system, phone number, country, and other interactions with the application.
Financial Data
If we offer products or services for purchase, we may collect financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the website. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website and services
- Process transactions and send related information including confirmations and invoices
- Send administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of My Birthstone and others
- Personalize and improve your experience on our website
- Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
- With service providers, vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf
- In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process
- If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of My Birthstone or others
- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company
- Between and among My Birthstone and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership
- With your consent or at your direction
We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on our website to help customize the website and improve your experience. When you access our website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the website.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the basic functionalities of our website.
- Functional Cookies: These help us with analytics and allow us to remember choices you make.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies help us analyze how visitors use our website.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed to recognize you when you return to our site.
Third-Party Cookies
Some content or applications on our website may be served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use our website. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These might include:
- Access: You can request copies of your personal information.
- Rectification: You can ask us to fix inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Erasure: You can ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Restriction: You can ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
- Data Portability: You can ask that we transfer your information to another organization or give it to you.
- Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below.
Opt-Out
You can opt out of receiving our marketing emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the emails, or by contacting us using the information provided below. Even if you opt out of receiving marketing communications, we may still send you non-marketing communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.
International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including personal information, to the United States and process it there. Your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. 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
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: privacy@mybirthstone.org
- By visiting our contact page: Contact Us