Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 26th 2022 20:45

Who we are

Protecting your privacy is one of the main intentions from The Jenuine Journal. This statement of privacy applies to The Jenuine Journal and our Parent Company, Sending Happi Vibes (SHV) LLC, and the accommodating websites, www.jenuinejournal.com and www.sendinghappivibes.com. The Jenuine Journal website is an ecommerce and blog website. We offer free and available-to-purchase journaling prompts and full-guided journal prompt journals. Throughout the Jenuine Journal website, visitors are able to create accounts that provide them with the options to comment on posts, and host the items they wish to purchase. This Privacy Policy will go in detail of when, what, which and how your personal information is used on this website and to reassure you that you may always opt out of connection to the Jenuine Journal and the removal of your personal information. Again, the most important intention of the Jenuine Journal is that your privacy remains in tact.

Interpretations and Definitions:

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meanings regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy:

  • “Account” refers to the unique account created for You, the Consumer, to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • “Business“, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company (Jenuine Journal) as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, that does business in the States of California.
  • “Company” (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to the Jenuine Journal.

For the purpose of GDRP, the Jenuine Journal is the Data Controller

  • “Country” refers to The United States of America, in particular, Indiana, USA, the country and State of residence for the Jenuine Journal.
  • “Consumer” for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitionary purpose, and (2) every individual who is domicile in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitionary purpose.
  • “Cookies” are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • “Data Controller“, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Jenuine Journal as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • “Device” means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
  • “Do Not Track” (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
  • “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • “Service” refers to the Website.
  • “Service Provide” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Jenuine Journal. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Jenuine Journal to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Jenuine Journal, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Jenuine Journal in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • “Website” refers to The Jenuine Journal, accessible from www.jenuinejournal.com

Cookies

The Jenuine Journal website (www.jenuinejournal.com) authorizes the use of “cookies” to help enhance your Internet experience. Cookies are put into place by various websites to help advertise products the AI believes you would enjoy. A cookie, technologically, is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies do not run administration for websites, nor do they deliver viruses. Cookies can only be read by the web server in the domain (website name) that issued the cookie to you in the first place.

Cookie use on The Jenuine Journal’s website helps remember information you’ve given access to, such as if you were to create an account. Cookies also act as a memory guide for if you are wishing to return to a specific page of The Jenuine Journal website. The next time you visit the site, you will return to your last page.

You have the right to decline the use of cookies and to continue using the website as you please.

Additional Cookie Information:

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 visit our login page, 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.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Jenuine Journal, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential CookiesType: Session CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance CookiesType: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality CookiesType: Persistent CookiesAdministered by: UsPurpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Jenuine Journal may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Who we share your data with

To achieve best performance and quality consumer care, The Jenuine Journal may collect the following details of your personal information, depending on your use of the website:

  • First/Last Name
  • Email address
  • Phone Number
  • Mailing Address

Purchasing products from The Jenuine Journal website may result in the collection of your billing information, credit/debit card information to complete a transaction. The following financial services may be used and/or receiving of your personal information:

  • Paypal
  • Stripe
  • Apple Pay
  • CVV

In addition to the mandatory information that The Jenuine Journal website collects, you must be cautious of posting or commenting other personally identifiable information about yourself on the website.

We do not collect other identifiable information about you unless you provide the information to us. It is within our Privacy Policy to let you know when you are submitting additional information. In other circumstances where more information may be required of you include the following:

  • Registering an account
  • Competing in a give-away
  • Entering a partnered opportunity (giveaway, sweepstakes, etc)
  • Signing up for special offers provided by third-party entities
  • Sending an email to us
  • Submitting credit card information to purchase an item

Your information will be collected to be used for its intentions only.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Where your data is sent

The Jenuine Journal currently hosts our newsletter group with the newsletter and website-building provider, Mailchimp. This integration means that Mailchimp will primarily be where your email address, region of living, and name is held. If you wish to provide extra information, such as preferred language or gender, this information will also be stored.

The Jenuine Journal may also use your personally identifiable information to direct you towards potentially welcoming products outside of The Jenuine Journal or to our affiliates.

Third Party Usage

The Jenuine Journal does not rent, sell, or lease your personal information to third party entities.

From time to time, the Jenuine Journal may contact you on behalf of external business partners about particular offerings that may interest you. In the case you agree, your information will then be shared. You will be asked for permission and made aware with confirmation of your decision.

The Jenuine Journal may share data with trusted partners to adhere to statistical advancement, in such ways as sending postal mail, emailing, providing customer services and arrangement for deliveries. All third party entities are prohibited to se your information for other than the instructed activities.

The Jenuine Journal may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary by law. Reasoning may include the possibilities of protecting and defending the rights of The Jenuine Journal, to protect other users’ rights, or the public’s, and/or to comply with legal processes served on the Jenuine Journal website and company.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Behavior Tracking

The Jenuine Journal website may track your behavior on the website in terms of page visiting patterns. This is to monitor which products are popular, which are not, which pages of the website are most visited and to see what people use our website for most. This data is used to deliver the quality content of the Jenuine Journal website to our visitors whose behavior indicates an attraction to a product or page.

Automatically Collected Information

Automatically collected information may include your computer hardware and software, your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring websites (where you found us from). This information is used for the operation of service, maintaining the quality of service, and to provide general statistics of The Jenuine Journal website.

External Data Storage Sites:

Such as Mailchimp and other third-party hosting sites, we may store your data on servers providing third party hosting with whom we have contracted.

Security of Your Personal Information:

The Jenuine Journal secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Jenuine Journal uses the SSL Protocol method for this purpose.

When personal information (such as credit card information) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that; a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this site cannot be guaranteed.

Your Content

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 may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

You are entitled to comment as you wish. Be mindful that comments are seen by administrators of The Jenuine Journal and the Jenuine Journal has the right to remove your comments as needed.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should 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.

Be mindful of the media you upload, as the Jenuine Journal administrators have the right to delete your pictures or comments for the inappropriate use of nudity, language profanity, excessive curse words, racism, ableism, harmful language including racial or ethnical slurs, or posting harmful propaganda.

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.

The Jenuine Journal website does include links to other sites. This may be in the form of affiliate links to other services or products posted within blog posts or links to other social media content of The Jenuine Journals. If you decide to leave the website and onto another website using the embedded link, be mindful that your information may transfer once you reach their site and to always read the other website’s privacy policy and how they use your data.

Embedded or external links may also be of The Jenuine Journal. Be mindful of the information that still may transfer, even though you’re using the Jenuine Journal still. For example, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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.

Your Rights Over Your 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.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Opting Out & Unsubscribing

You have the right and the freedom to opt-out of and unsubscribe from the Jenuine Journal and our affairs as you please.

If you no longer wish to stay subscribed to our newsletter, you may unsubscribe from a newsletter at the bottom of the text, or you can email us your unsubscribing information (name and email address) and we will manually unsubscribe you from our emailing list.

You have the right and the freedom to delete your shopping accounts as well.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

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.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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.

We advise you to read the Jenuine Journal’s Terms and Conditions Document here: The Jenuine Journal’s Terms and Conditions Page

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: