Maker District
Website Privacy Policy
Last Updated on: [4-27-2023]
This Privacy Policy explains how we, Maker District, Inc., collect, use and disclose your personal information when you use our websites, subscribe to our newsletters, and provide your contact information (collectively, the "Website"). We use the term "personal information" to mean data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This Privacy Policy also provides information about rights you may have under applicable privacy laws. [If you are a California resident, please also see our California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy.]
From time to time, Maker District may offer new information or services that may affect this policy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to info@makerdistrictdfw.com. Spam abuses can be reported at info@makerdistrictdfw.com.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information of any kind that we collect by means (including offline means) or from sources other than those specified herein.
1. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
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Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We collect personal information from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with inquiries, register for access to the Website or purchase products or services from the Website. Personal information may include, but is not limited to, the below:
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Your name and email address
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Your website URL and name
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Company name
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Phone number
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Billing information
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Address
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Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment. For more information about our use of third-party providers, please see Section 3 below.
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Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access Maker District. For example, when you use Maker District, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using Maker District, such as links clicked.
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Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by Maker District. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website. For more information about our use of cookies, please see Section 4 below.
2. HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS USED
Maker District may use your personal information in the following ways:
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To operate and maintain the Website;
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To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website to your account;
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To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each e-mail newsletter will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings by unsubscribing;
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To send you administrative communications, such as administrative e-mails, confirmation e- mails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
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To respond to your comments or inquiries;
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To provide you with user support;
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To track and measure website performance;
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To process payment for purchases you make through Maker District;
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To facilitate activities on the Website, such as generating tickets and holding virtual classes;
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To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity;
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To review the effectiveness of our marketing programs and analyze other general demographic trends; and
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To notify you of new information or services that may be of interest to you.
3. TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Maker District will not share, rent, or sell your personally information with third-parties. We may, however, share your information with third-parties when we are authorized by you to share such information.
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Parent Companies and Affiliates: We may share your information with a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), provided that we require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
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Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, personal information may be part of the transferred assets.
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Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
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Third Parties with Permission: We may share your information with third parties to whom you ask us to send your information.
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Agents, Consultants, and Related Third Parties: Maker District, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another entity to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.
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Legal Requirements: Maker District may disclose your personal information if required or permitted by law to (i) comply with a legal obligation or to respond to requests from law enforcement or other government officials relating to investigations or alleged illegal activity, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Maker District, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, (iv) protect against legal liability including to resolve disputes, investigate problems, or enforce our Customer contracts.
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Third Party Vendors: Maker District may use third-party service providers, such as Wix and Google Analytics, to service various aspects of the website. In order to create better user experience and gain useful insight, these providers may set tracking technologies (e.g., cookies) to collect information about your use of the Website. We also use third party vendors to: send out newsletters; process payments; facilitate online classes, workshops, webinars, and seminars; manage memberships; process surveys; provide website support; and process comments.
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Advertising Networks and their Partners: With your prior consent and at your instruction, we may disclose your personal information to the following advertising networks for the purposes of providing you with cross-context behavioral advertising: Google Content Network and Facebook.
4. COOKIES
Maker District uses cookies to: store visitors’ preferences; record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit; ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads; and/or customize our content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. We also share information about your use of our Website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners with your prior consent. This section explains what cookies are, how we use Cookies and similar technologies on our Website and what you can do to manage how Cookies are used.
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WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this Privacy Policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The Cookie will collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our Website via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page.
In addition to Cookies, the Website may use web beacons. Web beacons allow us to count the number of users who have visited or accessed the Website and to recognize users by accessing our cookies. We may employ web beacons to facilitate Website administration and navigation, to track the actions of users of the Website, to compile aggregate statistics about Website usage and response rates, and to provide an enhanced online experience for visitors to the Website. We may also include web beacons in HTML-formatted e-mail messages that we send to determine which e-mail messages were opened. A web beacon is often invisible because it is only 1 x 1 pixel in size with no color. A web beacon can also be known as a web bug, 1 by 1 GIF, invisible GIF and tracker GIF.
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES AND HOW DO WE USE THEM?
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Essential: These are Cookies which are essential for the running of our Website. Without these Cookies, parts of our Website would not function. These Cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.
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Examples of how we may use essential Cookies include:
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Setting unique identifiers for each unique visitor, so that website numbers can be analyzed.
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Functional: These Cookies are used to remember your preferences on our Website and to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these Cookies is usually anonymized, so we cannot identify you personally. Functional Cookies do not track your internet usage or gather information which could be used for selling advertising.
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Examples of how we may use functional Cookies include:
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Gathering data about visits to our Website, including numbers of visitors and visits, length of time spent on the site, pages clicked on or where visitors have come from.
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Eliminating the need for returning users to re- enter their login details.
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Analytical Performance: Analytical performance Cookies are used to monitor the performance of our Sites, for example, to determine the number of page views and the number of unique users our Website has. We use this information to improve user experience or identify areas of the Website which may require maintenance. The information is anonymous (i.e. it cannot be used to identify you and does not contain personal information such as your name and email address) and it is only used for statistical purposes.
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Examples of how we may use analytical Cookies include:
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Measuring users’ behavior
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Analyze which pages are viewed and how long for and which links are followed to better develop our Website.
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Third Party Cookies: You may notice on some pages of our Website that Cookies have been set that are not related to us. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Facebook, these third party service providers may set their own Cookies on your device. We do not control the use of these third party Cookies, as Cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. Please check the third-party websites for more information about these Cookies.
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HOW CAN YOU MANAGE OR OPT OUT OF COOKIES?
Cookies, including those which have already been set, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also change the preferences/settings in your web browser to control Cookies. In some cases, you can choose to accept Cookies from the primary site, but block them from third parties. In others, you can block Cookies from specific advertisers, or clear out all Cookies. Deleting or blocking Cookies may reduce functionality of the Website. To learn more about how to reject Cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or go to the help menu within your internet browser. If you experience any problems having deleted Cookies, you should contact the supplier of your web browser. If you previously directed us to disclose your personal information for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising and would like us to stop making such disclosures, please email info@makerdistrictdfw.com or click here. For more opt-out options, please see below:
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Opting out of Analytical Performance Cookies: If you would like to opt out of Analytics Cookies, please do so by clicking on the links below:
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Google Analytics: Opt-out Browser Add-on
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Opting out of Behavioral Advertising Cookies: If you would like to disable “third party” Cookies generated by advertisers or providers of targeted advertising services, you can turn them off by going to the third party’s website and getting them to generate a one-time “no thanks” cookie that will stop any further Cookies being written to your machine. Here are links to the main third party advertising platforms we use, each of which have instructions on how to do this:
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Google Advertising: Advertising Info and How to Manage
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NAI: Consumer Opt-out
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FURTHER INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS
If you have any questions about or if you would like more information on the Cookies that we use and their purposes, please contact us at info@makerdistrictdfw.com
5. RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Under laws in certain countries in which we operate, visitors to our Website from those countries may have certain rights, such as the right to access personal information about themselves (including, in some cases, in portable form), and to obtain its source, correction, purpose of collection, update, amendment or deletion in appropriate circumstances. Visitors to our Website may also object to our processing of personal information or withdraw any consent.
To exercise any of the rights described or any other rights you may have under applicable law, please contact us at info@makerdistrictdfw.com with a clear subject line describing your request.
The rights described above are subject to limitations and exceptions under applicable law. We may request additional information from you to verify your identity and complete your request. If we deny your request, we will tell you why. In some states in the United States, you have the right to appeal our denial, which you may exercise by responding to the message we sent to you communicating our denial stating that you appeal our decision. In these cases, we will reconsider your request and notify you of our decision.
6. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
Maker District website use is restricted to adults ages 18 and older. Maker District does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any personal information through the Website. If a parent or guardian believes that Maker District has personal information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at info@makerdistrictdfw.com and we will remove such information from our records.
7. SPAM POLICY
We will only send e-mail to users that have explicitly requested to receive an e-mail from Maker District. Examples may include:
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Opt-in subscribers to the Social Media Examiner Newsletter;
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Users that complete a contact form;
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All communication will be related and relevant to what you have requested; and
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Ticketed classes.
8. WEB LINKS
Maker District contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Maker District is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy and spam policies of each and every website that collects personal information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Maker District from users of our Website.
9. HOW TO CONTACT MAKER DISTRICT
If you have any further questions or comments regarding the Maker District Website or this Privacy Policy, you may contact info@makerdistrictdfw.com
10. CHANGES TO MAKER DISTRICT’S PRIVACY POLICY
The Website may change from time to time. As a result, it may be necessary for us to make changes to this Privacy Policy. At minimum, we will update this Privacy Policy once per year. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any personal information.
[11. CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) NOTICE AT COLLECTION AND PRIVACY POLICY
Residents of California can find our California Consumer Privacy Act Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy for additional information we are required to provide to you under California law.]