Privacy Policy
At Pomegranate Creations we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy. We last amended this Policy in May, 2018.
Information we collect
Name, email address and which of our blog topics you are interested in.
Device and browser data, such as your IP address, device type, and browser type
Response history, such as which emails you’ve opened or which articles you’ve read on our website.
Other information that you provide through your participation in our occasional email marketing communications, for example your opinions about our content.
We collect, store and process this data because you kindly gave us your consent to do so when you contact Pomegranate Creations via the contact form on the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of our emails, or by contacting us at lisa@pomegranatecreations.org, or writing to us at 1177 Branham Lane, San Jose, CA, 95118, USA.
We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. Pomegranate Creations does not knowingly collect or request personal information from those under the age of sixteen. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.
Use of 'cookies'
Like many other websites, the Pomegranate Creations website collects information using cookies and similar technologies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organization to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognize you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. May we point out that turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
Main Cookie used on our site
Google Analytics
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site.
The cookies collect information anonymously. This includes: the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.
For more information on Google Analytic’s privacy policy visit here – http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
How is your information used?
We may use your information to:
Contact you regarding queries raised in the contact form;
From time to time, we send emails to our subscribers, which alert them to new published content or other information from Pomegranate Creations;
Seek your views or comments on the content we provide;
Notify you of changes to our terms of use;
Send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you.
These may include information about promotions of our associated companies goods and services or companies we have chosen to partner with;
We also use your information to track the performance of our content – for example, how frequently a piece is read online, or how many people click on one of our emails.
We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity.
Who has access to your information?
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Third-Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We use Mailchimp for our email marketing communications and they hold your information solely for the purpose of sending out communications to you on our behalf.
Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Embedded content from other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.
In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third-party site.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Transferring Your Information Outside of Europe
We’d like to let readers and donors in the European Union (EU) know that information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the EU, usually because servers are located in a different geography. For example, our organization is based in the USA, and we store some data on servers in the USA. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this policy.
Security of Personal Information
When you give us personal information, we take measures to ensure that it’s treated securely. For example, we store the personally identifying data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. Additionally, we ensure that our third-party providers provide adequate physical and data security measures and that all your personally identifying data is encrypted.
Your Information Rights
You have the right to control how we use your information. Subject to local law, you can do this in the following ways:
You can ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you;
You can inform us of any changes to your information, or if you want us to correct any of the information we hold about you;
You can ask us to erase, or restrict the information we hold about you;
You can object to particular ways in which we are using your personal information;
You can also ask us to send the personal information you have given us to a third party.