Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Revised:  03/31/2021

Your information privacy is extremely important to us.  We have prepared this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, protect, and disclose information and data when you use the Bug-A-Salt website (“Site”) and any other services offered by Skell Inc. dba Bug-A-Salt (“Services”).  This Privacy Policy also explains your choices for managing your information preferences, including opting out of certain uses of your Personal Information (defined below).  This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the Site and Services.  The Site and Services are provided by Skell Inc. dba Bug-A-Salt (“Company” “we” “our” “us”).

BY USING THE SITE OR SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.  PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. 

1. Managing Your Information Preferences

You can review, correct, update, or change your Personal Information or opt out of receiving certain e-mails by changing the relevant settings in your account or by e-mailing us at support@bugasalt.com.  You are able to opt out of receiving marketing e-mails from us, however, you cannot opt out of receiving all e-mails from us, such as e-mails about the status of your account.  If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at the same address.

2. Information We Collect

Categories and Types of Personal Information

We collect the following categories and types of personal information:

• Contact Information: your first and last name, home address, mailing address, phone number, and email address;
• Other identifying information: IP address and other information that may identify you;
• Financial Information: payment information;
• Internet or other electronic activity: your time zone, web browser type, your browsing and click history, including information about how you navigate the Site and which elements of our Services you use the most;
• Visual information: any photos or videos that you may provide to us;
• Commercial information: products viewed or purchased on the Site;
• Preferences: details that you provide to us about your interests, your communication preferences; and
• Inferences: inferences drawn from the categories described above in order to create a profile about you to reflect your preferences, characteristics, behavior and attitude.

Categories of Use

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• Transactional Purposes: We use your contact information, other identifying information, financial information, commercial information, and preferences to:
  • Receive, process, confirm, send and track your Order or registration;
  • Communicate with you about your account, Order or registration; and
  • Process any registration you make to create an account.

 

• Analytical Purposes: We use your other identifying information, internet or other electronic activity, and inferences to analyze preferences, trends and statistics.

 

• Marketing Purposes: We use your contact information, other identifying information, visual information, commercial information, internet or other electronic activity, preferences, and inferences to:
  • Inform you of our new products, services, opportunities and offers;
  • Run promotions, such as sweepstakes and contests;
  • Provide you with targeted advertising; and
  • Provide you with other information from and about our Company, including personalized marketing communications.
    
• Maintenance and Improvement of Services and Website: We use your contact information, other identifying information, financial information, commercial information, visual information, preferences, and internet activity and browsing history to:
  • Provide and maintain functionality on our websites;
  • Improve our Site and Services;
  • Provide more relevant search results from the search functions of the Site and Services;
  • Handle your customer services requests, including direct your questions to appropriate individuals, and improve and monitor our customer support responses; and
  • Help us diagnose technical and service problems and administer our websites.

 

• Security and Fraud Prevention: We use your contact information, other identifying information, financial information, internet activity and browsing history, commercial information, preferences, and inferences to protect the website, our Company, and others, and for, fraud detection, theft prevention, emergency response purposes, and legal compliance.

Sources of Personal Information

We collect information from the following sources:

We collect information directly from you. We collect visual, contact, financial and certain identifying information and directly from you.

We collect information about you from third parties. We collect your contact information and certain identifying data from third parties, such as social media sites, if you provide your information to such sites.

We collect information from you passively. We collect Internet or other electronic activity passively using tools like browser cookies, web beacons and tracking pixels, SDKs and other similar technologies. This activity is further described in the Cookies and Online Tracking section below.

 

3. When We Share Information with Third Parties
   
   

Our Service Providers

From time to time, we may establish a business relationship with other businesses whom we believe trustworthy and who have confirmed that their privacy practices are consistent with ours (“Service Providers”).  For example, we may contract with Service Providers to provide certain services, such as search engine optimization, payment processing, hosting and maintenance, and marketing and promotions.  We only provide our Service Providers with the information necessary for them to perform these services on our behalf.  Each Service Provider must agree to use reasonable security procedures and practices, appropriate to the nature of the information involved, in order to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  Service Providers are prohibited from using Personal Information other than as specified by us.

Our Affiliates and Corporate Transactions

We may share Personal Information (including Internet or other electronic activity) with businesses controlling, controlled by, or under common control with our Company.  If our Company is merged, acquired, or sold, or in the event of a transfer of some or all of our assets, we may disclose or transfer Personal Information in connection with such transaction.  You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if, in our discretion, it will result in the handling of your Personal Information in a way that differs materially from this Privacy Policy.

 

Law Enforcement and Courts
In certain instances we may disclose your contact information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to our Company or to others. We may also disclose your contact information when we believe the law or legal process requires it.

4. Cookies and Anonymous Identifiers

We use cookies (a small text file placed on your computer to identify your computer and web browser) and may use anonymous identifiers (a random string of characters that is used for the same purposes as a cookie).  We use cookies and other anonymous identifiers to analyze use of and improve the Site and Services and as described in the Advertising and Online Tracking Section of this Privacy Policy. Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.  You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, however, certain features of the Site or Services may not work if you delete or disable cookies.  Some of our Service Providers (defined below) may use their own cookies, anonymous identifiers, or other tracking technology in connection with the services they perform on our behalf.

We use Google Analytics on the Site and Services to collect Internet or other electronic activity, to analyze how users use the Site and Services, and to provide advertisements to you on other websites.  For more information about how to opt out of having your information used by Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

5. Personal Information You Make Available to Others

By using the Site or the Services you may make certain of your Personal Information available to others.  For example, when you post a comment or a photo on the Site other users may see your name (first name and last name initial), and other information that you choose to make available to others.

6. Advertising and Online Tracking

We may allow third-party companies to serve ads and collect certain anonymous information when you visit the Site and Services.  These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g. click stream information, web browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to the Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you.  These companies typically use a cookie to collect this information.  Our systems do not recognize browser “Do Not Track” signals, but several of our Service Providers who utilize these cookies on our Site enable you to opt out of targeted advertising practices.  To learn more about these advertising practices or to opt out of this type of advertising, you can visit www.networkadvertising.org or www.aboutads.info/choices/.  We also provide you with additional tools to opt out of marketing from us.  You can learn about this in the “Managing Your Information Preferences” section of this Privacy Policy.

7. Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement

We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law.  We may disclose Personal Information and any other information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties if, in our discretion, we believe it is necessary or appropriate in order to respond to legal requests (including court orders and subpoenas), to protect the safety, property, or rights of our company or of any third party, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law.

8. Be Careful When You Share Information with Others

Please be aware that whenever you share information on any public area of the Site or Services, that information may be accessed by others.  In addition, please remember that when you share information in any other communications with third parties, that information may be passed along or made public by others.  This means that anyone with access to such information can potentially use it for any purpose, including sending unsolicited communications.

9. Security

We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of information transmitted to us.  However, no data transmission over the Internet or other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect information transmitted on or through the Site or Services, we cannot and do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit on or through the Site or Services, and you do so at your own risk.

10. Links

Our Site and Services may contain links to other websites or allow others to send you such links.  A link to a third party’s website does not mean that we endorse it or that we are affiliated with it.  We do not exercise control over third-party websites.  You access such third-party websites or content at your own risk.  You should always read the privacy policy of a third-party website before providing any information to the website.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Site and Services are intended for users who are 13 years old or older.  We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13.  If we become aware that we have inadvertently received Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our records.  California users under the age of 18 may request the removal of their content or information publicly posted on the Site or Services by e-mailing us at support@bugasalt.com Please note that most of the user content that appears on our Site or Services is stored and controlled by third party providers; thus, complete and comprehensive removal of the content may not be possible.

12. Processing in the United States

Please be aware that your Personal Information and communications may be transferred to and maintained on servers or databases located outside your state, province, or country.  If you are located outside of the United States, please be advised that we process and store all information in the United States.  The laws in the United States may not be as protective of your privacy as those in your location.  By using the Site or Services, you are agreeing to the collection, use, transfer, and disclosure of your Personal Information and communications will be governed by the applicable laws in the United States.

13. Privacy Policy Changes

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time.  If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will inform you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Site.  Those changes will go into effect on the “Revised” date shown in the revised Privacy Policy.  By continuing to use the Site or Services, you are consenting to the revised Privacy Policy.

Please print a copy of this privacy policy for you records and PLEASE check the Site frequently for any changes.