PRIVACY POLICY

This website (this “Site”) is managed by KingenSmith Productions (hereinafter referred to as “KingenSmith” or we).

KingenSmith recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personal and financial information. We have instituted reasonable policies and security measures to protect the information you provide to us. When you register online with KingenSmith or use our online store you give us your consent to process and use such submitted personal data in accordance with this privacy policy.

This privacy policy applies to all users of this Site. This privacy policy applies to all protected personal information collected, maintained or used by KingenSmith.

REGISTRATION

Certain parts or features of the Site may require registration or may otherwise ask you to provide information to participate in certain features or to access certain content. The decision to provide this information is purely voluntary and optional; however, if you elect not to provide such information, you may not be able to access certain content or participate in certain parts or features of the Site. You agree that you will not provide any false personal information to the Site, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission. You will also not create more than one personal profile, and if you select a username for your account, we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as if a trademark owner complains about a username). If you register with the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, if any, and for restricting access to your computer so that others may not access the password protected portion of the Site. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, email or password, if any, and agree you will not sell, transfer or assign your membership or any membership rights. KingenSmith may, in its sole discretion, and at any time, with or without notice, terminate your password and membership, for any reason or no reason at all. If we disable your account, you agree that you will not create another one without our permission.

WHAT INFORMATION KINGENSMITH COLLECTS

KingenSmith collects personal data from visitors to the Site who register their information or who use the online store. We also use cookies (as described below) and track IP addresses so that we can improve our services and enhance your KingenSmith experience. In addition, KingenSmith collects some protected personal information (e.g., name, address, telephone number(s), credit card information, email address, etc.) from our customers who submit a customer information card at one of our studios, from our affiliated companies and, on occasion, from unrelated third parties. To serve you better, we may combine information you give us with other information which is publicly available.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

KingenSmith does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of eighteen. If you are under eighteen, please ask your parents or guardians to register and/or use the online store.

HOW KINGENSMITH USES INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE

If you give us your personal information, at one of our studios or online, then with your consent, KingenSmith will use this information to keep you informed of our special events or promotions, to register you with our Site, to administer our Site services, and/or to process any orders you may place online. Otherwise, we may use the information you provide to us only to review our performance and to improve our services to you, or to communicate with you about your order if you have placed an online order.
KingenSmith maintains customer data for purposes of customer relationship management, marketing research, analysis and promotion. We will send you announcements or communications by email only if you give us your permission to do so by either giving the appropriate consent on our Site or by submitting your email address on a customer information card. If KingenSmith is acquired by another entity, information about KingenSmith’s customers may be made available to the new entity. However, the new entity will undertake the protection and confidentiality of your personal information consistent with this privacy policy.

DOES KINGENSMITH SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS?

KingenSmith does not sell, rent or, except as described below, disclose our customers' names, addresses, email addresses or other personal information. In order to maintain this Site, to manage our database, to distribute e-mails and to provide customer communications, KingenSmith contracts with selected third parties. We do not authorize any of these third party service providers to make any other use of your information. We do not otherwise disclose your information to any other third party, unless we are required to do so by law or in connection with a legal claim or proceeding.

SECURITY

KingenSmith uses appropriate security measures to protect the information you provide to us. However, while we take reasonable steps to protect this personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, you accept that no Internet data transmission can be guaranteed to be secure from access by unintended recipients and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this breach is due to our negligence.

ACCURACY AND RETENTION

You are entitled to request access to and request correction of all personal data you provide us, or to remove your name from the KingenSmith’s marketing list at any time by contacting us. Please send an email to: info@kingensmith.com or write to us at the following address: KingenSmith Productions, 2030 N. Humboldt Blvd., Chicago, IL 60647

ABOUT COOKIES

Cookies are pieces of information a web site can send to your computer's browser for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to which web pages are visited and how often, to make our Site more user friendly, and to give you a better experience when you return to the Site. For example, cookies allow us to save your password so you do not have to re-enter it every time you visit our Site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you do not have to accept them. To disable cookies, you should access the "help" tab on your browser or read the information that came with your browser software. However, your visit to our Site will be significantly enhanced if cookies are not disabled. If you do not disable your cookies, you accept our collection and storage of any of your personal information such cookies contain.

ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY AND MODIFICATION

By accessing and using the Site (including registering on our Site and purchasing items through our Site), or by submitting a customer information card at a KingenSmith store, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this privacy policy. KingenSmith reserves the right to make modifications to our privacy policy or practices as described above from time to time. We will post any updated privacy policy on our Site, and thus we encourage you to review this page from time to time, particularly each time you use our online shop.

This Site as a whole, and all material on this Site, are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights, and are subject to protection by U.S. and international intellectual property laws, including, but not limited to, rights in the nature of patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, moral rights, know-how and any similar rights recognized under laws or international conventions in any country or jurisdiction in the world. These materials are exclusively owned by KingenSmith or used with permission of their owners. Such materials include, but are not limited to, the photographs, images, illustrations, text, multimedia, video clips, audio clips, designs, logos, trademarks, trade dress and other materials contained in this Site, as well as the software used in the design, development and functionality of this Site (collectively, “Content”).

The name, KingenSmith, any logos and all other KingenSmith-related marks depicted in this Site, whether registered or unregistered, are trademarks or service marks of KingenSmith. All rights are reserved worldwide.

The materials contained in this Site are displayed for informational and promotional purposes only. This Site is intended solely for private, personal, and non-commercial use. You may not download or copy materials in this Site. You may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, remove, delete, add to, otherwise modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, any part of this Site, any of the materials in this Site, or any related software. Any other use of materials on this Site, including reproduction, modification, distribution or republication, without the prior express written permission of KingenSmith, is strictly prohibited.