This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://ceasedesist.com (the “Site”).
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).
Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- Communicate with you;
- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
In the event that you make a request for us to connect you with a lawyer in order to further discuss your dispute, we will provide that lawyer or law firm with your contact information for the purposes of facilitating a meeting.
Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties solely for the purposes described above.
For example, we use WordPress, Gravity Forms, and Stripe to power our online store–you can read more about how Stripe uses your Personal Information to process payments here: https://stripe.com/privacy
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We use Google Ads to power our online paid marketing activities. You can read more about Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service here: https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/54817.
We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Finally, we may share your contact information with a lawyer or law firm if you request us to do so, solely for the purposes of having follow-up discussions related to your dispute. If this happens, we may or may not receive a lead generation fee from these lawyers/law firms.
Partnerships and Affiliate Programs
We often evaluate and enter into partnership programs with third party vendors. In certain cases, we may earn a commission from these companies in the event you make a purchase on their website after clicking on a link contained in ours.
We do not share any personal information gathered in our site with any partners unless directed by you. However, when you click a link on our site, these vendors may use cookies on their own site to further track your web navigation behavior and purchases. These cookies are not controlled or managed in any way by Cease & Desist Services. You will need to contact these third-party sites directly to discuss their tracking and opt-out options if needed.
Do Not Track
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident please note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Data Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
If you submit a contact form with a question, comment, or inquiry, we will retain this information indefinitely for our records. If you wish this information to be deleted, please contact us through our support email.
Finally, if you partially submit, but do not complete our “Start Your Letter” form, your entries will automatically save on our servers. We will retain this information for up to 60 days in order to ensure your information is not lost (forcing you to retype your information). We reserve the right to reach out to you to validate that you intended to abandon the incomplete form.
Future Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Contact us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected]