Privacy Policy
Blanco Taxidermy School (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy describes how information about you is collected, used, stored, and shared when you access or use our website, blancotaxidermyschool.com (the “Site”), and outlines your privacy rights under applicable laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
1. Commitment to Privacy and Data Protection
We are fully committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of your personal data. Our data processing activities adhere to the principles of transparency, lawfulness, fairness, and accountability. We strive to minimize data collection and implement industry best practices in safeguarding your information across all our services.
2. Scope of Policy and Data Controller Role
This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors of blancotaxidermyschool.com, as well as customers, prospective students, and individuals who interact with us through the Site. For the purposes of GDPR and other applicable data protection laws, Blanco Taxidermy School is the data controller responsible for deciding how and why your personal data is processed.
3. Categories of Data Processed
We collect and process the following types of personal data to operate our Site and provide the services you request:
a. Usage Data
Includes log data such as your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, language preference, pages visited, time spent on pages, clickstream data, and other diagnostic information relating to your activity on the Site.
b. Account Data
If you create an account or register for a course, we collect your full name, email address, physical address, and telephone number.
c. Profile Data
Refers to your preferences, purchase history, services selected, interests expressed on the Site, and feedback or survey responses.
d. Communication Data
Includes records of your correspondence with us, such as support requests, emails, contact form submissions, and any other communications sent to or from [email protected].
e. Technical Data
Covers details regarding your device, including operating system, screen resolution, internet connection type and speed, and browser configurations.
f. Transaction Data
We process data relating to your purchases, including billing address, shipping address (if applicable), order history, and limited payment details (processed by third-party payment providers).
g. Preference Data
Includes your subscription choices for newsletters, promotional communications, and marketing preferences, such as selected topics of interest.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
We rely on the following legal bases, in accordance with applicable laws, for processing your personal data:
– Consent: Where required, we seek your explicit consent before processing your data for specified purposes, such as marketing communications.
– Contractual Necessity: Processing necessary for performing a contract or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (e.g., course enrollment).
– Legal Obligations: Where data processing is required under relevant legal obligations.
– Legitimate Interests: For purposes including improving Site functionality, fraud prevention, internal analytics, and customer support—provided such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights or freedoms.
5. Your Rights
Under the GDPR (for EU residents) and CCPA (for California residents), you may exercise the following rights with respect to your personal data:
– Right to Access: Obtain a copy of your personal data and information on how it is processed.
– Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
– Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data where legally permissible.
– Right to Restrict Processing: Request limited processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
– Right to Data Portability: Request your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
– Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
– Right to Opt-Out of Sale: California residents may opt out of the sale of their personal information, although we do not sell personal data as defined by the CCPA.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at [email protected].
6. Security Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These include:
– Data encryption protocols (SSL/TLS) for secure transmission
– Role-based access controls for internal systems
– Regular security audits and backups
– Staff training on data protection and privacy practices
7. International Transfers
When transferring personal data outside of your local jurisdiction, including outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms are in place in compliance with GDPR and regional privacy laws.
8. Data Retention
We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
– Usage and Technical Data: up to 12 months
– Account and Communication Data: up to 7 years after account closure or last interaction
– Transaction Data: up to 7 years to comply with legal and accounting requirements
– Marketing Preference Data: until opt-out or withdrawal of consent
Upon expiration of applicable retention periods, data is securely deleted or anonymized.
9. Cookie Policy
Our Site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience and analyze Site usage. Cookies are categorized as:
– Essential Cookies: Required for Site operation and navigation.
– Functional Cookies: Remember user preferences and improve functionality.
– Analytics Cookies: Collect data for statistical analysis and traffic monitoring.
– Performance Cookies: Enhance performance by measuring page load times and error messages.
You can manage your cookie preferences via your browser settings or by interacting with our cookie consent tool, in accordance with GDPR and CCPA compliance standards.
10. Cookie Management and Compliance
Upon your first visit to blancotaxidermyschool.com, you will be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to accept or customize cookie settings. You may change these preferences at any time. We honor “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals and browser settings where mandated, and we do not use non-essential cookies without your consent.
11. Special Protections for Children Under 13
The Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under this age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected information from a child below this age threshold, we will delete such data promptly.
12. Policy Updates & User Notifications
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal obligations, or user feedback. Any significant changes affecting your data rights will be communicated prominently on the Site. Continued use of the Site following such updates implies consent to the revised terms.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your rights, or how your personal data is used, please contact our data protection representative at:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://blancotaxidermyschool.com
We are dedicated to complying with applicable privacy laws and ensuring our data practices meet legal and ethical standards. Please reach out to us with any concerns or requests regarding your privacy rights and data protection.