Disclosure Policies

Disclosure

 

Welcome to Beautiful Touches.

This Influencer Disclosure Policy is valid as of June, 2011 This policy covers the below social channels owned and managed by Elizabeth Neas of Beautiful Touches.

  • Instagram Handle : @btouches2
  • Twitter Handle : @BTouches2
  • Blog : www.beautifultouches.com

These channels strive to abide by the FTC Guidelines for online influencers. The owner believes in honesty of relationship, opinion, and identity. The compensation the owner receives from marketers may influence our content, topics or posts made to our social channels. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content in accordance with the FTC Guidelines.

The owner of these social channels are compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of these social media channels receive compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed through these channels are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

The owner of these social media channels would like to disclose the following existing relationships. There are companies, organizations or individuals that may have a significant impact on the content of this blog.

  • The owner is self employed
  • The owner often partners with numerous brands /sites, both large and small.
  • The owner received products or services from numerous brands, in exchange for inclusion on this site.
  • The owner reserves the right to remove negative / SPAM comments from this site.

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We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site (“Visitors”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various services offered by [Beautiful Touches] (collectively, “Services”) (“Authorized Customers”).

“Personally Identifiable Information” refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?

We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Customers: the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Authorized Customers, the nature and size of the business, and the nature and size of the advertising inventory that the Authorized Customer intends to purchase or sell.

What organizations are collecting the information? 

In addition to our direct collection of information, our third party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from our Visitors and Authorized Customers. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.

How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information? 

We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries, or to provide the requested information.

With whom may the information be shared? 

Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Customers may be shared with other Authorized Customers who wish to evaluate potential transactions with other Authorized Customers. We may share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with our affiliated agencies and third-party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any agency acting on our behalf.

How is Personally Identifiable Information stored? 

Personally Identifiable Information collected by Beautiful Touches is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of Beautiful Touches except for use as indicated above.

What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use, and distribution of the information? 

Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at 8446 Le Marie Ct. Denham Springs, LA 70706-1536

Are Cookies Used on the Site?

Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Customers. For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized Customer off.

How will Beautiful Touches use login information?

Beautiful Touches uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Customers on the Site?

Beautiful Touches has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors.  Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need to know basis for evaluating Authorized Customers for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information. Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.

How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure? 

All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.

How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at [email protected].

Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site? 

We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.  **(this is only if you are to login to our site which at this time is not offered!)**

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes? 

We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.

Links: Beautiful Touches contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.

Giveaways, Facebook, and other Social Media Disclosure: 

  • NO PURCHASE NECESSARY to win.
  • Giveaway entrants must be 18 years of age and live in the USA unless otherwise noted
  • To enter giveaways, simply follow the instructions on the giveaway post, Comments left on the blog, Facebook, or Twitter do not count as an entry unless otherwise noted.
  • Duration of the giveaway (start and end times) are located on each giveaway post and subject to change (extend only never end early)
  • The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning, all entries are verified
  • Prize value can be found on each individual giveaway post.
  • Winners are selected at Random using Random.org or similar.  After the winner is notified they have 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be randomly selected (unless otherwise noted in giveaway blog post)
  • Winners are emailed immediately and the Mailing and email addresses of the winner are not shared unless the company hosting the giveaway requires them to send out the prize.
  • Other contest information will not be shared with any company in any way.
  • Prizes may take up to 4 to 6 weeks to be mailed or received, depending upon the company shipping.
  • VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW

Subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. Neither Beautiful Touches and/or the Sponsor, nor their affiliates will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize or participation in these promotions. By participating in this promotion, entrants agree to these rules and regulations. Beautiful Touches and/or the Sponsor are not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the giveaway posts.

Beautiful Touches may or may not have received the same product or compensation for the giveaway post. The opinions on the product are solely that of mine ( Product Review Cafe) and are in no way influenced by the Sponsor or company or by any other party.

Beautiful Touches and/or the Sponsor retain the rights to pull any giveaways for any reason at any time.  NO Giveaway posted on  Beautiful Touches is endorsed, sponsored or participated in by Facebook, Twitter, or any other Social Media.  Beautiful Touches releases them of any and all liability regarding Giveaways.

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