Privacy Policy - hellolittlelingos

Last updated: August 18, 2024

Hello Little Lingos (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates hellolittlelingos.com (hereinafter referred to as “Service”)

At Hello Little Lingos, accessible from www.hellolittlelingos.com, we recognize the importance of the data and privacy of our visitors.

This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by Hello Little Lingos and how we use it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Hello Little Lingos. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Table of Contents

Introduction

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.hellolittlelingos.com

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

SERVICE means the hellolittlelingos.com website operated by Hello Little Lingos.

PERSONAL DATA means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

USAGE DATA is data collected automatically either generated by the use of Service or from Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

COOKIES are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device), containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

DATA CONTROLLER means a natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.

DATA PROCESSORS (OR SERVICE PROVIDERS) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

DATA SUBJECT is any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.

YOU means the individual accessing the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Or,

THE USER is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

AFFILIATE means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

SERVICE PROVIDER means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

THIRD PARTY SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICE refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). We may collect your Data When you visit our site, register, fill out a form, or engage with other activities, services, features, or resources we offer on our site. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address

First name and last name

Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link provided at the end of each newsletter.

We use Brevo to manage our email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to our subscribers. Brevo is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry-standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletter. MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/

When you submit content to us, we may request your name and email address. Any photos or details you provide with your submission could personally identify you.

When you purchase a product or service from us, we may collect your name, email address, billing address, and credit card information.

This site allows you to share content with your friends and followers on various social media platforms. Below are links to their privacy policies.

You can opt to withhold personal information and browse our site anonymously. However, this may restrict your access to certain site features or activities.

Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access Service by or through any device (“Usage Data”).

This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access Service with a device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of device you use, your device unique ID, the IP address of your device, your device operating system, the type of Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

Hello Little Lingos uses the collected data for various purposes:

to provide and maintain our Service;

to notify you about changes to our Service;

to allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;

to provide customer support;

to gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;

to monitor the usage of our Service;

to detect, prevent and address technical issues;

to provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information;

for any other purpose with your consent.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we must ensure that any processing of personal data is grounded in a valid legal basis. This applies if you are from the European Economic Area (EEA). The legal basis we rely on for processing the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. Any processing of personal data we undertake will be lawful if at least one of the following applies:

Individuals have given explicit consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes

When we need to perform a contract with you

When we need to comply with the law

For the purposes of our legitimate interests, as long as your rights aren’t affected

Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside North America and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to North America and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Hello Little Lingos will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Business Transaction

If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Legal Requirements

Hello Little Lingos may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary:

To comply with a legal obligation

To protect and defend the rights or property of Hello Little Lingos

To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, covered by GDPR.

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. You can access, update, or request deletion of your personal data directly in your account settings whenever possible. If you’re unable to do this on your own, please contact us for assistance.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete;

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data;

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information;

The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format;

The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information;

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note, we may not able to provide Service without some necessary data.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that uses cookies—small text files placed on your device—to gather data on website usage, such as the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, and your general geographic location.

These cookies help us understand user behavior on our site, allowing us to improve our content and services. The information collected by Google Analytics cookies is anonymous and does not personally identify you. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

You can choose to disable Google Analytics cookies through your browser settings or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 (“Child” or “Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children under 18. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We recommend to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: info@hellolittlelingos.com