Privacy Policy:
Macarons and Coffee ("Macarons and Coffee") operates Macaronsandcoffee.com and may operate other websites. It is Macarons and Coffee's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Macarons and Coffee collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Macarons and Coffee's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Macarons and Coffee's visitors use its website. From time to time, Macarons and Coffee may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Macarons and Coffee also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Macaronsandcoffee.com blogs/sites. Macarons and Coffee only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Macarons and Coffee's websites choose to interact with Macarons and Coffee in ways that require Macarons and Coffee to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Macarons and Coffee gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at Macaronsandcoffee.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Macarons and Coffee are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Macarons and Coffee collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Macarons and Coffee. Macarons and Coffee does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Macarons and Coffee may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Macarons and Coffee may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Macarons and Coffee does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Macarons and Coffee discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Macarons and Coffee's behalf or to provide services available at Macarons and Coffee's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Macarons and Coffee's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Macarons and Coffee will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Macarons and Coffee discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Macarons and Coffee believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Macarons and Coffee, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Macarons and Coffee website and have supplied your email address, Macarons and Coffee may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Macarons and Coffee and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Macarons and Coffee takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Macarons and Coffee uses cookies to help Macarons and Coffee identify and track visitors, their usage of Macarons and Coffee website, and their website access preferences. Macarons and Coffee visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Macarons and Coffee's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Macarons and Coffee's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Macarons and Coffee, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Macarons and Coffee goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Macarons and Coffee may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Macarons and Coffee and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Macarons and Coffee may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Macarons and Coffee's sole discretion. Macarons and Coffee encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a Macaronsandcoffee.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.