PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to SweetSpotDFS. Your privacy is very important to us. We have prepared this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain to you how we collect, use, and share information and Personal Data (as defined under applicable law) we obtain through your use of the website (“Services”) that are operated by or controlled by SweetSpotDFS (collectively, “we,” “us” or “our”). Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
This Privacy Policy explains to you how your personal information is protected, collected and used. Personal information is identifiable information about you, such as your name, address, phone number, and email address, that is not otherwise publicly available (“Personal Information”). This Privacy Policy applies to our services and products available through this website (collectively, the “Site”). By visiting this Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use or access this Site. Occasionally, SweetSpotDFS may modify this Privacy Policy and post these modifications here on this Site. Your use of this Site after any modification constitutes your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy. By submitting Personal Information to us through the Site, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the SweetSpotDFS Terms of Service.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY SWEETSPOTDFS
To access services offered by SweetSpotDFS via the Site, you will be required to create a user account, including username and password, and input certain Personal Information, including your first and last name, email address, location, and the country and state in which your reside. When you use Services on our Site, it may be necessary to collect additional information necessary to complete your transaction. This additional information may include your date of birth, social security number, drivers license information, passport information, other legal documentation, or any other information that may be necessary to verify your identity in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
You can remain anonymous by not registering or making a purchase on the site. Once you agree to provide us with Personal Information, you are no longer anonymous to us. If you choose to purchase and use our services through this Site, we may require you to provide contact and identity information, billing information and other Personal Information as indicated on the forms throughout the Site. You authorize SweetSpotDFS to maintain your credit card and billing information and to charge you for services as indicated on the Site.
We may track certain information based upon your behavior on the Site. We use this information to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand our customers.
If you choose to post messages on this Site or leave feedback for other customers, we will collect that information you provide to us. We retain this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide customer support and troubleshoot problems as permitted by law.
3. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your Personal Information, including your email address, to facilitate your registration and the subscription by you of our services upon your request and purchase. We use your Personal Information, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Site to: troubleshoot problems, resolve disputes, collect any fees owed, measure consumer interest in our products and services, customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our Terms of Service Agreement, and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. If necessary, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes. We may compare and review your Personal Information for errors, omissions and for accuracy.
You agree that we may use your Personal Information, including your email address, to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, to improve our content and products, and to customize the Site’s content, layout, and services. This is all done in an effort to improve our product and provide you the best user experience possible.
4. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SITE
We may occasionally send you information on products, services, special deals, and promotions. You will always have a way to opt-out or unsubscribe from these communications.
We will also send you service-related announcements whenever it is necessary to do so. For instance, if access to our services and products is temporarily suspended for maintenance or from a malicious attack, we might send you an email regarding it. You will not be able to opt-out of these communications with an active account. You can, however, cancel your account in order to stop receiving such communications.
5. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We do not share, rent, or sell any of your Personal Information, including your email address, to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent. However, in the event that SweetSpotDFS is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, or other change of control, there may be a disclosure of your Personal Information to another entity related to such event, and we may not control how the information is treated, transferred, or used by that entity. The following describes some of the ways that your Personal Information may be disclosed in the normal scope of business to provide our services and products to customers:
Outside Service Providers:
If we ever choose to use third party services on this site, it will be your choice in providing these third parties your Personal Information. If you choose to use these separate services or products, disclose information to the outside service providers, and/or grant them permission to collect information about you, then their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy (not ours). We do not disclose your Personal Information, including your email address, to outside service providers unless you provide your explicit consent. To prevent our disclosure of your Personal Information to an outside service provider, you can decline such consent or simply not use their services or products. We do not control the privacy practices of these third parties. So, please consider their practices before deciding to use their services.
Legal Requests:
SweetSpotDFS will cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws to help protect you, other users, and SweetSpotDFS from bad actors. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, city, state, telephone number, email address, username history, and fraud complaints without a subpoena IF a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity is provided. Otherwise, we will not disclose your Personal Information to law enforcement or other government officials without a subpoena, court order or similar legal procedure, except when we determine that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or report suspected illegal activity.
6. LOG FILES
As with most websites and technology services delivered over the Internet, our servers automatically collect information when you access or use our Site or Services and record it in log files. This log data may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the address of the web page that you visited before using the Site or Services, browser type and settings, the date and time that the Services were used, information about browser configuration and plugins, and your language preferences.
7. COOKIES
When you use this Site, we collect certain information through cookies. Some cookies are associated with your account and personal information in order to remember that you are logged in and which workspaces you are logged in to. Other cookies are not linked to your account; these cookies are unique and allow us to perform analytics and customization, among other actions.
Cookies can be used to recognize you when you visit a Site or use our Services, remember your preferences and give you a personalized experience that is consistent with your settings. Cookies also make your interactions faster and more secure.
8. LINKS TO OTHER SITES
This Site may contain links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by SweetSpotDFS. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read their privacy statements before providing them your Personal Information. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by this Site.
9. USER POSTS
If you leave a comment on the Site, be aware that any Personal Information that you submit, including your name and email address, can be read, collected, or used by other users of the Site, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the the information you choose to submit on this Site.
10. UPDATING OR REMOVING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you want to update or delete your contact information, cancel your subscription and delete your data, or have other questions or requests, please contact us at sweetspotdfs@gmail.com. Be aware that we cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, we are required to retain records relating to previous purchases for financial reporting and compliance reasons.
11. SECURITY
We take security of data very seriously. We work hard to protect Information that you provide from loss, misuse and unauthorized access or disclosure. These steps take into account the sensitivity of the Information that we collect, process and store, and the current state of technology. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. So, despite our best efforts to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of it.
12. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SweetSpotDFS is based, and the Site is hosted, in the United States of America. For Users residing in countries outside the United States of America, please note that any Personal Information that User provides to SweetSpotDFS while visiting the Site, registering an account on the Site, making purchases of products or services, and/or using the Site otherwise will be transferred to the United States. Any such Personal Information provided will be processed and stored in the United States by SweetSpotDFS or a service provider acting on its behalf. By providing your Personal Information, User hereby specifically and expressly consents to such transfer and processing and the uses and disclosures set forth herein.
13. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by certain members of SweetSpotDFS to third parties for their marketing purposes. To make this request, please send an email to sweetspotdfs@gmail.com or write us:
SweetSpotDFS
Attn: Eric Darbo
316 Hampshire Dr.
Hoyt Lakes, MN 55750
We will treat your personal information with the utmost care and respect. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83(c)(2), members of SWEETSPOTDFS do not share customers’ Personal Information with other member companies or others outside of SWEETSPOTDFS for those parties’ direct marketing use.
If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of the Site where this Privacy Policy is posted, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to sweetspotdfs@gmail.com. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.
14. AGE REQUIREMENT
You must be 16 years and older to register to use this Site. We do not collect information about children. If we learn that information has been collected from a child 15 years or younger, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors that are either 16 or 17 years of age to ask and receive their parents’ permission before using this Site or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 4/1/2024 and last updated 4/1/2024.