PRIVACY POLICY

Updated September 12, 2024

This privacy policy describes policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when interacting with this site and tells you about privacy rights and how the law protects you. We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural. For the purposes of this privacy policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for you to access our service or parts of our service.

  • 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 entitles to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

  • Company (referred to as either “the company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” in this agreement refers to Hillen Hall.

  • Country refers to Texas, United States.

  • Device means any device that can access the service, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.

  • Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the website.

  • 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 facility 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.

  • Usage data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service, or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to Hillen Hall, accessible from www.hillenhall.com.

  • You means the individual accessing or using the service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service, applicable.

Please read the following carefully to understand what we do with your personal information.

HOW AND WHEN WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU 

We do not intend to collect any personal information about you; however, personal information might be collected from you:

  • when you contact us (for example if you email us at hillenhall@gmail.com, or when you contact us through social media platforms or similar technologies); or

  • when you visit our website

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU 

We may collect personal information about you which you provide to us, such as your contact details (e.g., your name and email address)

We may collect personal information about you when you interact with our website, like online identifier, Internet Protocol address, unique device identifiers, geolocation information, and internet or other electronic network activity information.

We may also keep a record if you contact us with a complaint or question.

You can review and/or have deleted your personal information and refuse to permit further collection or use of your personal information by contacting us as indicated below.

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use your personal information to do the following things:

  • to provide you with the information and services you have asked for;

  • to ensure that you can see and use the website without any problems, and protect the security and integrity of the website;

  • to help you and to help us give you a good service;

  • to analyze your use of the website;

  • to take precautions against liability; and

  • to follow the law and/or respond to judicial process.

LEGAL BASIS FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will only use your personal information where we have a legal reason to do so. The legal reason will depend on why we have your personal information. In almost every case the legal reason will be one of the following:

  • Legitimate business interests: Where we need to understand our readers, promote our services, and work effectively to provide you with this website and other services, as long as in each case this is done in a way which does not harm your privacy and other rights.

  • Compliance with law: Where we need to use your personal information in order to follow the law.

WHERE WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information that we have may be sent to, and kept in, countries which have less strict, or no laws protecting your personal information. When we do this, we will take steps to make sure that your personal information is protected and to make sure it is treated the way we treat your personal information.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take steps to make sure that your personal information is kept for as long as we need it for the reason we collected it for.

SECURITY

We take steps to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of your personal information and will try to stop anyone else from being able to use it if they’re not supposed to. Remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of digital storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal data through responsible use of this commercially acceptable platforms, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

GIVING YOUR INFORMATION TO OTHERS

We may give your personal information to:

  • any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the company

  • 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

  • service providers helping us to analyze the website and improve our services to you

  • companies or third parties for the purpose of following the law and keeping our business safe from any criminals

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

We use cookies to make sure our website works for you and to improve our website.

Cookies are small files stored on your computer. They hold small amounts of information about you and how you use the website so that we can remember any choices you make, make sure our website is showing you the right content and to make sure our website works well for you. These cookies also give us information to decide how we can make our website even better.

Cookies on our website are generally divided into the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas. These cookies are session cookies that are erased when you close your browser.

  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of users on the website and understand how such users navigate through the website (e.g., when and which pages are visited, in what order the pages are visited, how long a user may stay on a particular page, and where a user is located). This helps to improve how the website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.  These cookies are session cookies which are erased when you close your browser. For example, we use Google Analytics for this process. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. You can opt-out of Google Analytics’ collection and use of data generated by your use of the website by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

If you don’t want us to use cookies on your computer anymore, you can change your web browser settings to delete them. Please note that if you do that, some parts of the website might not work as well.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have certain rights regarding your personal information. These include the right to:

  • update your personal information to ensure it is up to date and correct;

  • ask us to stop using your personal information and to delete it;

  • have a copy of your personal information; and

  • ask us to provide your personal information to another service.

You can do any of the above by contacting us at hillenhall@gmail.com

Our website links to other websites. If you are leaving this website, be sure to check the privacy notices of the website you are visiting as we do not control the privacy practices of those third-party websites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

California law requires that we describe the personal information that we have collected about California consumers in the past 12 months, by identifying specific categories of personal information. We may have collected the following:

  • identifiers;

  • internet or other electronic network activity information; and

  • correspondence

California law also mandates that we specify certain disclosures, as some disclosures constitute a “sale” of data under California law, even if no money is exchanged. We do not knowlingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are the parent or guardian and you are aware your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. We do not sell personal information and we do not sell, or have actual knowledge of any sale of, the personal information of minors under 13 years of age.

Under California law, California residents have certain rights, including:

  • The right to know the categories of personal information we’ve collected and the categories of sources from which we got the information;

  • The right to know the business purposes for collecting, using, or selling personal information;

  • The right to know the categories of third parties with whom we’ve shared personal information;

  • The right to access the specific pieces of personal information we’ve collected, used, disclosed, and/or sold;

  • The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information;

  • The right to delete/anonymize your information, with limited exceptions; and

  • California residents also have the right to not be discriminated against if they choose to exercise their privacy rights.

As noted above, we do not sell your personal information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY 

This privacy policy is effective as of the date above and will remain in effect until a new policy supersedes it. The most recent version of the policy will be reflected by the “last updated” date noted at the bottom of the page. We may change this policy at any time. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

CONTACT US

If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can email hillenhall@gmail.com or visit this page on our website www.hillenhall.com.

Last updated September 2024.