Privacy Policy

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY (HEREIN ALSO REFERRED TO AS “POLICY” OR “PRIVACY PRACTICES”) BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.

When you use www.goldstaracupuncture.com (HEREIN ALSO REFERRED TO AS “SITE”, “WE”, “US”, OR “OUR”), you are agreeing and willfully complying with the summary of the privacy policy outlined here, which may or may not be part of the official legal terms.

THIS POLICY DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF INFORMATION (HEREIN ALSO REFERRED TO AS “DATA”) THIS SITE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU OR YOU MAY PROVIDE WHEN YOU VISIT THIS SITE, AND OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING, USING, MAINTAINING, PROTECTING AND DISCLOSING THAT INFORMATION.

BY ACCESSING THIS SITE, VISITORS (HEREIN ALSO REFERRED TO AS “YOU, “YOUR”, OR “USERS”) AGREE TO THIS POLICY. USERS WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY MUST LEAVE THE WEBSITE.

 

GoldStar Acupuncture values Our Users and take Your privacy seriously. We also want You to feel comfortable using Our Site. It is important that You understand how We collect, use, and maintain information from Users of this Site. This Privacy Policy deals with personally identifiable Data that may be collected by Us on Our Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other entities that We do not own or control, or persons that are not Our employees, agents, or within Our control. This Privacy Policy explains how We collect, share and use User’s personal and non-personal information, and how You can exercise Your privacy rights.

Acceptance of Policy

BY USING THE SITE IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VISITING OR BROWSING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS POLICY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY, THEN YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY. THIS AGREEMENT APPLIES TO ALL USERS OF THE SITE, INCLUDING USERS WHO ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTORS OF CONTENT, INFORMATION, AND OTHER MATERIALS OR SERVICES ON THE SITE.

By accessing or using this Site, You agree to this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree with the terms and conditions set forth in this Policy, Your choice is not to use Our Site. You represent and warrant that if You are an individual accessing the Site directly or using a software application that automates or carries out tasks for other programs or Users to access the Site indirectly, You agree to this Policy and that all information You submit is accurate and truthful.

Age Restrictions and Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No Users under the age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from Users under 18 years of age. If You are under 18 years of age, You agree to not use the Site or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features, register on the Site, make any purchases through the Site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Site or provide any information about yourself to Us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name You may use. If We learn We have collected or received personal information from a child under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We will delete that information. If You believe We might have any information from or about a child under the age of 18, please notify Us via Our ‘Contact Us’ page.

Scope of Policy

This Policy applies to:

  • Data We collect on this Site.
  • Data We collect in e-mail, text and other electronic messages between You and this Site.
  • Data We collect through mobile and desktop applications You download from this Site, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between You and this Site.
  • Data We collect when You interact with Our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.

This Policy does not apply to:

  • Data We collect offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Us or any third party (including Our affiliates and subsidiaries)
  • Data collected by any third party (including Our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Site.

Types of Information Collected

We collect several types of Data from and about Users of Our Site, including:

  • Personal Information: Data by which You may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE SITE COLLECTS THAT IS DEFINED AS PERSONAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION UNDER AN APPLICABLE LAW (“personal information”)
  • Non-personal Information: Non-personally identifiable Data, such as demographic information, User IP addresses, browser types, equipment used, and other anonymous statistical data regarding the use of Our Site.

Ways That Information is Collected

Our Site collects Data in the following ways:

  • Directly from You when You provide it to Us.
  • Automatically as You navigate through the site, including usage details, IP addresses and other information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.
  • From third parties, for example, through Our business partners.

Data You Provide Us

The information We collect that is Provided by You includes:

  • Information that You provide by filling in forms on Our Site, registering to use Our Site, subscribing to newsletters or services on Our Site, and or posting material or requesting further services on Our Site.
  • Information You provide when You report a problem with Our Site.
  • Records and copies of Your correspondence (including e-mail addresses) if and when You contact Us.
  • Your responses to surveys that We might ask You to complete for research purposes.
  • Details of financial information and transactions You may carry out through Our Site before placing an order and during the fulfillment of orders.
  • Your search queries on the Site.

Cookies and Automatic Data Tracking Technologies

As You navigate through and interact with Our Site, We may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, behavioral tracking, and usage patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to Our Site, including traffic data, location data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.
  • Information about Your computer or electronic device and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

We may also use tracking technologies to collect statistical data about Your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services. The information We collect does not include personal information. But to help Us improve Our Site’s functionality and to deliver a better and more personalized service, We may maintain this Data or associate it with Your personal information We collect in other ways or receive from third parties, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate Our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about Your preferences, allowing Us to customize Our Site according to User’s interests.
  • Speed up User searches.
  • Recognize Users when they return to Our Site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies): A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of Your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on Your browser. However, if You select this setting You may be unable to access certain parts of Our Site. Unless You decline cookies when starting a session on Our Site, or you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, Our Site will issue cookies when You direct Your browser to Our Site.
  • Flash Cookies: Certain features of Our Site may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences and navigation to, from and on Our Site. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
  • Web Beacons: Pages of Our Site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs. pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit Us to count Users who have visited Our Site’s pages, or opened an e-mail, and or for other related statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity).

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technology

Some content or applications on the Site, including advertisements, may be served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about You when You use Our Site. The information they collect may be associated with Your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about Your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide You with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If You have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, You should contact the responsible provider directly.

Use of Collected Data

We may use Your personal information (name, email address, etc.) to identify You in order to communicate with You and provide You with services, products and or support. Your non-personal informartion may be used to improve the functionality of the Site and align Our services and products with Users. We do not share any of Your Personal Information Data with third parties. No third party can access your Data from Us (subject to laws and legal regulations). We may process and keep the personal Data We collect about You for as long as You don’t request Us to delete the information, or You delete or unsubscribe Your account (subject to laws and regulations). The purpose for Us collecting Data on Our Site includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • To present Our Site and its contents to You.
  • To provide You with information, products or services that you request from Us.
  • To provide You with information about Our services.
  • To provide You with notices about Your account and or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.
  • To carry out Our obligations and enforce Our rights arising from any contracts entered into between You and Us, including for billing and payment collection.
  • To notify You about changes to Our Site or any products or services We offer or provide through it.
  • To allow You to participate in interactive features on Our Site.
  • To identify You as a Site User.
  • To deliver direct communications and other marketing materials to You.
  • To improve Our Site’s functionality and discoverability.
  • To align Our services and products with Users.
  • In any other way We may describe when You provide the information.
  • To fulfill any purpose for which You provide it.
  • For any other purpose with Your consent.

Please note, We may use the information We have collected from You to enable Us to display advertisements to Our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though We do not disclose Your personal information for these purposes without Your consent, if You click on or otherwise interact with a third-party advertisement, the advertiser may assume that You meet its target criteria.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about Our Users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. ​We may disclose personal information that We collect or You provide as described in this Policy in the following manner:

  • To Our subsidiaries and affiliates.
  • To contractors, service providers and other third parties We use to support Our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep Our User’s personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which We disclose it to them.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Us about Our Site Users is among the assets transferred.
  • To third parties to market their products or services to You if You have consented to these disclosures based on Our contractual requirements with these third parties to keep User’s personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which We disclose it to them.
  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply Our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Our business, Our customers or others, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which You provide it.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by Us when You provide the information.
  • With Your consent.

Controlling How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide You with choices regarding how You can control the personal information You provide to Us. The following are ways You can control Your information we collect on this Site:

  • You can set Your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert You when cookies are being sent. However please note, if You disable or refuse cookies some parts of this Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • We do not control third parties’ collection or use of Your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide You with ways to choose not to have Your information collected or used in this way.
  • You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on NAI’s website.

Data Review, Update, and Deletion

You may send Us an e-mail via Our contact page to request access to, correct and  or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Where applicable, we cannot delete Your personal information except by also deleting your User account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if We believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. Proper access and use of information provided on the Site is governed by our Terms of Use.

California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits Users of Our Site that are California residents to request certain information regarding Our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact Us via the Contact Us page.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure Your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We do Our best to protect Your Data, We cannot guarantee the security of Your Data transmitted to, and through, our Website. Any transmission of Data by You is done so at Your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You agree the safety and security of Your information also depends on You and how You choose to control Your Data. Where we may have given You (or where You have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of Our Site, You are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask You not to share Your password with anyone.

Modification of Policy

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace any of the Policy, or change, suspend, or discontinue the Policy at any time, for any reason, and without notice or liability. When and where applicable, You agree it is Your responsibility to ensure We have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for Your account and that You will check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and Our Privacy Practices, please send Us a message via our Contact Us page.