PRIVACY/security

Our website is fully secured, built with the SQUARESPACE technology (click for details). Our payment system is safe, with an integrated system provided by STRIPE (click for details). Our contact database is integrated as well, with the technology of MAILCHIMP, which has TRUSTe's Privacy Seal, which means this privacy policy has been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with their program requirements, including transparency, accountability, and choice related to the collection and use of your Personal Information. 

We will not sell or transfer your information to any third party without your consent. Our mailing list will be limited to those who wish to receive information about our brand and programs. Anyone may have his or her name and email address removed from our mailing list by contacting us.

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COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

MISS BERGONZI ART JEWELRY knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate you trusting that we will do so carefully and sensibly. To better protect your privacy, we provide this Privacy Policy explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used on this website. The information below explains our policy regarding your privacy and the www.missbergonzi.com website. By visiting www.missbergonzi.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

The www.missbergonzi.com website is maintained by Caroline Bergonzi, 530 Laguardia Place, PH, New York NY 10012.

WHAT WE COLLECT

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter information (such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone numbers and/or credit/debit card information or other details) to help you with your experience.

When you visit our website and 3rd party websites, you may provide us with such personal information (such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone numbers and/or credit/debit card information) that you knowingly choose to disclose, which is collected on an individual basis for various purposes. 

These purposes include purchases, registering to receive e-mail newsletters or other materials, requesting further information, submitting a form on our website, or simply asking a question. We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. This information is retained and used in accordance with existing laws, rules, regulations, and other policies.

MISS BERGONZI does not collect personal information from you unless you provide it to us. If you choose not to provide any of that information, we may not be able to fulfill your request or complete your order, but you will still be free to browse the other sections of the websites owned and administered by MISS BERGONZI. This means that you can visit our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about yourself.

THE WAY WE USE INFORMATION

As a matter of principle, MISS BERGONZI collects the minimum amount of data required to respond to your request, complete your transaction or otherwise serve your needs. When you supply information about yourself for a specific purpose, we use the information for only that purpose. We do not share this information with 3rd parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.

You can register with our website if you would like to receive newsletters and marketing emails on our products and services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the form. We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. MISS BERGONZI will take reasonable measures to obtain e-mail consent from you expressly seeking you to opt out.

In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) from the European Union, we will ask for your consent to receive or to continue to receive communications from MISS BERGONZI. When you request your email and/or data to be removed from our database, we will remove you from all our servers to the best of our ability.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY

Personally identifiable information is stored on our server and is not publicly accessible. Further, personally identifiable information is only accessed by MISS BERGONZI personnel on a “need to know” basis. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Additionally, sensitive data such as credit card numbers are encrypted using SSL and other industry standard measures, to provide an additional level of security.

CHOICE/OPT-OUT

If you have registered to receive e-mail communications from us and later change your mind, you may contact us to have your name removed from our distribution lists. You can send an email to: studio@missbergonzi.com.

INFORMATION COLLECTED ON THIS SITE

Anonymous information is collected for every visitor to this site. This includes pages viewed, date and time, and browser type. IP numbers are not stored, but are temporarily used to determine domain type and in some cases, geographic region. We do not make any association between this information and a visitor’s identity.

When you visit our website, our servers make a log of basic information corresponding to the sites and pages you have visited. This information is stored primarily to track the effectiveness of our website and individual sections and pages within them.

When visiting a website Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser that provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to the website. MISS BERGONZI uses cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on the MISS BERGONZI website or its affiliated websites. Cookies created on your computer by using our website do not contain personally identifiable information and do not compromise your privacy or security. Cookies allow MISS BERGONZI to gather anonymous information. Cookies also allow MISS BERGONZI to provide more relevant, targeted content as you travel through affiliated websites as appropriate and are used on our ordering website to keep track of the items in your shopping cart.

ONLINE PURCHASES

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. This information is not used for any other purpose than to fulfill your request and is not shared with 3rd parties except as necessary to fulfill the order.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

LINKS

This website may contain links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked websites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law.

AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, concerns or comments about privacy on the www.missbergonzi.com website, please send us a description of your concern via email.