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Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 2022


Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://highergroundlabradors.com/ website (the “Service”).


This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use,  and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices  you have associated with that data.


We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the  Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in  accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy  Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in  our Terms of Use.

Definitions

Service
Service is the https://highergroundlabradors.com/ website operated by Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors.

Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified  from those data (or from those and other information either in our  possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data
Usage Data is 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).

Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or  jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for  which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to  be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data  Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person  who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the  services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more  effectively.

Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.


Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.


Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain  personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or  identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may  include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters,  marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of  interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these  communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions  provided in any email we send.


Usage Data

We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used  (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your  computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type,  browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and  date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device  identifiers and other diagnostic data.


Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us  permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide  features of our Service, to improve and customize our Service.

You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time, through your device settings.


Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an  anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a  website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are  beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to  improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate  when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you  may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.


Use of Data

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information  about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar  to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you  have opted not to receive such information


Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labrador's legal  basis for collecting and using the personal information described in  this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the  specific context in which we collect it.

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Grouond Labradors may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law


Retention of Data

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary. We will  retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your  data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis  purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time,  except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve  the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain  this data for longer time periods.


Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to —  and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province,  country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection  laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide  information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including  Personal Data, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that  your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an  organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place  including the security of your data and other personal information.


Disclosure of Data

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors may be required to  disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response  to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government  agency).


Legal Requirements

Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability


Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no  method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic  storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable  means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute  security.


“Do Not Track” Signals

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference  you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want  to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.


Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have  certain data protection rights. Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your  Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever  made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your  Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are  unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability. You have  the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

The right to withdraw consent. You also  have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Higher Ground Acres/Higher Ground Labradors relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information,  please contact your local data protection authority in the European  Economic Area (EEA).


Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our  Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to  perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our  Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform  these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.


Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that  tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to  track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other  Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and  personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available  to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js,  analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics  about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en


Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g.  payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That  information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors  whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy  Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS  as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint  effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.  PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment  information.

The payment processor we work with is:

Stripe
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy


Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content,  privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.


Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from  anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are  aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.  If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.


Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify  you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are  posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.


Higher Ground Labradors reserves the right to refuse any person if they do not deem fit for one of our puppies.

Higher Ground Labradors reserves the right to first pick of males and/or females from every litter.

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