Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines the manner in which www.scversillee.com (“Site” or “the Site”) might collect, use, maintain, and disclose information collected from Site visitors and art buyers (“you” or “Users”).

This Site and its services are owned and maintained by The Essence Craft Company, LTD and S. C. Versillee (“We”, “et al.”, “Our”, “Us”). The data that is collected from Site Users allows us to provide you with products and services (“Services”) and to perform regular improvements to the Site.

This Privacy Policy applies only to online activities and is valid for Users of the Site with regards to the information that they share and/or is collected throughout usage of its Services. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this Site.

Your Consent to This Privacy Policy

By using this Site you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site or its Services. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this policy, you can send an email to info@scversillee.com.

1. What Information Does This Site Collect?

1.1 Personal Information you disclose to us.

We collect certain information that identifies you as an individual (collectively, “Personal Information”), including information that you provide to us when using this Site’s Services. All Personal Information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you agree to notify us of any changes to such Personal Information to continue to use this Site’s Services. The Personal Information we collect may include the following:

  • -Name
  • -Phone number
  • -Email address
  • -Mailing address
  • -Billing addresses
  • -Shipping address
  • -Contact preferences
  • -Geolocation information

1.2 Payment information

We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your public cryptocurrency wallet address, your credit or debit card number, and the security code associated with your credit or debit card. Depending on the payment method used, all payment data is stored securely by Stripe, PayPal, Wave Accounting, or NMKR.io. You may find their privacy policy links here: https://stripe.com/privacy, https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full, https://www.waveapps.com/legal/privacy-policy, and https://www.nmkr.io/legal#privacy.

1.3 Online Activity Information

We also collect technical and device-related information through the Site (collectively, “Online Activity Information”). Online Activity Information is typically collected automatically by technical means and, subject to Section 1.5 (Treatment of Combined Information).  Online Activity Information may consist of the following:

Device identifiers, such as cookies;

Device information, such as hardware and software settings;

IP addresses and log information, such as your device’s name, the type and version of your web browser, and referrer addresses that can function to identify a user device; and

Tracking information that we, or a third party, may collect, including via Cookies (see Section 10, Cookie Privacy Policy, for further details).

To the extent that statutes, regulations, and any other laws that apply to this Site and its Services (collectively, “Applicable Law”) establish that Online Activity Information constitutes Personal Information, and such Applicable Law applies to information we collect from you, then we will treat the relevant Online Activity Information as Personal Information. In addition, sometimes Online Activity Information can be associated with your Personal Information, in which case we will treat it as Personal Information (as described in Section 1.5, Treatment of Combined Information). Otherwise we consider, and treat, Online Activity Information as Anonymous Information.

1.4 Anonymous Information

The Site also collects, processes, and/or uses information that does not identify you or your devices, including Personal Information that has been made anonymous by: (i) removing identifying fields and aggregating the information with other information so that individual subjects the information cannot be re-identified, or (ii) anonymizing the information with techniques that remove or modify the identifying data so as to prevent re-identification of the anonymous information (collectively, “Anonymous Information”). Information that meets these criteria might include, for example, demographic information, statistical information (e.g., page views and hit counts), and general tracking information. We use Anonymous Information for our business operations. Because Anonymous Information does not include Personal Information, Anonymous Information is outside the scope of this Privacy Policy.

1.5 Treatment of Combined Information

To enable us to better understand the characteristics of our users and/or to provide Services tailored to your needs, we may link your Personal Information with Online Activity Information associated with you or other Anonymous Information. If we combine Online Activity Information or Anonymous Information with Personal Information, then we will treat the resulting combination as Personal Information.

2. How We Collect this Information

We collect the above information using the following means, methods, and technologies:

2.1 Payments & Shipping

When you make a purchase from the Site, you must use the payment processing methods that we’ve made available for completing transactions. We will collect your transaction information from the third-party payment processor(s) that we have authorized to collect such information from you on our behalf. For details on the privacy policies of these third-party service provides, please refer to Section 1.2. Please note that different payment processing methods may require you to provide different categories of information. Additionally, when you make a purchase on the Site, we will also collect certain contact information, such as your shipping address, email address, and phone number, required to fulfill your order.

2.2 Submitted Content

If you include Personal Information in comments, messages, or feedback (“Feedback”) in submitted content (as defined in this Sites Terms of Service), others may be able to read, collect, republish, and otherwise freely use the information. We are not responsible for Personal Information you decide to include in submitted content. If you include Personal Information relating to others in submitted content, you represent that you have full permission and authority to do so.

2.3 Contacting Us

You can contact us with questions or comments using the contact methods made available for Users on this Site. In order to communicate with us, you must provide certain Personal Information.

2.4 Information Provided to Third Parties

To provide a complete user experience through the Site, we may engage third parties to perform certain services for us or on our behalf. For example, newsletter signup forms and payment processing checkout may be managed by such third parties, and we may obtain from the applicable service provider the information that you provide using such forms.

2.5 Newsletters

We may offer newsletters and other content that we believe may be of interest to you. We will use your Personal Information to provide you with this content. You may opt-out of receiving this content by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of newsletter messages or by sending an email to info@scversillee.com.

2.6 Questionnaires and Surveys

From time to time, this Site may allow you to participate in surveys and questionnaires. You are free to choose whether you participate in a survey or questionnaire. We may ask that, in addition to providing your responses, you also provide Personal Information. In these instances, we use any information that you provide to us for the purposes for which you submit the information. Survey and questionnaire information may be used for the purposes of monitoring or improving the use and appeal of our Site or for other business purposes.

2.7 Device Identifiers; Logs; IP Addresses

To determine whether your device is supported by our Site, we may collect certain information about your device and network, including your IP address, your operating system and browser, your device model, information about your use of the Site or Services, as well as the presence of any software that our Site or Services may require to operate with your device, or other third party software or mobile apps on your device. We automatically receive and record this information in log files, and this is generally Online Activity Information.

2.8 Geolocation Information

Our Site may determine your location (your “Geolocation Information”) using your device or browser features and/or through the information provided by a third party. You may prevent providing your Geolocation Information by disabling the GPS and other applicable features in your device or browser settings. To the extent your Geolocation Information is combined with any Personal Information (to the extent that Geolocation Information itself does not constitute Personal Information under Applicable Law), we will treat it as Personal Information. We may use your Geolocation Information to send communications to you, and for other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

2.9 Beacons and Tags

The Site may use certain data collection technologies that rely on: (i) beacons; (ii) pixel tags and object hyperlinking tags; and (iii) other means to link an object to an Internet address, a remote software application, a remote database, or other remote means of receiving or processing information. We may use these technologies to tell us what parts of our Site have been visited or to measure the effectiveness of searches that users perform on our Site. These technologies also enable us to send email messages in a format users can efficiently read, to learn whether these email messages have been opened, and to help ensure, for example, that our messages are of interest to our users. These technologies provide us with Anonymous Information, including Online Activity Information and, in certain instances, Personal Information.

2.10 Click-Throughs

We may send email messages or display links that use a “click-through URL” linked to our Site or to another resource. When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our web server before arriving at the destination website page or other resource. Click-throughs may use and collect Anonymous Information and Online Activity Information. We may track this click-through data to help determine interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our user communications.

3. How Your Personal Information is Used

This Site may use the Personal Information collected from you for the following purposes:

3.1 To provide and maintain this Site’s Services.

3.2 In performance and fulfillment of a contract. This includes the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract you have with the Site et al.

3.3 To contact you. This includes contacting you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

3.4 To keep you informed. This includes providing you with news, announcements, educational content, 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 inquired about unless, you have opted not to receive such information.

3.5 To provide User support. This means managing and replying to customer and User support inquiries submitted to the Site.

3.6 For other purposes. Your information may be used for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve the Site, its Services, the User experience, and marketing.

4. International Processing

The Site et al., is headquartered in the United States. Our Users, service providers, and other third parties (such as packers, shipping offices, customs agencies, digital service providers, etc.) you may interact with in connection with our Services, may be located in the United States and other countries around the world, including countries that may not offer the same level of protection for Personal Information as that offered in the United States. By accessing or using our Services in the United States or any other country or jurisdiction, you agree that your information may be transferred and processed in the United States and any other country or jurisdiction.

In cases of onward transfer to third parties of Personal Information of EU individuals received pursuant to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, this Site remains accountable for the onward transfer of such Personal Information.

5. How Long Do we Retain Your Personal Information?

We will only keep your Personal Information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your Personal Information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible

6. Security of Personal Information

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any Personal Information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Information, transmission of Personal Information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access this Site and its Services within a secure environment.

7. Notice Regarding Your Privacy Rights Under GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your Personal Information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your Personal Information:

7.1 Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your Personal Information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to info@scversillee.com.

7.2 Performance of a Contract. We may process your Personal Information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.

7.3 Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your Personal Information for some of the purposes described in order to:

  • -Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services 
  • -Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience

 7.4 Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

7.5 Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

8. Advisory Regarding Participation by Children and Teens

WE DO NOT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WHO WE KNOW OR BELIEVE ARE UNDER 18 TO PARTICIPATE IN USING THIS SITE OR ITS SERVICES. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO ACCESS/USE THIS SITE AND ITS SERVICES. IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 18 AND THE APPLICABLE AGE OF MAJORITY, PLEASE REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT WITH YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at info@scversille.com.

9. Your Rights With Respect To Your Personal Data

9.1 Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete

You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.

9.2 Right to be informed — Request to know

Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:

  • -whether we collect and use your personal information;
  • -the categories of personal information that we collect;
  • -the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
  • -whether we sell or share personal information to third parties;
  • -the categories of personal information that we sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • -the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • -the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information; and
  • -the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.

In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.

9.3 Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights

We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

9.4 Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

We do not process consumer’s sensitive personal information.

9.5 Verification process

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.

We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.

9.6 Other privacy rights

  • -You may object to the processing of your personal information.
  • -You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information.
  • -You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.

You may request to opt out from future selling or sharing of your Personal Information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission. To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at info@scversillee.com.

10. Cookie and Tracking Technology policy

We use Cookies and similar technologies to track the activity on the Site and its Services. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze the quality of the Site’s Services. The technologies we use may include:

10.1 Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. 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 parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

10.2 Web Beacons. Certain sections of the Site and its Services may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Site, for example, to count users who have visited pages or opened an email. Web beacons may also be used for other activity such as tracking statistics and verifying system and server integrity.

10.3 Persistent and Session Cookies. Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.

10.4 Disabling Cookies. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective website.

11. Third-Party Sites

The Site may link to (or be linked from) third-party websites or features (“Third-Party Links”), as further explained in this Site’s Terms of Service. We have no control over third parties that operate such linked sites, and we are not responsible for the content, availability, or security of Third-Party Links. Third parties may use your information for their own purposes, including for behavioral or advertising purposes. The inclusion of a link on this Site to a third-party site is provided for your convenience only and does not imply endorsement of the linked site, the third-party, or its products or services. If you decide to access a Third-Party Link, you do so subject to the terms and conditions of use for such linked sites. Any Personal Information that you provide through a Third-Party Link will be subject to the privacy policy of its operator and not this Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy.

From time to time, updates may be made to this Privacy Policy for our business purposes and to comply with changes in Applicable Law. If we make any substantive or material changes, then we will communicate these changes to you by posting the updated version of the Privacy Policy on the Site and/or notifying you of the change via email, or other methods. Your continued use of the Site following such changes constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us.

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at info@scversille.com.

–Last Updated: August 22, 2023

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