Grin Studios Privacy Policy

Grin Studios is committed to protecting the privacy and security of users of this website. Our Privacy and Security Policy informs you of the information collected as the normal process of conducting business, how such information is collected and how such information is used by Grin Studios (hereinafter referred to at times as “Company” “we” or “us”).

Collection of Personal Information

The policy of this website is to respect the privacy of visitors to www.grinstudios.com. Although we may track the total number of visitors to the website, personally identifiable information is not involuntarily extracted in this process. We may use your information on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate the website and enhance and improve our services. We may also use this data to enhance your onsite experience by displaying promotions, advertisements and content that we believe will be of interest to you. Grinstudios.com only collects personally identifiable information on the website, such as names, addresses, e-mail addresses and the like, when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. By voluntarily submitting personally identifiable information to www.grinstudios.com, we may use such information to potentially contact you with information about programs, products or promotions.

Use of Personal Information

As a general practice, grinstudios.com does not sell or release any information gathered on the website to unaffiliated third parties for such third parties’ independent use. The website grinstudios.com may share your personal information with our affiliated businesses, for instance a parent or subsidiary company and may also share such information with our agents, those people we employ to do work on our behalf like mail and package delivery services, marketing companies, and customer service providers. These agents will be given access to only that portion of your personal information that is necessary for them to perform their duties, and are prohibited from using it for any other purposes. There may be exceptions to this general practice (1) where, we may offer you the opportunity to receive offers, news and/or updates from third parties, and if you request to receive such information, we will provide your information to the indicated third party; and (2) when necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or Privacy and Security Policy or when required by a court of law. Certain demographic information collected from visitors may be used by grinstudios.com and/or by companies working with us, such as advertising and marketing consultants, for internal marketing analysis and to improve our products, services and the website. This information is collected and shared with such designated third parties in an aggregated, non-personally identifiable basis.  

Cookies

It is a common practice for a website to store small data files called “cookies” on your computer’s hard drive when you visit the website. A cookie may contain information (such as a unique user ID), which is used to track the pages of the sites you’ve visited. Grinstudios.com may use cookies in order to enhance user friendliness of the website and to measure activity on the website. Please note that you can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.  

Links to Third Party Websites

This website may be linked from another website or contain links and references to other websites and organizations. Note that different policies may apply to the collection and use of your information by these other websites and organizations.

Security

We have appropriate physical, electronic and procedural security safeguards to protect and secure the information we collect. Our website uses Secure Sockets Layering (SSL) to encrypt your personal credit information, including your credit card number, before it travels over the Internet. SSL technology is the industry standard for secure online transactions. Because we use SSL, placing an order online at our website is just as safe as giving your credit card number over the phone.

Children

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 18 you must have the consent and involvement of a parent or guardian to use this website.

Applicable Law

The laws of the State of Illinois shall govern the Terms of Use and Privacy and Security Policy, including disclaimers and terms and conditions without giving any effect to principles of conflict of law.