Last Update: June 20, 2018
DISCLAIMER
By using this website, you hereby agree to the following Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. When you use our website for any purpose or engage with us on social media, search engine, or business referral websites, you are deemed to have accepted any changes to any revised legal policy contained herein and have accepted any changes and revisions by your continued use of our website after the revisions have been posted.
We encourage you to review these policies each time you visit Simply Sunshine Events, LLC’s online and physical properties. We will notify you of any updates in the “Last Update” section at the top of this page. Any changes become effective immediately upon publication on our website, and you waive specific notice of any changes to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy by continuing to use and access our website or services.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
This website is owned and operated by Simply Sunshine Events, LLC, a New Jersey based company. You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older to use our website and content. Use of this website is at your own risk. We host our site on a reputable platform and take reasonable efforts to maintain and host the site. However, we make no explicit representations or warranties as to the safety or your individual use of the website. The Terms and Conditions contained on this page are subject to change at any time.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2018 Simply Sunshine Events, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
This website and all of its contents are protected by United States of America and International copyright laws. Reproduction and/or distribution of any content from this website, our social media channels, search engines, blogs and business referral sites is strictly prohibited without prior written approval by Simply Sunshine Events, LLC, the copyright owner.
TRADEMARKS
“Simply Sunshine” is a registered trademark ® of Simply Sunshine Events, LLC. Any content that is a trademark, logo, or service mark is also a registered or unregistered trademark Simply Sunshine Events, LLC. Your use of any Content, except as provided in these Terms of Use, without the written permission of the Content owner is strictly prohibited. The trade names, trademarks and service marks owned by Simply Sunshine Events, LLC, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not of its owner. Nothing contained on the website, social media sites, search engines or business referral sites should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the owner’s trade names, trademarks or service marks without our express prior written consent. Simply Sunshine Events, LLC will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including by seeking criminal prosecution.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
All images, text, designs, graphics, registered trademarks and service marks are owned and the property of Simply Sunshine Events, LLC, or the properly attributed party. It is a violation of federal law to use any of our intellectual property in whole or in part, and modification of any materials contained on this site is illegal and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent permissible should we choose to do so, including asking for financial damages and/or an injunction forcing you to stop using our intellectual property immediately.
You may use our intellectual property with clear and obvious credit back to our site, as well as links back to the page where the materials, designs, images, text, quote or post is located when it is appropriate to do so with prior approval by Simply Sunshine Events, LLC. However, you may never claim any of our intellectual property as your own or your unique creation, even with attribution. You may ask for approval to use our intellectual property at Hello@SimplySunshineEvents.com. It is understood that by contacting the owner does not guarantee permission to use their content.
COMMUNICATION
Any communication made through our website (e.g. contact form, phone number), through third-party websites (e.g. The Knot, Yelp, Google, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.), related pages, or directly to our phones or mailing our email addresses is not held privileged or confidential and is subject to viewing and distribution by third parties. We own any and all communications displayed on our website, servers, comments, emails or other media as allowed by United States law and United States Copyright Law, and will not give credit or pay royalties for unsolicited user-generated content such as blog comments, business listings or emails. For further information on when and how we store and use your communications or any data provided by you in those communications, please refer to our Privacy Policy on this page.
We maintain the right to republish any submission, review, or event we produce in whole or in part as reasonably necessary in the course of our business. You agree not to submit any content or communications that could be illegal or serve an unlawful purpose, including, but not limited to, communications that are potentially libelous or maliciously false, obscene, abusive, negligent or otherwise harmful or inappropriate.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
Before you register with our website, you will be asked to consent to our Privacy Policy. If you have consented, or once you do consent, the terms of the Privacy Policy together with these Terms and Conditions, the information contained herein constitutes the entire agreement between site users and our company relating to the use of this website.
SEVERABILITY
If any part of these Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful or unenforceable, all other provisions contained herein will remain in full force and effect.
LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms, Conditions, and Privacy Policy are governed by and construed in accordance with United States law. Any dispute arising out of, or related to, the information contained herein is subject to adjudication in the state of New Jersey, the United States of America.
CONSENT
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Terms and Conditions of Use. If you require any more information or have any questions about our Terms and Conditions of website use, or our Privacy Policy, please contact us at Hello@SimplySunshineEvents.com
PRIVACY POLICY
We will always do our best to protect your privacy, as it is of utmost important to us at Simply Sunshine Events, LLC. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with the information that we collect through activities that link to our Privacy Policy including our website, any mobile site, when you hire us for our services, social media pages, business referral sites, etc., as well as your own rights to the information we collect. By providing Personal Information to us, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We will alert you to any changes made to this Privacy Policy by changing the “last updated” date at the top of this Policy. Any changes become effective immediately upon publication on our website, and you waive specific notice of any changes to the Policy by continuing to use and access our website or services. Please review this Privacy Policy when you use our website for any purpose or engage with us on social media or business referral websites. You are deemed to have accepted any changes to any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of our website after the revised Privacy Policy is posted.
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site to which our sites contain a link. The inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by us or by our affiliates.
HOW WE MAY COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect a variety of information from you when you visit our website, contract our services or interact with us on social media or business referral websites. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to our collection of the data described below, to our use of the data, the processing of this data and to sharing of the data with third party processors as needed for our legitimate business interests.
- Personal Information: Personal Information is information that can be used to identify you as an individual, including your name, address, email address, telephone number, social media account ID or demographic information provided by you like your age, gender, event budget and event location. You consent to giving us this information by providing it to us voluntarily on our website, mobile website or third party site (e.g. Dubsado®). You provide some of this information when you contact us with your event details through our “Contact” page, or when you contract our services.
In some cases, we use a third party contracting and payment service to process agreements and process purchases. In these cases, your Personal Information may be collected by this third party and not by us, and will be subject to the third party’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, this third party’s use or disclosure of your Personal Information
- Derivative Information: Derivative Information is information that our servers automatically collect about you when you access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, the dates and times that you access our website, and the specific pages you view.
- Financial Information: Financial Information is data that is related to your payment method, such as a credit card, personal check or bank transfer details. We do not store financial data. Your financial data, when submitting online, is transferred to our payment processor, Stripe, and you should review this processor’s Privacy Policy to determine how they use, disclose and protect your financial information. We do not except responsibility for the validity or stated privacy policy of this processor and provide it to you as a courtesy.
- Social Networking Information: We may access personal information from social network sites and apps such, including but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, which may include public information about such as your social network username, name, location, email, address, age, gender, and profile picture. If you do not want us to access this personal information, please change your settings your settings on the specific social networking sites and change your privacy settings.
- Other Information & Data: On occasion, you may give us additional data to participate in, but not limited to, a giveaway, survey, etc. You will be prompted for this information and it will be clear that you are offering this kind of information in exchange for an entry into such a giveaway, survey, etc.
HOW WE MAY USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The information you provide us allows us to offer you certain services, including the use of our website, to fulfill our obligations to you, to customize your interaction with our company and our website and allows us to suggest other services we think might be of interest to you. We typically store your data on a third party site to expedite our interactions with you and to serve our legitimate business interests with you (such as providing you with personalized information and recommendations for your events), however, will never share your information with a known third party unless it is approved by you.
Specifically, we may use the information and data described above to:
- Generate a contractual agreement with you
- Deliver services and information purchased by you to you
- Correspond with you
- Process payments and/or refunds
- Interact with you vial social media
- Provide vendor recommendations and communications for your event
- Send you a newsletter or other updates about our company or website
- Request feedback from you
- Notify you of updates to our services
- Resolve disputes and troubleshoot any issues should they arise
- Assist law enforcement as necessary
- Prevent fraudulent activity on our website
- Analyze trends to improve our website and service offerings
WHY WE MAY DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your information with third party sources as to serve our contractual agreements with you, for our legitimate business interests (e.g. administration of your account, entering agreements with you, communication with you, delivering our services, identifying trends, protecting our website’s security, and marketing additional services to you.). The legal basis for our disclosure of your data is both your Consent to this Privacy Policy and our own right to protect and promote our legitimate business interests.
We may share your information for the following reasons:
- Third Party Processing: We may disclose your information to third parties who assist us with various tasks, including payment processing, email delivery and customer service. We may not always disclose third party processors if not required by law.
- By Law: We may share your data as required by law, or to respond to legal process, including a subpoena, or as necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of others. This includes sharing information with other parties to prevent or address fraud, and to avoid credit risk.
- To Protect Our Company: We may use your information to protect our company, including investigating and remedying any violations of our rights and policies. We may also disclose your information as reasonably necessary to acquire and maintain insurance coverage, manage risk, obtain financial or legal advice, or to exercise or defend against legal claims.
- Third Party Partners: We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf (e.g. technical assistance, customer service, marketing assistance, etc.). These other companies will have access to your data only as necessary to perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law.
- Other Third Parties: She may share information with those we advertise with, or other third parties, for the purpose of conducting general business marketing practices (e.g. posting photos and names on business referral websites such as The Knot). If we do so, we will make reasonable efforts to inform you if required by law. It is noted, that if it contractually agreed within our service agreements, we may use your likeness without notification.
- Online Postings: When you post online, your posts may be viewed by others, and we may distribute your comments outside the website.
- Other Purposes: We may disclose your personal data s necessary to comply with legal obligations or to protect your interests, or the vital interests of others or our company.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Log Files: Like many other websites, we make use of log files. These files log unique visitors to our website, usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referral source to our site, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
ANALYTICS
We partner with a third party analytic companies, Google Analytics and Instagram Analytics. The analytic companies may use cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website or mobile app to determine the popularity of content and better understand online activity. We do not transfer your personal information to these third party vendors. However, in order to access our website, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly should you have any questions. If you do not want any information collected and used by tracking technologies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
INFORMATION PROCESSING
Largely, we do not process your information in-house, but give it to third party processors for processing. For example, when Stripe takes your payment details, they are a third party processor. They process your payment and remit the funds to us, as we do not have the capabilities to do this in-house.
From time to time, we will process your data internally for legitimate business purposes such as to administer, maintain, and improve our services, uphold contractual obligations with you, to keep records of transactions, and to share only pertinent information with vendors for your event. We may process the following information:
- Name, address, and email address
- Information related to your personal profile such as name, address, photos, interest and hobbies, geographical location
- Data about your usage of our website or social media networks
- Information that you provide us during the course of using our services
- Data that you post to our website, referral and review websites, blogs, social media posts
- Information that you provide us when you subscribe to our emails or newsletters, including your name, email address and contact information
- Data that you submit to us via correspondence such as when you email with us
INTERNATIONAL DATA
Our website is hosted on servers located in the United States. Therefore, if you reside in the European Union, some of your data will be transferred internationally to those servers. Transfers will be protected by appropriate safeguards, name the EU-US Privacy Shield.
We use website hosting servers and third party processors located in the United States, which have received an Adequacy Determination from the European Commission, meaning that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect data once it is transferred to that country.
RETAINING YOUR INFORMATION
We retain personal information as long as it is needed to conduct our legitimate business purposes, comply with legal obligations, or until you ask us to delete your data. Data that is no longer needed by us for any of the purposes needed above will be stored or permanently deleted.
You may request that we delete your data at any time. However, note that we cannot control the retention policies of third parties. If you wish to have any third parties, including those to whom we have transmitted your data, delete that data, you will need to contact hose third parties directly. You may request from us a list of all third parties to whom we have transmitted your data.
SECURITY OF INFORMATION
We take all reasonable steps to protect your data and keep your information secure. We use reputable online secure payment systems and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information you transmit to u.
By consent of this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that your personal data may be available, via the Internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of your data by other parties.
We will notify you promptly any known breach of our security systems or your data, which might expose you to serious risk.
YOUR CHOICES AND ACCESS
We give you choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information as outlined below. Note, we may charge you a reasonable fee for actions that you ask us to take with respect to your data. In addition, we reserve the right to request that you provide us with evidence of your identity before we take any action with respect to the exercise of your data rights. Further, your rights may be restricted or nullified to the extend they conflict with our compelling business interests, public interest, our contractual agreements, or the law. To exercise any of the rights outlined below, please contact us at hello@simplysunshineevents.com.
- Update Account Information: You have the right to update, change, or delete any information you have provided to us outside of our contractual agreements.
- Confirm Personal Data and its Use: You may request what data we hold about you, and for what purposes. You also have the right to confirmation of what information we share with third parties.
- Change Consent: You have the right to change your consent to our use of your information (e.g. emails and newsletters). In such cases, we may require that you delete your account with us.
- Delete All Data: You have the right to request that we delete all data that we hold about you, and we must delete such data without undue delay. There are exceptions to this right, such as when keeping your data is required by law, is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, is required for compliance with a legal obligation, or is necessary for the exercise or defense of legal claims. Such a request may result in a termination of your account with us and you may have limited or no use of our website.
- Email and Communications: You may opt out of receiving future email correspondence from us by checking the appropriate box when you register for the account via newsletter opt-in. You may change your communication settings by contacting us at hello@simplysunshineevents.com
- Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving marketing communications or having your personal information used for marketing purposes. You may do this by contacting us at hello@simplysunshineevents.com
- Processing: You may, in some circumstances restrict the processing of your data, such as when you contest the accuracy of your data or when you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. When processing has been restricted, we will continue to store your data but will not pass it on to third party processors without your consent, or as necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect your rights or those of others or our company. In addition, you may opt out of any processing of your data altogether. Note however that doing so may result in the termination of your account and loss of access to our website.
- Complaints: You have the right to complain to a supervising authority if you believe we are misusing your data or have violated any of your rights under this Privacy Policy or applicable law.
NEWSLETTER PRIVACY
We offer the opportunity for you to volunteer certain information to us that is used for email and marketing purposes. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name and email. You will have an opportunity to unsubscribe from any future communications via email, but we reserve the right to maintain a database of past email subscribers. We reserve the right to use this information as reasonably necessary in our business and as provided by law. Your information will be shared with reasonably necessary parties for the ordinary course of conducting our business, such as through Facebook ads, Instagram Promotions, or Google Pay Per Click marketing campaigns. We do not ever sell your information to third parties.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about the Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy provided herein, please contact us via email at: hello@simplysunshineevents.com with “Attn: Website Legal Policies” in your subject header.
Please note that email communications are not always secure; so please do not include sensitive information in your emails to us.