Privacy Policy

Tessa Quinones (“Tessa Quinones”) operates tessaquinones.com and may operate other websites. It is Tessa Quinones’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Tessa Quinones collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Tessa Quinones’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Tessa Quinones’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Tessa Quinones may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Tessa Quinones also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on tessaquinones.com blogs/sites. Tessa Quinones only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Tessa Quinones’s websites choose to interact with Tessa Quinones in ways that require Tessa Quinones to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Tessa Quinones gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at tessaquinones.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Tessa Quinones are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Tessa Quinones collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Tessa Quinones. Tessa Quinones does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Tessa Quinones may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Tessa Quinones may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Tessa Quinones does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Tessa Quinones discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Tessa Quinones’s behalf or to provide services available at Tessa Quinones’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Tessa Quinones’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Tessa Quinones will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Tessa Quinones discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Tessa Quinones believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Tessa Quinones, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Tessa Quinones website and have supplied your email address, Tessa Quinones may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Tessa Quinones and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Tessa Quinones takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Tessa Quinones uses cookies to help Tessa Quinones identify and track visitors, their usage of Tessa Quinones website, and their website access preferences. Tessa Quinones visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Tessa Quinones’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Tessa Quinones’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Tessa Quinones, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Tessa Quinones goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Tessa Quinones may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Tessa Quinones and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Tessa Quinones may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Tessa Quinones’s sole discretion. Tessa Quinones encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a tessaquinones.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

California Online Privacy Protection Act:

Because I value your privacy I have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. I therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. This website does not respond to these “Do Not Track” signals. However, we do not track your personal information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites.

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.

Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.

Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page
. You can change your personal information by emailing me or by logging in to your account if you have an account with Tessaquinones.com.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Tessa Quinones who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of their personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact me here.

Children’s Privacy Policy:

Tessa Quinones respects the privacy of children and complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This Children’s Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13. This website does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent, except as permitted by COPPA. We do not require children to share any personal information in order to participate on this Site. On occasion, however, we may collect personal information, such as an email address from a child as part of an activity, in accordance with COPPA.

We may also collect anonymous information automatically from your child’s computer or device, such as the frequency with which the child visits our Site and the pages visited, to support the internal operations of the Site. We collect this information so we can understand and monitor usage of the Site, customize content on the Site and improve the performance of the Site. This information is collected using technologies such as cookies, flash cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. This information is not used to behaviorally target children and we do not permit behavioral targeting on any of our Sites that are directed to children.

Under COPPA, you have the right to review and have any of your child’s information deleted from my records. You also have the right to tell me to stop collecting or using your child’s personal information. If you have questions concerning our information practices with respect to children, or if you would like to review, have deleted, or stop the further collection of your child’s personal information in connection with the transaction for which it was originally collected, you may email me at the contact information at the bottom of this policy. For tips on protecting your child’s privacy online, please see the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s brochure on this topic: www.onguardonline.gov.

Security of Your Personal Information:

Tessaquinones.com takes reasonable steps to help protect and secure your personal information. However, please remember that no data storage or data transmission over the Internet, or by other means, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Thus, I cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to me. Therefore, you understand, acknowledge and agree that you transmit your personal information to Tessaquinones.com at your own risk.

Third Party Content and Links to Third Party Websites:

Tessaquinones.com may contain content hosted or served by third parties or link to websites operated by affiliates of Tessa Quinones or third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy for Tessa Quinones do not apply to information gathered by these third parties. I am not responsible for the actions and privacy policies employed by any third party, and our hosting of third-party content or linking to third party websites does not constitute an endorsement of the content or business practices of those third parties.

Governing Law:

Tessaquinones.com is published in the United States. We attempt to protect the personal information of all users of our Sites and we attempt to comply with local data protection and consumer rights laws to the extent they may apply, but we are located and targeted to United States citizens and our policies are directed at compliance with those laws. If you are uncertain whether this Privacy Policy conflicts with the applicable local privacy laws where you are located, you should not submit your personal information to Tessaquinones.com.

Notice to Non-US Users:

If you are located outside the United States of America, you should be aware that your information will be transferred to the United States of America, the laws of which may be deemed by your country to have inadequate data protection. If you are located in a country outside the United States of America and voluntarily submit personally identifiable information to us on the Sites, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in, the United States of America.

Changes to This Privacy Policy:

As Tessaquinones.com continues to grow, I may add new services and features to them. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, or if other changes in our privacy practices or applicable laws necessitate changes to the Privacy Policy, this document will be updated accordingly. If I make a material change in the way that I use your personal information, I will provide notice of the change here on this page. I will not, however, change my policy and practices to make them less protective of personal information I have previously collected from you without your express consent.

How To Opt-Out or Correct Your Information:

You may always opt-out of receiving future commercial emails and newsletters from Tessa Quinones. I provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications from me by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link within the email you receive. You may also opt out of receiving further communications from me or correct your information by sending us a message here.

Your request not to receive unsolicited commercial emails from me will not apply to messages that you request or that are not commercial in nature. For example, I may contact you concerning any purchases you have made with us, even if you opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial messages.

How To Contact Tessa Quinones:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email webmaster@tessaquinones.com

Updated: March 2023