Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 08/16/2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Inkworks Media

Inkworks Media (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://inkworksmedia.com (hereinafter referred to as “Service”). Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to https://inkworksmedia.com, and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of our Service.

We utilize your data to deliver and improve our Service. By using our Service, you consent to the collection and use of information as outlined in this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

Our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) control how you can use our Service. Along with our Privacy Policy, they form your agreement with us (“agreement”).

2. Definitions

SERVICE means the https://inkworksmedia.com website operated by Inkworks Media.

PERSONAL DATA means any information about a living person that can identify them, either on its own or when combined with other information we have or are likely to get.

USAGE DATA is data that is automatically collected, either created by using the Service or from the Service’s infrastructure itself (like how long you visit a page).

COOKIES are tiny files saved on your device (computer or mobile phone).

DATA CONTROLLER refers to a person or organization that decides how and why your personal data is processed, either alone or with others. For this Privacy Policy, we are the Data Controller of your data.

DATA PROCESSORS (OR SERVICE PROVIDERS) are people or organizations that handle data for the Data Controller. We might use different Service Providers to process your data more efficiently.

DATA SUBJECT refers to any living person whose Personal Data is being processed.

THE USER is the individual using our Service. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

3. Information Collection and Use

We gather different kinds of information for various reasons to offer and improve the Service we provide to you. Types of Data Collected

3a. Personal Data

When you use our Service, we might ask you to give us some personal information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This personal information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• Cookies and Usage Data

We might use your Personal Data to send you newsletters, marketing messages, promotional materials, and other information that might interest you. You can choose to stop receiving any or all of these communications by clicking the unsubscribe link in the emails we send you.

3b. Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends when you visit our Service or when you access it through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).

This Usage Data can include details like your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages you visit on our Service, the time and date of your visit, how long you spend on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you use a mobile device to access our Service, this Usage Data can also include information like the type of mobile device you use, your device’s unique ID, its IP address, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

3c. Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store certain information.

Cookies are small files with data, including an anonymous unique identifier. They are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We also use other tracking technologies like beacons, tags, and scripts to gather and track information to improve and analyze our Service.

You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you don’t accept cookies, some parts of our Service may not work properly.

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.

4. Use of Data

Inkworks Media uses the collected data for several purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service.
• To notify you about changes to our Service.
• To let you participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to.
• To provide customer support.
• To gather analysis or valuable information to improve our Service.
• To monitor the usage of our Service.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights from any contracts between you and us, including billing and collection.
• To provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, and email instructions.
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you opt out of receiving such information.
• In any other way we describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

5. Retention of Data

We will keep your Personal Data only as long as needed for the reasons outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations (like keeping data to follow laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

We will also keep Usage Data for internal analysis. Usage Data is usually kept for a shorter time, unless it is used to enhance security, improve our Service’s functionality, or if we are legally required to keep it for a longer period.

6. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and stored on computers outside your state, province, country, or other governmental area where data protection laws might be different from those in your location.

If you are outside the United States and provide us with information, please be aware that we transfer and process the data, including Personal Data, in the United States.

By agreeing to this Privacy Policy and submitting your information, you consent to this transfer.

Inkworks Media will take all necessary steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in line with this Privacy Policy. We will not transfer your Personal Data to any organization or country unless there are adequate controls in place to protect your data and personal information.

7. Disclosure of Data

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:

7a. Disclosure for Law Enforcement

In certain situations, we may have to share your Personal Data if the law requires it or if we receive valid requests from public authorities.

7b. Business Transaction

If we or our subsidiaries go through a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your Personal Data might be transferred.

7c. Other cases

We may also share your information:

• With our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• With contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• To include your company’s logo on our website.
• For any other purpose we disclose when you provide the information.
• With your consent in any other cases.

8. Security of Data

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

8a. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you live in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under GDPR. – See more at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj

We aim to take reasonable steps to help you correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you want to know what Personal Data we hold about you or want it removed from our systems, please email us at hello@inkworksmedia.com.

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

• The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
• The right to correct your information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to receive a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• The right to withdraw your consent at any time if we rely on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Also, we may not be able to provide our Service without some necessary data.

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).

8b. California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA is the first state law in the U.S. that requires commercial websites and online services to have a privacy policy. This law applies not only to California but also to any person or company in the U.S. (and potentially worldwide) that runs websites collecting personal information from California consumers. They must post a clear privacy policy on their website, detailing the information collected and who it is shared with, and must follow this policy. – See more at: https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

• Users can visit our site anonymously.
• Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and can easily be found on the specified page on our website’s home page.
• Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page.
• Users can change their personal information by emailing us at hello@inkworksmedia.com.

Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals:

We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place. Do Not Track is a setting in your web browser that tells websites 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.

8c. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what data we collect about you, request its deletion, and opt-out of its sale (sharing). To exercise these rights, you can make specific requests and ask us for the following information:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
• The categories of sources from which we collect your personal information.
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information.
• The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• A list of categories of personal information that we have sold, along with the category of any other company we sold it to. If we have not sold your personal information, we will inform you of that fact.
• A list of categories of personal information that we have disclosed for a business purpose, along with the category of any other company we shared it with.

You can request this information up to twice in a rolling twelve-month period. The information provided may be limited to the personal information we collected about you in the previous 12 months.

To delete your personal information, we will remove it from our records and instruct any service providers to do the same. In some cases, this may involve de-identifying the information. Please note that deleting your personal information may prevent you from using certain features that rely on this data.

To stop selling your personal information, we do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for any purpose. You retain full ownership of your Personal Data and can request its disclosure or deletion at any time.

Be aware that requesting deletion or cessation of data selling may affect your experience with us, potentially limiting access to certain programs or membership services that require your personal information. However, we will never discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

To exercise your California data protection rights, please send your request(s) via one of the following methods:

By email: hello@inkworksmedia.com

Your data protection rights under the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) are detailed above. For more information, visit the official California Legislative Information website. The CCPA became effective on 01/01/2020.

9. Service Providers

We may hire third-party companies and individuals to help us provide our Service (“Service Providers”), perform tasks related to our Service, or assist us in analyzing

10. Analytics

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

10a. Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to monitor how our Service is used. This data is shared with other Google services, and Google may use it to personalize ads within its own advertising network.

For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

We also encourage you to review Google’s policy for safeguarding your data.

11. Behavioral Remarketing

Inkworks Media uses remarketing services to show ads on other websites to you after you visit our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your previous visits to our Service.

11a. Google Ads (AdWords)

Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser. This add-on allows visitors to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

12. Payments

We may offer paid products and services within our Service. In such cases, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., payment processors).

We do not store or collect your payment card details. This 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 follow the standards set by PCI-DSS, managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which includes brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. The payment processors we work with are: Stripe: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy

13. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may have links to other websites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be taken to their site. We strongly recommend that you review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

14. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not meant for children under 18 years old (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you find out that a child has given us Personal Data, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from children without parental consent, we will remove that information from our servers.

15. 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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: By email: hello@inkworksmedia.com.