This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2023

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out how Avenir Guild LLC (“Avenir Guild”) uses and protects any information that you (referred to as “you” or “your”) provide when accessing, browsing, submitting information to, making a purchase on, or otherwise utilizing our Website, https://www.avenirguild.com, (the “Website”).

Avenir Guild is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. You can be assured that any personal identifying information (hereinafter referred to as “Personal Information” and defined below) you provide when using the Website will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes the type of information Avenir Guild may collect from you or that you may provide when using the Website and/or Services (as defined below), as well as its practices for collecting, using, keeping, protecting, and/or disclosing any Personal Information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

What Personal Information is collected?

When browsing, accessing, or otherwise utilizing the Website; viewing or engaging with Avenir Guild’s directory and/or resources (the “Services”); or conducting any other activity on the Website, you may be asked to enter or disclose various types of Personal Information, which may include, but is not limited to:

Contact Information: name, e-mail, postal address, telephone number, business contact information, or any other similar information.
Identification and Demographics: date of birth, gender, nationality, ethnicity, interests, lifestyle information, photos, social media credentials, contacts, or referrals.
Transactional: payment information, billing address, and registration information.
Customer Content: photos, videos, reviews, and other information or content you may submit, such as comments on the Website, other online forums, and social media platforms.
Research and Feedback: reviews and comments that you send through the Website, social media platforms, e-mail, over the phone, or by mail.
Device Information and Identifiers: IP addresses, cookie IDs, browser types and language, operating systems, platform type, and device type.
Connection and Usage: domain names, browsing activity, scrolling and keystroke activity, advertisements viewed, forms or fields you complete or partially complete, search terms, whether you open an e-mail, content you view and duration, quality of the service, and interaction with the content, logs, and other similar information. If these events occur while you are offline, they may be logged and uploaded when you next connect.
city, state, and ZIP code associated with your IP address or derived through Wi-Fi triangulation. Avenir Guild will ask for your permission before using your precise location from GPS-based functionality on your mobile devices.
Social Media Information: if you interact through a Third Party Platform or social media website using your social media credentials, depending on your social media settings, Avenir Guild may have access to your information from that particular social network such as your name, e-mail address, contact information, friend or connection list, photo, age, gender, location, birthday, social networking ID, current city, your comments, and the people and other businesses you follow.
Additional Information: any additional information you provide either directly through the Website or through your participation, support request, inquiry, social networking interaction, or any other communication.

When is Personal Information collected?

Generally, you are not under any statutory or contractual obligation to provide Avenir Guild any Personal Information; however, certain Personal Information may be automatically collected in order for you to use the Website and/or Services.

Avenir Guild collects information from you when you access or otherwise use the Website; contact or engage Avenir Guild for its Services; fill out an online form; or otherwise enter any information on the Website or our social media platforms which may include, but are not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google, or other third party applications (together the “Third Party Platforms”).

How do you get my consent?

When you provide any Personal Information on the Website, verify, or change your contact information and/or transactional details, complete a contact form, engage with the Services, or anything of the like, you are automatically consenting to the collection, storage, and use of that information for your benefit and to improve Avenir Guild’s offerings.

If Avenir Guild asks for your Personal Information for any other reason, it will either: (a) ask directly for your express consent; or (b) provide you with an opportunity to say no or otherwise decline by contacting Avenir Guild directly.

How do I withdraw my consent?

If you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your Personal Information at any time by contacting Avenir Guild directly. Avenir Guild reserves the right to retain any Personal Information previously collected for the purposes of resolving any disputes, as well as for obtaining and analyzing its aggregated data analytics.

How is my Personal Information used?

Avenir Guild may use your Personal Information in any of the following ways:

To personalize your experience on the Website.
To provide, implement, and improve the Services.
To maintain and improve the Website to better serve you and provide a more seamless experience across all devices.
To allow Avenir Guild to better service you in responding to your service requests or other queries.
To quickly process your transactions.
To send periodic e-mails regarding products, services, events, subscriptions, and other resources as they become available.
To investigate and help prevent security issues, abuse, or violations of law or the Terms.
Displaying content you generate, such as videos, audio, and comments on the Website or on Third Party Platforms.
To comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and ethical business conduct.

How is my Personal Information protected?

Avenir Guild takes the security of your Personal Information very seriously and implements a variety of security measures when you use the Website, engage Avenir Guild for the Services, or otherwise provide your Personal Information. Your Personal Information is accessible only to a limited number of persons who have the authority to access it, including but not limited to, contractors or agents that Avenir Guild may employ to perform tasks, fix bugs, and/or monitor the Website on its behalf.

Does Avenir Guild collect information from minors?

Avenir Guild does not want to, and does not knowingly, collect any data from individuals under the age of eighteen (18). If Avenir Guild learns that it has collected any such data without the supervision of a parent or legal guardian, Avenir Guild will take all reasonable measures to delete such information and will not use it for any purposes. If you become aware of any Personal Information that Avenir Guild has collected from a child under the age of eighteen (18) without the supervision of a parent or legal guardian, please contact Avenir Guild immediately.

How do I opt-out, remove, or modify any Personal Information I have provided?

You can request to have your Personal Information removed by contacting Avenir Guild directly. Please note that Avenir Guild may retain certain relevant information for record keeping purposes.

Acceptance of Terms

Through using the Website, you hereby accept this Privacy Policy and each of the terms and conditions stipulated herein. If you are not in agreement with this Privacy Policy, you should refrain from any further use of the Website and Services. Your continued use of the Website and Services, following the posting of any updates or changes to this Privacy Policy, shall indicate that you are in agreement with and accept such changes.

Limitation of Liability

You acknowledge and agree that to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, under no circumstances will you hold Avenir Guild liable for consequential, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or enhanced damages, that are caused or alleged to be caused in connection with your use of the Website or the Services. For clarity, under no circumstances will you hold Avenir Guild liable for any damages caused by or related to the Website and/or your engagement with the Services.

Does the Website use 'cookies'?

Yes. Avenir Guild and its service providers, advertisers, and other third parties use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., HTTP cookies, HTML 5, flash local storage cookies, web beacons, GIFs, embedded scripts, ETags/cache browsers, and software development kits) to recognize you on, off, and across your devices. Cookies are small data files that Avenir Guild, or its service provider, transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) and/or your device that enables Avenir Guild or its service provider's systems to recognize your browser or device to capture and remember certain information that will provide Avenir Guild with insights to your online activity.

There are a few different categories of cookies, including:

These cookies are necessary to provide you with Services available through the Website and enable you to use the features available on the Website. They help authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
These are cookies that are required for the Website to function efficiently and are thus always enabled. These include cookies that allow you to be remembered as you explore the Website. These are typically used when during the checkout process, as well as during security issues and conforming with regulations.
These are cookies that allow Avenir Guild to improve the Website by tracking your usage of the Website and/or the Services. These cookies may also improve the speed with which we can process your requests and allow Avenir Guild to remember any particular preferences you may have selected within your user account.
Social Media & Advertising: These are cookies that offer the potential to connect you to your social networks and share content and information from the Website through social media. Advertising cookies collect information to help better tailor advertisements to your interests. These cookies may involve the processing of your personal data.

Cookies are used to:

Recognize your browser and/or device;
Track metrics and understand your Website preferences based on your previous or current Website activity, which allows Avenir Guild to provide you with improved Services;
Save your Website preferences for future visits; and
Compile aggregate data about Website traffic and interactions in order to offer a better user experience and Services in the future. Avenir Guild may also use trusted third party service providers that track this information on its behalf.

Avenir Guild and its third party partners and vendors may also use tracking technologies, such as cookies, pixels, and web beacons to collect and store information about you when you use or interact with the Website, marketing communications, advertising content and/or third party websites, in order to provide you with targeted advertising based on your browsing activities and interests. These third parties automatically receive your IP address or mobile device identifier when you access the Website or third party websites. They may also use tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to personalize the advertising content, and to serve you advertisements that are relevant to your regional location. Avenir Guild may also use information collected using third party cookies and beacons in its emails to deliver advertising when you visit third party websites.

You can opt-out of targeted advertising by visiting the following pages:

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

Can I disable cookies and still use the Website and/or the Services?

Your browser can assist you in managing cookies. You can choose to have your computer or device warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You can do this through your browser or the settings of each individual device you use. There are also general resources for opting out of interest-based advertising available on the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s websites.

If you choose to disable cookies, you will still be able to access the Website and Services. However, please note that by disabling cookies, some features on the Website or within the Services may be disabled. Disabling cookies may also affect your experience by decreasing the Website’s efficiency or causing it to not function properly.

If you would like to delete cookies or have your browser delete or refuse cookies, please visit the following help page associated with your browser:

How is my Personal Information shared and disclosed?

Avenir Guild may share and disclose your Personal Information for the following reasons:

Customer instructions: You can determine your own policy for sharing and disclosing your Personal Information on the Website. Avenir Guild does not control how you may choose to share or disclose your Personal Information. Avenir Guild will share and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with your engagement, instructions, and in compliance with applicable law.

Compliance with applicable law: If Avenir Guild receives a request for information, Avenir Guild may disclose Personal Information if it reasonably believes disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process.

To enforce our rights, prevent fraud, and for safety: To protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Avenir Guild or third parties, including enforcing contracts or policies, or in connection with investigating and preventing fraud or security issues.

Third Party and other disclosures of your Personal Information: Avenir Guild may share your non-private and/or Personal Information with related Third Party Platforms, companies, advertisers partners, social networks, service providers, research and management companies, search engines, law enforcement, hosting partners, and any other parties who assist in operating the Website, conducting the Services, or otherwise servicing you. Similarly, if Avenir Guild is involved in a merger, collaboration, or acquisition, your Personal Information may be transferred. However, Avenir Guild will provide you with notice before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Avenir Guild may also release your Personal Information under certain circumstances where Avenir Guild believes it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce its policies, and/or protect Avenir Guild or others' rights, property, or safety. Avenir Guild may also be required to disclose your Personal Information if required by law or in response to a valid request by a public authority (e.g., a court or governmental agency).

With consent: Avenir Guild may share Personal Information with third parties when it has consent to do so.

Retention of your Personal Information

Avenir Guild will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Avenir Guild will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to perform the Services, comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, complete audits, and/or enforce its legal agreements and policies.

Third Party Links

Occasionally, at its discretion, Avenir Guild may include or offer third party advertisements, resources, or other services on the Website. These third parties have separate and independent privacy policies. Therefore, Avenir Guild has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third parties. Nonetheless, Avenir Guild seeks to protect the integrity of the Website and welcomes any feedback about these outside third party links.

Behavioral Advertising

As described above, Avenir Guild may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications from other businesses that Avenir Guild believes may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s educational page at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

Communications; SMS, e-mails, and calls

You consent to receiving communications from Avenir Guild, including but not limited to, e-mails, text messages, and/or calls regarding the Website and/or Services, updates to the Website, marketing, advertisements, and any other relevant information. You agree to provide true, accurate, and current personal information. Your engagement with the Website may be shared with others in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Avenir Guild is headquartered in the United States; however, Avenir Guild may transfer your information to service providers and other third parties located outside of your country of residence, including in the United States. This may be necessary to provide its Services and for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Data privacy laws vary from country to country and may not be equivalent to, or as protective as, the laws in your home country. Avenir Guild takes steps to ensure that reasonable safeguards are in place with the aim to ensure an appropriate level of protection for your Personal Information, in accordance with applicable law. These measures include data transfer agreements. By providing Avenir Guild with your Personal Information, you acknowledge and agree to any such transfer, storage, or use.

Some Services and Website functions can only be provided if Avenir Guild has your Personal Information, therefore deletion of your Personal Information may result in termination of such Services or functions. Avenir Guild will take reasonable steps to verify and authenticate your identity. Avenir Guild may require further documentation before granting access to your Personal Information.

STATE SPECIFIC DATA POLICIES

Special Notice for California Residents

Avenir Guild shall not market or advertise to minors specified products or services that minors are legally prohibited from buying. Avenir Guild shall not market or advertise any products based on the Personal Information provided that is specific to any minor, nor shall it knowingly use, disclose, compile, or allow a third party to do so. Under California's Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World Act, any minor may request and obtain removal of Personal Information posted on the Website.

Your California Privacy Rights. California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain information regarding Avenir Guild’s disclosure, if any, of certain categories of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. To obtain this information, please contact Avenir Guild directly.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides California residents with rights to receive certain disclosures regarding the collection, use, and sharing of Personal Information, as well as the right to access, delete, and limit sharing of Personal Information. The CCPA defines “Personal Information” to mean “information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.”

“Do Not Sell My Personal Information” (California Residents only)

California residents may opt-out of the “sale” of their Personal Information. California law broadly defines “sale” in a way that may include allowing third parties to receive certain information such as cookies, IP address and/or browsing behavior to add to a profile about your mobile device, browser, or you.

Depending on how you use the Website, Avenir Guild may share the following categories of information for such advertising which may be considered a sale (as defined by California law):

Identification and demographics; device information and identifiers, such as IP address, and unique advertising identifiers and cookies; connection and usage information, such as browsing history; geolocation information, such as city; and inference data.

If you would like to opt-out of the use of your Personal Information for such purposes (to the extent this is considered a sale), you may do so as by contacting Avenir Guild directly.

Third Parties’ List – Shine the Light (California Residents only)

California residents can also request a list of all the third parties to which Avenir Guild has disclosed certain Personal Information (as defined by California’s Shine the Light law) during the preceding year for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You will need to attest to the fact that you are a California resident. Avenir Guild will not accept requests by telephone, e-mail, or facsimile, and Avenir Guild is not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or that do not have complete information.

Special Notice for Nevada Residents

Nevada law requires Avenir Guild to post the following: certain Nevada consumers may opt-out of the sale of Covered Information for monetary consideration to a person for that person to license or sell such information. “Covered Information” includes first and last name, address, email address, phone number, Social Security Number, or an identifier that allows a specific person to be contacted either physically or online.

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Effective January 1, 2023)

Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), certain businesses must give consumers the ability to access, control, and delete personal data that the business collects about them, or that consumers have otherwise provided. Consumers have the right to obtain a copy of data the consumer has previously provided, in a usable format “to the extent technically feasible.”

Virginia consumers can opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of their personal data, or profiling those results in the business providing or denying “financial and lending services, housing, insurance, education enrollment, criminal justice, employment opportunities, health care services, or access to basic necessities, such as food and water.”

Utah Consumer Privacy Act (Effective December 31, 2023)

The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) provides Utah residents with the right to (a) confirm whether a controller is processing the consumer’s Personal Data and to access that data; (b) delete the consumer’s Personal Data that the consumer provided to the controller; and (c) obtain a copy of the consumer’s Personal Data that the consumer previously provided to the controller.

The UCPA defines “Personal Data” as information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. Data that cannot be linked to a consumer and publicly available information and the processing of personal data for purely personal or household purposes are excluded from the UCPA. Data controllers must provide consumers with reasonable, accessible, and clear privacy notice. Controllers must establish and maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical data security practices to protect the confidentiality and integrity of Personal Data and reduce reasonably foreseeable risks of harm to consumers relating to the processing of Personal Data.

Connecticut Data Privacy Act (Effective July 1, 2023)

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”) defines “Consumer” as a Connecticut resident and excludes persons acting in a commercial or employment context. The “Sale of Personal Data” refers to the exchange of personal data for monetary or other consideration by the controller to a third party.

Personal data excludes any deidentified data or publicly available information, where publicly available information means information that is lawfully made available through government records or widely distributed media and a controller has a reasonable basis to believe a consumer has lawfully made available to the general public.

Under the CTDPA, Connecticut consumers are provided with (a) the right to access; (b) right to correct; (c) right to delete; (d) right to data portability; and (e) right to opt out of the sharing of any Personal Data.

Colorado Privacy Act (Effective July 1, 2023)

Under the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), “Consumers” are defined as residents acting in their individual or household contexts and excludes individuals acting in a commercial or employment capacity, job applicants, and beneficiaries of someone acting in an employment context from its definition of “consumer.” “Personal Data” is defined to mean information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. The CPA does not extend to deidentified data or publicly available information.

Under the CPA, businesses will need to provide consumers with clear privacy notices and conduct data protection assessments for any personal data processing that presents a heightened risk of harm to consumers. Consumers are afforded the right to opt out of the processing personal data for targeted advertising or for the sale of personal data and provides a “user-selected universal opt-out mechanism.”

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As Avenir Guild constantly aims to improve its Website and the Services, Avenir Guild reserves the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy frequently for any updates that may occur. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting to the Website. If Avenir Guild makes any material changes to this Privacy Policy, Avenir Guild will notify you here.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or if you want to verify, modify, receive, suspend, or delete your Personal Information, you can reach Avenir Guild directly using the contact information provided below:

Email: info@avenirguild.com