We appreciate your interest in our Privacy Policy. At a Rejected Stone Christian Marketing, we take the protection of your data very seriously, and in the below we explain what data we collect when you use our website www.arejectedstone.com (“our website”) and services and how it is used.

General Information 

What is Personal Information?

Personal Information is any information relating to personal or material circumstances that relates to an individual. This may include a name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, or telephone number but also online identifiers such as IP addresses or device ID`s. 

What is processing?

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Information, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

Who is responsible for data processing?

The responsible party for data processing is a Rejected Stone Christian Marketing, Howard Taylor and Son LLC of 317 Sidney Baker Street South Suite 400-407, Kerrville Texas 78028, USA (“a Rejected Stone Christian Marketing”, “we”, “us” or “our”). If you have any questions or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using info@arejectedstone.com. 

What are the grounds for processing Personal Information?

We only process  your Personal Information, if at least one of the following reasons applies:

  • for the fulfillment of contractual obligations
  • within the framework of our legitimate interests
  • based on your consent

Is there an obligation to provide Personal Information? 

Within the scope of our business relationship, you are only required to provide Personal Information that is necessary for the establishment, implementation, and termination of a business relationship or that we are legally obliged to collect. Without this data, we will usually have to refuse to conclude the contract or will no longer be able to perform an existing contract and may have to terminate it.

Data we collect automatically

Log data

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically records the following data from the visiting device and stores it in a so-called log file: i) Name of the retrieved file, ii) date and time of the visit, iii) amount of data transferred, iv) message about successful retrieval, type of browser and version used, v) IP address (identification of the user’s device), vi) Operating system of the visiting device, vii) Internet service provider of the visiting device, viii) website from which you access our website, and ix) which of our website pages you are accessing. The basis for processing is our legitimate interest.

Hosting 

To provide our website, we use the services of WPMU DEV (Incsub, LLC),who processes all data to be processed in connection with the operation of this website on our behalf. This represents a legitimate interest.

Content Management System (CMS)

We also use the Content Management System (CMS) of WordPress (Automattic Inc) to publish and maintain the created and edited content and texts on our website. This means that all content and texts submitted to us is transferred to WordPress. This represents a legitimate interest.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies with our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are placed and stored on your device by the Internet browser you use. Cookies are used to process certain information about you on an individual basis, such as your browser or location data or your IP address. This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. The basis for the use of cookies is our legitimate interest and your consent. If you wish to learn more about cookies in general and how they work, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.  If you want to learn more about the cookies we use, please read our Cookie Policy. 

Cookie consent 

Our website uses the cookie consent tool CookieLawInfo of CookieYes Limited to obtain your consent to the storage of cookies and to document this consent. When you enter our website, the following Personal Information is transferred to CookieYes: a) Your consent(s) or revocation of your consent(s); b) Your IP address; c) Information about your browser; d) Information about your terminal device; d) Time of your visit to the website. The basis for processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

Third-party services and content

We use content or service offers of third-party providers on the basis of our legitimate interests in order to integrate their content and services (“services”). 

This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the user, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. 

The following provides an overview of third-party providers and their content, together with links to their privacy policies, which contain further information on the processing of data and so-called opt-out measures, if any,

Data we collect directly

Contacting us

In addition to your name, company name, and e-mail address, IP address or telephone number, if provided, we usually collect the context of your message which may also include certain Personal Information. The Personal Information collected when contacting us is to handle your request and the bases are both your consent and contract.

Social Media

We are present on social media (currently LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) on the basis of our legitimate interest. If you contact or connect with us via social media platforms, we and the relevant social media platform are jointly responsible for the processing of your data and enter into a so-called joint controller agreement. The Personal Information collected when contacting us is to handle your request and the bases are both your consent and our legitimate interest.

When using our services

We process the Personal Information involved in your use of our services in order to be able to provide our contractual services. This includes in particular our support, correspondence with you, invoicing, fulfillment of our contractual, accounting and tax obligations. Accordingly, the data is processed on the basis of fulfilling our contractual obligations and our legal obligations.

Online meetings

We also use Zoom (Zoom Video Communications, Inc.) to conduct online meetings , on-boarding measures and to provide support. When using Zoom various types of data are processed. The scope of the data depends on the information you provide before or during the online meeting. The processing bases are your consent as well as our legitimate interest.

Administration, financial accounting, office organization, contact management

We process data in the context of administrative tasks as well as organization of our business, and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. In this regard, we process the same data that we process in the course of providing our contractual services. The processing bases are our legal obligations and our legitimate interest. 

Newsletter

If you have consented to receive our newsletter, we will use your name and e-mail address to send you information about us and our services. You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time. You will find the unsubscribe link at the end of each newsletter or you can simply e-mail us to let us know. The revocation leads to the deletion of the collected user data. The processing bases are your consent as well as our legitimate interest.

Leave A Reply

When you leave comments in our blog, your IP addresses, your Name, and e-mail address are stored on the basis of our legitimate interests. This is done for our security in case someone leaves unlawful content in comments and posts.

Within the blog you may be able to display certain profile information, share certain details, engage with others, exchange knowledge and insights, post and view relevant content. It’s your choice whether to include sensitive information in your comment and to make that sensitive information public. Please do not post or add Personal Information to your comment that you would not want to be available. The processing bases are your consent as well as our legitimate interest.

General Principles

Who receives my data?

Within a Rejected Stone, those that need your data to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations will receive access to it. We ensure that access by our employees to your data is only available on a need-to-know basis, restricted to specific individuals, and is logged and audited. We communicate our privacy and security guidelines to our employees and enforce privacy and data protection safeguards strictly.

Outside of a Rejected Stone, only if this is i) necessary for the performance of our services, ii) you have consented to the disclosure, iii) or if we are legally obliged to do so e.g., by court order or if this is necessary to support criminal or legal investigations or other legal investigations or other legal proceedings; or proceedings at home or abroad or to fulfill our legitimate interests.

How long will my data be stored?

As far as necessary, we process and store your Personal Information for the duration of our business relationship, which also includes, for example, the initiation and execution of a contract.

In addition, we are subject to various storage and documentation obligations, which result from the minimum statutory retention periods. The retention and documentation periods specified there are 4 to 10 years.

How do we secure your data? 

Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of content or contact requests that you send to us. We have also implemented numerous security measures (“technical and organizational measures”) for example encryption or need to know access, to ensure the most complete protection of Personal Information processed through this website. 

Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. And databases or data sets that include Personal Information may be breached inadvertently or through wrongful intrusion. Upon becoming aware of a data breach, we will notify all affected individuals whose Personal Information may have been compromised as expeditiously as possible after which the breach was discovered.

Is data transferred to a third country?

Your data is not transferred to third countries.

Sensitive Data

Unless specifically required when using our services and explicit consent is obtained for that service, we do not process sensitive data.

Automated decision-making

Automated decision-making is the process of making a decision by automated means without any human involvement. Automated decision-making including profiling does not take place.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of Personal Information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. To be in accordance with CAN SPAM, we agree to the following: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

If we process your Personal Information for the purpose of sending you SMS marketing communications, you may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications from us by replying or texting ‘STOP’ if you receive our SMS communications. In this respect, the data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our consent in personalized direct advertising per SMS.

Controls For Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (‘DNT’) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, our website does not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this policy.

DO NOT SELL

We do not sell your Personal Information.

Your Rights and Privileges 

Privacy rights 

You can exercise the following rights:

  • Right to information
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to object to processing
  • Right to deletion
  • Right to withdraw consent

If you have any questions about the nature of the Personal Information we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.

Updating your information

If you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or that we are no longer entitled to use it and want to request its rectification, deletion, or object to its processing, please do so by contacting us. 

Withdrawing your consent 

You can revoke consents you have given at any time by contacting us. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Access Request 

In the event that you wish to make a Data Subject Access Request, you may inform us in writing of the same. We will respond to requests regarding access and correction as soon as reasonably possible. Should we not be able to respond to your request within thirty (30) days, we will tell you why and when we will be able to respond to your request. If we are unable to provide you with any Personal Information or to make a correction requested by you, we will tell you why.

Changes and Questions

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Cookie Policy or materially change our use of your Personal Information, we will revise this Cookie Policy accordingly and also change the effective date at the end of this section. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to be informed of how we use and protect your Personal Information. If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices, please contact us using info@arejectedstone.com.

Effective Date

Saturday, May 6, 2023