Privacy Policy

Last updated May 2, 2023


SECTION I - OVERVIEW

Matter Creations, LLC (the “Company,” “We,” or “Matter Creations”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy, as your safety and privacy online are very important to us.

This privacy policy tells you about our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data. The terms of this policy apply to this site and associated services that link to this privacy policy (the “site”), it does not apply to websites or services that link to a different privacy notice.

Any personal information you provide us with, including and similar to your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of the Company. Your privacy and security are our top priority.


SECTION II - CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website, through any of its features, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, if applicable, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at, mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com.


SECTION III - COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website (http://www.mattercreations.com) (our “site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you must not use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Section 12 - Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with us, your use of the site, and the choices you make. We collect and process personal data about you with your consent and/or as necessary to provide the products you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate interests.

We collect personal information you provide to us via the site or other forms of communication. For example, we collect your name, email address, postal address, phone number, fax number, demographics, and other information you provide us.

Matter Creations collects certain kinds of information, such as the website that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times. We also may collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the site. We also collect further information as discussed below under “Use of Cookies and Other Technologies”.

Our Website is hosted by Hostinger (www.hostinger.com). Hostinger uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on their website and when providing their services. For more information about how they use these technologies, including a list of other companies that place cookies on their sites, a list of cookies that they place when they power a merchant’s store, like ours, and an explanation of how you can opt out of certain types of cookies, please see their Cookie Policy (www.hostinger.com/legal/cookies).

We may also obtain information from third parties. We protect information obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this statement, plus any additional restrictions imposed by the source of the information. These third-party sources may include:

  • data brokers from which we purchase demographic data to supplement the data we collect;
  • applications and services, such as social networks, that make users’ information available to others;
  • service providers that help us determine your device’s location based on its IP address to customize certain products to your location;
  • partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities; and
  • publicly-available sources, such as open government databases or other data in the public domain.
  • Matter Creations may combine your personal data collected across the above sources. You may always choose not to provide personal data, but if you so choose, certain products and services may not be available to you.


    SECTION IV - USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    Matter Creations may use your personal data collected through our websites for purposes described in the privacy policy or otherwise disclosed to you. For example, we may use your personal data to:

  • provide and deliver services, including securing, troubleshooting, improving, and personalizing Materials;
  • operate and improve our websites and business, including our internal operations and security systems;
  • understand you and your preferences to enhance your experience using our websites;
  • process your transactions;
  • provide customer service and respond to your questions;
  • perform research and analysis aimed at improving our products, services and technologies;
  • send you information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • communicate with you about new products, offers, promotions, etc; and
  • display content, including advertising, that is customized to your interests and preferences.

  • SECTION V - USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

    The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
  • We use cookies for a variety of legitimate purposes. For example, cookies allow us to:

  • identify registered users when they return to the site so that they can retrieve previous image search results, access Boards and shopping carts and view their previous invoices;
  • see what actions you take on this site and other websites. This allows us to deliver personalized content to you and other users, including search results and interest-based targeted advertising on our site and other websites;
  • save you time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information;
  • protect your security by checking your login details and may help prevent fraud; and
  • remember your preferences when using the site.
  • Our websites may include cookies from third-party service providers in the event we have hired the third-party to provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics. For this purpose, Matter Creations may work with various third-party partners. For example, cookies allow or our third-party vendor to:

  • measure and analyze aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our users on our site. Information gathered may include, but is not limited to the following: activity of the user browser when the user is visiting the site, the site path of users, general information regarding the visitor's internet service provider and host, and the time users come to the site;
  • record users’ behavior on our site, such as pages visited, emails clicked, forms completed, and products and services purchased to create customized advertisements and communications that better meet your needs;
  • evaluate user traffic and behavior on the site to compile activity reports; and
  • conduct research and diagnostics to improve our products and services.

  • SECTION VI - CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

    We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address or contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by selecting the applicable “unsubscribe” option on the communication you received, or by sending us an email stating your request to mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product purchase, product service experience or other transactions.
  • We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI's website.


    SECTION VII - CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

    If you are a California resident and the processing of personal information about you is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), you have certain rights with respect to that information. In particular, you have a right to request that companies provide you with the following information:

  • 1. The categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
  • 2. The categories of sources from which we collect personal information.
  • 3. The purposes for collecting, using, or selling personal information.
  • 4. The categories of third parties with which we share personal information.
  • 5. For companies that disclose personal information for a business purpose, the categories of personal information disclosed about you for a business purpose.
  • 6. For companies that sell personal information, the categories of personal information sold about you and the categories of third parties to which the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to which the personal information was sold.
  • To make such requests, contact us at, mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com. Note that we have provided the information described in (2)-(5) in this privacy statement. With respect to (6), note that we do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA.

    You also have a right to request that we delete personal information under certain circumstances, subject to a number of exceptions. Finally, you have a right to not be discriminated against for exercising rights set out in the CCPA.


    SECTION VIII SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    Except as disclosed in this privacy policy, Matter Creations does not share your personal information with any outside parties.

    We share personal information as necessary to complete your transactions or provide the products or services you have requested or authorized. We may also share your personal information within our corporate group, including any subsidiaries, affiliates, and divisions, all of whom may use your information for the purposes disclosed herein. In addition, we may share your personal information with our approved and appointed distributor network.

    We may share your personal information with service providers who perform services on our behalf. For example, we may hire other companies to handle the processing of payments, to provide data storage, to host websites, to fulfill orders and shipments, to assist in direct marketing, analyze your interests and preferences and to conduct audits, etc. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to provide the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.

    Information about our customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, transfer, divestiture, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of the company and/or its assets, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. We will notify you of such an occurrence pursuant to Section 12 below.

    We reserve the right to disclose your personal information if we have a good faith understanding we are required to do so by law (including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements), or in the good-faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims, or protect the rights, property or safety of our company, employees, customers, or the public.


    SECTION IX - RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

    Matter Creations retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for different data types in the context of different products, actual retention periods can vary significantly based on criteria such as user expectations or consent, the sensitivity of the data, the availability of automated controls that enable users to delete data, and our legal or contractual obligations.


    SECTION X - COOKIES AND PRIVACY OF EXTERNAL SITES (HOSTED OR AFFILIATION)

    We are not responsible for the content of external internet sites. You are advised to read the privacy policy of external sites before disclosing any personal information.

    Some content or applications, including advertisements and links to external internet sites, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

    We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.


    SECTION XI - EUROPEAN UNION (“EU”) GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (“GDPR”)

    Beginning May 25, 2018, the processing of personal data of EU citizens is subject to the EU GDPR. We may process your personally identifiable information (“PII”) based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

  • The processing is necessary to provide the services and features you request.
  • The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of our users or of others.
  • The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests.
  • The processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of other persons or parties.
  • The processing is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations.
  • The processing is conducted based on your consent.
  • Accordingly, if you are a citizen of the EU, you may exercise additional rights, including:

  • The right to require we erase your PII (the “right to be forgotten”).
  • The right to object to the processing of your PII including for direct marketing purposes.
  • The right to restrict the processing (other than storage) of your PII.
  • The right to require we transmit your PII directly to others.
  • The right to receive an explanation of the PII that has been collected.
  • The right to request copies of the PII that has been collected.
  • The right to request your PII be corrected.
  • The right to file a complaint relating to the handling of your PII.
  • The right to revoke your consent to the processing of your PII.
  • In each case, however, we may have a right to retain certain PII for legal and administrative purposes. We may retain certain information about you as required by law and for legitimate business purposes permitted by law. We may also require identity verification before we process any request submitted by you.

    If you would like to exercise your rights or if you have any questions with respect to this provision, please contact us at, mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com.


    SECTION XII - CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

    It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

    To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at, mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com.


    SECTION XIII - ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND WAIVER

    This Privacy Policy, along with the Terms of Use, the License Agreement, and any other policies or agreements as may be posted by Matter Creations on the site or in respect to the site, constitutes the entire agreement and an understanding between you and Matter Creations, and governs your use of the site and Designs, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and Matter Creations (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, and the License Agreement).

    Any ambiguities in the interpretation of this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, or the License Agreement shall not be construed against the drafting party.

    If you have concerns relating to the site, or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at, mattercreationsinfo@gmail.com.