Privacy

This Privacy Policy applies to your access and use of the Bernini website located at www.berninifountain.com (the “Site”) and related services (the “Services”), operated by YRDLLC, Inc. (“Bernini,” “we,” or “us”). By accessing or using the Site or any Services, you agree that you have read and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please do not use the Site or Services.

This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the gathering, use, and sharing of information we may receive when you use the Site or Services.

List of topics:




Information We Collect

Personal Information: The types of information we collect that identify you or relate to you as an individual (“Personal Information“) include things such as the following:
  1. Name, Date of Birth, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, username and password (for account administration), when you supply this information voluntarily.
  2. Device ID, including IP address, which are automatically collected and, while they don’t identify you as an individual, do identify a particular computer or mobile device.
  3. Geolocation (if you are using a mobile application and you consent to this function).
  4. Financial account information and other payment information (that you submit to us for order processing).
  5. Additional Personal Information you may submit as necessary for creating an account, placing an order, or for the administration of particular promotional events, such as sweepstakes or contests.
Other Information: Other types of data will also be collected periodically, such as:
  1. Type of browser and operating system, mobile application usage data, and aggregated information such as “click stream” information which means entry and exit points (including referring URLs or domains), traffic statistics, page views, and impressions, all of which are collected automatically
  2. Demographic information you choose to submit and which we may combine on an anonymous basis with similar information from other users
  3. Information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other technologies described in more detail later in the Cookies and Web Beacons section of this Privacy Policy
  4. Device Information – Device type and operating-system identification.

How We Use Information

We may use Personal Information about you for purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed to you through the Bernini Site or Services. This includes the following:
  1. Process and manage your purchase and use of our products and services
  2. Respond to your inquiries or requests, and to post your comments or statements on message boards or in our online forums
  3. Create and deliver personalized promotions based on your purchases and other interactions with us
  4. Send you communications about offerings from Bernini and our affiliated companies
  5. Enable your use of any sharing functions via our Site or Services.
  6. Improve our Site and Services, including to perform data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to operate and expand our business activities

Use or Sharing of Personal Information

Except as set forth below, we will not knowingly disclose your Personal Information to anyone outside of Bernini and our related companies.
  • To Perform Services and Complete Orders For You
    We may disclose your Personal Information to third-party service providers to provide us with services such as website hosting, professional services, including information technology services and related infrastructure, customer service, e-mail delivery, product shipping, auditing and other similar services necessary to the Site and any Services your request or products you order.
  • To Send You Offers or Information About Our Products and Services
    From time to time, we may send you offers or information about our products or services. You may opt out from receiving emails from us by using the unsubscribe/opt-out option in such emails.
  • Corporate Transactions or Events
    We may disclose your information to a third party in connection with a corporate reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings.
  • Compliance with Law
    We may use or disclose your Personal Information as we deem necessary or appropriate: (1) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (2) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (3) to comply with subpoenas and other legal processes; (4) to pursue available remedies or limit damages we may sustain; (5) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliated companies; (6) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of Bernini or others ; and (7) to enforce our terms and conditions.
  • Third Party Marketing
    We may, from time to time, share the information you provide to us with trusted third-party marketing partners that we believe offer products or services that may be of interest to you. If you would like us to stop providing your information to our third-party marketing partners, you may opt-out from any future sharing by emailing us at customercare@berninifountains.com or sending a letter to us at:
    Bernini Fountains
    9545 Pathway Street

    Santee, CA 92071
    United States

Use or Sharing of OTHER Information

Non-personal information may be used for any purpose not prohibited by law. For example, we may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, sell, or otherwise disclose or use any and all information that does not identify an individual (or that has been modified to remove individual identification).

Cookies, Web Beacons and Online Advertising

  • What Are Cookies?
    Bernini and its agents use small text files called cookies, (collectively, “Cookies”). Cookies are small pieces of data that we and our agents place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies are not themselves personally identifiable, but may be linked to Personal Information that you provide to us through your online interaction with us.
  • How We Use Cookies
    We use Cookies so that we can improve your online experience – for example, by remembering you when you come back to visit us, and making the content you see more relevant to you. Cookies also enable us to track online purchases made through the Bernini Site and Services.
  • Your Control of Cookies
    Web browsers allow some control of most Cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about Cookies, including how to see what Cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Please understand, however, if you disable Cookies, some features of the Bernini Site or Services may not work as well (or at all) for you.
  • Online Advertising
    We use Cookies and other technologies, such as pixel tags, web beacons, and clear GIF files, to help manage our online advertising program. These technologies may enable us (or third party advertising services we work with) to learn which advertisements bring users to the Bernini Site and Services. They also may enable us (or third-party advertising services we work with) to track the actions of users online over time and across different web sites or platforms to measure statistics of our marketing efforts, and to deliver electronic advertisements that may be more relevant to individual consumers and that will improve the consumer experience. As of this time, our Site is not configured to respond to do-not-track signals from a browser. For information about how tracking works for online advertising purposes, and what happens when you elect a do-not-track option, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices. In addition, some third party businesses may provide a mechanism to opt-out of their technology. For more information about the opt-out process, visit the Network Advertising Initiative website, available at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Social Networking And Third Party Sites

When you sign in or link to the BERNINI Site or Services through any social networking service, such as Facebook, any information you supply (or have supplied) to us becomes subject to the privacy policy of that social network/service. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the privacy practices of such networks or services. You should consult the privacy policy of such networks/services. If you post information in a public forum it becomes public information. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information in order to identify you to anyone to whom you send communications through the Bernini Site or Services, including through our gifting program. The Bernini Site and Services may provide links to other sites or services. If you use such other sites or services, check their privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other site or service.

California Residents

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, also known as the “Shine the Light Law,” any of our users who are California residents are entitled to request and receive once a year, free of charge, a notice from us describing what categories of personal customer information (if any) we shared with third parties or corporate affiliates for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. If applicable, the notice will identify the categories of information shared, the names and addresses of the third parties and affiliates with which information was shared. If you are a California resident and would like to request a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: 9545 Pathway Street, Santee, CA. 92071. In your request, please specify that you want a “California Privacy Rights Notice.” Please allow at least thirty days for a response.

Children

The Bernini Site and Services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13). If we learn that we have obtained any personally identifiable information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information.

Security

We strive to use reasonable safeguards to help prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of Personal Information provided or collected through the Bernini Site and Services. However, no system is perfect or can guarantee that unauthorized access or theft might not occur.

U.S. Site

Our business is located in the United States. Our online privacy practices are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California. By using any of the Bernini Site and Services, you understand and agree that any information you submit or is gathered about you will be transmitted to and stored in the United States. You further consent to the use and disclosure of that information accordance with applicable U.S. Federal and State laws and with this Privacy Policy.

Changes and Updates

We will notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the amended terms on the Bernini.com Site at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the changes. If you have provided us with your email address, we will also notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy that affect your substantive rights by sending an email at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of such changes to the email address you most recently provided to us. We encourage you to keep the email address you provide to us current, and to promptly notify us of any changes to your email address, so that you may receive any notices we send to you regarding material changes to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the new terms, you should stop using the Bernini Services, and if you are a registered user, you may cancel your account with us within the thirty (30) day period by contacting us at customercare@berninifountains.com and you will not be bound by the new terms. Otherwise, the new terms will take effect after thirty (30) days.