Privacy Policy for TonyBacon.com
Last Updated: June 28, 2025
Your privacy is critically important to Tony Bacon. This Privacy Policy outlines how TonyBacon.com ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User" or "you") of the TonyBacon.com website ("Site"). This policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by TonyBacon.com.
1. Information I Collect
We collect information from you in several ways when you interact with our Site:
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII) You Provide Directly:
- Contact Information:
Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a contact form, register for a course or event, download a lead magnet, make a purchase through our shop, or send an inquiry. - Account Information:
If you create an account on our shop or customer portal (managed via Odoo), we collect your username, password, and any profile information you choose to provide. - Payment Information:
When you make a purchase, we collect payment details (e.g., credit card number, billing address). This information is processed by secure third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal), and we do not store sensitive payment card details on our servers. - Feedback/Correspondence:
Information you provide when contacting us with questions, comments, or feedback.
- Contact Information:
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information We Collect Automatically:
- Usage Data:
Information about how you access and use the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and dates/times of access. - Device Information:
Information about the device you use to access the Site (e.g., device model, unique device identifiers). - Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and support our marketing efforts. (See "Use of Cookies" section below).
- Usage Data:
2. How I Use Collected Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To Provide and Maintain the Site:
To operate, deliver, and improve the functionality of TonyBacon.com and its features. - To Process Transactions and Fulfill Orders:
To process your purchases through our shop (including your book, branded merchandise, and multi-vendor products), register you for courses, and provide services you request. - To Send Periodic Emails:
To send you newsletters, updates, marketing communications, and information about products, services, or events that may be of interest to you, based on your consent or legitimate interests. You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time. - To Personalize User Experience:
To understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site, allowing us to tailor content and offerings. - To Improve Our Site and Offerings:
To analyze trends, administer the Site, track users' movements around the Site, and gather demographic information. This helps us enhance user experience, website performance, and the relevance of our content. - For Security and Fraud Prevention:
To protect against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of your information, and to ensure the security of our Site and transactions. - For Communication:
To respond to your inquiries, questions, and other requests.
3. How I Protect Your Information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site.
- Our website platform (Odoo) utilizes security protocols and encryption (SSL/TLS) for data transmission.
- Access to personally identifiable information is restricted to authorized personnel who need the information to perform a specific job.
4. Use of Cookies
Our Site may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
5. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users' personally identifiable information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personally identifiable information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.
We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or processing payments. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes, provided that you have given us your permission or it is necessary for the service provision. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
- Platform Providers:
Our website, CRM, and shop are managed using Odoo. - Payment Processors:
When you make a purchase, payment information is handled by secure payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal). - Analytics Providers:
We use services like Google Analytics to understand website usage. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. - Affiliate Partners:
Our Site contains affiliate links. When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase through a third-party website, that third party may collect information from you. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third-party websites. Please review their privacy policies directly.
6. Links to Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to other websites, including those for Critter Caretakers and other recommended resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. We encourage our Users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
7. Your Choices and Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal information, subject to applicable law:
- Opt-Out of Communications:
You can opt-out of receiving future marketing emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided at the bottom of each email. - Access, Update, or Delete Information:
You may have the right to request access to, update, or request deletion of your personal information. Please contact us using the information provided below. - Do Not Track (DNT) Signals:
Our Site does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information without their consent, he or she should contact us.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
TonyBacon.com has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
10. Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
11. Contacting Me
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please CONTACT ME or email me at:
tony@tonybacon.com
Surprise, Arizona, USA