Privacy Policy

Last updated: Mar. 12, 2009.

Rebecca’s Blog respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it at all times. This Internet Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information on this Website. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully. By visiting Rebecca.SmokeBrush.com (hereafter known as ‘Rebecca’s Blog’), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice and agree that any dispute over privacy is governed by this Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use.

By continuing to use the Rebecca.SmokeBrush.com Website after we post any changes to this Privacy Notice, you accept the Privacy Notice as modified.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law,  permits our customers who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year.  If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:

[Rebecca @ SmokeBrush.com]

What Personal Information About Customers Does Rebecca’s Blog Collect?

The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your experience at Rebecca’s Blog. Here are the types of information we collect:

Information You Give Us: We receive and store any personal and financial information you enter on our Website or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future options for you, improving our Website, and communicating with you.

Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Websites, we use “cookies,” and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Rebecca’s Blog, including your IP address. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Websites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at Rebecca’s Blog if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Rebecca’s Blog if your computer supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please contact Rebecca with ‘Remove Me’ in the Message.

What About Cookies?

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as personalized greetings, pre-filled out comment form, etc to provide ease in your visit.

• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
• Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you (our Reader) based on your visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of Rebecca.SmokeBrush.com’s coolest features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Does Rebecca’s Blog Share The Information It Receives?

Information about our Reader’s is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below.

Protection of Rebecca’s Blog and Others: We release IP address and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Rebecca’s Blog, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

How Secure Is Information About Me?

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input any personal transaction information within any PayPal payment field when purchasing any Artwork or Photography from Rebecca’s Blog.

Any Payments or Donations given to Rebecca’s Blog, are made by PayPal and therefore all liability of your personal information is transferred over to their Privacy Policy as shown on their website: www.PayPal.com

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.

Are Children Allowed To Use Rebecca’s Blog?

Parents should always monitor the use of the internet when children have access to the World Wide Web. Rebecca’s Blog from time to time may discuss subjects that are mature (i.e. Politics, Health Subjects) and may not be appropriate for children under the age of 18. Rebecca’s Blog holds no responsibility for what commenters may say in their replies to posts on Rebecca’s Blog.

Conditions Of Use, Notices, And Revisions

If you choose to visit Rebecca’s Blog, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of California. If you have any concern about privacy at Rebecca’s Blog, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it.

Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Website frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.