Shining River—Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how SHINING RIVER collects, shares, and uses any information that relates to you when you use our Site(s) (including the Main Shining River website, https://www.shiningriver.com ; the "Manna From My Father's Hand" blogging and current content site, https://manna.shiningriver.com, the Shining River commerce site, https://shiningriver.company.site and the Mending Music site, https://www.shiningriver.com/mendingmusic ), when you engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us (your “Personal Data”). This Privacy Policy also explains the rights you have concerning the Personal Data that we process and how you can exercise these rights.

Principles

SHINING RIVER manifests its commitment to privacy and data protection by embracing the following principles.

• SHINING RIVER uses Personal Data lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner.

• SHINING RIVER collects no more Personal Data than necessary, and only for a legitimate purpose.
• SHINING RIVER retains no more data than necessary or for a longer period than needed.
• SHINING RIVER protects Personal Data with appropriate security measures.

Data We Collect

This policy applies only to information collected on the Site(s) (as above). We potentially collect two types of information from visitors to our websites:

1. Personal Data.
2. Non-personal Data.

“Personal Data” is information that identifies you personally and that you provide to us, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, and sometimes your Internet Protocol (IP) address. We may collect this information when you create a profile on our Site, visit our Site, or complete a purchase.

“Non-personal Data” can be technical in nature. It does not identify you personally. Examples of non-Personal Data may include (but are not limited to) cookies, web beacons, and demographic information.

Usage Data

To improve your experience with our Site we may also collect information on how you navigate the Site, information about your connection, and the technical means you use to access our Site. This data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so. We use this data to improve and customize your shopping experience. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time by way of your device settings.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site(s) and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from our Site and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Site. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Data Use

SHINING RIVER may use this collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To notify you about changes in policies and order details
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Site and services
• To monitor the propriety of Site usage
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Data Storage, Transfer, and Retention

The Personal Data that we collected from you is generally stored within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area (“EU/EEA”), or the United States of America (“USA”), but may also, whenever necessary, be transferred to and processed in a country outside of the EU/EEA or USA. Any such transfer of your Personal Data will be carried out in compliance with applicable laws and without undermining your statutory rights.

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

SHINING RIVER will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

We will hold on to your information for as long as you continue to be a SHINING RIVER customer and for as long as we are required to keep it to ensure we meet our legal requirements across the globe.

Data Access

Your Personal Data is available and accessible only by those who need the data to accomplish the intended processing purpose. To the extent necessary, your Personal Data may be shared with suppliers and subcontractors (processors and sub-processors) carrying out certain tasks on SHINING RIVER’s behalf and with independent third-parties, including, but not limited to, using personal information you share with us or that we indirectly collect to verify your identity and for fraud prevention purposes.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Disclosure

Under certain circumstances, SHINING RIVER may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

SHINING RIVER may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of SHINING RIVER
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Your Data Protection Rights

Right to access

You have the right to request information about the Personal Data we hold on you at any time. You can contact SHINING RIVER and we will provide you with your Personal Data via e-mail.

Right to portability

Whenever SHINING RIVER processes your Personal Data, you have the right to get a copy of your data transferred to you or to another party. This only includes the Personal Data you have submitted to us.

Right to rectification

You have the right to request rectification of your Personal Data if the information is incorrect, including the right to have incomplete Personal Data completed.

Right to erasure

You have the right to erase any Personal Data processed by SHINING RIVER at any time except for the following situations:

• You have an ongoing matter with Customer Service
• You have an open order which has not yet been shipped or partially shipped
• You have an unsettled debt with SHINING RIVER, regardless of the payment method if you are suspected or have misused our services within the last four years
• Your debt has been sold to a third party within the last three years or one year for deceased customers
• Your credit application has been rejected within the last three months
• If you have made any purchase, we will keep your Personal Data in connection to your transaction for book-keeping purposes

Your right to object to processing based on legitimate interest

You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data that is based on SHINING RIVER’s legitimate interest. SHININGRIVER will not continue to process the Personal Data unless we can demonstrate legitimate grounds for the process which overrides your interest and rights or due to legal claims.

Right to restriction

You have the right to request that SHINING RIVER restricts the process of your Personal Data under the following circumstances:

• If you object to processing SHINING RIVER’s legitimate interest, SHINING RIVER shall restrict all processing of such data pending the verification of the legitimate interest.
• If you have claimed that your Personal Data is incorrect, SHINING RIVER must restrict all processing of such data pending the verification of the accuracy of the Personal Data.
• If the processing is unlawful you can oppose the erasure of Personal Data and instead request the restriction of the use of your Personal Data instead.
• If SHINING RIVER no longer needs the Personal Data but it is required by you to defend legal claims.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others. We will only share such information with business partners and trusted affiliates for necessary purposes (ie. to fulfill your order with the correct address, etc.) Your financial information is handled via trusted affiliates so that Shining River will only have limited (if any) access to such information. You can save your credit card information on these affiliated sites if you wish (according to their terms and privacy policies) in order to limit the need to repeatedly enter such financial information.

Third Party websites and affiliates

Shining River uses several affiliates to expedite order processing, to assist with email communications and to provide free videos and interaction with users, etc. These include (but are not limited to) PayPal https://www.paypal.com , Stripe https://www.stripe.com , Ecwid https://www.ecwid.com , Mailchimp; https://mailchimp.com/, MailerLite: https://mailerlite.com, YouTube https://www.youtube.com , and Google https://www.google.com . Each of these affiliates have their own terms of use and privacy policies that can be read on their corresponding websites. Please keep that in mind when following links, etc.

We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site(s). In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be subject to change. These sites/services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site(s) is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

CCPA Privacy Information (California residents)

Collected Information

This section applies only to SHINING RIVER customers who are California residents and supplements the details provided in our Privacy Policy and contains the information that the Californian Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to make available to customers. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.

We may collect the following personal information about you when you use our Site:

• Identifiers such as a name, address, unique personal identifier, email, phone number, your device’s IP address, software, and identification numbers associated with your devices
• Protected classifications, such as gender commercial information such as records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered by you
• Internet or other electronic information regarding your browsing history, search history, the web page visited before you came to our Site, length of visit and number of page views, click-stream data, locale preferences, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps associated with transactions, and system configuration information
• Your geolocation, to the extent you have configured your device to permit us to collect such information
• Audio recordings of your voice if you call us, as permitted under applicable law professional or employment-related information if required and provided inferences about your preferences, characteristics, behavior, and attitudes.

You can find more information about the personal information we collect and how we collect it in the section above titled “Data Use”.

Personal Information Use

We collect your personal information for the business purposes described above in the section titled “Data Use”. The CCPA defines a “business purpose” as the use of personal information for the business’s operational purposes, or other notified purposes provided the use of personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the operational purpose for which the personal information was collected or another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected.

Sharing Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to an organization for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient organization to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract with us.

We disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the categories of third parties listed above in the section titled “Data Access”.

Your Rights

If you are a California resident, you have rights in relation to your personal information; however, your rights are subject to certain exceptions. For instance, we cannot disclose specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of the personal information, your account with us, or the security of our network systems.

“Right Against Discrimination”

You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your right to know, delete, or opt-out of sales.

“Right to Know”

You have the right to request in writing: a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, address, email address, that a business has disclosed to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties' direct marketing purposes, the names and addresses of all such third parties.

In addition, you have the right to request:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you
• The categories of sources from which personal information is collected
• The business or commercial purpose for the information collection
• The categories of third parties with whom we have shared personal information
• The specific pieces of personal information we hold about an individual

You have the right to request a copy of the specific personal information we collected about you during the twelve (12) months before your request.

“Right to Delete”

You have the right to request us to delete any personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you, subject to certain exceptions.

To assert your right to know or your right to delete your personal information, please contact according to the ‘Exercise Your Rights’ section below.

To confirm your identity, we may ask you to verify personal information we already have on file for you. If we cannot confirm your identity from the information we have on file, we may request additional information from you, which we will only use to verify your identity, and for security or fraud prevention purposes.

“Right to Opt-Out of Selling”

You have the right to opt-out of having your personal information sold. We do not sell your personal information. In addition, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of SHINING RIVER who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Please allow 30 days for a response. To make such a request, contact us according to the ‘Exercise Your Rights’ section below.

Exercise Your Rights (Contact Us)

We take data protection very seriously and therefore we are dedicated to handling your requests in relation to your rights stated above. You can reach us at info@shiningriver.com.

Updates to Terms

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as necessary. Please note the “Last Updated” date below and take note of any changes that may have occurred since you last read these terms. Your use of the Shining River website(s) implies an awareness and acceptance of such current polices.

Last updated: November 27, 2024