Welcome to the Elizabeth Ross®. website located at www.elizabethrossflags.com (“Site”), provided by Elizabeth Ross® and/or its parent, affiliate and subsidiary companies (collectively, “Elizabeth Ross®”). This Privacy Statement addresses Elizabeth Ross®' practices regarding information collected from users of the Site and only addresses information collected directly through or from the Site – it does not address or govern any information gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected from the user (sometimes referred to as a “visitor,” "you" or "your") other than directly through or from the Site, such as from telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media. Elizabeth Ross® can be contacted at info@elizabethrossflags.com. This Privacy Statement is incorporated into Elizabeth Ross®’ Website Terms of Use by reference, as if set forth fully therein, which must be reviewed and accepted by you.
1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors
Except as specifically set forth herein, Elizabeth Ross® may collect or track: (a) the home server domain names, date, time and number of visits, average time spent on the Site, pages viewed, type of computer, the originating IP address, files downloaded, search engine used, operating system, and type of Web browser of visitors to the Site; (b) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with Elizabeth Ross® via e-mail; (c) information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, purchase orders, registration or membership forms, surveys, e-mail, and other online avenues (including, without limitation, demographic and personal profile data);and (d) aggregate and user-specific information regarding which pages a user accesses.
Elizabeth Ross® may place Internet “cookies” on your hard drive. Internet cookies are small amounts of data that contain a unique identifier that many websites frequently send to your web browser to be stored on your computer’s hard drive in order to save data about you, such as your name, password, user-name, screen preferences, and the pages of a website you have viewed. When you revisit the Site, Elizabeth Ross® may recognize you by your Internet cookies and customize your experience accordingly. You may decline Internet cookies by using the appropriate feature of your Web browser software, if available.
Elizabeth Ross® may use Google Analytics or a similar service to gather, store, and track certain information related to your visit to and activity on the Site, including anonymous traffic data.
When a visitor performs a search within the Site, Elizabeth Ross® may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed and recording information related to the search request.
2. Use of Personal Information Collected
Personal information collected by Elizabeth Ross® may be used by Elizabeth Ross® for many reasons, for example, for record keeping, editorial and feedback purposes, marketing and promotional purposes, statistical analysis of users’ behavior, product development, content improvement, or to customize the content and layout of the Site. Aggregate data on visitors’ home servers may be used for internal purposes, and individually identifying information, such as names, company, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information that visitors voluntarily provide to Elizabeth Ross® may be added to Elizabeth Ross®' databases and used for future calls and mailings regarding Site updates, new products and services, and upcoming events.
Elizabeth Ross® also may use Site visitor data to contact the Site visitors regarding registration and account status and changes to the Terms of Use, Privacy Statement, and any other policies or agreements relevant to Site visitors.
3. Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
Except as provided herein, individually identifying personal information provided through the Site will not be sold or otherwise disclosed to third parties not affiliated with Elizabeth Ross®.
Identifiable and non-identifiable visitor information and data may be disclosed or distributed to another party with which Elizabeth Ross® enters or reasonably may enter into a corporate transaction, such as, for example, a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or asset purchase, or to a third party pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, in response to a request by or on behalf of any local, state, federal, or other government agency, department, or body, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, or if determined by Elizabeth Ross® in its sole judgment that such disclosure or distribution is appropriate to protect the life, health, or property of Elizabeth Ross® or any other person or entity. Identifiable and non-identifiable visitor information and data that visitors provide to Elizabeth Ross® may also be provided to third parties that contract with Elizabeth Ross® to provide products, information, or other services that Elizabeth Ross® believes that visitors may be interested in obtaining.
While Elizabeth Ross® may undertake efforts to see that any third party to which Elizabeth Ross® discloses personal information is under an obligation to use the personal information solely for the purposes for which the information was disclosed, such third parties are independent third parties over which Elizabeth Ross® exercises no control. Elizabeth Ross® is not responsible for, and will not be liable for, the conduct, actions, omissions, or information handling or dissemination practices of third parties.
4. Links to Other Sites
The Site may also contain links to third party websites. If you access a third party website from a link on this Site, any information you disclose on that website is not subject to this Privacy Statement. It is possible that these links may be used by third parties or others to collect personal or other information about you. Elizabeth Ross® does not control these third parties’ use of cookies, collection of information, or how they manage such information. Elizabeth Ross® is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites, advertisers, or third parties or the content of such websites, and it is your sole obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites, advertisers and any third parties.
5. Security Measures
Elizabeth Ross® has implemented physical, electronic and procedural security features that are designed to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. Despite Elizabeth Ross®' efforts to protect your personal information, there is always a risk that an unauthorized third party may circumvent such procedures or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted. The confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from Elizabeth Ross® via this Site or via e-mail cannot be and is not guaranteed. Accordingly, Elizabeth Ross® is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. Instead of communicating with Elizabeth Ross® via e-mail or the Internet, visitors can contact Elizabeth Ross® by email at info@elizabethrossflags.com, or by regular mail at P.O. Box 5979, Wyomissing, PA 19610.
6. Comments
Any materials or comments posted to any of our webpages or sent to us through the Site may be made public. As such, Elizabeth Ross® assumes no liability for the accuracy of such information, no duty to update or correct such information, and no liability for such communications arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.
7. Opt-Out Right
Except as necessary for Elizabeth Ross® to provide the products, services, or information, requested by a user, a user may opt out of having his or her personally identifiable information, which has been voluntarily provided to Elizabeth Ross® through an account registration or information subscription, prospectively retained by Elizabeth Ross®, used by Elizabeth Ross® for secondary purposes, or disclosed by Elizabeth Ross® to third parties by contacting Elizabeth Ross® via postal mail or e-mail, at the addresses set out above. (This does not apply to collection of the type of Web browser of the visitor to the Site or to non-identifiable visitor information provided or collected.)
8. Privacy of Children
The Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. It does not knowingly collect personal information online from visitors in this age group. All users must be at least 18 years of age in order to use the Site.
9. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Information
Upon your request via postal mail or e-mail, Elizabeth Ross® will provide you with a summary of any personal information retained by Elizabeth Ross® that has been voluntarily provided by you to Elizabeth Ross® through online forms, registration forms, surveys, e-mail, or another online avenue. You may modify, correct, change or update your personal information by contacting Elizabeth Ross® via postal mail or e-mail at the addresses below.
10. Right to Change Privacy Statement
Elizabeth Ross® may change this Privacy Statement at any time. It is the obligation of users returning to the Site to learn of changes to the Privacy Statement since their last visit. Any change to this Privacy Statement shall be effective as to any visitor who has visited the Site before the change was made.
11. Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 provides you with the right to request certain information regarding disclosure of your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes, including a description of the categories of personal information disclosed. In order to obtain such information, please email your request to info@elizabethrossflags.com or write us at the following address: P.O. Box 5979, Wyomissing, PA 19610.
Updated: January 10, 2025
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