Privacy Policy 

Last Modified: November 20, 2023.

Purpose
Paper Anchors, LLC (hereinafter “we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining a quality online experience for our website users. 

This Privacy Policy describes the type of personal information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit www.PaperAnchors.com (hereinafter “Website”) and our practices for handling, storing, and protecting that information as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and how you can contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have questions about how we handle your personal information.

Privacy Policy Consent
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and in its entirety before using our Website. If you do 
not agree with our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it, your choice is to not use our Website. Your use of our Website constitutes your voluntary acceptance to be bound by this Privacy Policy, whether you have read it or have had the opportunity to read it and have chosen not to. 

This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect:
  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • When you interact with our advertising on third party websites and services, if that advertising includes links to this Privacy Policy.

It does not apply to information that is collected by:
  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party (including our affiliates).
  • Any third party (including our affiliates) through any content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from (or on) the Website.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
This Website and any products and services offered herein are not intended for persons under the age of 18. 
We prohibit children under the age of 18 from using any and all interactive portions of this Website, including leaving any comments, filling out forms, or otherwise submitting information. A child’s parent or guardian should contact us if we have inadvertently collected any information or content from that child without the parent or guardian’s authorization, so that we may delete that information from our records.

CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that we are in compliance with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 and will not send misleading information. 

Personal Information We Collect
The type of personal information we collect depends on how you are interacting with us. We generally collect the following categories of personal information:
  • Contact information, such as first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data;
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email address) if you contact us;
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Website and we will use a third-party payment processor to process the payment. We do not collect your credit card or debit card number, expiration date, or pin number; 
  • Comments, feedback, questions and other information you provide to us;
  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website;
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type. 

Sources of Personal Information
We collect personal information from you as follows:
You provide personal information to us when you:
  • Subscribe to or purchase our products and/or services;
  • Complete a contact or information request form.
We automatically collect personal information when you:
  • Visit, interact with, or use our Website;
  • Access, use, or download content from us; and
  • Open emails or click links in emails from us.

How We Use the Information/Lawful Bases
We process personal information to:
  • Process and fulfill an order, download, subscription, or other transaction;
  • Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
  • Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments, and concerns;
  • Notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it;
  • Send marketing emails; remarketing emails and future advertisements.
  • Inform you of and administer promotions, contests, sweepstakes or surveys;
  • Help us address problems with and improve our Website; 
  • Protect the security and integrity of our Website;
  • Contact you for other business reasons, if necessary.

We will not sell or share your personal information and have not done so in the last 12 months. 

We may transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of a bankruptcy, dissolution, merger, sale, acquisition, or change of control.

We may transfer your personal information to a third party if we need to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and/or enforce our agreements.

Use of Cookies
“Cookies” are small text files that are placed on a computer or other device and used to identify the user or device and to collect information when you visit a website. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (also known as “first party cookies) or by third parties who provide advertising or analytics services on the website (also known as “third party cookies).

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. 



This website is hosted via the Showit platform. Showit doesn't collect any visitor data or cookie information for your website other than content submitted through our Showit contact forms as the data is routed through their system.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. 

We use cookies for several different purposes.
  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. 
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.  
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. 
Our website uses Google Analytics. Details about Google Analytics cookies can be found HERE 
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage?hl=en 



_ga Expires after 2 years Used to distinguish users._gid Expires after 24 hours Used to distinguish users._gat Expires after 1 minute Used to throttle request rate.  



Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services)may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.  

1.1 How do I change my cookie settings? 



You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.  


To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org 

You can disable cookies through your web browser’s settings, but disabling this function may diminish your experience on our Website as some features may not work as intended.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers: 


Google Chrome 


1.2 Turn cookies on or off 


(a) In Chrome


1 On your computer, open Chrome. 


2. At the top right, click More Settings. 


3. At the bottom, click Advanced. 

4. Under "Privacy and security," click Content settings. 

5. Click Cookies. 


6. From here, you can:  


  • Turn on cookies: Next to "Blocked," turn on the switch. 


  • Turn off cookies:  


Turn off Allow sites to save and read cookie data. 



Mozilla Firefox 


To check or change your settings:  


1. Click the menu button and choose Preferences.  


2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data section.  


3.Select Accept cookies and site data from websites (recommended) to enable cookies.  


To disable cookies, select Block cookies and site data (may cause websites to break). If you are troubleshooting problems with cookies, make sure that Accept third-party cookies and site data is NOT set to Never.  



Microsoft Internet Explorer 


To delete cookies  


1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety, and then select Delete browsing history. 


2. _Select the Cookies and website data check box, and then select Delete. 



To delete cookies in Internet Explorer 8  


1. In Internet Explorer, select the Safety button, and then select Delete Browsing History. 


2. Select the check box next to Cookies. 

3. Select the Preserve Favorites website data check box if you don't want to delete the cookies associated with websites in your Favorites list. 


4. Select Delete. 


(b) Block or allow cookies If you don't want sites to store cookies on your PC, you can block cookies. But blocking cookies might prevent some pages from displaying correctly, or you might get a message from a site letting you know that you need to allow cookies to view that site. Blocking cookies might prevent some pages from displaying correctly, or you might get a message from a site letting you know that you need to allow cookies to view that site.  



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To block or allow cookies in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10  

1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select Internet options. 


2. Select the Privacy tab, and under Settings, select Advanced and choose if you want to allow, block or be prompted for first and third party cookies. 


To block or allow cookies  


1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select Internet options.
2. Select the Privacy tab, and under Settings, move the slider to the top to block all cookies (or the bottom to allow all cookies), and then select OK. 



Apple Safari 


Websites often store cookies and other data on your Mac. This data may include information that you have provided, such as your name, email address, and preferences. This data helps websites identify you when you return so the site can provide services for you and show information that might be of interest to you.By default, Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. This helps prevent certain advertisers from storing data on your Mac. You can change options in Safari preferences so that Safari always accepts or always blocks cookies and other website data. 



Important: Changing your cookie preferences or removing cookies and website data in Safari may change or remove them in other apps, including Dashboard.Choose Safari > Preferences, click Privacy, then do any of the following: 


  • Change which cookies and website data are accepted: Select a “Cookies and website data” option  



Always block: Safari doesn’t let any websites, third parties, or advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac. This may prevent some websites from working properly. 

  • Allow from current website only: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from the website you’re currently visiting. Websites often have embedded content from other sources. Safari does not allow these third parties to store or access cookies or other data. 


  • Allow from websites I visit: Safari accepts cookies and website data only from websites you visit. Safari uses your existing cookies to determine whether you have visited a website before.  



Selecting this option helps prevent websites that have embedded content in other websites you browse from storing cookies and data on your Mac. 


  • Always allow: Safari lets all websites, third parties, and advertisers store cookies and other data on your Mac. 


  • Remove stored cookies and data: Click Manage Website Data, select one or more websites, then click Remove or Remove All. 

Removing the data may reduce tracking, but may also log you out of websites or change website behavior. 


  • See which websites store cookies or data: Click Manage Website Data. 

  • Change how often websites ask to use your location information: Select a “Website use of location services” option: 



  • Prompt for each website once each day: Safari prompts you once each day for each website you visit that requests use of location services. 


  • Prompt for each website one time only: Safari only prompts you once for each website you visit that requests use of location services. 


  • Deny without prompting: All websites are denied access to location services and Safari does not prompt you. 


  • Ask websites not to track you: Some websites keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which    enables them to tailor what they present to you.  



You can have Safari ask sites and their third party content providers (including advertisers) not to track you.With this option turned on, each time Safari fetches content from a website, Safari adds a request not to track you, but it’s up to the website to honor this request.To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 “Do Not Track” (DNT) Signals
Some browsers transmit Do Not Track (DNT) signals to websites. 
Due to the lack of a common interpretation of DNT signals throughout the industry, we do not currently alter, change, or respond to DNT requests or signals from these browsers. 

How the Information is Shared
Depending on how you interact with us, we share information with our third-party service providers, agents and representatives, including, but not limited to, Showit, WordPress, SquareSpace, PayPal, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook Ad Manager, Tiktok, Pinterest, Flodesk, and other software service providers, in order to process the information as necessary to complete a transaction, fulfill your request, or otherwise on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

We also will disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:
  • meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation;
  • detect, investigate and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues; and/or
  • protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our Website, our users, employees, or others.

Our current third-party service providers include:


  • Showit - Website Design

  • Stripe - Payment processing

  • PayPal - Payment Processing

  • SquareSpace – Domain Hosting

  • Flodesk – Email Marketing

  • Facebook – Social Media and Community Engagement

  • Instagram - Social Media and Community Engagement

  • Tiktok - Social Media and Community Engagement

  • Pinterest – Advertising and Marketing

  • HoneyBook – Data Tracking, Email, and Customer Relationship Management

  • Google Marketing Suite – Data Analyzation and Marketing Tools

Information Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements, or until such time as you let us know you would like for us to delete it or unsubscribe from our marketing contacts.

Information Protection and Security 
Our Website uses commercially acceptable security measures to prevent your personal information from being lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate and never transmit your credit card information via email. If you receive an email from us that appears to be a request for personal information, do not respond because it may be a phishing scam designed to steal your personal information.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. 

Should there be a data breach, we will notify you when we are legally required to do so. 

Your Rights to Control Your Information 
You can unsubscribe from our email newsletters or updates at any time through the unsubscribe links found in the communications you receive from us.

Local data protection laws may give you rights with respect to personal information if you are located in or a resident of that country, state, or territory. 

THESE RIGHTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CONSULT YOUR LOCAL DATA PROTECTION LAWS TO DETERMINE WHAT RIGHTS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU.
These rights may include the following:
Right May Apply To
"Right to disclosure/access (to know the personal information collected about you and request a copy)
" "Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Australia, Canada, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom

"Right to correct/rectification (to have your inaccurate personal information corrected)
" "Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Canada, Australia, Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom

"Right to erasure/deletion (to have all or some of your personal information deleted upon a verifiable request)
" "Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
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"Right to nondiscrimination (the right to equal service and price even if you exercise your rights)
" Residents of California, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia 
"Right to obtain a specific list of third parties your personal information was shared with
" Residents of Oregon 
"Right to data portability (to have your personal information transferred to you or a third party in machine-readable format, where technically feasible)
" Residents of Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
"Right to data portability (to have your personal information transferred to you in a readily-usable format that lets you transmit that information to a third party)
" Residents of California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia 
"Right to data portability (to have your personal information transferred to you in a readily-usable format that lets you transmit that information to a third party where processing is carried out by automated means)
" Residents of Connecticut 
"Right to withdraw consent (to withdraw your consent that we handle your personal information at any time. The withdrawal of your consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal)
" Residents of Canada, Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
"Right to not identify yourself or of using a pseudonym 
" Residents of Australia
"Right to restriction of processing (to limit the purposes that your personal information may be used for)
" Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
"Right to object (to object to the processing of your personal information in cases where our processing is based on direct marketing)
" Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom
Right to stop unwanted direct marketing "Residents of the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and Australia 

"Right to complain (to lodge a complaint with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction if you are not content with how we collect, share, and process your personal information)
" "Residents of Canada, Australia, Quebec, the European Union and/or the European Economic Area, and the United Kingdom

"Right to appeal (a decision made regarding an exercise of rights)
" Residents of Montana, Oregon, and Texas

These rights are not absolute and they do not always apply in all cases. We will honor your rights under applicable data protection laws.

Exercising Your Rights
If you wish to exercise any of the rights specified above, please submit a request via email to: info@paperanchors.com

Please be sure to specify which right you want to exercise and provide us with enough information to verify your identity. If we cannot verify your identity, we may not be able to fulfill your request.

We will respond to your request within 30-45 calendar days of receipt, depending on where you reside. We will notify you in writing via email if we need more time to respond. 

We may deny your request if certain exceptions in the law apply. We will provide you the reason(s) for denial in writing via email.

You have the right to appeal our decision with respect to your request to exercise your rights. You may appeal the decision by emailing the address provided above in this section.

We will respond to you appeal within 30-45 calendar days of receipt, depending on where you reside. We will notify you in writing via email if we need more time to respond. 

Use and Transfer of Your Information Out of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Canada
This Website is operated in the United States and the third parties with whom we might share your personal information (as explained above) are also located in the United States or other countries located outside the EEA and Canada. 

If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. By using this Website and/or providing your information, you consent to this transfer. 

Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, complaints, or suggestions in relation to this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by email: info@paperanchors.com 

Changes to this Privacy Policy 
The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make any material changes to how we treat our Website users’ personal information, we will notify you of any such changes by email (if you have provided your email to us) and/or by a prominent notice displayed on our Website’s home page and updating the revised date of our Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check this Privacy Policy when you visit our Website to be sure that you are aware of our most current policy.

Please also read our Terms and Conditions of Use here.