Privacy Policy

Who we are

Lodestar Visions: This, my website, is lodestar-visions.com, and I, Kristen Stuart, am also the owner of Hawkeye Services: That website address is: https://hawkeyeservices.com.

Privacy Statement & Policies, Website,
Blog, & Other Policies

 Preface:

WE DON’T SELL YOUR EMAIL OR ANY IDENTIFYING OR CONTACT INFORMATION YOU MAY SUPPLY. PERIOD. SHOULD YOU PROVIDE THIS, WE ONLY USE IT TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU DIRECTLY.

  We value your privacy much as we value our own. In an age where identity theft has increased, we consider privacy important enough of an issue to have a policy and state it publicly.

  We know that “security” is a relative matter. We take precautions and use reasonable methods in providing for the security of information and to safeguard it. We are responsible for the actions that we take. Similarly, we believe that persons who steal or commit other crimes are responsible for their actions and, therefore, we must reasonably disclaim responsibility for certain actions of others regardless of having solid methods in place.

  Regardless of this and statements below, YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE AND/OR BLOG AT YOUR OWN RISK. BY VISITING AND NAVIGATING EITHER REPRESENTS THAT YOU AGREE TO THIS POLICY STATEMENT AND OTHER POLICIES THAT ARE ACTIVE. IF NOT, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEBSITE OR BLOG IMMEDIATELY.

Main Policy Statement

Information provided to us by any method, in print, by mail, or in electronic or any other form, will NOT be sold, distributed, shared, or provided to any third party for any reason or under any circumstance, unless exceptions to this are boldly and clearly noted and agreed upon with a client, customer, or visitor for a specific purpose. Contact information, names, addresses, email addresses, etc., are used only to communicate with persons providing this information, or to ship items or materials that have been purchased. Information in our possession remains in our possession, and does not leave our organization.

Some Safeguards of Information & Privacy

As a matter of security itself, we will not divulge our specific methods in certain areas. However, here are some indicators of the actions and safeguards to protect privacy, information, and assets, which we have in place:

  • All employees or persons closely associated with our operations are trained in security matters, policies, and procedures to safeguard customer and client information.
  • Methods have been put into place to especially guard information, even on the physical level of record protection.
  •  Limits are placed upon such persons by providing levels of access to certain information.
  • We do not sell customer information to anyone at any time for any reason, not for marketing or any other type of purpose.
  • We take reasonable and customary security technology measures on our computers and websites to safeguard access and information, within limits or to certain levels.
  • We evaluate our security measures on an ongoing basis, and make serious efforts to improve these as is feasible and reasonable and cost effective.

Specific Website Legal Disclaimer & Privacy Policies

No Representation or Warranties Offered

We make no representations or warranties or of any kind concerning the accuracy or suitability of the information contained on our website(s) for any purpose. All such information is provided “as is” and with specific disclaimer of any warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose, title and/or non-infringement. We make no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by this website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that the website or the server that hosts the website are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event or circumstance shall we, our employees or agents, be liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential damages resulting from the use of this website(s) or construed to result therefrom. This exclusion and limitation only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written license or subscription agreement from us, in respect of the use of any online service provided via this website(s).

Links, Hyperlinks, References

Links or hyperlinks or references or access to other websites that appear on the website(s) and that may be operated or controlled by other individuals, organizations, or corporations, are provided in good faith and for information or service purposes only. We, and our employees or agents, disclaim any responsibility for the materials contained in any website linked to this site or to responsibility for anything that might occur or result from anyone deciding of their own volition to visit such websites.

 Copyright and Terms of Use

 All materials on this website are copyrighted to us, or other third parties as may or may not be indicated, and are reproduced with permission from the respective copyright owners. All rights to materials on the website are reserved. Logos, photos, written copy, or images are included in these rights. Website materials may be viewed or retrieved or downloaded solely for personal or individual use. No materials may be copied, modified, published, broadcast, or distributed without the prior written permission of us and/or respective copyright owners.

Website Privacy Policy Additions

Accessing or using the website(s) signifies agreement with the terms of our Privacy Policy as outlined in this entire document. This privacy statement and document is applicable to both existing clients and prospective ones or to visitors of the public of any kind to this website(s).

 We are committed to protecting your privacy online. On some parts of the site we may ask you to register or provide information to allow you to purchase products or services, and if you do we ask for your name, e-mail address, geographical address, and other personal information. We use the information to communicate effectively with you or to deliver services or products, to help us understand more about how our website is used and what is of interest to clients and prospective clients, and to improve our website or our services. Again, we do not sell your personal information to others.

Data shared with PayPal, Google Analytics

We use PayPal as a payment processor and we use Google Analytics. Please see their privacy or share policies. Analytics is used only to see what pages are visited and the like, not to collect personal data. 

Links to other websites:

 A number of other websites have links on our site. If you click on or link to their sites, they may collect information. Such sites are not within our control and are not covered by this privacy statement, nor do we represent that we have any responsibility for anything that occurs or may occur on those websites regarding their collection of information or its subsequent use.

Blog & Other Specifics

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

With whom we share your data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Should you have any questions or concerns about anything here, please contact the principal. Thank you.