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Newell Brands Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Newell Brands,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy.
This Privacy Notice describes the processing of Personal Information (defined below) that is provided, collected, or disclosed when you access the Squishtopia website (the “Site”). It also describes the choices you may have with regard to the Personal Information we collect.
If we materially modify this Privacy Notice, we will notify you of such change and will conspicuously post an updated Privacy Notice on this website.
1. Personal Information We Collect
The Site collects a very limited amount of Personal Information. “Personal Information” means information that uniquely identifies, relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to you.
We may collect the following Personal Information:
2. How We Collect Your Personal Information
Through Online Tracking Technologies - We may use cookies and similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect usage and browser information about how you use our website. We process the information collected through such technologies, which may include or be combined with Personal Information, to help us better understand the features of our website that you and other users are most interested in.
3. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
As mentioned above we collect certain data via Google Analytics to assist us with analyzing our website traffic. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s page on “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.” You may download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for each web browser you use, but this does not prevent the use of other analytics tools. To learn more about Google Analytics cookies, visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.
Refusing cookies and similar technologies - Most browsers provide you with the ability to block, delete, or disable cookies, and your mobile device may allow you to disable transmission of unique identifiers and location data. If you choose to reject cookies or block device identifiers (including from the site cookie consent banner), some features of our website may not be available, or some functionality may be limited or unavailable. Please review the help pages of your browser or mobile device for assistance with changing your settings.
4. How We Use Personal Information
We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
5. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose your Personal Information in the following circumstances:
6. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it has been collected, as outlined in this Privacy Notice, or any longer retention period required by law. If you are a California resident, please see the section below titled Notice to California Residents for additional information about how long we retain your Personal Information.
7. How We Protect Your Personal Information
We use our commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality and security of Personal Information we process. However, despite these efforts to store Personal Information in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee the security of Personal Information during its transmission or its storage on our systems. Further, while we attempt to ensure the integrity and security of Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third parties such as hackers from illegally obtaining access to Personal Information.
If you live somewhere other than California, you may have the following rights with respect to your Personal Information:
To exercise any of these rights available to you, see Section 12 below.
9. International Use of Our Website
Our website is hosted in the United States. If you are visiting our website from outside of the United States, please note that by providing your Personal Information it is being transferred to, stored, collected, or processed in the United States, where our data center and servers are located and operated.
The Site can be used by individuals of all ages, including those under the age of 13. To align the Site with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and other applicable privacy laws, we have put measures in place to ensure that parents/guardians have verified their children’s use of the Site. For example, upon initial entry into the Site, a pop-up banner will occur to direct parents/guardians to provide their consent.
We have also ensured that the collection of children’s Personal Information is limited. We only collect children’s location data and usage information through our use of Google Analytics. While some Personal Information is collected (device identifiers), most of the information collected will not identify children. Unless expressly stated in this Privacy Notice, we do not collect additional Personal Information from children through the Site.
Parents/guardians have certain rights with regard to their children’s Personal Information. They can review, correct, and delete their children’s Personal Information. Additionally, parents/guardians can refuse to permit us to collect further Personal Information from their children. To exercise these rights, please complete a Data Subject Access Request.
11. Links to Third-Party Websites
We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our website, including the information or content contained within them. We encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing Personal Information to third parties, since any Personal Information disclosed will be subject to the applicable third party’s Privacy Notice.
12. Notice to California Residents
This Section applies to our collection and use of Personal Information if you are a resident of California, as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”), where “Personal Information” has the definition set forth in the CCPA.
This Section describes (a) the categories of Personal Information collected and disclosed by us, (b) your privacy rights under the CCPA, and (c) how to exercise your rights. For the information related to our retention of your Personal Information, please see Section 5.
Newell Brands makes the following disclosures regarding the Personal Information it has collected within the 12-month period preceding the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy:
The categories of third parties to which we disclose personal information for a business or commercial purpose or to whom we sell or share personal information are summarized in the chart below. Through our use of Google Analytics, we may sell or share Personal Information of consumers under the age of 16.
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Categories of CA Personal Information We Collect |
Categories of Third Parties to Which We Disclose Personal Information for a Business Purpose |
Categories of Third Parties to Which We May Sell or Share Personal Information |
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Internet or other similar network activity |
Service Providers |
Third-Party Analytics Providers |
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Geolocation data |
Service Providers |
Third-Party Analytics Providers |
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Inferences drawn from other personal information |
Service Providers |
Third-Party Analytics Providers |
Subject to certain exceptions, if you are a resident of California, you may have the following rights:
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Privacy Right |
Description |
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Notice |
You may have the right to be notified of what categories of Personal Information will be collected at or before the point of collection and the purposes for which they will be used and shared. |
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Access |
You may have the right to know what Personal Information we have collected about you, including (a) the categories of Personal Information; (b) the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected; (c) the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing Personal Information; (d) the categories of third parties to whom the business discloses Personal Information; and (e) the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you. |
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Data Portability |
You may have the right to receive a copy of your information in a portable and readily usable format. |
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Delete |
You may have the right to have your Personal Information deleted. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request to delete for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request. |
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Correction |
You may have the right to request that we correct any incorrect personal information that we collect or retain about you, subject to certain exceptions. |
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To Opt Out of Sales or Sharing of Personal Information |
You have the right to opt out of the sale and sharing of your Personal Information. To fully exercise your right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information, please click on the “Your Privacy Choices” link at the bottom of the Site. Alternatively, you may submit a Data Subject Access Request. |
Only you, or an authorized agent that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The request must:
Other California Privacy Rights - Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, individual customers who reside in California and who have an existing business relationship with us may request information about our disclosure of certain categories of personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, if any. To make such a request, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by these California privacy rights requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year.
13. Exercising your Individual Privacy Rights
You will not be discriminated against in any way by virtue of your exercise of the rights listed in this Privacy Notice which means we will not deny goods or services to you, provide different prices or rates for goods or services to you, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services to you.
To exercise any of the privacy rights afforded to you under applicable data protection law, please submit a Data Subject Access Request.
Verification - We must verify your identity before fulfilling your requests. If we cannot initially verify your identity, we may request additional information to complete the verification process. We will only use Personal Information provided in a request to verify the requestor’s identity. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a California consumer, we will also need to verify your identity, which may require proof of your written authorization or evidence of a power of attorney.
We endeavor to respond to requests within the period required by applicable law. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
We will deliver our written response via email, unless you notify us of another preference.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity and confirm the Personal Information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us.
We may deny certain requests, or only fulfill some in part, as permitted or required by law. For example, if you request to delete Personal Information, we may retain Personal Information that we need to retain for legal purposes
Appeals - If you are not satisfied with the resolution of your request and you are afforded a right to appeal such decision, you will be notified of our appeal process in our response to your request.
If you have any questions about our practices or this Privacy Notice, please contact us at Data Privacy Enquiry or at the following address:
Attn: Director of Data Privacy
5 Concourse Pkwy, 8th floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
