TERMS OF USE 

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Effective Date: January, 2019. Revised: August, 2020 

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PRIVACY POLICY

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WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

 

Email marketing: With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, exclusive discounts, events and other updates.

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THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

We don’t store payment information: all payments are done outside this website via secure payment providers: PayPal, Affirm, etc.

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CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

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Feel free to contact us if you have more questions.

If you have questions about this Policy or our data practices, or if you would like to submit a request, please submit your question located at https://www.shantalaster.com/contact

 

For California residents only: If you would like to exercise your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), please submit through our portal: https://www.shantalaster.com/contact

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Your California Rights

California “Shine the Light” Law

If you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one time per year for information about our disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. To make a request, please contact us at https://www.shantalaster.com/contact. Indicate in your letter that you are a California resident making a “Shine the Light” inquiry.  We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than by the means specified in this section, if the request is not labeled or sent properly, or if the request does not have complete information.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

We have explained our privacy practices in full in the other sections of this Privacy Policy.  In this section, we provide a list of categories of personal information as set forth in the CCPA that have been collected, disclosed for business purposes, or sold for commercial purposes (as defined by the CCPA) during the preceding 12 months, as well as certain other information.  Please see the other sections of the Privacy Policy for additional information and context.

 

Category of Personal Information

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Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law as referenced above, include but not limited to your gender, geographical location, etc. We may use this information for our equal employment opportunity program, and for other business purposes.

As discussed in the other sections of our Privacy Policy, we collect this type of information from you, through our interactions with you and others, and from third parties, and we disclose these categories of personal information within this company, to business partners and third-party vendors that provide us hosting, advertising, and other services, and as needed to comply with legal process.  Your personal information may also be shared with third parties with whom you interact and third parties that you direct us to share your information with through our Services.  

We share personal information with third parties in various ways as described elsewhere in this Policy.  We do not consider the ways we share your personal information to comprise the sale of your information.  You may learn about ways in which you can control the collection of information about you through cookies, mobile ad IDs, and other tracking tools by third parties by contacting us.

Information about how you may exercise your rights as a California resident can be found in the “Feel Free to Contact Us If You Have More Questions” section of our Privacy Policy.

 

We may verify your request by asking you to provide information to confirm your identity.  This information may vary depending on your relationship with us.  If you would like to use an agent registered with the California Secretary of State to exercise your rights, we may request evidence that you have provided such agent with power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf.  Subject to applicable law, you may have a right not to be discriminated against for exercising your rights over your personal information.

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TERMS OF USE

The following terms and conditions constitute an agreement between you and Shanta Laster, the operator of http://www.ShantaLaster.com (the “Site”). This agreement (the “Terms of Use”) governs your use of the Site.

BY USING THE SITE, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE, including that you consent to the information practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference, and that you consent to resolve in the State of Connecticut any dispute that you may have with us, or the Site. Please note that we offer the Site “AS IS” and without warranties.

1. THE SERVICES

Everything we offer on the Site is referred to in the Terms of Use collectively as the “Services.”

  2.  CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE

We may change the Terms of Use at any time, as we reasonably deem appropriate. Upon any change in the Terms of Use, we will post the amended agreement on the Site with notice of the changes and/or send you an email notifying you of the nature of the modifications providing a link to the modified document on the Site for your review. Your continued use of the Site and/or the Services following receipt of such notification shall constitute your affirmative acknowledgement of the Terms of Use and its modification and agreement to abide and be bound by the Terms of Use, as amended. If at any time you choose not to accept the Terms of Use, including following receipt of notification of any modifications hereto, then you agree not to use the Site.

  3.  YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

You are responsible for all use of the Site and the Services. You may use the Site and the Services for lawful, non-commercial purposes only. You may not use the Site or the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site or the Services. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, user accounts, or computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means. Without limiting anything else contained herein, you agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):

• copy, modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Site, its content or materials and/or the Services;

• remove notices of any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights contained in or on the Site and/or the Services or in any content or other material obtained via the Site and/or the Services;

• use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site and/or the Services;

• reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site and/or the Services;

• create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; or

• collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this paragraph.

In addition to our rights under Section 15, we may take any legal action and implement any technical remedies to prevent the violation of this provision and to enforce the Terms of Use.

  4. CHANGES TO THE SERVICES

We may from time to time add new services to the Services, substitute a new service for one of the existing Services, or discontinue or suspend one of the existing Services. Information about the new services will be included on the Site, and the users of new services will be governed by the Terms of Use. You agree that the Site will not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension or discontinuation of any of the Services.

  5.  LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The Site may contain advertisements and/or links to other sites (“Third Party Websites”). These links are provided solely for the convenience of the users. Shanta Laster, the Site and ART by Shanta do not endorse, sanction or verify the accuracy or ownership of the information contained in the advertisements or the content of any Third Party Website or any products or services advertised on Third Party Websites. If you decide to leave the Site and navigate to Third Party Websites, or install any applications, software or download content from any such websites, you do so at your own risk. Once you access a Third Party Website through a link on the Website, you may no longer be protected by these Terms of Use and you may be subject to the terms of use and other conditions of such Third Party Website. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any such site to which you navigate to from the Site, or relating to any applications you use or install from such Third Party Websites. Concerns regarding a Third Party Website should be directed to the Third Party Website itself. Shanta Laster bears no responsibility for any action associated with any Third Party Website. Moreover, Shanta Laster, the Site and/or ART by Shanta does not imply an affiliation with any Third Party Website.

Affiliates

This site may use affiliate links to sell certain products or services. We disclaim any and all liability as a result of your purchase through one of these links. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you when and where we have placed affiliate links in addition to this disclaimer located in these Terms of Use. You accept express liability for any and all consequences or benefits of clicking the affiliate links contained on this website or related communications.

    6. ADDITIONAL TERMS

Certain of the Services on the Site may have additional terms (such as policies, guidelines, and rules) that will further govern your use of that particular Service and supplement the Terms of Use. If you choose to register for or access any such Services, you will be presented with any relevant additional terms and conditions at that time. By using those Services, you agree to comply with such additional guidelines and rules.

    7. CONTENT YOU SUBMIT

Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, any comments, suggestions, or feedback relating to the Site or the Services (collectively “Feedback”) submitted to the Site shall become the property of Shanta Laster or its designee. Shanta Laster will not be required to treat any Feedback as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas (including without limitation, product, Site or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in our future Site, Services, or operations. Without limitation, the Site will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Feedback of every kind and nature everywhere and will be entitled to use the Feedback for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you or any other person sending the Feedback. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not Shanta Laster, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.

   8.  COPYRIGHT DISPUTE POLICY

This Site has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or DMCA (posted at http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf). The address of the Site’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement (“Designated Agent”) is provided at the end of this section.

THE SHANTA LASTER POLICY.

It is Shanta Laster's policy to (a) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, content providers, members or users; and (b) remove and discontinue service to repeat offenders.

Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringements

If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the Site or the Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below (“Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification”):

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;

• Identification of works or materials being infringed;

• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that Site is capable of finding and verifying its existence;

• Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, email address;

• A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

• A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.

Receipt of a Bona Fide Infringement Notification

Once Proper Bona Fide Infringement Notification is received by the Designated Agent, it is Shanta Laster’s policy:

• To remove or disable access to the infringing material;

• To notify the content provider, member or user that it has removed or disabled access to the material; and

• That for a repeat offender (as determined at Site’s sole discretion), this Site will also terminate such content provider’s, member’s or user’s access to the Site and Services.

Procedure to Supply a Counter-Notice to the Designated Agent

If the content provider, member or user believes that either the material that was removed or to which access was disabled is either not infringing, or that it has the right to post and use such material from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, the content provider, member or user must send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:

• A physical or electronic signature of the content provider, member or user;

• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access to has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled;

• A statement that the content provider, member or user has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material; and

• The content provider’s, member’s or user’s name, address, telephone number, and, if available, email address and a statement that such person or entity consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which the content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located, or if the content provider’s, member’s or user’s address is located outside the United States, for any judicial district in which ART By Shanta, Shanta Laster and the Site  is located, and that such person or entity will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

Removal

If a counter-notice is received by the Designated Agent, Shanta Laster may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed material or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed material may be replaced or access to it restored in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at the Shanta Laster’s discretion.

Address for Designated Agent

Please contact Shanta Laster’s Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement by contacting Agent at the following email address: sl@shantalaster.com.

   9.  YOUR USE OF CONTENT

Except for content posted or submitted by you or any other visitors to the Site, all of the content available on or through the Services and/or the Site, including without limitation, text, photographs, graphics and video and audio content, is owned by us and our licensors and is protected, as applicable, by copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret laws, other proprietary rights, and international treaties. You acknowledge that the Services and any underlying technology or software used in connection with the Services contain the Site’s proprietary information. We give you permission to use the aforementioned content for personal, non-commercial purposes only and do not transfer any intellectual property rights to you by virtue of permitting your use of the Services. You may print, download, and store information from the Site for your own convenience, but you may not copy, distribute, republish (except as permitted in this paragraph), sell, or exploit any of the content, or exploit the Site in whole or in part, for any commercial gain or purpose whatsoever except as expressly provided herein. Except as is expressly provided herein, Shanta Laster and its suppliers do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in the Site and the Services not expressly granted by Shanta Laster and the Site to you are retained by Shanta Laster.

   10.  DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

WE PROVIDE THE SITE AND THE SERVICES “AS IS”, “WITH ALL FAULTS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES ABOUT THE SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL STATUTORY WARRANTIES, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES AND THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES ARE MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE OR ACCURATE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY NETWORKS) AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY USERS OF THE SITE OR ANY OTHER DATA OR INFORMATION PROVIDED OR RECEIVED THROUGH THE SITE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, ART BY SHANTA, SHANTA LASTER AND/OR THE SITE MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SOFTWARE AND FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY OR THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THE SITE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE, THAT LOSS OF DATA WILL NOT OCCUR, OR THAT THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR SITE ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, CONTAMINANTS OR OTHER HARMFUL ITEMS.

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   11.  GENERAL LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH US IS THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR REGISTRATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES, IF ANY, THAT YOU PAID TO UTILIZE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES OR (B) $100. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES. THESE EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

   12.  TERMINATION

We may terminate and/or suspend your registration immediately, without notice, if there has been a violation of the Terms of Use or other policies and terms posted on the Site by you. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, we may also cancel or suspend your registration for any other reason, including without limitation inactivity for an extended period, but will attempt to notify you in advance of such cancellation or suspension. Shanta Laster shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site and/or the Services. Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Site and/or the Services after any such deletion, deactivation or termination. You may terminate your  account at any time by contacting sl@shantalaster.com or by following the online instructions. Sections 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 shall survive any termination or expiration of the Terms of Use.

 

   13.  INDEMNIFICATION

Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our employees, contractors, officers, directors, agents, parent, other affiliated companies, and suppliers, from all liabilities, claims, demands and expenses, including attorney’s fees, made by any third party that arise from or are related to (a) your access to the Site, (b) your use of the Services, or (c) the violation of the Terms of Use by you of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The foregoing indemnification obligation does not apply to liabilities, claims and expenses arising as a result of our own gross negligence or intentional misconduct.

   14.  ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING AND NOTICE

Your affirmative act of using this Site and/or the Services constitutes your electronic signature to the Terms of Use and your consent to enter into agreements with us electronically.

   15.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement and any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Site, including the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and us and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. If any part of the Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The failure of Shanta Laster to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.

   16.  CHOICE OF LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

This agreement shall be deemed to have been entered into and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut as applied to contracts made and to be performed entirely within Connecticut, without giving effect to the state’s conflicts of law statute. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or related to the Terms of Use or your use of the Services shall be settled by final and binding arbitration to be conducted by an arbitration tribunal in the state of Connecticut, in the City and County of Fairfield, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The decision or award of the arbitrator shall be final, and judgment upon such decision or award may be entered in any competent court or application may be made to any competent court for judicial acceptance of such decision or award and an order of enforcement. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to impose equitable and injunctive relief as well as to award monetary relief, as the arbitrator deems appropriate.

   17.  ASSIGNMENT

We may assign this contract at any time to any parent, subsidiary, or any affiliated company, or as part of the sale to, merger with, or other transfer of our company to another entity. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense the Terms of Use to anyone else and any attempt to do so shall be null and void.

   18.  ELIGIBILITY

You must be 18 years of age or older, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to use the Site and the Services. If you are under the age of 18 or the applicable legal age in your jurisdiction, you can use the Site or Services only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parent or guardian who has agreed to the Terms of Use. If you do not qualify under these terms, do not use the Site or Services. Membership in the Services is void where prohibited by applicable law, and the right to access the Site is revoked in such jurisdictions. By using the Site and/or the Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into the Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Site is administered in the U.S. and intended for U.S. users; any use outside of the U.S. is at the user’s own risk and users are responsible for compliance with any local laws applicable to their use of the Services or the Site.

   19.  INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

The relationship between you and the Site is one of independent contractors. Neither party will represent that it has any authority to assume or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of the other party, or to represent the other party as agent, employee, or in any other capacity, except as specifically provided herein.

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Contact Information

Email: info@shantalaster.com