Payment & Refund Policies
The following policies explain how we collect payments and how refunds are processed.
Payments
We accept payment via major credit card. Payments are processed via through our website via Stripe, and are automatically placed into a monthly subscription. Each month, the credit you used for your initial payment will be charged the amount you selected when you subscribed.
You may cancel at any time and your subscription will be stopped. Any payments already made are non-refundable your access to members-only content will be removed immediately upon cancellation.
Website Use Policy
Terms
By accessing the website at https://hagstonejournal.com, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.
Use License
All photographs used on this website are original photographs taken by Hag Stone Journal. They are protected and available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Disclaimer
The materials on Hag Stone Journal’s website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis. Hag Stone Journal makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
Further, Hag Stone Journal does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
Limitations
In no event shall Hag Stone Journal or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Hag Stone Journal’s website, even if Hag Stone Journal or a Hag Stone Journal authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Accuracy of Materials
The materials appearing on Hag Stone Journal’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Hag Stone Journal does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete or current. Hag Stone Journal may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However, Hag Stone Journal does not make any commitment to update the materials.
Links
Hag Stone Journal has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Hag Stone Journal of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s risk.
Modifications
Hag Stone Journal may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you agree to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed by the laws of Pennsylvania and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.
Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://hagstonejournal.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to develop the content/program for which you have signed on.
We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
We will collect and use personal information solely for fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other ancillary purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date. We will protect personal information by using reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information. We will only retain personal information for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
We are committed to conducting our business under these principles to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Comments
When visitors leave comments or subscribe 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.
Contact forms
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. For more information about how cookies work, click here.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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
The list below explains additional cookies we use and why.
- __stripe_mid (session cookie for Stripe, the company we use for credit card processing)
- __stripe_sid (session cookie for Stripe, the company we use for credit card processing)
- PHPSESSID (To store a the logged in user’s username and a 128bit encrypted key. This information is required to allow a user to stay logged in to a web site without needing to submit their username and password for each page visited. Without this cookie, a user is unable to proceed to areas of the web site that require authenticated access. This cookie is a reference to a session stored on the web server. No information is stored in the user’s browser and this cookie can only be used by the current web site. This cookie expires when your browser is closed.)
- WordPress standard cookies (for more information about WordPress cookies, click here.)
- Google Analytics standard cookies (for more information about Google Analytics cookies, click here.)
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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy – external site and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google – external site.
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.
Personal Info Request
Use this form to request to view your personal data collected by this website.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Hag Stone Journal is owned and managed by Heather Gray; you can email Heather directly at heather@hagstonejournal.com.
How we protect your data
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Hag Stone Journal uses a third party service to help maintain the security and performance of the Hag Stone Journal website. To deliver this service it processes the IP addresses of visitors to the website.
This entire website is encrypted, and all data is transmitted to and from us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, troubleshooting tech problems you’ve inquired about) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Accessibility Policy
Hag Stone Journal is committed to ensuring that its website is accessible to people with disabilities. All the pages on our website will meet W3C WAI‘s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, Level AA conformance. Any issues should be reported to accessibility@hagstonejournal.com.
Updates
Hag Stone Journal may change this privacy policy from time to time at Hag Stone Journal’s sole discretion.
We believe this website is compliant with all applicable laws, including GDPR. If you feel that we are not compliant, or that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately.