Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Last Updated: January 1, 2026
Introduction
This Privacy Policy constitutes a description of how and why EM Levine (“we”, “us”, “our”) might access, collect, process, utilize, store, and/or disclose the personal information (“Information”) of visitors to this website (“you”, “your”) and those who make active use of this website (“Engage with our Services”), as well as your choices with regards to how that information is accessed, collected, processed, utilized, stored, and/or disclosed. For the purposes of this Policy, “Engaging with our Services” includes A) visiting the website emlevine.com, B) visiting any affiliate website or page that adheres to this Privacy Policy, and/or C) engaging with us in any way involving the exchange of relevant information, such as signing up for an email subscription or making a purchase at our online store. For the purposes of this Policy, “relevant information” refers to information provided by visitors/users of this website which contains identifying markers for an identifiable individual. It does not include information that does not identify an individual, aggregate information.
If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy rights and choices regarding your information after reading this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Contact Form.
Please note that any use of our Services must also comply with our Terms of Service.
Summary
This summary is intended to provide a brief overview of this Privacy Policy and to constitute a Table of Contents to quickly navigate to a specific area of this Policy. It is not intended as a substitution for reading and understanding this Policy in full.
What information do we collect? When you Engage with our Services, we may collect, use, and store personal information that you provide to us including, but not limited to: name, email address, etc.
Do we collect ‘sensitive’ information? No. We do not access, collect, use, or store any information that would constitute ‘sensitive’ personal information. ‘Sensitive’ information includes, but is not limited to: sex, gender, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc.
Why do we collect personal information? We collect information when you Engage with our Services in order to provide those Services in an adequate manner, ensure security, ensure website functionality, prevent fraud, and comply with applicable laws. We will only collect and/or use your information for purposes other than these with your consent.
Do we share personal information with third parties? In some situations, we may disclose your information to certain third parties.
1 - What Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you Engage with our Services or otherwise contact us.
Information You Disclose By Engaging With Our Services
When you Engage with our Services, you may be asked to disclose certain personal information for the purposes of communicating with you and providing our Services. Information collected in this context may include the following:
Personal Identifiers: your name, email address, phone number, postal address
Demographic Information: your age, country of origin
Billing Information: your credit/debit card number, expiration, security code, billing address
Transactional Information: your webstore browsing history, viewed items, cart, orders
Information in this category includes information defined in the California Customer Records statute.
Instances when you are disclosing your personal information to us by Engaging with our Services may include the following:
Sign up for an email subscription
Make a purchase through our online store
Fill out our Contact Form to submit an inquiry
Interact with our social media platforms
Participate in any poll, survey, giveaway, sweepstakes, or other promotional content sponsored by us
Contact us in any way for any purpose
Voluntarily provide us with your personal information in any other way through use of our Services
Information We Automatically Collect
Certain information is automatically collected when you visit or navigate this website by us and by third party affiliates. This information does not constitute identifying information, but may include details about your device and browser. This information is collected primarily for the purpose of website improvement, analytics, and maintaining security. This information may include the following:
Device Identifiers: your IP Address, operating software, browser type, internet service provider, hardware model
Logging Data: timestamps, browsing history, website interactions, pages visited, pages searched, content viewed, purchases made, system activity, error reports
Imprecise Location Data: information derived from IP Address and internet activity that may indicate country of origin or postal code
Cookies and Tracking Technology
Certain information is automatically collected by cookies and other tracking technology, such as web beacons and pixels, which are automatically embedded in our Services for a variety of purposes, including A) website functionality, B) improvement of our Services, C) security and fraud prevention, D) marketing and advertising, and E) website analytics. There may also be third parties and/or service providers who use online tracking for similar purposes that appear on our website or through the use of our Services. The most common types of tracking technologies are cookies and web pixels.
Cookies: Cookies are text files which attach to your browser when you visit a page, click a link, open an email, or engage with advertising. There a variety of types of cookies which are utilized by both first and third parties.
Web Pixels: Pixels are codes embedded in services which are often used alongside cookies for tracking purposes. Pixels attach to your browser when you engage with services that include pixels and may allow for the upload of cookies to your browser as well as the collection and processing of additional browser data as outlined above.
When you first visit this website, you will be prompted to state your cookie preferences to indicate to us, our website host platform, and potential third party providers what your cookie preferences are while you are on this website. You have the option to disable non-essential cookies and tracking technologies, or to Allow All cookies while you are visiting this website or Engaging with our Services. The choice to restrict cookies and tracking technology on this website and while using our Services is always available and can be changed at any time. To revisit your chosen cookie preferences, you may click the link in the footer of the Site labeled Cookie Preferences.
Please be aware that any voluntary restriction of cookies and tracking technology on your part may impact your experience of our Services and/or our ability to provide and improve them for you.
Information From Additional Sources
In addition to activity on this website, we may collect your personal information from other sources, including the following:
Third Party Vendors who provide payment processing, marketing, advertising, security, analytics, data providing, licensing, and promotional services.
Social Media Platforms where you may engage with posted content, which may allow us to collect information about you such as personal identifiers, comments, likes and dislikes, and references to us or our Services on social platforms. We will only collect personal information from social platforms that you consent to be disclosed to us.
Public Records including any information that exists in the public domain.
Sensitive Information
We do not access, collect, use, or store any information that would constitute ‘sensitive’ personal information without your express consent and permission. ‘Sensitive’ information includes, but is not limited to: sex, gender, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc.
2 - What We Use Information For
We access, collect, and process personal information as outlined in this Policy for a variety of reasons which depend on how you Engage with our Services.
To Provide our Services: We use your personal information to provide our Services to you, to tailor content to you specifically, and to continually improve our Services in order to provide you with the best possible experience.
To Communicate: We use your personal information to communicate with you in order to answer questions, respond to inquiries, provide support, provide promotional material, for marketing, for security alerts, and to notifiy you of any changes to this Policy.
To Obtain Feedback: We use your personal information to request feedback from you on this website, our content, and how we can better provide our Services.
To Market and Advertise: We use your personal information to provide you with targeted marketing and promotional campaigns designed to keep you informed about our Services. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking Unsubscribe.
To Perform Analytics: We use your personal information to conduct website analytics to identify trends in usage, visitation, views, and access using services such as Google Analytics. For more information on how Google collects, utilizes, and processes information, please visit the Google Privacy and Terms of Service.
To Ensure Security: We use your personal information for security and fraud prevention to ensure that our Services are safe to use, to prevent harm, and to investigate potential breaches of security, policy, or terms.
To the extent that we may disclose, de-identify, or utilize personal information beyond the scope of this Privacy Policy, we will ensure that we have your express consent before taking any action that involves your personal information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to conduct website analytics and assess the effectiveness of our Services. While you are visiting our website or Engaging with our Services, your activity may be being tracked by Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to improve your experience of our Services and to inform how we improve them in the future. If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics while Engaging with our Services, you may visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to download and install an add-on for your browser that will restrict tracking while you are online. Please be aware that if you opt out of Google Analytics tracking while you are Engaging with our Services, it may impact your experience of our Services.
3 - When We Disclose Information
We will disclose your personal information only in keeping with the practices outlined in this Policy and in accordance with the law.
Third Party Providers
We may disclose your information to third parties who are affiliated with, linked to, embedded in, or in partnership with our website to provide services for us or on our behalf and require access to your personal information in order to provide such services. These third party providers have agreed to safeguard your personal information and to store it only for as long as it remains necessary to provide the services we have contracted from them. If you have any questions regarding the manner in which third party providers may collect, process, utilize, or store your personal information, please contact them directly and review any Terms of Service or Privacy Policies that they may have in place.
Types of third party providers we may share information with may include the following:
Website hosting service providers
Payment processing providers
Technical support providers
Data analytics providers
Security providers
Business Partners and Affiliates
We may share your information with any business parners or affiliates with whom we may be in business. This information sharing is for the purpose of offering services, selling products, distribution, joint marketing and advertising campaigns. All of our business partners and affiliates act as service providers in accordance with this Privacy Policy and their own policies.
In the Event of a Business Merger or Acquisition
We may share or transfer information you provided to us in the event of or during negotiations for a buiness merger, sale of assets, refinancing, or acquisition of any or all of our business to another party.
4 - International Information Transfers
We may transfer, process, and store your personal information in a country that is not your country of origin. Our Services are located in the United States of America. When you Engage with our Services, be aware that your information may be relocated to our servers and the servers of third parties with whom we do business, as outlined in this Policy.
5 - Information Retention
Once we have obtained your personal information, we will retain that information only for as long as is necessary to continue to provide you with our Services as outlined in this Policy. If a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as for tax, accounting, or other legal purposes) then we may do so. If you no longer wish us to retain your personal information, you may indicate your desire to us either via Unsubscribing from our Services or via our Contact Form. Once we have no continued reason to retain your information, we will immediately delete or otherwise anonymize your information. If this is not possible, then we will securely store your information in an isolated manner until deletion is possible.
6 - Information Security
We, our website hosting platform, and all of our affiliates have committed to keeping your information safe and secure. This website implements all appropriate and reasonable means to maintain security of any personal information we retain, including administrative, technical, and physical measures to safeguard you from misuse, theft, or destruction of your personal information.
Despite best efforts, no information or transmission of information online is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties cannot defeat our security measures and obtain access to information we have retained. We will maintain our committment to protecting your personal information, but be aware that any engagement with our Services or transmission of your personal information to and from this website is conducted at your own personal risk. You should always endeavor to Engage with our Services only within a secure environment and in a secure manner.
7 - Your Rights to Privacy
We have endeavored to ensure you have a variety of choices when it comes to how your personal information is accessed, collected, utilized, processed, stored, and/or disclosed by us. Depending on your location, you have legal rights that allow you to exercise control over how your personal information is accessed and used. These may include the following:
Right to access any personal information of yours that we have retained
Right to request erasure or deletion of any your information
Right to restrict the processing of your information by us
Right to opt out of automatic data collection and usage
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal information
Right to request a copy of your personal information from our records
Right to non-discrimination when exercising your rights
If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have additional rights to privacy beyond those outlined in this Policy. These rights include the right to request access to the personal information we retain, to details on how we process information, to correct inaccuracies, to obtain a copy of, to withdraw consent or delete your information. These rights may be limited or expounded upon by certain applicable laws depending on your region. These rights may include the following:
Residents of California: A) right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been disclosed; B) right to restrict the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information as premitted by applicable privacy law.
Residents of Connecticut: A) right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been sold as permitted by applicable privacy law; B) right to review, understand, question, and correct how personal information is being profiled, depending on your region.
Residents of Delaware: right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been disclosed.
Residents of Minnesota: A) right to access the categories of personal information that is being processed as permitted by applicable privacy law; B) right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been disclosed; C) right to review, understand, question, and correct how personal information is being profiled, depending on your region.
Residents of Florida: right to opt out of collection and processing of sensitive personal information by voice or facial recognition software as permitted by applicable privacy law.
Residents of Maryland: right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been disclosed.
Residents of Oregon: right to obtain a list of third parties to which personal information has been disclosed.
The State of California has additional privacy laws which are outlined in greater detail in this Policy.
Withdraw Your Consent
You may at any time withdraw your consent to our processing and usage of your personal information. You may withdraw your consent by filling out our Contact Form. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your information before the issue of your withdrawal notice or the processing of your information conducted on legal grounds other than your consent.
Unsubscribe from Marketing and Email Campaigns
If you wish to no longer receive marketing, advertising, or newsletter email campaigns from us, you may opt out at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link in any of our emails, or by filling out our Contact Form and asking for your email to be removed from our mailing lists. You will then be promptly removed from any and all indicated mailing lists.
Opt Out of Cookies or Other Tracking Technology
Many web browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. If you wish to opt out of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be employed by our website and Services, you may choose to alter your browser settings to remove or reject cookies and other tracking technologies. If you choose to remove or reject cookies and other tracking technologies, it may affect your use of our Services.
Do Not Track (DNT) Features
Many web browsers and some mobile systems operate with a Do-Not-Track (DNT) setting that can be activated to enforce your privacy preferences and prevent your online data from being accessed, collected, and processed. As there is no overarching system for detecting DNT signals, we cannot currently respond to DNT signals that signal your decision not to be tracked online. If a standard for tracking DNT signals is adopted, we will make adjustments to our practices and to this Policy to reflect those changes.
California Law requires that you be informed as to how we respond to DNT signals. If the legal standard for DNT signals changes, and/or changes are made to this Policy to reflect adjustments to the way we process DNT requests, we will notify you.
Authorized Agents
In some regions, you may have the right to appoint an Authorized Agent to act on your behalf concerning your privacy rights. With the exception of requests made by the means outlined in this Policy, we will require written proof of an agent’s permission to act on your behalf concerning your information, including identity verification and signature, before we disclose or discuss any of your personal information with a self-proclaimed agent.
Appealing a Decision
In some regions, you may have the right to appeal a decision made by us concerning your personal information, including appealing a denial of a request you make of us. To make such an appeal, please fill out our Contact Form. If we deny your appeal, you may complain to your appropriate regulatory authority through the links provided in the region-specific terms of this Policy.
For More Information
To make such a request regarding your personal information, or for additional questions not addressed in this Policy, please fill out our Contact Form. We will review and respond to all requests regarding personal information with all appropriate expediency in accordance with applicable laws.
If you are located in the EEA or the UK and believe we are unlawfully using your information, you have the right to complain to your Member State Data Protection Authority, or the UK Data Protection Authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
8 - Minors and Children
Our Services are not targeted towards minors or children under the age of 18 years old, or the equivalent age specified by law in your region. We do not knowingly solicit data from, market to, or collect personal information from minors or children as such terms are defined by the US Children’s Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you are a parent or guardian of a minor and believe we have collected personal information from a child, please contact us immediately via our Contact Form. We will thereafter delete and anonymize the personal imformation of the minor in accordance with COPPA regulations.
9 - Legal Basis for Information Collection
We will only process, use, store, or disclose your personal information when there is a legal basis to do so under applicable law for the purposes outlined in this Policy, such as with your consent, in compliance with applicable laws, to provide our Services, for contractual obligations, or for security and safety. You may have specific legal rights to privacy considerations depending on your region.
10 - For Residents of California
Residents of California have additional privacy rights per the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). This section of this Policy applies only to residents of the State of California. In the event of a conflict between the general terms of this Policy and this section concerning a resident of the State of California, the terms outlined in this section will apply. Any and all terms henceforth utilized in the explanation of these rights have the meanings ascribed to them by the CPRA unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Notification of Collection
Upon or before the collection of your personal information, you have the right to be notified about our collection practices as outlined in this Policy.
We do not sell or share personal information.
We do not sell or share sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA.
We do not sell or share the personal information of minors who are under the age of 16 and are residents of California.
We collect, utilize, and disclose sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA only for legal business purposes.
We do not utilize sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA to profile individuals.
Additional CPRA Rights
Under the CPRA, residents of California have the following rights:
To know when we collect personal information about you, what that personal information constitutes, the sources from which that information was gathered, the purpose for collecting that information, whether that information was sold or shared, to whom that information might have been sold or shared, and details of the personal information we have retained.
To correct, amend, and revise any inaccuracies in your personal information that we retain.
To delete any of your personal information that we have retained.
To an authorized agent who will act on your behalf with concern to your rights and the exercising thereof.
To not be discriminated against by us for the exercising of any of these rights.
To exercise any of your rights as specified here, please fill out a detailed request via our Contact Form.
Shine the Light Law
According to the California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine the Light” Law, residents of California have the right to request, once a year at no charge, details about any personal information we have disclosed to any and all third parties for the purposes of marketing in the immediately preceding calendar year, including the names of these third parties and their addresses. If you are a resident of California and would like to exercise this right, please submit a detailed request via our Contact Form.
11 - For Residents of Nevada
Residents of Nevada have additional privacy rights provided by state law. This section of this Policy applies only to residents of Nevada. In the event of a conflict between the general terms of this Policy and this section concerning a resident of Nevada, the terms outlined in this section will apply. Residents of Nevada have the right to instruct us not to sell or share applicable personal information that we have, may have, or will collect. To exercise this right, please submit a detailed request via our Contact Form.
12 - For Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia
Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have additional privacy rights per the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) respectively. This section of this Policy applies only to residents of the aforementioned states. In the event of a conflict between the general terms of this Policy and this section concerning a resident of aforementioned states, the terms outlined in this section will apply. Any and all terms henceforth utilized in the explanation of these rights have the meanings ascribed to them by the CPA, CTDPA, UCPA, and VCDPA unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Data Subject Requests
Residents of the aforementioned states have the following rights:
To verify when we collect personal information about you.
To request access to any personal information about you we have retained.
To correct, amend, and revise any inaccuracies in your personal information that we retain.
To delete any of your personal information that we have retained.
To obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable and ready to use format.
To not be profiled on the basis of your personal information in pursuit of legal or other significant outcomes concerning you.
To an authorized agent who will act on your behalf with concern to your rights and the exercising thereof.
To not be discriminated against by us for the exercising of any of these rights.
Appealing a Decision
Residents of the aforementioned states have the right to appeal any decision made by us regarding your personal information, and/or any decision we make in response to a request made by you regarding your personal information. To submit such an appeal, please submit a detailed request via our Contact Form. If your appeal is denied, you may complain to the following regulatory authorities as applicable:
The Colorado Attorney General: https://coag.gov/file-complaint/
The Connecticut Attorney General: https://www.dir.ct.gov/ag/complaint/
The Utah Attorney General: https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/complaint-form/
The Virginia Attorney General: https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumercomplaintform?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
13 - For Residents of Canada
We are required to inform residents of Canada that we may collect, process, utilize, and disclose your personal information if your consent has been provided (express consent) for the purposes outlined in this Policy, as well as in situations where your consent can be implied (implied consent). You can withdraw this consent at any time by using the means outlined in this Policy. In some cases, we may be legally permitted to collect, process, utilize, and disclose your personal information without your consent, such as in the following examples:
When collection is clearly in the best interest of the individual and consent cannot be secured in a timely fashion
For investigation into fraud, as well as fraud detection and prevention
For transactions and processing of payments in certain conditions
When contained in a witness statement in the event of an insurance claim
To identify injured, ill, or deceased individuals in the event of communication with next of kin
When there are reasonable grounds to assume that an individual has been, is, or may be a victim of abuse (financial, physical, etc.)
When it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise information related to a breach of the law of Canada or a province
When disclosure is required in the event of a subpoena, warrant, court order, or ruling of the court related to the production of records
When procuded by an individual in the course of employment or profession consistent with the purposes for which the information in question was produced
When the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
When the information is publicly available as specified by appropriate regulations
When information is de-identified for the purpose of an approved research or statistics project with ethical oversight and a commitment to confidentiality
14 - For Residents of the EU, UK, or Switzerland
Residents of the European Economic Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland have additional privacy rights per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act (UK GDPR). To comply with these regulations and privacy acts, we may rely on the following legal foundations when collecting, processing, storing, or disclosing your personal information.
Lawful Basis
European data protection law requires a Lawful Basis for the process of all personal information. Our Lawful Basis for processing your personal information is outlined as follows:
Consent: Your information will be processed only if you have given consent for its use for a specified purpose. You can withdraw this consent at any time by submitting a detailed request via our Contact Form.
Performance of Contract: Your information may be processed if it is necessary to fulfill a contractual obligation between us and you, such as providing Services to you prior to entering into a contractual agreement with you.
Legitimate Interest: Your information may be processed when it is reasonably necessary to accomplish our legitimate business interests as outlined in this Policy. This action will only be undertaken if such legitimate interests does not override your personal interests, rights, and freedoms. Examples include, but are not limited to, A) sending information about special offers and discounts on products and services, B) creating and displaying personalized content, C) analytics and performance assessment of our Services, D) marketing and advertising, E) resolving errors and performance issues, F) preventing fraud and maintaining security, and/or G) improving our services by assessing your interactions with our products and services.
Legal Obligation: Your information may be processed when it is necessary for us to comply with legal obligations, such as cooperation with law enforcement, court order, or regulatory agency, and in the pursuit of the exercising of our own rights.
Vital Interests: Your information may be processed when it is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or a third party in situations that may involve a threat.
For the purpose of this Policy, EM Levine acts as the controller concerning personal information collected and provided by you when you Engage with our Services. If it is necessary, your personal information may be transfered out of your country of origin for the purpose of security.
Requests for Data
Residents of the EU, UK, and Switzerland have
To access, correct, or delete any of your personal information that we have retained.
To restrict or object to our collection and processing of your information.
To request a copy of any of your information that we have retained in a portable and accessible format.
To restrict or object to our use of your information for the purposes of marketing, advertising, or other purposes materially differing from the purpose for which it was collected by us or voluntarily provided by you.
To lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection regulatory agency in your region.
You may withdraw your consent for any processing or usage of your personal information that we conduct based on consent that you previously provided at any time. To withdraw your consent, please submit a detailed request via our Contact Form.
15 - Updates to this Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any time in order to stay compliant with relevant laws and regulations. The date of the currently verified Privacy Policy is displayed prominently at the top of this Privacy Policy beneath the title. Any changes made to this Policy will take effect immediately after the posting of the new Privacy Policy. In the event of a change to this Policy, the updated version will be denoted as “Updated” in the title of this Policy. In the event of a change to this Policy that is of material interest to you, we may notify you either by the posting of such changes on this website or via email notification. You are encouraged to frequently review this Privacy Policy to stay up to date on how we are collecting, processing, utilizing, protecting, and disclosing your personal information. If you continue to Engage with our Services, you are indicating your agreement and consent to the currently posted Privacy Policy.
16 - How to Contact Us
If you have additional questions about your rights to privacy as explained in this Privacy Policy, if you have trouble accessing this Privacy Policy, or if you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the following methods:
By email: contact@emlevine.com
By contact form: Contact Form
By mail: 13423 Blanco Rd #3117, San Antonio, TX 78216
To exercise your rights and choices as explained in this Privacy Policy, please refer to the appropriate method for your location.