Privacy & Cookie Policies

Geoff Swetz Creations Privacy Policy

Updated April 19, 2025.

Your privacy is very important to us at Geoff Swetz Creations. This statement describes the privacy policy for our company including this website, social media pages, and office practices including what type of information is gathered, how the information is used, and with whom the information may be shared, and your rights to access, review, change and delete your information. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers, associates and visitors.

Note for United States Residents

Certain states have additional privacy rights regarding their person information. Although Geoff Swetz Creations does not qualify under the new regulations, we already operate with the spirit of the GDPR (see section below), and will comply with anyone wanting to view, change, or delete their personal information.

Your Personal Information

Geoff Swetz Creations is the sole owner of the information collected on our website or via our office personnel. You can visit www.GeoffSwetzCreations.com without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information about yourself. However, to access certain portions of the website such as to send us a message via the contact form, you have to provide us personal information such as your name and e-mail address. By providing personal information you explicitly agree to our collection and use of all such information as described in this Privacy Policy. You agree that we may use the personal information you provide to respond to your inquiries and contact you regarding customer service, inform you about our photography services which may be of interest to you or to personalize our service to meet your needs or preferences.

How Information is Collected

Information is collected in several different ways which are outlined below. The only specific identifiable information that we obtain about you is the information that you explicitly and voluntarily supply to us when you use our site, call or email us.

Contact Form/Email – If you send us a message via our website contact form, we require you to enter your name and email address so that we can respond to your inquiry. If you send us an email directly (not through our web form) we will use the information that you give to us in your email so that we can better answer your inquiry.
Comments/Reviews – When you leave comments on our blog posts we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Opt-in Form – If you opt-in to our mailing list, we require you to enter your first name and email address. We will use this information to send you occasional emails on new works of art along with available products and services we believe you will be interested in, and other occasional special notifications.
Calling our office – When contacting our office, you may provide us with your personal information so that we can send you the information you request, or answer your inquiry.

How Information is Used

Any information that you provide us via our website or our office may be used to provide you with better service including answering your inquiry, and keeping you informed of future offerings via our mailing list. After your initial inquiry, we may contact you again via email, phone or postal mail depending on what information you provided.

We may use the information you provide to:

operate and maintain the website
send you promotional information, such as email newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings
send you administrative communications, such as technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
respond to your comments or inquiries
provide you with user support
track and measure advertising
protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Your Rights Regarding Your Information

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights to your personal data:

to access/view your information
to rectify/amend your information
to the portability of your information
to withdraw consent of our use of your information
to ask us to delete/erase your information
to restrict/object our processing of your information
to complain to a supervisory authority

Access / View / Change / Amend / Port your Information

You have the right, at any time for any reason, to view the information that we store about you. We will gladly tell you what information we keep in our records, and you can ask us to change or amend any of that information. Upon request, we can send you a file, such as an excel spreadsheet, with the information we have about you. We also appreciate any updates to your contact information such as a change in your email address. You can provide us with your updated information by using the appropriate link on the emails you receive, or by contacting us with the update.

Withdraw Your Consent to Receive Emails or Calls

To be removed from our marketing emails, you can do this by using the Unsubscribe link in emails that you receive. You may also send an email to Geoff@GeoffSwetzCreations.com asking to be removed along with the exact email address you wish to have removed. You may also call or postal mail our office with the request. If you have previously ordered a work of art or product you may not be completely deleted from our records unless you specifically request that we delete that information as well. We take all removal requests seriously.

Delete / Erase Your Information Completely

You may request at any time the deletion of all the information that we may have for you. We take all removal requests seriously. You may need to be removed from more than one database, and any oversight or delay is purely unintentional and will be corrected.

Be aware that requesting deletion, unlike unsubscribing from the email marketing list, is total and irreversible. This means that we will also lose record of you having ever been in our records, including any previous products purchased, or previous instructions you may have given us opting out of specific emails types. If in the future you re-join our email community, by voluntarily providing your personal information, you will appear to us as a completely new record.

To request deletion of your personal information, contact us at Geoff@GeoffSwetzCreations.com using the email address we hold for you or otherwise proving your identity.

Restrict / Object / Complain of Our Use of Your Information

At any time, you want us to keep your information but do not want us to use it, you may inform us of the request along with exactly how you do or do not want your data used. If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes upon data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection.

Geoff Swetz Creations Cookie Policy

We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyze aggregate site traffic, and may use cookies for online marketing purposes. By using any part of GeoffSwetzCreations.com, you agree to our use of cookies as outlined below.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device and preferences. You can find extensive general information about cookies at allaboutcookies.org.

Cookies for Website Traffic Information (Google Analytics)

Like most websites, we use Google Analytics to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to discover patterns such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. Some information collected includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone personally. None of your personal or specifically identifiable information is used or stored.

Cookies for Marketing Purposes

From time to time, we may engage in marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the website.

On the website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Disabling Cookies

You may disable cookies through your web browser settings at any time if you do not wish for information to be collected about how you use our (or any other) website. More detailed information about how to manage cookies can be found at you browser’s website, or by clicking on ‘settings’ in your browser.

Security

Our website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. We use encryption technologies including a SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection. If you ever receive a notice that our website is not secure, please notify us immediately.

Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not sell, distribute or share your personal information with third parties of any kind without your permission. We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. We will provide only the information necessary for the third party to provide this service to you. These parties are generally not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. At no other time will we release your information to another party without your permission unless required by law to do so.

The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Brevo – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Brevo’s privacy policy for further information.

Links to Other Websites

The Geoff Swetz Creations website may contains links to other websites. Geoff Swetz Creations is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. Please be aware of when you are leaving our website and review the privacy practices of the other websites you visit.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to us. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or similar information. We will never ask for this type of information. If you choose to send such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Information from Children

The website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at Geoff@GeoffSwetzCreations.com and we will promptly remove such information from our records.

Notification of Changes

This privacy statement was last updated on April 19, 2025. Please visit this page from time to time and check for any updates. If there is a major change that affects how we use your personal information, you will be notified via email and be given the choice to allow us to use your information in the new manner.

Questions Regarding this Privacy Statement

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Geoff@GeoffSwetzCreations.com or:

Geoff Swetz Creations
RE: Privacy Policy
520 NE 20^th Street, #906
Wilton Manors, FL 33305