Welcome to our Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us.

The Portland Collection is located at: Portland, Maine

It is The Portland Collection's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to theportlandcollection.com (hereinafter, "us", "we", or "theportlandcollection.com"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

- Website Visitors Like most website operators, The Portland Collection collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Portland Collection's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Portland Collection's visitors use its website. From time to time, The Portland Collection may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. The Portland Collection also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users submitting Forms on theportlandcollection.com. The Portland Collection only discloses user IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

- Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information Certain visitors to The Portland Collection's websites choose to interact with The Portland Collection in ways that require The Portland Collection to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Portland Collection gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who submit a Contact Form or Request for Proposal Form on theportlandcollection.com to provide first name, last name, email address, and nature of contact.

- Security The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

- Advertisements Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Portland Collection and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

- Links To External Sites Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

- theportlandcollection.com uses Google AdWords for remarketing theportlandcollection.com uses the remarketing services to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven't completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone's past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google's privacy policy. You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

- Aggregated Statistics The Portland Collection may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. The Portland Collection may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Portland Collection does not disclose your personally-identifying information.

- Cookies To enrich and perfect your online experience, The Portland Collection uses "Cookies", similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer. A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Portland Collection uses cookies to help The Portland Collection identify and track visitors, their usage of theportlandcollection.com, and their website access preferences. The Portland Collection visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Portland Collection's websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Portland Collection's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to The Portland Collection's use of cookies.

- E-commerce Those who engage in transactions with The Portland Collection – by purchasing The Portland Collection's services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Portland Collection collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with The Portland Collection. The Portland Collection does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Privacy Policy Changes Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Portland Collection may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Portland Collection's sole discretion. The Portland Collection encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.