Privacy Policy

(LAST UPDATED: February 1st, 2024)

Thank you for visiting our website on which these Terms and Conditions reside (collectively, the “sugarcoatedtuth.org”), which is owned and provided by Crook & Marker LLC. Your use and access of the Platform is governed by and subject to the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these terms, or if you do not agree with our Privacy Policy (found below) please do not use the Platform or any services offered by the Platform. At Crook & Marker LLC, we’re committed to protecting your privacy. Federal and various state laws require us to tell you how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information. These laws also limit how we can use your personal information. Please read this policy carefully to understand what we do with the personal information we collect. BY ENTERING ACCESSING, BROWSING, SUBMITTING INFORMATION TO, OR OTHERWISE USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BINDING ARBITRATION AND WAIVER OF A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OLD OR OLDER. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OR YOU ARE YOUNGER THAN TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OLD, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

Unless otherwise noted, all text, content and documents on the Platform, any names, logos, trademarks, service marks, brand identities, characters, trade names, graphics, designs, copyrights, trade dress, or other intellectual property appearing in the Platform, and the organization, compilation, look and feel, illustrations, artwork, videos, music, software and other works on the Platform (the “Content”) are owned by Crook & Marker LLC. or used with permission or under license from a third party (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Owner”) and are protected under copyright, trademark and other intellectual property and proprietary rights laws. As between Crook & Marker and you, all right, title and interest in and to the Content will at all times remain with Crook & Marker and/or its Owners. All brand names, product names, titles, slogans, logos, or service names and other marks used on the Platform, are registered and/or common law trade names, trademarks or service marks of Crook & Marker LLC.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 22, 2020. We update the Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it regularly so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it. Your continued use of the site will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used in accordance with the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the site and notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.

WHEN DO WE COLLECT
PERSONAL INFORMATION?

When you contact us to help you with a question or concern, any personal information you provide is voluntary. We collect and use only the minimum information necessary to respond to your questions and concerns. We may also collect your personal information under other circumstances. In most cases, we collect limited personal information, such as name, address, telephone number, birth date, and/or email address.
 
Examples of when we might collect your personal information include, but are not necessarily limited to:

WHERE DOES YOUR
INFORMATION GO?

Within Crook & Marker, we may use your personal information for our own records and to improve products and services, to process a contest or promotion entry, or to help us properly respond to your comment or question, including those about product availability and store locations.

We also use third parties to help provide some of the services we offer on this website, and sometimes your information may be shared with those third parties. For example, when you enter into a contest or subscribe to our newsletter, your information may be shared with third party vendors to help facilitate those contests and/or deliver the newsletter. We use Mailchimp to manage email marketing lists, and you can review their privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. These vendors have agreed not to disclose any of your personal information for any purpose unrelated to the services they provide for this website.

CONSENT, REVIEW, AND
CORRECTION
OF YOUR INFORMATION

By using our website, you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described here.

You can contact us to ask us what data we hold about you, who has access to it, and how it is being used. You may review and edit the information we collect about you at any time by contacting us directly using the details below. You can also opt-out of or otherwise stop receiving promotional emails or other communications by following the “unsubscribe” instructions included in emails you receive from us or our authorized third-party vendors, or by contacting us. We will also delete any data about you that we hold upon your request.

If your information has been shared with a third party, as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, then that third party has received its own copy of your data. If you have been contacted by one of these third parties and wish to correct or delete your information, please contact them directly.

SECURITY

We take commercially reasonable measures, including implementation of suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures, to safeguard and secure the information we collect on this site. These procedures include, but are not limited to, firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection, and site monitoring. We also limit access to any personally identifiable information we receive to employees who need access to that information in order to do their jobs. However, no data protection procedures are entirely infallible. As a result, while we strive to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that it will be 100% secure.

COOKIES AND HOW WE USE THEM

This website may also automatically collect some non-personal information from your device (your computer, tablet, smart phone), such as the type of web browser you use, the computer operating system you use, the domain name of the website you clicked on to get to our website (for example, Google). We may use this information to learn more about our visitors on a general level so that we can continue to make technical improvements to the website.

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND
THIRD PARTY LINKS

From time to time, the Platform may include features and functionality that allow you to interact with other sites that are not under our control (“Linked Site”), including various social media websites (“Social Media Sites”). Crook & Marker provides these features, functionality and links to you only as a convenience and does not endorse any Linked Sites or Social Media Sites. Crook & Marker is not responsible for the contents or transmission of any Linked Site or Social Media Site or for the terms of use or privacy practices of any Linked Site of Social Media Site. You should carefully read the policies of any site you visit. Also, in the event that you use any Social Media Site to comment upon Crook & Marker or any of its products, you agree that you will always clearly and conspicuously disclose any material connection you have with Crook & Marker (if any) or any consideration you may receive from Crook & Marker in connection with your comment (if any). Under no circumstances are you authorized to make any claim regarding Crook & Marker or any of its products on any Social Media Site regardless of any material connection you may have with Crook & Marker or your receipt of any consideration. IF YOU MAKE ANY CLAIM REGARDING CROOK & MARKER OR ANY OF CROOK & MARKER’S PRODUCTS ON A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING, YOU, AND NOT CROOK & MARKER, SHALL BE THE SOLE AUTHOR OF SUCH CLAIM AND SHALL BE SOLELY LIABLE THEREFORE.

LIMITED USE; RESTRICTIONS ON USE

You are permitted to use the Content and/or any services and products on the Platform for lawful purposes as provided in the Terms and Conditions only; any other use or misuse of any Content is strictly prohibited. Crook & Marker grants you a non-exclusive, limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable, license to access and use the Content, without right to sublicense, under the following conditions: you shall not, without Crook & Marker’s express written consent: (a) copy, retransmit, modify, disseminate, display, perform, reuse, re-post, broadcast, circulate, or otherwise distribute the Content, or modify or re-use all or part of the Content, (b) use any tradename, trademark, or brand name of Crook & Marker in metatags, keywords and/or hidden text, (c) create derivative works from the Content or commercially exploit the Content, in whole or in part, in any way, and (d) use the Platform, the Content, and/or any portion thereof, in any manner that may give a false or misleading impression, attribution or statement as to Crook & Marker, the Owner, or any third party referenced therein. Crook & Marker reserves all other rights. You shall not alter, remove or obscure any copyright notice, digital watermarks, proprietary legends or any other notice included in the Content. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing on the Platform shall be construed as conferring any license under Crook & Marker’s and/or its Owner’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Crook & Marker may revoke any of the foregoing rights and/or your access to the Platform, or any part thereof, including the blocking of your IP Address, at any time without prior notice.

DISCLAIMERS

Crook & Marker reserves the right to change any part of the Platform at any time without notice, subject to the “NOTICE” provision set forth below.

ABILITY TO ACCEPT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

You affirm that you are more than 21 years of age and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in the Terms and Conditions, and to abide by and comply with the Terms and Conditions.

ASSIGNMENT

The Terms and Conditions, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Crook & Marker without restriction.

NOTICE

From time to time, we may revise these Terms and Conditions. To help you stay current of any changes, Crook & Marker may take one or more of the following steps: (1) Crook & Marker notes the date the Terms and Conditions was last updated above, and (2) when Crook & Marker makes a material change to the Terms and Conditions, we may post conspicuous announcements of such changes on the Platform next to the link to these Terms and Conditions. Your use of the Platform following the posting of any revised Terms and Conditions shall be deemed acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions. Crook & Marker strongly recommends checking the Terms and Conditions periodically. If we are required by law to obtain your express consent for any changes to the Terms and Conditions, then we will make a commercially reasonable attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions.

VISITORS OUTSIDE OF
THE UNITED STATES

This site is hosted and operated in the United States (“US”) and elsewhere in the world. By using this site, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to the US. If you are accessing this site from outside the US, please be advised that US law may not offer the same privacy protections as the law of your jurisdiction. 

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California law allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have an established business relationship to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We do not share any California consumer personal information with third parties for marketing purposes without consent. California customers who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or have questions or concerns about our privacy practices may contact us directly.

QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER ISSUES

Visit our Contact Us page to submit an online question, comment, or complaint.