We recognize that you care how information about you is used and
shared and we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes what information
we may collect from you, how we collect that information, how we use that
information, and the choices you have regarding your information. By using our
website, mobile applications, or providing information to us in other ways, you
agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy was lasted updated April 16, 2019 and may be
updated from time to time. Please check back periodically for further updates
and changes. The most updated version will be the one that is available on this
website. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is
collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://www.beardsymmetry.com (“Site”).
PERSONAL
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about
your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time
zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally,
as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages
or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the
Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this
automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the
following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are
placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique
identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies,
visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring
on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet
service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels”
are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
Comments: When visitors leave comments 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.
Cookies: 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.
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.
HOW
DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect
generally to fulfil any orders placed through our Site (including
processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you
with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information
to:
Communicate with you:
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud. And when in line with
the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or
advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third
parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use WooCommerce to power
our online store. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers
use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information
here:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics
here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We also use WordPress as CMS.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to
comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search
warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise
protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
INSTAGRAM – https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@beardsymmetry.com.