CONFIDENTIALITY DECLARATION
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SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase an item from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us, such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we automatically receive your computer's IP address to provide us with information that helps us better understand your browser and operating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 - CONSENT
How do you obtain my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery, or return a purchase, we assume that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. .
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, such as marketing, we will ask you directly for your explicit consent, or give you the opportunity to say no.
How can I withdraw my consent?
If, after you accept, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at contact@gianatoleather. com
SECTION 3 - DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Use.
SECTION 4 – SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored via Shopify's data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, Shopify saves your credit card data. It is encrypted via the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as necessary to complete your purchase transaction. Once this is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways follow the standards set by PCI-DSS, as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more information, you can also read the Shopify Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or the Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/ privacy).
SECTION 5 - THIRD PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers we use collect, use and disclose your information only to the extent necessary to enable them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these vendors, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand how your personal information will be handled by these vendors.
In particular, remember that certain suppliers may be located in different jurisdictions than either you or us. So, if you choose to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, your information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
For example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, your personal information used to complete that transaction may be disclosed under United States law, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store's website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website's terms of use.
Connections
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Google Analytics:
Our store uses Google Analytics to help us understand who is visiting our site and what pages are viewed
SECTION 6 - SAFETY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure that it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and stored with AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 7 - COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies we use. We have listed them here so you can choose whether you want to disable cookies or not.
_session_id, unique, sessional token, allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.).
_shopify_visit, no data retained, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider's internal statistics tracker to record the number of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data retained, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
shopping cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your shopping cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, undefined If the store has a password, it is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
PREF, persistent for a very short time, Set by Google and tracks who visits the store and from where
SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 9 - CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose he.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we can continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACTS
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, contact our Privacy Officer at contact@gianatoleather.com
