Privacy Policy
SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase something 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 also automatically receive your
computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with
information that helps us learn about your browser and operating
system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send
your emails about our store, new products, and other updates.
SECTION 2 - CONSENT
By using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor) local currency.
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a
The transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a
delivery or return a purchase, we imply 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, like
marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent,
or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, 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 anytime, by contacting us at
hello@broochbee.com or mailing us at:
Brooch Bee
P. O. Box 1576
Bay Roberts
NL A0A 1G0
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 Service.
SECTION 4 - SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with online e-commerce
platform that allows us to sell our products and services
to you.
Your data is stored through 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,
then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your
purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to
complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your
purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS
as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint
effort of brands like 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 insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of
Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement
(https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).
SECTION 5 - THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use
and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow 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 providers, we recommend that you read their privacy
policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal
information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or
have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you
or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the
services of a third-party service provider, then your information may
become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service
provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is
processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then
your personal information used in completing that transaction may be
subject to disclosure under United States legislation, 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 Service.
Text Marketing and notifications: By subscribing to text notifications you agree to receive recurring automated marketing messages at the phone number provided. Consent is not a condition of purchase.
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Links:
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 learn about store visits
and the pages being viewed.
SECTION 6 - SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions
and follow industry best practices to make sure 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 technology (SSL) and stored
with AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over
the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCIDSS
requirements and implement additional generally accepted
industry standards.
SECTION 7 - COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you
that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store
information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last
visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record
the number of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor)
of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single
customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about
the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a
password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
PREF, persistent for a very short period, 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 any of 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 take effect
immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material
changes to this policy, we will notify you here 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 it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your
information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal
information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want
more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at
hello@broochbee.com or by mail at
Brooch Bee
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
P. O. Box 1576
Bay Roberts, NL Canada
A0A 1G0