Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how
your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make
a purchase from gooseberryintimates.com (the “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, 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.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders
placed through the 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 Shopify to power
our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal
Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. 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.
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 using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing:
https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
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/.
TEXT MARKETING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
We are using a text messaging
platform, which is subject to the following terms and conditions. By opting-in
for our text marketing and notifications in, you agree to these terms and
conditions. By entering your phone number in the checkout and initializing a
purchase, subscribing via our subscription form or a keyword, you agree that we
may send you text notifications (for your order, including abandoned cart
reminders) and text marketing offers. Text marketing messages will not exceed
20 a month. You acknowledge that consent is not a condition for any purchase.
Your phone number, name and purchase information will be shared with our SMS
platform "SMSBump Inc, an European Union company with office at Sofia,
Bulgaria, EU. This data will be used for sending you targeted marketing
messages and notifications. Upon sending the text messages, your phone number
will be passed to a text messages operator to fulfill their delivery.
If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving text marketing messages and
notifications reply with STOP to any mobile message sent from us or use the
unsubscribe link we provided you with in any of our messages. You understand
and agree that alternative methods of opting out, such as using alternative
words or requests will not be accounted as a reasonable means of opting out.
Message and data rates may apply.
For any questions please text "HELP" to the number you received the
messages from. You can also contact us for more information. If you wish to opt
out please follow the procedures above.
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 fulfill 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.
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.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
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
[email protected] .