Privacy policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
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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 you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 - CONSENT
How do you get 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 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 erin@cottontaildolldesigns.com or mailing us at:
Cottontail Doll Designs
28108 W Drumheller Rd Cheney Washington US 99004
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 the 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.
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.
SECTION 6 - USE OF SOCIAL PLUGINS
Included on certain pages of Cottontail Doll Designs are social plugins to external social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+. A page that contains a social plugin will sometimes cause your browser to establish a direct connection with the servers of the respective social networks. The contents of these social networks are directly transmitted to your browser and integrates into our service. Cottontail Doll Designs does not influence the scope of the data collected by the respective social network. We, therefore, inform accordingly to our knowledge:
Facebook- We employ the use of specific subpages of Cottontail Doll Designs for social plugins of the social networking site Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. By activating the plugin, Facebook receives the data about the information and buttons on Cottontail Doll Designs you have accessed. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can connect your Cottontail Doll Designs visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, and for example you press the ‘share’ button, the corresponding information is sent directly to Facebook, where it is stored. There is still the possibility of Facebook getting your IP address and storing it, even if you are not a Facebook member.
The purpose and scope of data collection, along with the further processing and use of data by Facebook, along with the your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the Facebook privacy policy.
Twitter- We employ the use of specific subpages of Cottontail Doll Designs as a social plugin for the social networking site Twitter, which is operated by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103. By activating and pressing the ‘Tweet’ button, your account is associated with Cottontail Doll Designs and notifies other users.
For additional information, refer to the privacy statement of Twitter. The privacy settings on your Twitter account can be changed under account settings.
Pinterest- We employ certain subpages of Cottontail Doll Designs as social plugins for the social networking site Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest, Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By activating the plugin and using the ‘Pin It’ button, your page visit is linked to your Pinterest board and shared with other users. This data is transmitted to Pinterest, Cottontail Doll Designs receives this data which we use via Pinterest.
For more information, please refer to the Pinterest privacy policy. Your Pinterest privacy settings can be changed under account settings.
Google+- We employ certain subpages of Cottontail Doll Designs for social plugins of the social networking site Google+, which is operated by Google. By activating the plugin and pressing the ‘Google+1’ button, you link your Cottontail Doll Designs visit with your Google+ account and notify others in your circle. The information you provide will be sorted by Google for content and information you have viewed. Google will use your ‘+1’ as evidence along with your profile and photo, such as in your Google profile, search results, or elsewhere on websites and ads across the internet.
To further develop Google services, Google records beyond this information to inform about your Google+ activities. You must posses a globally visible and public Google profile to use the Google+ button, this Google profile must contain at least the chosen name for the profile. This profile name is used in all Google services, and in some cases this name can also act as a substitute for any other name which you have used when using your Google account to share content. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your personal identifying information, such as your email address.
In addition to the use outlined above, any information you provide in accordance with the Google privacy policy will be used. Google has the right to release summary statistics to users and partners (such as publishers, advertisers, or linked sites) on the activity of users or Google+ information. For more information, please refer to the Google privacy policy.
SECTION 7 - 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 a 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 additional generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 8 - 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.
SECTION 9 - 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 10 - 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 erin@cottontaildolldesigns.com or by mail at
Cottontail Doll Designs
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
28108 W Drumheller Rd Cheney Washington US 99004
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