PRIVACY STATEMENT
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, creating an account, contacting us with a question or comment, 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 any time, by contacting us on our Contact Page.
SECTION 3 – HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
– Send you the requested information
– Respond to customer service requests
– Send you a newsletter or other marketing communications
– Respond to your questions and concerns
– Improve our website and marketing efforts and otherwise assess the needs of our business
– Conduct research and analysis to help develop a better product
– Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery and marketing companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
SECTION 4 – 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 5 – “DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION” NOTICE
You acknowledge and agree that, if Alliyah and Things collects or obtains a record of your Personal Information, Alliyah and Things will not sell that information to any third party, except in the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or change in control. You acknowledge and agree that Alliyah and Things will not sell any passwords or Payment Information that you provide to any third party whatsoever; however, Alliyah and Things may transfer such information – and related rights, obligations, and liabilities – to a third party in the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or change in control.
You acknowledge and agree that Alliyah and Things may send you marketing and advertising messages on behalf of a third party and/or subject to a paid arrangement with a third party. Under such a circumstance, neither Alliyah and Things nor its Affiliates will disclose your Personal Information to said third party.
SECTION 6 – BLUEHOST
Our store is hosted on Bluehost. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform WooCommerce which allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through WooCommerce’s data storage, databases, and the general WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce’s Terms of Service here or Privacy Statement here.
SECTION 7 – 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 concerning the information we are required to provide for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which these providers will handle your personal information.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in 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 8 – 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 9 – COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows WooCommerce to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_WooCommerce_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
_WooCommerce_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.
_comment_If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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.
_account_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.
_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.
SECTION 10 – ACCOUNT ACCESS
Where use of the Site is contingent on you and your users accessing an “account” and/or inserting a “user-identification” and/or “password,” you agree that you will be solely responsible for the user-ids and passwords that are provided to you (as such passwords may be changed from time to time in accordance with features of the Site) to log-in. You and your users shall keep any correspondence you receive relating to or through the use of the Site (including, but not limited to, your user-id, passwords, and other registration or sign-in information) confidential and in a safe place and not disclose it to any third party. You will be responsible and liable for all communications and actions that take place through the use of your user-ids, including without limitation, any actions that occur without your authorization. Accordingly, it is your responsibility to take appropriate action immediately if any password has been stolen, leaked, compromised, or otherwise used without proper consent.
SECTION 11 – 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 12 – REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES
By using the Site, you represent and warrant that (a) you understand and agree that this Agreement is a legally binding agreement and the equivalent of a signed, written contract; (b) you will use the Site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (c) you are authorized to sign for and bind any entity for whom you are acting a representative or other agent; (d) you will not impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent any affiliation with another person, entity or association, use false headers or otherwise conceal your identity from Alliyah and Things for any purpose.
SECTION 13 – INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Alliyah and Things and the Alliyah and Things Parties from and against any and all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fee, arising out of or related in any way to your use of the Site, violation of this Agreement, violation of any law or regulation or violation of any proprietary or privacy right.
SECTION 14 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at anytime, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. 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 us through our Contact Page.
