Privacy policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase something from our store, aspart of the buying and selling process, we collectthe personal information you give us such as yourname, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automaticallyreceive your computer’s internet protocol (IP)address in order to provide us with informationthat helps us learn about your browser andoperating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With yourpermission, we may send you emails about ourstore, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 - CONSENT
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information tocomplete a transaction, verify your credit card,place an order, arrange for a delivery or return apurchase, we imply that you consent to ourcollecting it and using it for that specific reasononly.
If we ask for your personal information for asecondary reason, like marketing, we will eitherask you directly for your expressed consent, orprovide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you maywithdraw your consent for us to contact you, forthe continued collection, use or disclosure of yourinformation, at anytime, by contacting us atcontact@brooklynbutcherblocks.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 Service.
SECTION 4 - SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provideus with the online e-commerce platform thatallows 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 afirewall.
Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway tocomplete your purchase, then Shopify stores yourcredit card data. It is encrypted through thePayment Card Industry Data Security Standard(PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data isstored only as long as is necessary to completeyour purchase transaction. After that is complete,your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to thestandards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCISecurity Standards Council, which is a joint effortof brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Expressand Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the securehandling of credit card information by our storeand its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to readShopify’s Terms of Service here or PrivacyStatement here.
SECTION 5 - THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers used by us willonly collect, use and disclose your information tothe extent necessary to allow them to perform theservices they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers,such as payment gateways and other paymenttransaction processors, have their own privacypolicies in respect to the information we arerequired to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you readtheir privacy policies so you can understand themanner in which your personal information will behandled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers maybe located in or have facilities that are located adifferent jurisdiction than either you or us. So ifyou elect to proceed with a transaction thatinvolves the services of a third-party serviceprovider, then your information may becomesubject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in whichthat service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada andyour transaction is processed by a paymentgateway located in the United States, then yourpersonal information used in completing thattransaction may be subject to disclosure underUnited States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store’s website or areredirected to a third-party website or application,you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policyor our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our store, they maydirect you away from our site. We are notresponsible for the privacy practices of other sitesand encourage you to read their privacystatements.
Google analytics:
Our store uses Google Analytics to help us learnabout who visits our site and what pages are beinglooked at
TikTok Advertising and Analytics:
We may share certain customer information withTikTok and related service providers when youinteract with our store, place an order, or consentto marketing where required. This may includebrowsing activity, purchase activity, cart andcheckout events, registration events, andidentifiers such as email, phone number, name,and location information. We use this data tomeasure performance, improve our advertising,and optimize ad delivery through tools such asTikTok Pixel, Events API, Advanced Matching,Shopify APIs, In-App Checkout, Order APIs, andCustomer API. TikTok may process this informationunder its own privacy policy and practices. Whererequired, we will obtain consent before using orsharing information for marketing purposes, andcustomers may manage ad preferences or opt outwhere available.
SECTION 6 - SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we takereasonable precautions and follow industry bestpractices to make sure it is not inappropriatelylost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered ordestroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information,the information is encrypted using secure socketlayer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256encryption. Although no method of transmissionover the Internet or electronic storage is 100%secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements andimplement additional generally accepted industrystandards.
SECTION 7 - COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listedthem here so you that you can choose if you wantto opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, AllowsShopify to store information about your session(referrer, landing page, etc).
_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30minutes from the last visit, Used by our websiteprovider’s internal stats tracker to record thenumber of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight(relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts thenumber of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Storesinformation about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If theshop has a password, this is used to determine ifthe current visitor has access.
PREF, persistent for a very short period, Set byGoogle and tracks who visits the store and fromwheren
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 policyat any time, so please review it frequently.Changes and clarifications will take effectimmediately upon their posting on the website. Ifwe make material changes to this policy, we willnotify you here that it has been updated, so thatyou are aware of what information we collect, howwe use it, and under what circumstances, if any,we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with anothercompany, your information may be transferred tothe new owners so that we may continue to sellproducts 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 contact@brooklynbutcherblocks.com
