Privacy policy
The Blade Bros Privacy Policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Obtaining and using personal information.
- Whenever you buy something from our store, we collect your name, address, and email address as part of the buying and selling process.
- You also provide us with your computer's internet protocol (IP) address when browsing our store to help us learn about your browser and operating system.
- With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, and other stuff.
- We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.
- Any information that can be used to uniquely identify a person (including the information below) is referred to as "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy.
See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why:
Device information
- The Site collects a variety of Personal Information, including your browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you visit, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
- This information is collected to ensure that the Site loads correctly for you and to analyze the Site's usage in order to make it more effective.
- Our Site collects information about you automatically when you visit it withcookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels[ADD OR SUBTRACT ANY OTHER TYPE OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGY WE USE].
- Disclosure for a business purpose: This data is shared with our processor Shopify, as well as any other vendors with whom you may share this data.
Order information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: name, shipping address, billing address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers), etc.
- Purpose of collection: Providing you with products or services to fulfill our contract, processing your payment information, arranging shipping, sending you invoices and/or order confirmations, communicating with you, ensuring our orders are safe and secure, and providing you with information or advertising pertaining to our products or services according to the preferences you have shared with us.
- Collection source: collected from you.
- Disclosure for a business purpose: the data is shared with Shopify, our payment processor, or other vendors you share your information with. FOR EXAMPLE, SALE CHANNELS, PAYMENT GATEWAYS, SHIPPING AND FULFILLMENT APPS.
Customer support information
- Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
- Collection source: collected from you.
Sharing Personal Information
As described above, we share your Personal Information with service providers to help us fulfill our contracts with you.
For example:
- Our online store is powered by Shopify. Visit https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy for more information about how Shopify uses your Personal Information.
- Your Personal Information may be shared with third parties as required by applicable laws, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request, or for other reasons
CONSENT
- By providing your personal information to us, you consent to us collecting and using it for the specific reason you provided it, such as completing a transaction, verifying your credit card, or placing an order.
- In case we need to collect your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we'll either ask for your explicit consent or give you the chance to say no.
- WITHDRAWL OF CONSENT
- Please contact us at support@thebladebros.com if you wish to withdraw your consent to us contacting you, collecting, using, or disclosing your information after opting in.
AGE OF CONSENT FOR MINORS
- Your use of this site means you're at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence. You're also at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you've given us your permission to let any of your minors use it. Ideally, the Site should be intended for adults 18 and older.
DISCLOSURE
- Your personal information may be disclosed if we're required by law or if you break the terms and conditions.
SHOPIFY
- Our products and services are sold online through Shopify Inc.'s e-commerce platform.
- Data you enter will be stored in Shopify's database, data storage, and the Shopify application. The data is stored on a secure server behind a firewall.
Retention
- Unless and until you ask us to delete your Personal Information, we will retain your Personal Information for our records.
Payment Data information
- Shopify stores your credit card information unless you decide to make your transaction through a direct payment channel. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard encrypts it (PCI-DSS). Your transaction data will only be stored for as long as necessary to complete your transaction. Purchase transaction information is destroyed once it is finished.
- Direct payment gateways adhere to the PCI-DSS standards, which are governed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a collaboration of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
- By following PCI-DSS regulations, our shop and its service partners will ensure that credit card information is handled securely.
- To learn more about Shopify's Terms of Service, please visit http://www.shopify.com/legal/terms.
Cookies
- When you visit our Site, a cookie is downloaded to your computer or device.
- Different types of cookies are used by us, including functional cookies, performance cookies, advertising cookies, social media cookies, and content cookies.
- To improve your browsing experience, cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as logging in and selecting a region). As a result, you don't have to reenter this information every time you visit the site or navigate between pages. In addition, cookies tell us how people use the website, like whether it's their first time or if they're regular.
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Cookies remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time depending on whether they are "persistent cookies” or "session cookies".
- A session cookie lasts until you stop browsing
- A persistent cookie lasts until it expires or is deleted. Persistent cookies expire after 30 minutes or two years from the date they are downloaded to your computer.
- There are several ways in which you can control and manage cookies. It is important to note that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and some parts of our website may not function properly.
- Generally, most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change your browser settings to accept or reject cookies, often found in the "Tools" or "Preferences" menu. Alternatively, you can find more information on how to block, manage, or filter cookies in your browser's help file or at allaboutcookies.org.
- It is also important to note that blocking cookies may not prevent us from sharing information with third parties such as our advertising partners. Please follow the instructions in the "Behavioural Advertising" section above if you would like to exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information.
Behavioural Advertising
To provide you with targeted advertising or marketing communications we believe will be of interest to you, we use your Personal Information.
For example:
- In order to better understand how our customers use the Site, we use Google Analytics. Google's privacy policies can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
- Google Analytics may also be turned off here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Our advertising partners receive information about how you use the Site, make purchases, and interact with our ads on other websites. Cookies and other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location) may be used to collect some of this information and share it with our advertising partners.
- Learn more about targeted advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-it-works.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
COMMON LINKS INCLUDE:
- 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/.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
- Our third-party providers will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary for them to provide the services they provide to us.
- Our customers' information may be shared with third parties in connection with their purchase-related transactions, including payment gateways and payment processing companies.
- It is recommended that you read these providers' privacy policies so you can understand how your personal information will be handled.
- Consequently, if you try to conduct a transaction that is mediated by a third-party service provider, your information may be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction where that third-party service provider is located.
- When your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States and you are located in Canada, your personal information may be disclosed under United States laws such as the Patriot Act.
- In the event that you leave our store's website, or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you will no longer be subject to this Privacy Policy or to our website's Terms of Service.
- Please note that clicking on links on our store may take you away from our site. It is important to read the privacy statements of other sites as we are not responsible for their privacy practices.
SECURITY
- As part of our commitment to protecting your privacy, we follow industry best practices and take reasonable precautions.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
- We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Upon acquisition or merger, your information may be transferred to the new owners.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
- Please contact us at support@thebladebros.com if you would like more information or to access, correct, amend, or delete your personal information.