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 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.

  • Text marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send text messages about our store, new products, and other updates.

We will use the information we obtain in connection with our SMS/text messaging in accordance with this SMS/Text Notification Privacy Policy. We collect the following personal information about you in the context of our text messaging program: your name, mobile phone number, and texting preferences (opt-ins and opt-outs). We use this information to manage our text messaging program, including sending you text messages. Your wireless carrier may collect data about your wireless device usage, and its practices are governed by its own policies. We take measures to protect your sensitive personal information, but we cannot guarantee its security in transit or storage.

SECTION 2 – 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 exchange 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 you change your mind after opting in, 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 at support@blazersmill.com and/or by adjusting your marketing preferences.

 

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 - SQUARESPACE

Our store is hosted on Squarespace. They provide us with an online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Squarespace’s data storage, databases, and the general Squarespace 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 Squarespace 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 Squarespace’s Terms of Service (https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service) or Privacy Statement (https://www.squarespace.com/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 with 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 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.

The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

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 - 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 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 7 - COOKIES

Squarespace uses both essential and non-essential cookies. For a full list of essential and non-essential cookies used by Squarespace, go HERE.

Essential cookies are crucial for a website to work properly and do not require visitor consent:

  • Crumb Cookie: Prevents cross-site request forgery.

  • hasCart Cookie: Indicates a visitor has an active shopping cart.

  • Locked Cookie: Prevents a password-protected screen from appearing if the correct password is entered.

  • orderStatusSessionToken Cookie: Authenticates visitors to the order status page.

Non-essential cookies are not required for site functionality and typically require user consent to use:

  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: Tracks how users access and use the site, analyzes performance, and provides insights into traffic.

  • Marketing and Advertising Cookies: Used for targeted advertising and to track the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

  • Third-Party Cookies: Placed by third-party services integrated into the site, to collect data for their own services.

  • orderStatusSessionToken Cookie: Authenticates visitors to the order status page.

  • Abandoned Cart Cookie: Keeps track of items you put into your shopping cart, including when you have abandoned your cart. This information is used to determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS.

Cookie Consent and Privacy:

  • Cookie Banners: To comply with data privacy regulations like GDPR, Squarespace allows site owners to add a cookie banner to their site to inform visitors about cookie usage and obtain their affirmative consent, especially for non-essential cookies. 

  • Third-Party Consent Modes: Squarespace integrates with third-party services by sending consent signals based on visitor choices, ensuring compliance for services like Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel.

  • Opting Out: Visitors can typically set their browser not to accept cookies. 

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 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: support@blazersmill.com