Privacy Policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
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SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE?
When you purchase something from our store. As part of the purchase and sale process, we collect personal information from you, such as your name, address, and email address.
When you browse our store, we 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 e-mails regarding our store, new products, and other updates.
SECTION 2 - CONSENT
How may I obtain my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, we look at your credit card. Placing an order, organizing a delivery, or returning a purchase means that you consent to our collection and use it solely for this specific purpose.
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 becoming a member, you can withdraw your consent at any time. To gather, use or disclose your information on an ongoing basis by contacting us at support@goldtrends.co.
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 an 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 using the Payment Card Industry Data Safety Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as it's necessary to complete your purchase transaction. Upon completion, your purchase transaction information is removed.
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.
The PCI-DSS requirements make it possible to ensure the secure processing of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more information, please 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 privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide them with for your purchase-related transactions.
For those providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand how your personal information will be treated by those providers.
In particular, remember that some providers may be located in or have installations that are located in a jurisdiction other than you or us. Thus, if you choose 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 or jurisdictions where this 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.
When you leave our store's website or are redirected to a third-party website or app, you are no longer subject to this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use of our website.
Links
When you click on the links on our shop, they can direct you away from our website. We are not responsible for other websites' privacy practices and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Google analytics:
Our store uses Google Analytics to help us learn about store visits and page views.
SECTION 6 - SECURITY
To protect your privacy, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure that your information is not lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, modified, 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
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We have listed them here so that you can select whether or not you wish to disable cookies.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information on 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 related to the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, Unique Token, Session.
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the store has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access to it.
PREF, persists for a very short period, Set by Google and tracks who visits the store and from where
SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT
By using this website, you declare to have at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence. Also, 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 change this privacy policy anytime, so please review it frequently. The changes and clarifications will be effective immediately after they are posted on the Web site. If we make significant changes to this policy, we will let you know here on our website that it has been updated. To ensure that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and in what circumstances, if any, we use or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another business, your information can be transferred to the new owners so that we can continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you wish to: access, correct, modify or remove any personal information we have about you, please file a complaint. If you would like more information, please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at