PRIVACY POLICY
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: 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, 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 anytime, by contacting us at support@affs.tech
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 the 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 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 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 own privacy policies in 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 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.
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 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 7 - COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out
of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about 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 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.
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 us at support@affs.tech