Effective Date: November 10, 2023
At Pom Pom Adorn, we hold your privacy in high regard. We are dedicated to informing you about the ways we collect and utilize your personal information. This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") outlines the procedures for collecting, using, storing, processing, and sharing your data when you access our website (https://pompomadorn.com) ("Site") and engage with our consumer services offered through the Site. Please note that this policy does not extend to information obtained through other channels. If you have any inquiries regarding our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, kindly consult the contact details provided at the conclusion of this document.
Please take a moment to review this Privacy Policy carefully to gain a clear understanding of how we handle your information and protect your privacy at Pom Pom Adorn. When you use our Site, purchase our products, or engage with our services, you implicitly agree that, alongside accepting our Terms of Use, you have read, comprehended, and consented to the privacy practices outlined in this policy. It's important to note that our Privacy Policy may undergo revisions over time. Your ongoing use of the Site following such changes indicates your acceptance of them. We encourage you to check our Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Kindly be aware that there are situations where we may redirect you to a website managed by a third-party service provider or advertiser. Although the page you interact with might seem similar to our Site in terms of content and information, please understand that a distinct privacy policy may govern the data collected by these third-party service providers or advertisers.
Please take note that specific sections of our Site may function in distinct ways. Some sections come with additional terms that complement this policy, while others might refer to an entirely separate privacy policy. As a result, this policy may not be applicable in those instances. To assist you in navigating, we've included links below to guide you to particular sections of this Privacy Policy. However, we strongly recommend that you thoroughly read this policy in its entirety before utilizing our Site.
Information You Share with Us: There is typically no obligation for you to disclose personal information when you browse our Site. However, as you make a purchase or subscribe to our services on our Site, we may collect various types of information, which can include:
- Your contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, and phone number.
- Financial information, encompassing credit/debit card details or other payment information.
- Your preferences for communications and marketing.
- Searches you perform on the Site.
- Any correspondence, waivers, acceptances, or other details that you transmit to us.
- Information related to your purchase history, including details about items added to your online shopping cart.
- Any personal communications voluntarily submitted by you or a third party in various forms, such as email, postal mail, online forms, or notes included during the order checkout process.
- Additional information provided as explained in this Privacy Policy, during data collection, or with your explicit consent.
Automatically Gathered Information: Additionally, certain information may be gathered automatically by our service providers as you interact with and explore our Site. This automatically collected data may encompass:
- Your IP address and its location.
- A history of your product searches.
- The type of web browser and operating system you employ.
- Timestamps indicating when you accessed our services.
- The specific pages you navigate on the Site.
- If applicable, the website address from which you arrived at our Site.
Information from External Sources: We may receive information about you from external sources. This can include data provided by our vendors, associates in business, or details obtained from social media platforms.
Data Collected via Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Mechanisms: Certain pages on our website, as well as our direct communications with you (e.g., promotional email correspondence), may incorporate small electronic text files referred to as "cookies." These cookies are stored on your computer or device when you access specific web pages, recording your preferences and interactions. Additionally, we utilize small electronic files, known as "web beacons" (also called clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs), which are invisible graphics embedded within web pages. These web beacons supply us with specific statistical data that is not personally identifiable, aiding in the analysis of Site usage and other insights, such as the frequency of specific sections of our website accessed by our customers. Any information we collect through web beacons and similar technologies is presented solely in aggregate form and does not include your personal data. You have the option to decline the use of web beacons and similar technologies by activating the relevant settings in your web browser. Further details on these tools and how you can manage them can be found in the "Communications, Preferences & Access" section below.
How We Utilize the Data We Collect from You:
The information gathered from you may serve various purposes, including but not limited to:
- Shipping merchandise orders you've placed through our Site.
- Addressing and responding to any correspondence received from you.
- Contacting you through email, phone, or other means regarding your subscriptions or transactions. For example, this could entail sending purchase receipts and informing you about new features, enhancements, and merchandise.
- Communicating changes to our policies.
- Overseeing and administering the Site, conducting internal business analyses, and striving to enhance the quality of our business and the products and services we provide.
- Promoting our products, which encompasses delivering information about new products and exclusive offers. Additionally, we may employ your information to personalize advertisements and deliver targeted promotions. These advertisements may appear on other websites or platforms. To discover more about your choices concerning these communications, please refer to the "Communications, Preferences & Access" section below.
- Customizing and personalizing your interactions with the Site, which could involve saving items added to your shopping cart or offering suggestions based on your preferences.
- Distributing our newsletters, offers, or promotions related to our products, services, or special events.
- Administering contests, sweepstakes, promotions, or surveys.
- Safeguarding and enforcing our legal and contractual rights, including the enforcement of our Terms of Use and the prevention of fraud.
- Detecting, investigating, and preventing activities that may contravene our policies or be illegal.
- Any other purposes detailed in this Privacy Policy, at the point of data collection, or based on your consent.
When and Why We Share Your Data:
We may share your personal information with third parties for the following purposes, among others:
- Service Providers: We may grant authorization to our service providers who conduct essential business functions on our behalf, permitting them to collect, access, store, and process your data to facilitate the delivery of their services. These service providers may encompass payment processors like Shopify. Their tasks may include fulfilling online orders, managing databases, conducting performance analysis, processing credit/debit card payments, providing customer support, shipping merchandise, or handling communications on our behalf. For more information on how Shopify handles your information, please refer to the Shopify Privacy Policy.
- Third Parties: We might share information with third parties for marketing objectives. These third parties may include our retail partners. We may provide email addresses or other data to social media platforms and partners to enable them to display our advertisements on their platforms. Personal information acquired by these entities may be governed by their respective privacy policies. These third parties may also share your data with others, using it for their own marketing or for the marketing purposes of other entities. This could include the delivery of interest-based advertising.
- Business Transfers: In scenarios where we sell all or part of our business, undertake asset sales, engage in negotiations, mergers, business transfers, or face bankruptcy or dissolution, we may disclose or transfer your personal information as part of these proceedings. In such instances, we will strive to ensure that the acquiring party adheres to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy (as revised over time). However, we cannot guarantee that the acquiring party or merged entity will uphold the same privacy practices or manage your personal data as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
- Site Development and Analysis: We analyze data related to our users' subscriptions, purchases, and usage patterns to inform our business and marketing decisions, often engaging providers such as Google and Shopify. This analysis aids us in predicting user preferences and pricing strategies for our products and helps evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
- Administrative or Legal Processes: Your data may be disclosed to third parties to safeguard legal rights, safety, and security of Pom Pom Adorn, our corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, business partners, and our Site and services users. This could encompass enforcing our Terms of Use, addressing and resolving claims or complaints, preventing fraud, managing risk, or complying with legal and law enforcement obligations, even when not legally mandated.
- With Your Consent: We may share information with third parties when you provide consent or instruct us to do so.
- Aggregate Data (De-Identified Information): Periodically, we aggregate or de-identify data to the extent that it no longer identifies specific individuals, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. We may share such aggregated information, like usage statistics, with advertisers, sponsors, or other entities. This helps us gain better insights into our user base, for instance, when evaluating advertising performance, creating interest-based advertising segments, or compiling survey results. We may utilize and disclose this aggregated or de-identified data for various purposes, unless such use is prohibited by applicable laws.
- Location Information: We may share location details such as your zip code, city, or country with service providers conducting specific functions or services on our behalf. We do not collect or share precise geolocation information.
It's essential to note that aggregated de-identified information, as described above, may be disclosed about our users and data that doesn't identify any particular individual, without constraints unless otherwise restricted by applicable laws.
Engagement with Social Media Platforms:
At times, we may integrate features on our site from third-party social media platforms. These features enable users to interact with, share content from, or express appreciation for our posts on these platforms. Your interaction with these third-party platforms may typically involve the collection of certain information about you through cookies or other tracking technologies deployed on your device.
On occasion, these platforms may install cookies on our site, allowing them to recognize you, even if you refrain from actively engaging with their services. For a more comprehensive understanding of their data collection practices, as well as the privacy rights and controls available to you during your interactions with these platforms, we recommend referring to the respective privacy policies of these third-party platforms.
Protection of Minors' Privacy:
Our website is not designed for individuals under the age of 13. Individuals below the age of 13 are not permitted to provide any personal information on or through our site. We do not intentionally gather, utilize, or reveal personal information from individuals under the age of 13.
Should we become aware of the collection or receipt of personal information from a child under 13 years of age, without obtaining parental consent, we will make reasonable efforts to remove such information from our records. If you suspect that we may have acquired information from or about a child under 13, kindly reach out to us at pompomadorn@gmail.com.
External Website Links:
Our site may include hyperlinks leading to other websites or online services managed and supervised by third parties, and they are not within our control or maintenance. For instance, when you use our site, you might input specific billing details through our payment processor to facilitate order fulfillment.
Please be aware that these links should not be interpreted as an endorsement by us of these alternate websites, their displayed content, or the individuals and entities affiliated with them. This Privacy Policy is not applicable to these third-party websites, services, or content. We strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policies associated with these third-party sites or services.
E-commerce Platform Provider - Shopify:
Our website is powered by Shopify, Inc., which supplies us with an online e-commerce platform that facilitates the sale of our products and services to you. Your information is securely stored within Shopify's data storage, databases, and the overarching Shopify application. If you seek further insight into how Shopify manages your data, we recommend visiting the Shopify Privacy Policy for additional details.
Protection of Your Data:
We have established safeguards to protect your personal information against unintended loss and unauthorized access, utilization, alteration, and disclosure.
It's important to acknowledge that transmitting information over the internet is not entirely infallible. While we exert our utmost efforts to safeguard your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security when transmitted through our website or via the Site. Any transfer of personal information is undertaken at your own discretion, and you recognize that there are limitations to security and privacy which are beyond our control.
International Transfer of Personal Information:
Pom Pom Adorn is primarily based in the United States, and our website is hosted there as well. The data we collect is subject to U.S. law. However, our website may be accessed by individuals from around the world, and depending on your location, we may ship orders made through the website internationally.
If you are situated outside of the United States and are accessing our website from a location beyond U.S. borders, please be aware that the information gathered via the website may be transferred to, processed, stored, and utilized in the United States and other jurisdictions. Additionally, this data may be made accessible to our affiliates and third-party service providers (e.g., those who collect your shipping and contact information to aid us in order fulfillment).
Data protection laws in the United States and other jurisdictions may differ from those in your country of residence. By using the website or providing any information, you are consenting to the transfer to and from, processing, use, sharing, and storage of your personal information, as outlined in this policy, both within the United States and in other jurisdictions.
Updates to Our Privacy Policy:
Our approach is to publish any revisions we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. Additionally, we will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy as required by applicable laws. You can find the date of the last Privacy Policy update at the top of this page.
It is your responsibility to ensure that we have a current and functional email address on file for you. We also encourage you to visit our website and review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about any alterations.
Contact Pom Pom Adorn:
If you have any inquiries or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy and our privacy procedures, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact us by sending an email to pompomadorn@gmail.com.