This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from metalchastitycage.com (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECTWhen you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers [[INSERT ANY OTHER PAYMENT TYPES ACCEPTED]]), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
– Communicate with you;
– Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
– When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIONWe share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use WordPress to power our online store–you can read more about how WordPress uses your Personal Information here: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site — you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISINGAs described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:
– 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/.
DO NOT TRACKPlease note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTSIf you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTIONWhen you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHANGESWe may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18 .
By using our site, you agree to us placing cookies on your device and accessing them when you visit the site again in the future.
‘Cookies’ are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit some websites. They are not viruses or programs and cannot damage your computer.
We use cookies to enhance your user-experience on this website and make everything as easy as possible for you to use. You can block all cookies from being used on your chosen browser but this will prevent you from using parts of this website.
No personally identifiable data is collected or stored using cookies; they are simply files used to enhance your visit.
It’s possible to turn off your cookies manually in your browser at any time. You can usually find these settings in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser.
[Definitions of Cookies]
Strictly Necessary:
‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies let you move around metalchastitycage.com and use essential features like secure payment areas and the shopping basket. These cookies don’t gather any personal information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to:
Remember things like information you’ve entered on shopping forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session.
Remember the goods you have placed in your Shopping Basket.
Identify if you have logged on as a metalchastitycage Member.
Ensure that if we make any changes to the website in the future that you will be directed to the correct page.
Cookies defined as ‘Strictly Necessary’ will NOT be used to:
Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you.
Collect any personal information about you.
Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website. Our shopping pages will not function without these cookies so you must accept them in order to continue using our site.
Performance:
We use ‘Performance’ cookies to collect information about how you use our website e.g. which pages you visit and if there are any errors. These cookies don’t collect any information about you personally. All the information collected is anonymous and used to improve how our site works and monitor its performance.
We use Performance cookies to:
Provide statistics on how our website is used.
Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur.
Test different designs of our website using A/B multivariate testing.
Anonymously record user sessions to improve usability
Cookies we have defined as ‘Performance’ cookies will NOT be used to:
Gather any personal information.
Target adverts to you on any other website.
Examples of what these cookies are used for
Google Analytics – We use Google analytics to capture data on how customers browse the website. No personally identifiable data is stored.
Functionality:
‘Functionality’ cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit and make metalchastitycage.com easier to use. They can also be used to prevent the user being offered a service again that had previously been offered to that user and rejected.
We use ‘Functionality’ cookies to:
Remember settings you’ve changed.
Show you when you’re logged into the Members area of the website.
Stop you being showing website overlay again once you have dismissed it.
Cookies defined as ‘Functionality’ will not be used to:
Target you with adverts on other websites.
Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties – where this is the case, we do not allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.
You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may mean we can’t offer you some features
CONTACT USFor more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at support@metalchastitycage.com