Privacy policy
ARTICLE 1 – PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you make a purchase from our store, as part of our 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, which gives us more details about the browser and operating system you are using.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, and other updates.
SMS marketing (if applicable): By entering your phone number when placing your order, you agree to receive text messages (order tracking and abandoned cart recovery), as well as promotional offers. Text messages do not exceed 4 per month. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP.
ARTICLE 2 - CONSENT
How do we get your consent?
When you provide us with your personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange a delivery, or return a purchase, we assume that you consent to our collecting your information and using it for that purpose only.
If we ask you for your personal information for another reason, such as marketing, we will either ask you directly for your express consent or give you the opportunity to decline.
How do I withdraw my consent?
If, after giving us your consent, you change your mind and no longer consent to our contacting you, collecting your information, or disclosing it, you can let us know by contacting us at support@belleaparis.com.
ARTICLE 3 – DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms and Conditions of Sale and Use.
ARTICLE 4 – SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our services and products to you.
Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage system and databases, and in the general Shopify application. Your data is kept on a secure server protected by a firewall.
Payment:
If you complete your purchase through a direct payment gateway, Shopify will store your credit card information. This information is encrypted in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction information is kept only as long as necessary to complete your order. Once your order is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways comply with the PCI-DSS standard, managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of companies such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
The PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card data by our store and its service providers.
For more information, please see Shopify’s Terms of Service here or its Privacy Policy here.
ARTICLE 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary 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 regarding the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies carefully so you can understand how they will handle your personal information.
Keep in mind that certain providers may be located in, or have facilities located in, a jurisdiction different from yours or ours. So if you decide to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party provider, your information may then become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which that provider is located or those of the jurisdiction in which its facilities are located.
For example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, your information used to complete the 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 by our website’s Terms and Conditions of Sale and Use.
Links
You may be directed away from our website when you click on certain links on our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those other sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies carefully.
ARTICLE 6 – SECURITY
To protect your personal data, 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, it will be encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology 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.
COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We have listed them here so that you can choose whether or not you want to allow them.
_session_id, unique session identifier, allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.).
_shopify_visit, no data held, persists 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 at midnight (relative to the visitor’s location) of the next day. Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique identifier, persists for 2 weeks, stores information about the contents of your shopping cart.
_secure_session_id, unique session identifier
storefront_digest, unique identifier, indefinite if the store has a password; it is used to determine whether the current visitor has access.
ARTICLE 7 – 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, and that you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this website.
ARTICLE 8 – 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 changes to the content of this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you know what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If our store is acquired by or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we can 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, file a complaint, or simply get more information, contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at support@belleaparis.com