Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how bauoufitters.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase on the Site.

Collecting personal information

When you visit the website, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the website and information necessary to process your purchases.We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”.See the list below for more information about what personal information we collect and why.

Device information

● Examples of personal information collected: web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, which websites or products you view, search terms and how you interact with the website.      

● Purpose of collection: load the Site accurately for you and perform analysis on the use of the Site in order to optimize our Site.      

● Collection source: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags or pixels 

● Disclosure for commercial purposes: shared with our Shopify processor.      

Order information

● Examples of personal information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address and phone number.      

● Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, process your payment information, arrange shipping and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, review our orders for potential risk or fraud and, where consistent with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertisements relating to our products or services.      

● Source of collection: collected from you.      

● Disclosure for commercial purposes: shared with our Shopify processor.      

Customer support information

● Examples of personal information collected: 

● Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.      

● Source of collection: collected from you.      

● Disclosure for commercial purposes:

 

Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under [16 years old].We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.If you are the parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.

Sharing personal information

We share your personal information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above.For example:

● We use Shopify to power our online store.You can read more about how Shopify uses your personal information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy .      

● We may 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 protect our rights otherwise.      

 

Behavioral Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you.For example:

We 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://policies.Google.com/privacy?hl=en .You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.Google.com/ dlpage / gaoptout .      

We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases and your interaction with our advertisements on other websites with our advertising partners.We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners and, in some cases, through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to depending on your location).            

 

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work .

You can disable targeted advertising:

● FACEBOOK - https://www.Facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads      

● GOOGLE - https://www.Google.com/settings/ads/anonymous      

● BING - https://advertise.bing ads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads ]      

In addition, you may opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/ .

Using personal information

We use your personal information to provide our services to you, which include: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilling your order, and keeping you updated on new products, services and offers.

Legal basis

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information in accordance with the following legal bases:

● Your consent;      

● The performance of the contract between you and the Site;      

● Compliance with our legal obligations;      

● To protect your vital interests;      

● Perform a task of public interest;      

● For our legitimate interests, which do not nullify your fundamental rights and freedoms.      

Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete that information.For more information about your right to opt-out, please see the 'Your Rights' section below.

Automatic decision making

If you are an EEA resident, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), where such decision-making has a legal effect on you or affects you otherwise significantly.

We [NO / NO] engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.

Our Shopify processor uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that has no legal or significant effect on you.

Services that include automated decision-making elements include:

● Temporary denylist of IP addresses associated with failed repeat transactions.This denylist persists for a small number of hours.      

● Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with denylisted IP addresses.This denylist persists for a small number of days.      

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Sale of personal information

Our website sells personal information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

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● CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION SOLD;      

● SALE REFUSAL INSTRUCTIONS;      

● IF YOUR COMPANY SELLS INFORMATION ON CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16 AND IF YOU OBTAIN AFFIRMATIVE AUTHORIZATION;      

● IF YOU PROVIDE A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE NOT TO SELL INFORMATION, PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT INCENTIVE IS.]      

Your rights

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GDPR

If you are an EEA resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to transfer it to a new service, and to request that your personal information be corrected, updated or deleted.If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information below [OR INSERT ALTERNATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ACCESS, ERASE, CORRECTION AND PORTABILITY REQUESTS].

Your personal information will be processed initially in Ireland and then transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including Canada and the United States.For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify's GDPR article: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR .

CCPA

If you are a California resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you (also known as the "Right to Know"), to transfer it to a new service, and to request that your information personal data are corrected, updated or deleted.If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information below [OR INSERT ALTERNATE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ACCESS, ERASE, CORRECTION AND PORTABILITY REQUESTS] .

If you wish to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address below.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that is downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site.We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising and social media or content cookies.Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection).This means you don't have to enter this information again each time you return to the site or navigate from page to page.Cookies also provide information about how people use the website, for example whether this is their first time visiting it or whether they are frequent visitors.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies necessary for the operation of the store

Name

Function

_ab

Used in connection with administrator access.

_secure_session_id

Used in connection with browsing through a store.

cart

Used in connection with the shopping cart.

cart_sig

Used in connection with checkout.

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

secret

Used in connection with checkout.

secure_customer_sig

Used in connection with customer login.

storefront_digest

Used in connection with customer login.

_shopify_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

Reports and analysis

Name

Function

_tracking_consent

Tracking preferences.

_landing_page

Crawl landing pages

_orig_referrer

Crawl landing pages

_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_fs

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics related to marketing and referrals.

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics related to marketing and referrals.

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

_y

Shopify analytics.

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How long a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or a “session” cookie.Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted.Most of the cookies we use are persistent and expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in several ways.Please remember that removing or blocking cookies may negatively affect your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through browser controls, usually found in the browser's "Tools" or "Preferences" menu.More information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser's help file or on websites such as www.allaboutcookies.org .

Also, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.To exercise your rights or opt out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do not track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not change our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal in your browser.

Change

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes in our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

Contact

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions or would like to make a complaint, please contact us via email.