PRIVACY STATEMENT

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 provide 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 understand your browser and operating system.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, promotions, 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 and using it for that specific purpose only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, such as marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent or provide you with the opportunity to decline.

How do I withdraw my consent?

If after opting in you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, or for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information at any time by contacting us at info@thebodybar.ca or mailing us at:

The Body Bar Apothecary & Wellness Shop
175 Hurontario St
Collingwood, Ontario
Canada L9Y2M1

SECTION 3 - DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if required by law 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 protected by a firewall.

Payment:

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, 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 necessary to complete your transaction. After completion, your transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS, managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a joint effort of brands including 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 review Shopify’s Terms of Service:
https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms

and Shopify’s 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 transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we are required to provide to them for purchase-related transactions.

We recommend reviewing their privacy policies to better understand how your personal information will be handled by those providers.

Please note that certain providers may be located in or have facilities located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you proceed with a transaction involving a third-party service provider, your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that provider or 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 personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

Once you leave our 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.

Links

When you click links on our store, they may direct you away from our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to review their privacy statements.

SECTION 6 - SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, it is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) 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.

SECTION 7 - COOKIES

Below is a list of cookies we use. We’ve listed them here so you can choose whether you would like 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 at 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 whether 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 province or state of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your province or state 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 remain aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances 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 our Privacy Compliance Officer at:

info@thebodybar.ca

or by mail at:

The Body Bar Apothecary & Wellness Shop
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
175 Hurontario St
Collingwood, Ontario
Canada L9Y2M1