Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Shopsta (the “Site”).
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit our website, we automatically gather some information about your device and how you use the site. This includes details about your web browser, where you’re accessing the site from (your IP address), the time zone you’re in, and data stored in small text files called cookies on your device. We also keep track of the web pages or products you look at, where you came from (like a search engine or another website), and how you interact with our website. We call all of this automatically collected information “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using a few different technologies:
“Cookies” are small files that are placed on your computer or device. They have a unique identifier but don’t contain personal information. If you want to know more about cookies and how to turn them off, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
“Log files” keep track of what happens on our website. This includes things like your IP address, the type of web browser you’re using, your internet service provider, the pages you visit, and when you visited them.
“Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files that help us record how you use our website. They give us insights into your browsing behavior.
Additionally, when you buy something or try to buy something from our website, we collect some specific information from you. This includes your name, billing address, shipping address, payment details (like credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We call this information “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in our Privacy Policy, we mean both Device Information and Order Information. In other words, it’s the data we automatically collect about your device and the information you provide when making a purchase. We take your privacy seriously and want you to know how we handle this information.
How We Use Your Personal Information?
We use the information you provide when you place an order on our website (Order Information) for several important purposes:
Fulfillment: This means we use it to complete your order. This includes processing your payment, arranging for shipping, and giving you invoices and order confirmations.
Communication: We use this information to talk to you. If we need to reach out about your order, we’ll use the contact details you provide.
Security: We use your order details to make sure everything is safe. We check for any signs of potential problems or fraud.
Personalized Experience: If you’ve told us you’re interested in certain things, we may use your order information to send you information or ads about products and services that match your preferences.
As for the Device Information we collect (like your IP address), we use it mainly for two reasons:
Security: We use this information to help protect our website from potential risks and fraud.
Improvement: It helps us make our website better. We analyze how people use our site, what pages they visit, and how they interact with it. This helps us understand what’s working well and what needs improvement. We also use this data to see how well our marketing and advertising efforts are doing.
In simpler terms, we use your order information to handle your purchases and communicate with you, while we use device information to make our website safer and more user-friendly, and to make our ads and marketing more relevant to your interests. Your privacy and security are important to us, so we handle all this information with care.
Do We Share Your Personal Information
We may share your Personal Information with third parties for various reasons, as explained below:
Analytics: We use services like Google Analytics to understand how people use our website. This helps us improve our site and make it better for you. You can learn more about how Google handles your Personal Information: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. If you prefer not to be included in Google Analytics, you can opt-out here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Legal Compliance: Sometimes, we have to share your Personal Information to follow the law. This might include responding to legal requests like subpoenas or search warrants, or to protect our rights.
In simple terms, we share your information with others to improve our website and to follow the law when necessary. We take your privacy and security seriously, and we only share your information for these specific reasons.
Behavioral Advertising
We use your Personal Information to send you ads and marketing that we think you might like.
You can also choose to stop getting these kinds of ads by using these links:
- For Facebook, go to: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- For Google, go to: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- For Bing, go to: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Do Not Track
We don’t change how we collect and use data on our website when your browser sends a “Do Not Track” signal.
Your Rights
If 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 form.
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 may be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States (depending on your location we store informations to closest data center).
Data Retention
We’ll keep your Order Information on file after you place an order on the Site unless you request its deletion.
Changes
We 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.