Privacy Policy
Aphrodite Fashions Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 04/08/2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Aphrodite Fashions (the "Site", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services or make a purchase at aphroditefashions.com (the “Site”) or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the “Services”). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" means you as a user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or other person whose information we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the “Last Updated” date, and take any other actions required by applicable law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we have collected and collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from various sources as described below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses described below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights from our users or other people.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depend on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the specific categories and types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information you provide to us directly through our Services may include:
- Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, email.
- Order information including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, phone number.
- Account information including your username, password, security questions.
- Shopping information, including items you view, add to your cart, or add to your wish list.
- Customer support information, including information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide certain information about yourself. You can choose not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
Information We Collect Through Cookies
We also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information about your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain from Third Parties
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
- Companies that support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
- Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g. bank account number, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide products or services requested by you , in order to fulfill our contract with you.
- When you visit our Site, open or click and
-mails we send to you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software development kits, third-party libraries and Cookies.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy is from information provided to us by third parties and we are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. For more information, see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
- Supply of Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide the Services to fulfill our contract with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, send you notifications related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, create, maintain and manage your account , to arrange shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges, and allow you to post reviews.
- Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and showing you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our Site and other websites.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate, or take action regarding potential fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
- Communication with You. We use your personal information to provide customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests to be responsive to you, provide effective services to you and maintain our business relationship with you.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use Cookies on our Site. For specific information about the Cookies we use in connection with powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to perform analytics and to better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests of administering, improving and optimizing the Services). We may also allow third parties and service providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor services, products and advertising on our Site and other sites.
Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies may negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain general features and functionality, to function incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes, subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- With vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
- With business and marketing partners, including Shopify, to provide services and advertise for you. We use META ADS to support personalized advertising with third-party services. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
- When you direct, request or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship products to you or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
- With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group, in our legitimate interests to run a successful business.
- In connection with a business transaction, such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights and the rights of our users or others.
In the last 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information (denoted by *) about users for the purposes set out above in "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information" and "How We Disclose Personal Information":
Category:
- Identifiers such as basic contact details icos and certain order and account information
- Business information such as order information, purchasing information and customer support information
- Activity on the Internet or other similar networks, such as Usage Data
Recipient Categories:
- Vendors and third parties who perform services on our behalf (such as Internet service providers, payment processors, customer service partners and data analytics providers)
- Commercial and marketing partners
- Affiliates
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
We have "sold" and "shared" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information in the last 12 months for the purpose of engaging in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
Personal Information Category
- Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information
- Commercial information, such as records of products or services purchased and purchasing information
- Activity on the Internet or other similar networks, such as Usage Data
Recipient Categories
- Commercial and marketing partners
User Generated Content
The Services may allow you to post product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user-generated content to any public area of the Services, that content will be public and accessible by anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information you choose to make available to others, and we cannot guarantee that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information you make public, or the accuracy, use or misuse of any information you disclose to or receive from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of these sites, including the accuracy, completeness or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social media platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation on its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of these links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content of these platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children's Data
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details provided below to request that it be deleted.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we have "shared" or "sold" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under the age of 16.
Security and Retention of Your Information
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Additionally, any information you send to us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable agreements and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below with respect to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in certain circumstances, and in some cases we may refuse your request as permitted by law.
- Right of Access/Knowledge. You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete. You may have the right to request that we delete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Correction. You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Portability. You can have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
- Right to "Opt Not to Sell". You may have the right to "opt-out" (as that term is defined in applicable law) of your personal information, in certain circumstances, including the "sale" of personal information for advertising or marketing purposes.
- Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights as set forth in the CCPA. This means that we will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised these rights.
We do not collect, use or disclose "sensitive personal information" (as that term is defined in the CCPA) about you except as permitted by the CCPA and other applicable laws, including for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or exercise any other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to anyone who does not have a right to receive it. We may also contact you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
If you have an account with us, you can review and update certain personal information related to your account by accessing and editing your profile. You may also submit requests to review, correct or delete your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
Claims
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or registering your complaint with your local protection authority of data.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside of the country in which you live, including the United States. Your personal information is also processed by employees and third-party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information outside of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant UK competent authority, as applicable, unless the data transfer or to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please email us at contactaphroditefashions@gmail.
Last updated: 04/08/2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Aphrodite Fashions (the "Site", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services or make a purchase at aphroditefashions.com (the “Site”) or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the “Services”). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" means you as a user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or other person whose information we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the “Last Updated” date, and take any other actions required by applicable law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we have collected and collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from various sources as described below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses described below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights from our users or other people.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depend on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the specific categories and types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information you provide to us directly through our Services may include:
- Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, email.
- Order information including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, phone number.
- Account information including your username, password, security questions.
- Shopping information, including items you view, add to your cart, or add to your wish list.
- Customer support information, including information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending a message through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide certain information about yourself. You can choose not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
Information We Collect Through Cookies
We also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information about your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain from Third Parties
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
- Companies that support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
- Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g. bank account number, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide products or services requested by you , in order to fulfill our contract with you.
- When you visit our Site, open or click and
-mails we send to you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software development kits, third-party libraries and Cookies.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy is from information provided to us by third parties and we are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties. For more information, see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
- Supply of Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide the Services to fulfill our contract with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, send you notifications related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, create, maintain and manage your account , to arrange shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges, and allow you to post reviews.
- Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and showing you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our Site and other websites.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate, or take action regarding potential fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
- Communication with You. We use your personal information to provide customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests to be responsive to you, provide effective services to you and maintain our business relationship with you.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use Cookies on our Site. For specific information about the Cookies we use in connection with powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to perform analytics and to better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests of administering, improving and optimizing the Services). We may also allow third parties and service providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor services, products and advertising on our Site and other sites.
Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies may negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain general features and functionality, to function incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes, subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- With vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
- With business and marketing partners, including Shopify, to provide services and advertise for you. We use META ADS to support personalized advertising with third-party services. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
- When you direct, request or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship products to you or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
- With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group, in our legitimate interests to run a successful business.
- In connection with a business transaction, such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights and the rights of our users or others.
In the last 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information (denoted by *) about users for the purposes set out above in "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information" and "How We Disclose Personal Information":
Category:
- Identifiers such as basic contact details icos and certain order and account information
- Business information such as order information, purchasing information and customer support information
- Activity on the Internet or other similar networks, such as Usage Data
Recipient Categories:
- Vendors and third parties who perform services on our behalf (such as Internet service providers, payment processors, customer service partners and data analytics providers)
- Commercial and marketing partners
- Affiliates
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
We have "sold" and "shared" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information in the last 12 months for the purpose of engaging in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
Personal Information Category
- Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information
- Commercial information, such as records of products or services purchased and purchasing information
- Activity on the Internet or other similar networks, such as Usage Data
Recipient Categories
- Commercial and marketing partners
User Generated Content
The Services may allow you to post product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user-generated content to any public area of the Services, that content will be public and accessible by anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information you choose to make available to others, and we cannot guarantee that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information you make public, or the accuracy, use or misuse of any information you disclose to or receive from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of these sites, including the accuracy, completeness or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social media platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation on its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of these links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content of these platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children's Data
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details provided below to request that it be deleted.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we have "shared" or "sold" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under the age of 16.
Security and Retention of Your Information
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Additionally, any information you send to us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable agreements and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below with respect to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in certain circumstances, and in some cases we may refuse your request as permitted by law.
- Right of Access/Knowledge. You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete. You may have the right to request that we delete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Correction. You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Portability. You can have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
- Right to "Opt Not to Sell". You may have the right to "opt-out" (as that term is defined in applicable law) of your personal information, in certain circumstances, including the "sale" of personal information for advertising or marketing purposes.
- Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights as set forth in the CCPA. This means that we will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised these rights.
We do not collect, use or disclose "sensitive personal information" (as that term is defined in the CCPA) about you except as permitted by the CCPA and other applicable laws, including for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or exercise any other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to anyone who does not have a right to receive it. We may also contact you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
If you have an account with us, you can review and update certain personal information related to your account by accessing and editing your profile. You may also submit requests to review, correct or delete your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
Claims
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or registering your complaint with your local protection authority of data.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside of the country in which you live, including the United States. Your personal information is also processed by employees and third-party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information outside of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant UK competent authority, as applicable, unless the data transfer or to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please email us at contactaphroditefashions@gmail.