INTRODUCTION

Here at SEEN In Retail, we genuinely value your interest in our community. Equally, we genuinely respect your privacy. This means that we never share, pass on, or sell your personal information to third parties. And it means we never use your personal information for anything other than legitimate purposes. As with all online businesses these days, we are duty-bound to have a clear and responsible Privacy Policy, and we want to make this transparent for all our members and website users. Accordingly, you will find full details of our Policy below.

If you have any questions or concerns about this, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you interact with ou website, you may provide us with personal information you  such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our website, it also automatically receives your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
With your permission – and only with your explicit permission – we may use any email address you provide to us to send you emails about our community, new blog posts and other updates.

SECTION 2 – CONSENT

How do we get your consent?
When you provide us with personal information, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do you withdraw your consent?
If after you opt-in to any such secondary marketing and you later change your mind, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Just send a message via ou contact form to let us know. We will immediately stop contacting you and cease collecting any further information about you in any way.

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We do not disclose your personal information to any third party for any reason, and certainly we will never do so for profit. The only time we would ever disclose your personal information would be if we were required by law to do so by the relevant statutory authorities, or if you violate our Terms & Conditions.

SECTION 4 – YOUR DATA

Our website and online store uses software provided by WordPress and WooCommerce, amongst other software suppliers. These are internationally renowned providers who power millions of websites worldwide, and they provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to bring our website to you. Additionally, we may use analytics software such as Google Analytics to track how users interact with our website. Data relating to your use of our website – but not your payment or payment card details – will be stored using this mix of software, on databases hosted by these extenal software providers.

Confidential Payment Card Information
Should you use our onlne shop, please note that we cannot access and we do not have sight of your credit or debit card information. If you choose one of our payment gateways to complete your purchase, then only that gateway utilises your payment 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 is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. At no time do we see or have access to your card details.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like 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.

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. All such third-party service providers, such as payment gateways like PayPal and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, please remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then 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 store’s 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. 

External Links
When you click on links on our website, they may direct you away from our site (for example to Facebook or Twitter). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

SECTION 6 – SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take all 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 (for example over the telephone), the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a 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
You will receive a warning that cookies are being used by this website when you first visit. Below you will see details of the kinds of cookies our website uses, and how long they persist on your device.
• If you join or leave a comment or review on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you visit again or leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
• If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

SECTION 7 – AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, we assume that you are at least the age of majority in your state or country of residence.

SECTION 8 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it each time you use our site. 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 are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another oganisation, your information may be transferred to the new owners, but only so that we may continue to interact to you.

SECTION 9 – QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we hold about you; if you would like to register a complaint; or if you simply want more information about our Privacy Policy, then please contact us via the Contact form.

Thanks.