HANDIFY PRIVACY POLICY
Effective: September 2022
HANDIFY INC. d/b/a HANDIFY Jewelry, its parents, affiliates, and related companies (“HANDIFY,” “we,” “us,” “our”) value transparency and respect your privacy. Please read this policy carefully. This Privacy Policy describes the ways we collect, use, and share the information you may provide to us through the HANDIFY website www.handifygroups.com , its microsites, mobile websites, mobile applications, and your use of interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, content, products, assets, downloads and/or other online services that we own and control or that post a link to these Terms (collectively, the “Website”) and rights you may have relating to such information.
This policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page and may be updated from time to time to keep with HANDIFY developments or evolving legal or regulatory requirements, so please check this policy periodically for updates. By accessing the Website you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy you may not use our Website.
Information we collect and how we use it.
This section describes the types of personal information we may collect about you. Such information is generally collected either (i) directly from your voluntary engagement with the Website or HANDIFY services; or (ii) automatically from you when you interact with the Website.
The following categories of personal information we may collect from you includes:
- Contact and account information. In order to set up an account we may collect your name, phone number, address, and email address.
- Purchase information. To complete a purchase from HANDIFY, we may collect your credit card information, billing address, shipping address, or other payment information. If you need to apply for credit, we may collect further information such as social security number and employment-related information to facilitate connecting you with a credit vendor.
- Feedback information.To receive and respond to your customer service requests or comments on your experience with HANDIFY, we may collect your name, phone number, address, email address, images, and any relevant history.
- Personalization information. We may collect information you provide regarding your purchasing interests, birth date, anniversary date, wedding date, demographics such as gender, occupation, income, and marital status to enhance your experience with us.
- Device Information:When you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect information about the computers, phones, and other devices you are using (e.g. IP address, WiFi information, device attributes, operating system version, etc.).
- Website Usage: So that we may understand and improve on the user experience and functionality of the Website, we may collect information about how you interact with the Website such as mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, the date of your visit, the time spent on pages of the Website, or other actions.
Personal information that is automatically collected may be obtained through cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device through a user ID or other preferences. We use cookies to personalize your experience when you use the Services (e.g. auto-populating your log-in credentials or settings). You are free to set your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features through our Website or take full advantage of all our services.
We currently do not honor Do Not Track signals from internet browsers; when a universal standard for processing them emerges, we will follow it.
Note that third-party sites that are linked to the Services may set cookies or other technologies to collect information about your use and interaction with their websites or content. We do not have access to, or control, over such third-party data collection.
What we do with your information.
We use and/or share your information to provide the HANDIFY services, maintain your accounts, process and fulfill purchases and/or returns, provide customer service and support, policy updates, and chances for you to give us feedback. We also use your information to better understand and improve the customer experience when accessing or using the Website and HANDIFY services
Interest-Based advertising.
Interest-Based advertising, also known as online behavioral advertising, is the practice of collecting information about users’ activities across sites over time, and using such information to deliver targeted advertising based on such users’ interests. This can be achieved through automated means, including through the use of first and third-party cookies, web server logs, pixels, and web beacons. We may use this information from our website and trusted third-parties such as Facebook, Google, and Pinterest, in order to tailor our advertisements to your individual interests or to inform you about new products or services.
The information collected and used in this manner is generally, on its own, anonymous and not personally identifiable (e.g. browsing history, demographic information, purchase history, media consumption, shopping habits, lifestyle preferences, or other similar information). To learn more about interest-based-advertising and your choices with respect to it in more detail, please visit the Network Advertising initiative at www.networkadvertising.org and the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://optout.aboutads.info. To opt-out of some of our advertising partners’ use of cookies in this manner, visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
Security and retention.
We value your trust in providing us with your personal information and strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it. Please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We will keep your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In some circumstances we may retain your personal information for longer if and when required (e.g. legal, tax, or accounting requirements).
Links to other sites.
The Website may contain links to other sites for your convenience only. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the applicable privacy policy of these third party websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party websites or services.
Children.
The Website and HANDIFY services are not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete such information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@handifygroups.com.
Your rights.
The European Economic Area provides certain rights to data subjects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object and to complain). If applicable, in the event we transfer your personal data to countries that do not meet GDPR requirements, we will ensure that the recipient provides adequate protection by entering into Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. These rights include:
- The Right to Access:You have the right to learn if your personal information is being processed by HANDIFY, including which categories and specific pieces of personal information we have.
- The Right to Rectify:You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal information and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- The Right to Delete:You have the right, under certain circumstances, that we erase or otherwise remove your personal information from HANDIFY.
- The Right to Transfer:You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another processor without any hindrance. This right is applicable provided that the data is processed by automated means and the processing is based on your consent or a contract which HANDIFY is a part of.
- No Discrimination:You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising the rights described above.
You may exercise your EU privacy rights by emailing privacy@handifygroups.com. We will handle verified requests to access, correct, or delete your information within thirty (30) days unless the request is unusually extensive or complex, in which case we will inform you of the expected timeline for handling your particular request.
If you are a California resident, certain rights may be accorded to you under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) including:
- The Right to Access: You may request, up to 2 times each year, that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of information that we have collected about you.
- The Right to Delete: You may request that we delete any personal information that we have collected from or about you.
In accordance with the CCPA, in addition to the details described above, we make the following disclosures:
- We collect the following categories of personal information: identifiers/contact information, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, visual and audio information, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.
- We disclose the following categories of personal information for our business purposes: identifiers/contact information, financial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, visual and audio information, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.
You may exercise your California privacy rights by emailing privacy@handifygroups.com. We will handle verified requests to access, correct, or delete your information within forty-five (45) days unless the request is unusually extensive or complex, in which case we will inform you of the expected timeline for handling your particular request. We do not discriminate against any California residents who exercise any of their rights described in this Privacy Policy.
Contact us:
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us by email at privacy@handifygroups.com or by telephone at +1 (760) 600-9970.