Privacy policy.
Bixa Beauty, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. Our privacy policy is detailed below.
Types of information we collect …
We collect a variety of information from you. That information may include:
Such information as your name, address, phone number and email address.
Your login information, including username and password.
Your billing information, including credit and debit card numbers and the addresses associated with them.
Other information used to contact you, such as social media accounts associated with your name and email.
Demographic information regarding your age, sex, ethnicity, and other factors relevant to our products and marketing if you choose to provide that information to us through surveys or other means of collection.
Information about which products you have purchased and when those purchases occurred. If you are logged in to the site, we may also collect information about which products that you view.
We may also collect information by automated means, including but not limited to:
Websites that you visit
Terms you searched in order to find our products
Information about the device (e.g. phone or computer) through which you access our store using such technology as cookies and web beacons.
How we use your information ...
We use the information we collect from you for a variety of purposes. Among them are:
Providing you with products and services. For example, we collect your address so we can ship products to you and your phone number and email address so we can contact you to discuss issues with your order.
Communicating with you. We collect your email and phone number. We will use your email to communicate with you on the progress of your order.
Marketing. If you opt in we will use your email to contact you about new products, developments in our company, and special deals for existing customers.
Improving our business. We may use demographic and purchase information, as well as any feedback you provide us, to improve our product line and refine the way in which we communicate to our customers and meet their needs.
For legal and security purposes. We may use your information in the process of remedying any security breaches, as necessary for legal compliance and standard business operations.
If your information is used for other purposes, we will notify you.
Who we share your information with...
We may share your information with a variety of outside parties, as dictated by business and legal requirements. These parties may include:
Service providers, such as the company we use to process your credit card information for a purchase and companies that provide our site with security protections, marketing services, and analytics. These parties will not be authorized to share your information with anyone else.
Advertisers. We may share certain information with our advertising partners to better coordinate campaigns targeted to the specific needs of our customers.
Law enforcement and government entities. As required by law, we may share your information with law enforcement and government agencies as part of a criminal or regulatory investigation. We may also share your information with other parties as required by law.
With your stated consent, we may share your information with other parties.
Push Notifications and Email Notifications
We may offer you the option to receive push notifications regarding new deals and products. If you would like to opt out after agreeing to receive these notifications, you may adjust the notification settings through your browser.
If you opt in, we may also send you email notifications regarding new products and deals. If you would like to opt out, just use the unsubscribe link in the email.
Children’s Privacy
We do not store children’s data. If your child has used the site and you believe their data may be stored, please contact us and we will delete it from our system.
Cookies
Cookies are small packages of data that we send to your browser when you visit our site. They allow us to optimize your browsing experience. They allow us to store such information as your login and the contents of an order that you have not yet completed. They may also be shared with our advertising partners to provide you with targeted ads. If you direct your browser to reject cookies, your browsing experience will be affected.
How we protect your information
Our payment system is run through Squarespace. This platform properly encrypts your personal information, including credit card details and other personal identifiers. The other information we store is protected using available technology that prevents its misuse by other parties. If you believe your information has been accessed by unauthorized parties through this site, please let us know.
Data retention
We retain your data as necessary for business purposes. Some data may be deleted after the period during which transactions may be contested. Other data may be deleted upon your request.
Links to other websites
We may include links to other sites, particularly social media sites such as Facebook and widely used sites such as Google. These sites may provide additional services to our site and allow you to login in to the site easily. Our privacy policy does not apply to these functionalities because these sites operate independently and have their own privacy policies. While we believe these sites to be generally safe, we do not take responsibility for their use of your data.
Analytics
We may use such services as Google Analytics to gather information about users from our website and social media pages. Please refer to Google’s data usage information to see what might be gathered by this service.
Consumer Rights
Under the laws in certain states and countries, you are allowed to request that your information be handled in specific ways. Some laws allow you to request a copy of your information or request that it be deleted from our records. We are happy to provide you with a copy of your information or to delete it regardless of where you are located.
California Privacy Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, we are required to disclose certain details about the personal data we collect from you and what we do with it.
We collect the following information …
Commercial information
Demographic information
Geolocation data
Internet browsing information
Inferences drawn from the data we collect
See the “Types of information we collect” subhead for more-detailed descriptions of which types of data we will collect from you.
How we use your information …
Please see the “How we use your data” and “Who we share your data with” sections for detailed descriptions. Under the CCPA we are required to provide the following additional information, which indicates which parties we share certain types of data with.
Commercial information We may share commercial information with advertising and marketing partners, cloud services, data analytics services, fulfilment services, operating systems, security and maintenance services, and services that process payments and prevent fraud. We may also disclose commercial information to law enforcement and regulatory bodies as required by law.
Geolocation data We may share geolocation data with our advertising and marketing partners, cloud services, data analytics services, Internet service providers, and operating systems providers. We may also disclose geolocation data to law enforcement and regulatory bodies as required by law.
Identifiers We may share identifiers with advertising and marketing partners, cloud services, data analytics services, fraud prevention services, fulfilment partners, Internet providers, payment processing services, and security and maintenance services. We may also disclose identifiers to law enforcement and regulatory bodies as required by law.
Internet and other network activity We may share your Internet and other network activity with advertising and marketing partners, cloud services, data analytics services, Internet service providers, operating systems partners, and security and maintenance services. We may also disclose internet and other network activity to law enforcement and regulatory bodies as required by law.
Inferences We may share inferences drawn from your data with advertising and marketing partners, cloud services, data analytics services, and fraud prevention services. We may also disclose our inferences drawn from your data to law enforcement and regulatory bodies as required by law.
We may use your data to contact you regarding deals and promotions. This is construed as a financial incentive under California law. You may opt out of such initiatives by unsubscribing to our emails or shutting down your account.
Please note that Bixa Beauty does not sell your data nor do we share it with our partners for direct marketing initiatives. However, our sharing of data with advertising partners may be construed as sale of data under California law. If you wish to opt out of any sharing of your data with advertisers, please contact us.
We will make every effort to observe current best practices under California law in terms of your data. If you would like a copy of your data (available twice in a 12 month period per California law), if you would like us to delete your data, or if you would like to explicitly opt out of your data being sold should we sell data in the future, please let us know at info@bixabeauty.com. We will be happy to assist. Under California law, we may not discriminate against you in any way for these choices. Nor would we want to!
EU Privacy Rights
If you are a customer in the EU, your data is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under this legislation, you have the right to deletion of your information, to update any information we may have, and to receive copies of your data. Please note that your data will be processed in the United States, as this is where our business is based.
We use your information …
To process your order or to communicate with you about your order.
When you have given us permission to do so. For example, we may send you email notifications or push notifications if you opt in.
To improve our marketing and product creation through use of data analytics.
To ensure that data is secure. We may provide certain data to security services that we use. They will not be authorized to share it.
In cases where we are legally obligated to share data with law enforcement and regulatory bodies.
Complaints
We will make every effort to resolve any data issues you may have. If you still have unresolved data problems after contacting us and allowing us an opportunity to resolve your complaint, you may take the issue up with the EU here. If you are a Swiss resident you may take up the issue here.
Updates to privacy policy
We will change our privacy policy as new legislation is developed and additional information about best practices for privacy protection emerges. We will not necessarily notify you of these changes, so please check back frequently if you are concerned about these issues. We will, however, make every reasonable effort to inform you of major changes by email.
Contact
If you have questions about how your data is used or would like us to remove your data from our system per applicable legislation, please contact us at lovebixabeauty@gmail.com and we will be happy to assist you.