PRIVACY POLICY
1. Personal Information Collection and Usage
When you engage in a transaction at our physical store or through our online platform, we gather personal details you provide, including your name, address, and email address. This collection is integral to the transaction process.
Additionally, as you navigate our store's website, we automatically obtain your computer's IP address. This aids us in gaining insights about your browser and operating system.
Email Communications: Subject to your consent, we might send periodic emails about our store, product launches, and other relevant updates.
Please be informed that our in-store visitors and staff may be under intermittent or continuous surveillance for security purposes.
2. Consent Mechanisms
Obtaining Consent: When you share personal information with us – for instance, during a transaction, credit card verification, order placement, delivery arrangement, or product return – we assume you consent to its collection and use for that specific purpose.
Should we need your data for a secondary purpose like marketing, we'll either seek your explicit consent or offer an opt-out option.
Revoking Consent: Post consent, should you wish to retract it, you can do so at any point. For withdrawal from our communications or to stop us from using your information, please reach out to us at info@vaporshoppe.ca.
3. Disclosure Protocols
Your personal information might be revealed if mandated by law or if there's a breach of our Terms of Service.
4. Third-Party Services
Generally, the third-party providers we collaborate with will collect, use, and disclose your information only as necessary to perform their services for us.
However, some third-party entities, like payment gateways and transaction processors, possess their own privacy policies concerning information we need to share for your purchase transactions.
We advise you to peruse these third-party privacy policies to fully understand their data handling practices. Remember, some service providers may operate in different jurisdictions. This means if you initiate a transaction that uses a third-party service, your information might be subjected to the laws of the regions where the service provider or its facilities are based.
For instance, if you're in Canada and you transact through a U.S.-based payment gateway, your personal information might fall under U.S. regulations, including the Patriot Act.
Do note, our responsibility and liabilities are limited once you leave our website or get redirected to a third-party platform. We aren't accountable for other websites' privacy practices and urge you to go through their privacy statements.
Links: Our store may contain links directing you to other sites. We hold no responsibility for their content or privacy standards.
5. Ensuring Data Security
We prioritize the security of your personal data. Following industry standards, we ensure your data isn't lost, misused, accessed without authorization, disclosed, altered, or destructed inappropriately.
For credit card information, it's encrypted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology and safeguarded with AES-256 encryption. Despite our best efforts, remember that no online transmission method or electronic storage solution is entirely foolproof.
6. Age Restrictions
By using our website, you confirm that you've reached the age of majority in your region or that you've secured consent for any minor dependents to access this site.
7. Updates to Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy is subject to periodic reviews and updates. We recommend checking this section regularly. Significant changes will be highlighted, ensuring you're always informed about the data we collect, its usage, and under what conditions, if any, it's disclosed.
In scenarios where our store undergoes a merger or acquisition, your information might be transferred to the new entity, ensuring continuity of service.
Contact and Queries
For any queries, complaints, or to access, correct, modify, or delete any personal data, reach out to our Privacy Compliance Officer at info@vaporshoppe.ca.