Blatant Digital Privacy Policy
Blatant Digital Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 28, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes how Blatant Digital (the “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from https://blatantdigital.com/ (the “Site”) or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the “Services”). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree 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 to 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 steps required by applicable law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect and have collected over the past 12 months personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use 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 to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends 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 categories and specific types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information that you directly submit to us 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 the items you view, put in your cart or add to your wishlist.
- Customer support information including the 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 us with certain information about yourself. You may elect 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 regarding 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 who support our Site and Services.
- Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide you with products or services you have requested, in order to perform our contract with you.
- When you visit our Site, open or click on emails we send 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 developer 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 of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party’s policies or practices. For more information, see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing Products and Services: We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including to process your payments, fulfill your orders, to send notifications to you related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges and to enable you to post reviews.
Marketing and Advertising: We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show 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 possible fraudulent, illegal or malicious activity. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly 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.
Communicating with you: We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use Cookies on our Site. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to run analytics and better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests to administer, improve and optimize the Services). We may also permit third parties and services providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor the services, products and advertising on our Site and other websites.
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 can negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to work 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 analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
- With business and marketing partners to provide services and advertise to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
- When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products 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 to respond 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.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Over the last 12 months, in alignment with the purposes delineated in “How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information” and “How We Disclose Personal Information”, we have disclosed the following categories of personal and sensitive personal information (*denotes sensitive information) regarding our users:
Category:
- Identifiers including basic contact details, alongside certain order and account information.
- Commercial data encompassing order information, shopping behavior, and customer support interactions.
- Internet or analogous network activity, such as Usage Data.
Categories of Recipients:
- Vendors and third-party entities facilitating services on our behalf (e.g., Internet service providers, payment processors, fulfillment partners, customer support associates, and data analytics providers).
- Business and marketing allies.
- Affiliates.
We abstain from utilizing or disclosing sensitive personal information for inferring characteristics about you.
User Generated Content
The Services may empower you to post product evaluations and other user-generated content. If you opt to submit such content to any public domain of the Services, it will be publicly accessible.
We lack control over who accesses the information you choose to publicize, and cannot guarantee the privacy or security of such information. We bear no responsibility for the privacy, security, accuracy, use, or misuse of any information you make publicly available, or for the accuracy, use or misuse of any information disclosed or received from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links
Our Site may feature links to websites or online platforms operated by third parties. Following links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us warrants a review of their privacy, security policies, and other terms and conditions. We don’t guarantee the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of their information. The inclusion of such links does not imply endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, unless explicitly disclosed on the Services.
Children’s Data
The Services are not designed for children’s use, and we do not knowingly amass any personal information from children. Parents or guardians may contact us to request the deletion of any information provided by their child.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we lack actual knowledge of “sharing” or “selling” personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Security and Retention of Your Information
While we strive for robust security measures, no system is foolproof. Information transmitted to us may be susceptible during transit. We advise against using unsecure channels for sending sensitive or confidential information.
The retention period of your personal information hinges on various factors such as the necessity of the information for account maintenance, service provision, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcing other relevant contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Your rights concerning your personal information may vary based on your residency. Although these rights aren’t absolute, they may apply under specific circumstances. In certain cases, as permitted by law, we may decline your request.
Right to Access / Know: You may request access to your personal information that we hold, including details regarding how we use and share your information.
Right to Delete: You may request the deletion of your personal information that we have.
Right to Correct: You may request corrections to any inaccurate personal information we have about you.
Right of Portability: Under certain circumstances and exceptions, you may receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and request us to transfer it to a third party.
Right to Opt-out of Sale, Sharing, or Targeted Advertising: You may direct us not to “sell” or “share” your personal information or opt-out of the processing of your personal information for “targeted advertising” purposes as defined by applicable privacy laws. If you visit our Site with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference enabled, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of information for the device and browser used to visit the Site.
Right to Limit and/or Opt-out of Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You may direct us to limit our use and/or disclosure of sensitive personal information to what’s necessary to perform the Services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average individual.
Restriction of Processing: You may request us to halt or restrict our processing of personal information.
Withdrawal of Consent: If we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw this consent.
Appeal: Should we decline to process your request, you may have the right to appeal our decision. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.
Managing Communication Preferences: We may send promotional emails, which you can opt-out of by using the unsubscribe option in our emails. Opting out may still result in non-promotional emails regarding your account or orders.
Exercise any of these rights via our Site or by contacting us through the details provided below.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. To verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, may be needed before responding substantively to your request. You may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. Before accepting such a request, we will require proof of authorization and may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond timely as required under applicable law.
Complaints
Should you have complaints about how we process your personal information, contact us through the details provided below. If unsatisfied with our response, depending on your residency, you may have the right to appeal our decision or lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Users
We may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside your residing country, including the United States. When transferring your personal information out of Europe, we rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, unless the data transfer is to a country deemed to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact
For inquiries about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or to exercise any of the rights available to you, email us at linda@blatantdigital.com
For purposes of applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller of your personal information. Our representative in the UK is Linda Eriksson | linda@blatantdigital.com