Privacy Policy
At Hiking Survival Gear Store, your privacy is paramount. This policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and handle your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in accordance with GDPR and CCPA when you use our website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, or enter information on our site. This may include your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, and other details necessary for your transactions.
We also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and browsing patterns. This data helps us understand how our site is used and improve your experience.
2. How We Use Your Information
Any information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To improve our website in order to better serve you.
- To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
- To quickly process your transactions.
- To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time.
- For internal record keeping and legal compliance.
3. How We Protect Your Information
Our website is scanned regularly for security holes and known vulnerabilities to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
4. Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
5. Third-Party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
6. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)
Under GDPR and CCPA, you have various rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You can request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Last updated: November 24, 2023