Privacy policy
BrownStyle Home+Apparel Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how BrownStyle Home + Apparel ("BrownStyle," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our online store hosted on Shopify (the "Site"), as well as any other interactions you may have with us. 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.
Information We Collect:
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information."
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
"Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
"Log files" track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
"Web beacons," "tags," and "pixels" are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers or other payment methods), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information."
How We Use Your Information:
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you:
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
Sharing Your Personal Information:
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
We also use Shopify's ad services such as Shopify Audiences to help personalize the advertising you see on third party websites. To restrict Shopify merchants that use these ad services from using your personal information for such services, visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.
We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with legal obligations or in an emergency, to protect or defend the rights or property of BrownStyle, or prevent harm to others.
User Rights:
As a user of BrownStyle Home + Apparel's online store, you have certain rights regarding your personal information and how it is handled. These rights include:
Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you. Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information.
Right to Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or update it.
Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information from our systems if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if you have withdrawn your consent for its processing.
Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data or when the processing is unlawful.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit that information to another data controller.
Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain situations, such as where we are processing your data for direct marketing purposes or based on our legitimate interests.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe that we have violated your rights under applicable data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in this privacy policy.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request.
In accordance with applicable laws, You may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.
Security and Retention of Your Information:
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Data Retention:
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Children’s Data
The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Changes:
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Contact Us:
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@iambrownstyle.com or by mail using the details provided below:
BrownStyle Home and Apparel,
8225 Germantown Ave, STE 4344,
Philadelphia PA19118.
Effective Date: April 8, 2024.