Privacy policy

By using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor) local currency.

ARTICLE 1 - PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

When you purchase a product from our store, as part of our buying and selling process, we collect personal information that you provide to us, such as your name, address and e-mail address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, which allows us to get more details about the browser and the operating system you are using.

Email Marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, and other updates.

ARTICLE 2 - CONSENT

How do you get my consent?

When you provide us with your personal information to complete a transaction, check your credit card, place an order, schedule a delivery
 or return a purchase, we assume that you consent to us collecting your
information and using it to this end only.

If we ask you to provide us with your personal information for any other reason, for marketing purposes, for example, we will ask you for your explicit consent, or we will allow you to opt out at any time.

By using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor) local currency.

How can I withdraw my consent?

If after having given us your consent, you change your mind and no longer consent to us contacting you, collecting your information or disclosing it, you can notify us by contacting us at info@TopNotchVacs.com.

ARTICLE 3 - DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms and Conditions of Sale and Use.

ARTICLE 4 - SHOPIFY

Shopify Inc hosts our shop. They provide us with the online
an e-commerce platform that allows us to sell you our services and products.

Your data is stored in Shopify's data storage system and databases, and Shopify's general application. Your information will be stored on a secure server protected by a firewall.

Payment:

If you make your purchase through a direct payment gateway,
then Shopify will store your credit card information. This information will always be encrypted under the data security standard established
by the Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS). Information about your purchase transaction is retained for as long as necessary to finalize your order. Once your order is completed, the details of the purchase transaction are deleted.

All direct payment gateways
comply with PCI-DSS, which is managed by the PCI Security Standards
Board, and is the result of joint efforts by companies such as Visa,
MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

The PCI-DSS requirements ensure the secure processing of credit card data by our store and service providers.

For more information, please see the Shopify Terms of Use here or the Privacy Policy here.

ARTICLE 5 - SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES

In general, the third party providers we use will only collect, use and
disclose your information to the extent necessary to perform the
services they provide to us.

However, some third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we are required to provide them for your purchase transactions.

Concerning these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies carefully so that you understand how they will treat your personal information.

It should be remembered that some providers may be located or have facilities located in a different jurisdiction than you or ours. So if you decide to pursue a transaction that requires the services of a third-party provider, your information could then be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which that provider is located or those of the administration in which its facilities are located.

For example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction gets processed through a US-based payment gateway, your proprietary
information that was used to complete the sale could be disclosed under US law. The United States, including the Patriot Act.

Once you leave the site of our shop or you are redirected to the website or the application of a third party, you are no longer governed by this
Privacy Policy or by the General Terms and Conditions of Sale. Use of our website.

Connections

You may have to leave our website by clicking on specific links on our site. We assume no responsibility for the privacy practices of these other sites and recommend that you read their privacy policies carefully.

ARTICLE 6 - SECURITY

To protect your personal information; we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure that they will not lose,
misappropriated, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed in an
inappropriate manner.

If you provide us with your credit card information, they will be encrypted through the use of the SSL security protocol and kept with AES-256 type encryption. While no method of Internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all the PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional standards that are generally accepted by the industry.


FILES WITNESSES (COOKIES)

Here is the list of cookies that we use. We have listed them here so that you have the opportunity to choose whether you want to allow them or not.

_session_id, session unique identifier, allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.).

_shopify_visit, no data retained, persists for 30 minutes since the last visit. They are used by the provider's internal statistics tracking system on our website to record the number of visits.

_shopify_uniq, no data retained, expires at midnight (depending on the location of the visitor) the next day. It calculates the number of visits to a store per single customer.

cart, unique identifier, persists for two weeks, stores information about your shopping cart.

_secure_session_id, session unique identifier

storefront_digest, unique identifier, undefined if the store has a password, it's used to find out if the current visitor has access.

ARTICLE 7 - AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of
the majority in your state, province or country of residence, and that you have given us your consent to allow any dependent minor to use this information.

ARTICLE 8 - AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please check it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon posting on the website. If we make any changes to the content of this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so that you know what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

If our store is being acquired by or through a merger with another company, your information could be transferred to new owners so that we can continue to sell products.



QUESTIONS AND CONTACT

If you wish to: access, correct, modify or delete any personal information we have about you, file a complaint, or want to have more information, contact our Privacy Standards Officer at info@TopNotchVacs.com