Privacy Policy
What and why we collected certain information
When you make a purchase in our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you provide such as your name, address and email address. This allows us to send the items to their final destination as well as reach out to you if there are any issues with your order.
When you browse our store, we also obtain your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system as well as your location. We collect this information since we only ship our products within the contiguous US.
Email marketing & Advertising
We use email and targeted online advertising to send you product and services updates, promotional offers and other marketing communications based on the information we collect about you, as explained above.
You may withdraw your consent or manage your preferences at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our marketing emails, or by emailing us at info@pawtas.com and requesting to op-out from receiving any marketing emails.
Disclosure
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
Platform
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. All of your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall. You can learn more about Shopify's security and compliance here.
Payment Processing:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
You can learn more reading the Shopify’s Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.
Third Party Services & Applications
The third party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
Security
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
Cookies
The Shopify platform adds cookies to provide a better user experience and for functionality purposes as well. Besides the cookies generated by Shopify we also use marketing and analytics cookies for marketing purposes. You can learn more about the cookies generated by Shopify here. The marketing cookies we use include Klaviyo cookies which is our email service provider, you can read detail information about them here and for analytics cookies we use Google Analytics, you can read more about their cookie policies here.
Age Of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
How To Reach Us
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information please contact us at info@pawtas.com or using the form on our contact us page.