Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains the methods by which cowgenic.com (the “Site” or “we“) gathers, utilizes, and provides your Personal Information during your visits to or transactions through the Site.
Collecting personal information
We gather specific data about your device, how you use the site, and the information required to complete your transactions when you visit it. If you get in touch with us for customer service, we will additionally gather more data.
Any information that can be used to identify a specific person, including the data listed below, is referred to as “personal information” in this privacy statement. For further details on the types of Personal Information we gather and our motivations, refer to the list provided below.
Device Information
The goal of the collection is to provide you with a correct site load and to analyze site usage to improve our site.
- Origin of the compilation: automatically gathered when you visit our website via tags, pixels, web beacons, cookies, log files, or other tracking technologies [ADD OR SUBTRACT ANY OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES USED].
- Business-related disclosure: provided to our processor Shopify [INSERT ALL OTHER VENDORS YOU MAY HAVE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH].
Web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, websites or items viewed, search keywords, and manner of interacting with the site are some of the personal information that is gathered [ADD OR SUBTRACT ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION gathered].
Order Information
- The following are the goals of collection: to provide you with goods or services to complete our contract; to handle your payment information; to plan shipping; to give you invoices and/or order confirmations; to keep in touch with you; to screen our orders for possible risk or fraud; and, based on your expressed preferences, to send you information or advertisements about our goods or services.
- Source of collection: information gathered from you.
- Business-related disclosure: provided to our processor Shopify [ADD ANY OTHER VENDORS YOU MAY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH]. For instance, payment gateways, shipping and fulfillment applications, and sales channels.
Name, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, payment details (including credit card numbers [INSERT ANY OTHER PAYMENT TYPES ACCEPTED]), and other personal information are all collected.
Customer Support Information
- Reason for collection:
- Source of the data:
- Disclosure in order to conduct business:
- Personal Data gathered: [PUT IN ANY OTHER DATA YOU COLLECT HERE, SUCH AS PURCHASED LISTS OR OFFLINE DATA]
- The goal of the collection is to offer client service.
- Origin of collection: obtained from yourself
- Disclosure for commercial objectives: [INCLUDE ANY VENDORS USED FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT]
- Personal Data collected: [FILL IN ANY CHANGES TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL DATA AS NEEDED].
Users under the age of [INSERT AGE] are not permitted to use this site. We do not knowingly gather Children’s Personal Information. Kindly get in touch with us at the address provided above if you, as the parent or guardian, think your child has given us Personal Information and would like it deleted.
Exchange of personal information
To enable us to deliver our services and carry out our agreements with you, as previously mentioned, we share your Personal Information with service providers. As an example:
- Our online store is powered by Shopify. Here is further information about how Shopify handles your data: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
- Your Personal Information may be disclosed to protect our rights, as required by applicable laws and regulations, or in response to a subpoena, search warrant, or other legitimate request for information that we receive.
[INSERT DETAILS ABOUT ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS]
Advertising Using Behavior
We utilize your Personal Information as previously mentioned to send you marketing materials or targeted ads that we think would be of interest to you. As an example:
- [If applicable, insert] To better understand how our clients use the Site, we make use of Google Analytics. Google uses your personal information in the ways described here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. Google Analytics opt-out is also available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- If you use a third-party marketing app that gathers data on buyer activity on your website, please insert it here. With our advertising partners, we exchange data on how you use the Site, what you buy, and how you engage with our advertisements on other websites. We gather and disclose certain information to our advertising partners directly, and occasionally we utilize cookies or other comparable technologies (which, based on your location, you may agree to).
- (IF USING SHOPIFY AUDIENCES: INSERT HERE) Using Shopify Audiences, we may target customers who have made purchases from other Shopify merchants and might be interested in our offerings with ads on other websites through our advertising partners. Additionally, we provide Shopify Audiences with information about how you use the Site, what you buy, and the email address connected to those purchases so they can send you offers that might be of interest.
[INSERT OTHER SERVICES USED FOR ADVERTISING]
Visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work for additional details on the operation of targeted advertising.
To avoid receiving targeted advertisements, you can:
[INCLUDE LINKS TO OPT-OUT OF ANY SERVICES USED. ALSO, COMMON LINKS:
- GO TO https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads to view Facebook.
- Google can be found at https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Advertising.BingAds.Microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/customized-ads is the BING website.
Making Use of Personal Data
We utilize the personal information you provide us to perform our services, such as sending you updates about new goods, services, and offers, delivering and fulfilling your order, and accepting payments.
legal basis
We process your personal information per the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) on the following legal bases:
[FILL IN EVERYTHING THAT APPLIES TO YOUR BUSINESS]
- Your approval
- The fulfillment of the terms of the agreement you have with the Site;
- Adherence to our legal commitments;
- To safeguard your essential interests;
- To carry out an activity that is done for the benefit of the public;
- For the sake of our justifiable interests, which do not supersede your inherent liberties and rights.
Retention
We will keep your Personal Information on file for our records after you place an order through the Site, unless and until you request that we delete it. Please refer to the ‘Your rights’ section below for further details on your right to be forgotten.
Automated decision making
You have the right to object to processing that is done only based on automated decision-making, including profiling, if that decision-making will materially impact you or have an impact on your legal situation.
Using consumer data, we [DO/DO NOT] make totally automated decisions that have a substantial legal or other impact.
Limited automated decision-making is used by our processor Shopify to stop fraud that won’t significantly affect you legally or in any other way.
The following services use some form of automated decision-making:
- IP addresses linked to repeated unsuccessful transactions are temporarily blocked from access. This blacklist is active for a limited period.
- Credit card brands linked to IP addresses on a temporary blacklist. This blacklist is active for a limited period.
Your Legal Rights
If your store is located in Europe or if you have customers there, please include the following information.
GDPR
You have the right to see what personal data we have on file, to transfer it to another service, and to request that any inaccurate, outdated, or deleted personal data be removed. Please get in touch with us using the details provided above if you would like to exercise these rights.
[OR INCLUDE OTHER DIRECTIONS FOR SENDING REQUESTS FOR PORTABILITY, ERASURE, ACCESS, AND CORRECTION]
Following initial processing in Ireland, your personal information will be transmitted to countries outside of Europe for storage and additional processing, such as the United States and Canada.
CCPA
If you live in California, you can request that your personal information be updated, changed, or deleted. You can also request to access the Personal Information we maintain about you (also known as the “Right to Know”). To make use of these rights, please get in touch with us using the details provided above.
[OR INCLUDE OTHER DIRECTIONS FOR SENDING REQUESTS FOR PORTABILITY, ERASURE, ACCESS, AND CORRECTION]
Please get in touch with us at the address listed above if you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf.
Cookies
When you visit our site, a little bit of information called a cookie is downloaded to your computer or device. We employ a variety of cookies, such as advertising, performance, social media, and functional cookies. By allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection), cookies improve your online experience.
This implies that you won’t need to enter this information again every time you visit the website or go between pages. Cookies also give information on how users interact with the website, such as whether they visit it frequently or for the first time.
Whether a cookie is “persistent” or “session” determines how long it stays on your computer or mobile device. Persistent cookies remain active until they expire or are removed, while session cookies are only used while you are not surfing. The majority of cookies that we utilize are determined, meaning that they will vanish from your device after 30 minutes to two years.
There are several ways that you can manage and control cookies. Please be aware that some elements of our website might no longer be fully available and that deleting or disabling cookies can hurt how you interact with them.
The majority of browsers allow cookies by default; however, you have the option to disable cookies using your browser’s settings, which are typically located in the “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. See your browser’s help file or websites like cowgenic.com for additional details on how to change your browser’s settings and prevent, manage, or filter cookies.
Please be mindful that blocking cookies might not stop us from sharing information with outside parties, such as our advertising partners. Please refer to the guidelines in the section above on “Behavioral Advertising” if you would like to exercise your rights or choose not to have these parties use certain of your information.
Don’t Follow
Please be aware that we do not change our data collection and usage methods when we detect a “Do Not Track” signal from your browser because there is no industry standard for how to respond to these signals.
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically by us for operational, legal, or regulatory purposes, or to reflect modifications to our practices, among other reasons.
Complaints
As mentioned before, if you would want to file a complaint, please use the information shown under “Contact” above to send us an email or a letter.
You have the option to file a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if you’re not happy with our answer to it. You can get in touch with our supervisory authority here, or with your local data protection authority: [Include the data protection authority’s website or contact details in the area of responsibility. ICO.org.uk/make-a-complaint/, example.
Make Contact
After reading this policy, please contact us by mail using the information below or by email at info@cowgenic.com if you have any more questions, would like more information about our privacy regulations, or would like to file a complaint.