This Privacy Policy articulates how www.bellebling.com collects, utilizes, and divulges your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site. During your visit to the Site, we gather certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information indispensable for processing your purchases. Additional information may be collected if you reach out to us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual as “Personal Information”. Below are some examples of Personal Information we collect and the rationale behind the data collection:

Device Information

- Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, sites or products viewed, search terms.

- Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately and perform analytics on Site usage for optimization.

- Source of collection: gathered automatically through cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels upon accessing our Site.

Order Information

- Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, phone number.

- Purpose of collection: to provide products or services, process payment information, arrange for shipping, communicate with you, screen orders for potential risk or fraud, and provide you with information or advertising related to our products or services.

- Source of collection: provided by you.

Customer Support Information

- Examples of Personal Information collected: [MODIFICATIONS TO THE INFORMATION LISTED ABOVE OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS NEEDED]

- Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.

- Source of collection: provided by you.

 Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not deliberately collect Personal Information from children. In the event that you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has furnished us with Personal Information, promptly contact us at the address support@bellebling.com provided to request its deletion.

 

Sharing Personal Information

We are obligated to share your personal information with service providers to help us deliver our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above.

For instance, we utilize Shopify to power our online store. Further information about how Shopify uses your personal information can be found here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

Additionally, we will disclose your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations or to respond to legal requests such as subpoenas or search warrants. This is crucial to protect our rights. If we are utilizing remarketing or targeted advertising, additional sections will be included.

Behavioral Advertising

As previously stated, we use your Personal Information for targeted advertising or marketing communications that we believe will be of interest to you. For example:

- If applicable, we use Google Analytics to understand how our customers use the Site. You can find more information on how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

- If we use a third-party marketing app that collects information about buyer activity on our site, we share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases, through the use of cookies or similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).

- We may also use other advertising services. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

- Visiting the opt-out links of whichever services are being used. Common links include:

- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

- Google - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

- Bing -https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

- Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Using Personal Information

We will use your personal information to provide our services to you, which includes offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilling your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

If our store is located in or if we have customers in Europe, As per the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), if you are an EEA resident, we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

- Your consent;

- The performance of the contract between you and the Site;

- Compliance with our legal obligations;

- Protection of your vital interests;

- Performance of a task carried out in the public interest;

- Pursuit of our legitimate interests, provided that they do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Retaining Information:

Upon placing an order through the website, we will securely retain your Personal Information in our records unless you specifically request its deletion. For further details regarding your right to have your information erased, kindly refer to the 'Your Rights' section below.

Automated Decision-Making

Residents of the EEA have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (such as profiling) when this decision-making has a legal impact or significantly affects them.

We do not engage in fully automated decision-making using customer data that has a legal or otherwise significant effect on individuals.

Our processor, Shopify, utilizes limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud, which does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on individuals.

Services that involve elements of automated decision-making include:

- Temporary denylist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This denylist lasts for a small number of hours.

- Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with denylisted IP addresses. This denylist lasts for a small number of days.

Selling Personal Information

Our website unequivocally sells Personal Information defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"). This encompasses specific categories of information sold and provides clear instructions on how to opt-out of the sale. Additionally, we disclose whether our business sells information of minors (under 16) and if affirmative authorization is obtained. In the event of providing a financial incentive to refrain from selling information, we will furnish details about that incentive.

Yours Rights

If you are in the EEA, you have the right to access your Personal Information, transfer it to another service, and request corrections, updates, or erasures. To exercise these rights, you MUST contact us using the information provided below. Your Personal Information will be first processed in Ireland and then transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, refer to Shopify's GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

If you are in California, you have the right to access your Personal Information (also known as the 'Right to Know'), transfer it to another service, and request corrections, updates, or erasures. To exercise these rights, you MUST contact us using the information provided below. If you wish to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, you MUST contact us at the address below.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that is downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our site. We use various types of cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies enhance your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences, such as login information and region selection. This means you don't have to re-enter this information each time you visit the site or navigate between pages. Cookies also provide insight into how people use the website, such as whether they are first-time visitors or frequent users.

We use the following cookies to improve your experience on our site and to provide our services.

Please remember the following essential information about cookies necessary for the functioning of the store:

Name | Function

_ab | Used in connection with access to admin.

_secure_session_id | Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

cart | Used in connection with shopping cart.

cart_sig | Used in connection with checkout.

cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout.

checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout.

secret | Used in connection with checkout.

secure_customer_sig | Used in connection with customer login.

storefront_digest | Used in connection with customer login.

_shopify_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

Reporting and Analytics

Cookies, Reporting, and Analytics The duration for which a cookie is stored on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies remain active until you stop browsing, while persistent cookies last until they expire or are manually deleted. The majority of cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. You have control over managing cookies in various ways. However, it's important to bear in mind that removing or blocking cookies can have a negative impact on your user experience, potentially rendering parts of our website inaccessible. Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser controls, typically found in the "Tools" or "Preferences" menu. For details on how to adjust your browser settings, or to learn about blocking, managing, or filtering cookies, you can refer to your browser's help file or visit sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org. Furthermore, it's important to note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent the sharing of information with third parties such as our advertising partners. If you wish to exercise your rights or opt out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please refer to the instructions provided in the "Behavioral Advertising" section above.

Do Not Track

"We do not modify our data collection and usage practices when we detect "Do Not Track" signals from your browser, as there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to these signals."

Modifications

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect alterations to our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Contact

For further information about our privacy practices or to register a complaint, do not hesitate to reach out to us via email at support@bellebling.com.