This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from cowboychrist.com (the “Site”). At CowboyChrist.com, we are deeply committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This policy outlines our practices and your rights regarding that data.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including details about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some cookies installed on your device. As you browse the Site, we 1also gather information about the individual web pages or products you view, the websites or search terms that referred you to the Site, and how you interact with the Site. We call this automatically collected data “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- Cookies: These are data files placed on your device or computer, often including an anonymous unique identifier. For more information on cookies and how to disable them, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- Log files: These track actions occurring on the Site and collect data such as your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- Web beacons, tags, and pixels: These are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally, when you make or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (processed securely by our payment partners, we do not store full credit card details), email address, and phone number. We refer to this as “Order Information.”
When we refer to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean both Device Information and Order Information.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use the Order Information we collect to:
- Process and fulfill your orders: This includes handling payments, arranging for shipping, and sending you invoices or order confirmations.
- Communicate with you: For updates regarding your order, customer service inquiries, or other relevant information.
- Screen orders for potential risk or fraud: To protect both you and our business.
- Provide you with information or advertising: Based on your preferences, about our products or services that may be of interest to you.
We use the Device Information we collect to:
- Help screen for potential risks and fraud (especially your IP address).
- Improve and optimize the Site: For example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with the Site, and by assessing the success of our marketing campaigns.
We also use cookies to keep track of items in your shopping cart, including when you leave the site without completing checkout. This helps us determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS, only if you have explicitly opted-in to receive such communications. You can expect to receive no more than X reminder messages per week/month. To stop receiving SMS messages at any time, simply reply “STOP.”
Finally, we may use and 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.
Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use it as described above. For example:
- We use WooCommerce to power our online store. You can learn more about how WooCommerce uses Personal Information by reviewing their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
- We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may share your Personal Information to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, or protect our rights.
Behavioral Advertising
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. To learn more 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 using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads3
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous4
- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policie5s/personalized-ads
You can also opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Do Not Track
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and usage practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
Your Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or California, you have specific rights regarding your personal information.
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to obtain a copy of it.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Please be aware that your information may be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States, where data protection laws may differ.
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.
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Minors
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.
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 via email at [email protected].