What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

To personalize user's experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
To improve our website in order to better serve you.
To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To quickly process your transactions.
To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
How do we protect visitor information?
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information is done offsite with paypal.comWe implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Do we use 'cookies'?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:

Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
Understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It won't affect the users experience that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.
However, you can still place orders .

Third Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

We have implemented the following:

Demographics and Interests Reporting
We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/...

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy', and can be easily be found on the page specified above.

Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:

On our Privacy Policy Page
Users are able to change their personal information:

By logging in to their account
How does our site handle do not track signals?
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third party behavioral tracking?
It's also important to note that we do not allow third party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify the users via email

Within 7 business days
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:
To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at
and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

Salinitygear.com is hosted by Shopify

  • Shopify processes their data when they visit and make purchases, including to provide services based on their interactions with other merchants and with Shopify.
  • Information will be shared with Shopify and other third parties that may be located in other countries, in order to provide services to them, including those that incorporate data from their interactions with other merchants and with Shopify.

1. Introduction

This privacy policy describes the personal data that Shopify processes (which may include collecting, organizing, structuring, storing, using, or disclosing) when you use or access Shopify Consumer Services, or when you interact with a merchant that is powered by Shopify's platform ("Shopify Merchants" or "Merchants"). If any provisions in this policy conflict with provisions of any other Shopify privacy policy, the provisions in this policy will apply.

2. What Personal Data We Receive

Personal Data is any information from or about an identified or identifiable person, but does not include aggregated or anonymized information. We receive the following types of Personal Data when you interact with Shopify, Shopify Merchants, and/or use the Shopify Consumer Services:

  1. Profile and Contact Information: We receive contact or other account profile information when you sign up for or interact with Shopify Consumer Services, which may include name, shipping address, email address, profile picture, or other information you choose to provide us. We may link this information to the different devices or accounts you use when you interact with Shopify, Shopify Merchants, and/or use the Shopify Consumer Services.
  2. Device Information: We receive information about the computers, phones, and other devices you use to interact with Shopify, Shopify Merchants, and/or the Shopify Consumer Services, including IP address (which may be used to determine general location), device identifiers, cookie IDs, the browser you use, your network connection, or other unique identifiers or device information.
  3. Payment Information: We may receive payment information when you use Shop Pay or make a purchase through Shopify or Shopify Merchants, such as your payment card number and expiration date.
  4. Use of Shopify apps and services: We receive information regarding your use of or interactions with our apps and services, whether or not you are logged in to Shopify, such as your interactions with Shopify Merchants in the Shop app, the shop(s) you visit and purchase from, the products you view and purchase, the product reviews and ratings you post and share, your order history, the purchases where you use Shop Pay, your search queries, favorited shops and other activities related to the Shopify Consumer Services.
  5. Activity with Shopify Merchants: When you browse or shop with Shopify Merchants, we receive information about your activity on the Shopify Merchant site, including information about your browsing and search activity, the products and services you place in your cart and/or purchase, your billing and shipping information, transaction details and your payment information.
  6. Settings and Privacy Preferences: We receive information about your settings and preferences on Shopify and our Merchants, as well as information about your browser and device privacy settings.
  7. Communications with Shopify: We receive information, including message and email content, when you communicate with Shopify (such as for customer support inquiries, taking surveys, participating in promotions or research).
  8. Social Network Accounts: If you choose to link, connect, or login to Shopify Consumer Services through a third party online service, you direct the service to send us certain information about you controlled by that service, such as profile information. This sharing is subject to the applicable privacy notices and your privacy settings of that service.
  9. Email and Shopping Service Integrations: We receive information from email messages in the inboxes that you connect to your Shop account, and information from email messages you transfer to the Shop app to be included in your order history. We do not use this information for advertising or marketing purposes.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

Shopify uses Personal Data for the following purposes depending on how you interact with us, which Shopify services you use, Merchants you visit, and based on your activity across all devices where you log in to or interact with Shopify, Shopify Merchants, and/or use the Shopify Consumer Services:

  1. Provide, Improve, and Customize Shopify services: To provide customized Shopify services to you, including by displaying your purchase history and order status in one place, providing easy payment options when you shop, recommending and customizing the products and Merchants featured for you, and to improve Shopify services, including based on your use of Shopify Consumer Services and activity with our Merchant(s).
  2. Track and Implement Your Settings and Privacy Preferences: To track and implement your settings and privacy preferences with Shopify and our Merchants.
  3. Perform Product Research and Development: To develop, test, and improve Shopify services, including troubleshooting our products and services, developing new or improved Shopify services, and analyzing your use of and interactions with Shopify services and with Shopify Merchants.
  4. Advertise, Market and Promote Shopify and Shopify Merchants: To market, advertise, and promote Shopify and Shopify Merchants on and off Shopify, including for personalized communications or advertisements relating to Shopify and Shopify Merchants on third-party services. You can opt-out of our use of your Personal Data to show you marketing and advertisements based on your interaction with different Shopify Merchants here.
  5. Communicate with You: To communicate with you about Shopify services and your transactions, including about product updates, your account, and changes to our policies and terms. We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us.
  6. Authentication, Integrity, Security, and Safety: To authenticate your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, and to detect, investigate, and prevent malicious conduct, fraudulent activity or unsafe experiences, address security threats, protect public safety, and secure Shopify Services for you and our Merchants.
  7. Legal Reasons: To comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies, to investigate or participate in civil discovery, litigation, or other adversarial legal proceedings, and to enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies.

When Shopify processes your Personal Data from Merchants you interact or shop with in order to help Merchants run their Stores and to provide business services to our Merchants, we are acting at the direction of the Merchant, and the Merchants' terms of service and privacy policy apply—not Shopify's. For more information about how Merchants collect and use Personal Data when you visit and make purchases in their Stores, review the Merchant's terms and privacy policy.

4. Third-Parties Who May Receive Personal Data

Depending on which Shopify services you use or interact with and Merchants you visit, Shopify may provide Personal Data to the following categories of third parties or in the following circumstances:

  1. Vendors: Shopify works with third-party service providers to provide, support, and improve Shopify services and technical infrastructure, for business services, such as payment processing, including in relation to purchases made when you use Shopify services, and for marketing and business analytics.
  2. Marketing, Advertising, and Analytics Partners: We may use third-party marketing, advertising, and analytics partners to deliver personalized advertising and to help us understand how people use or interact with Shopify services and our Merchants. These partners may receive information about your use of, or interactions with, Shopify services and our Merchants, including through third-party cookies or other technologies. For example, we may make information available to third-party advertising companies to serve you with relevant ads or content and to manage, improve and measure our advertising campaigns. Providing information to certain third parties for advertising services may be considered "sharing" or "targeted advertising," as defined by certain privacy laws that may apply in your jurisdiction. You can opt-out of our sharing of your Personal Data for targeted advertising here.
  3. Change of Control: We may share Personal Data with actual or prospective acquirers, their representatives and other relevant participants in, or during negotiations of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructuring, or change in control involving all or a portion of Shopify's business or assets, including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings.
  4. Legal Reasons: We may share Personal Data as needed to: (1) comply with applicable law or respond to, investigate, or participate in valid legal process and proceedings, including from law enforcement or government agencies; (2) enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies; (3) detect, prevent, or investigate potential fraud, abuse, or safety and security concerns, including threats to the public; (4) meet our corporate and social responsibility commitments; (5) protect our and our Merchants and users' rights and property; and (6) resolve disputes and enforce agreements.
  5. Sharing at Your Discretion: Where you provide consent, we share your Personal Data as described at the time of consent, such as when connecting with a third party application or website.

5. Third Party Partners & Integrations

Parts of Shopify services may link to third party services. Shopify doesn't own or control these third parties. When you interact with these third parties and choose to use their services, your use is subject to the privacy policies of those providers.

6. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

You may have certain rights to manage your Personal Data depending on where you live. To exercise any privacy rights available to you, please visit our privacy portal. Depending on your jurisdiction, the following rights may apply, subject to certain exceptions:

  1. Access and Portability: Right to request access to your Personal Data.
  2. Correction / Rectification: Right to correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data in certain circumstances.
  3. Deletion / Erasure: Right to delete Personal Data about you.
  4. Right to opt out of Sharing or Targeted Advertising: Right to direct us not to share your Personal Data with third parties for targeted advertising or to use information about your interactions with Shopify Merchants to show you targeted advertisements and marketing. To opt-out of having your Personal Data used for these purposes, visit our privacy portal.

Data subjects who are subject to the data protection laws of the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland may have additional rights under applicable law, addressed below.

If you are a Shop app user, you can also update your account information or request to delete your account directly through your in-app settings.

You may have additional rights with Shopify Merchants. For information and any choices related to how an individual Merchant enables Shopify to use your data, see that Merchant's website and policies.

7. Retention

We retain Personal Data for as long as we have an ongoing business need to do so (e.g., to provide the Shopify services to you and our Merchants, to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements, for security and fraud detection or prevention, or in connection with backup or disaster recovery processes), unless a different retention period is permitted or required by applicable law.

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include the following:

  1. The length of time we and our Merchants have an ongoing relationship with you and provide Shopify services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using our services or services offered by our Merchants);
  2. Whether you modify or delete your information through your accounts;
  3. Whether Shopify has a legal obligation to keep the data (for example, certain laws require Shopify to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time); or
  4. Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to the enforcement of our agreements, the resolution of disputes, the applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigation).

8. How to Contact Us

To exercise your rights, please visit our privacy portal. For questions or concerns related to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by visiting our overall privacy policy, under "How you can reach us."

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to account for changes in our processing of Personal Data, and we will post the updated Privacy Policy on our website, with a "Last Updated" date at the top.

10. European Data Subjects

This section 10 applies if the processing of your Personal Data is subject to the data protection laws of the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland.

1. Our legal basis for processing your Personal Data: Our legal basis for processing your Personal Data to show you targeted advertisements is your consent. For information about our legal basis for other processing described in this Privacy Policy, please refer to our overall privacy policy.

2. Your rights in relation to your Personal Data: In addition to the rights noted in Section 6 above, you can exercise the following rights:

3. Objection to Processing and Restriction of Processing: Right to object to the processing of your Personal Data for certain purposes and to request the restriction of the processing of your Personal Data.

4. Withdrawal of Consent: Right to withdraw consent where processing of your Personal Data is based on consent. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.

 


Salinitygear.com
5129 103rd St. N.
St.Petersburg, Florida 33708
United States
salinitygear@gmail.com