Privacy Policy
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Your privacy is very important to us. Please read the following Privacy Policy of christywomens.com and all of its successors in interest and assigns (collectively, “christywomens.com”, “us”, “we”) before using www.christywomens.com and all related websites, products and services (the “christywomens.com Services” or the “Site”).
Our Privacy Policy spells out christywomens.com’s commitment to respecting the privacy of our customers and visitors to our Site. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, which we will do through online posting or an email message sent directly to you. This Privacy Policy describes how christywomens.com collects and uses the personal information you provide to us on our Site. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Collection and Use of Information
We collect personal information from you to enable an efficient, customized, and meaningful experience on our Site. Personal information we collect may include contact information such as name, email address, mailing/shipping address and phone number, billing information such as credit card number and billing address, unique Identifiers such as user name, account number and password, preferences information such as product wish lists, order history and marketing preferences and information you voluntarily provide to us in connection with your participation in an online survey or research study such as your buying habits, preferences and opinions on products and services we may offer.
Like other sites, we may also passively collect information using various technologies (which cannot presently be used to specifically identify you) such as your site preferences, age, gender, language, time zone, income and education (some of the information we ask for may be optional). We may use or disclose aggregate information for any purpose. We also collect information about you from third parties. We collect your personal information from third parties, such as social media sites and data co-ops. We purchase from and trade contact information, demographic information, commercial information, and internet and electronic activity with data co-ops and other third-party data aggregators.
We use this information to fulfill your order, send you an order confirmation, assess the needs of our business to determine suitable products, send you requested product or service information, send product updates or warranty information, respond to customer service requests and applications for employment, administer your account, send you a newsletter, send you marketing and promotional communications, respond to your questions and concerns, improve our website and marketing efforts, conduct research and analysis, display content based upon your interests. We may also use this information to enable reviews of our products and to display content that you have created and permitted us to display on our website and services and on social media and other advertising.
Information Sharing
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We may share personal information with certain third parties that perform services on our behalf. The services provided may include: operating the website, hosting the website, providing the products and services you request, authorization and processing of your payments, product fulfillment, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, serving certain types of advertisements to you, marketing and promotional material distribution (including direct mail marketing), promotions fulfillment and website evaluation.
We and our third-party service providers may also disclose your personal information to conduct an investigation both in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.
In certain instances, we may disclose your contact information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to christywomens.com, or to others. We may also disclose your information as required by law, to comply with a judicial proceeding or court order, to exercise our rights, to defend against any claims or when we believe in good faith the law or legal process requires it.
The Site may enable you to post content to Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram. If you choose to do this, we will provide information to such Social Networking Sites in accordance with your choice to do so. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of those websites and that it is your responsibility to review the terms of use and privacy policies of such Social Networking Sites.
Additionally, we may share email addresses that have been provided to us by our registered users, with third parties such as network advertisers and ad exchanges, to serve targeted advertisements to you about our goods and services.
In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, your information may be part of the transferred assets. You will be notified via email or a prominent notice on our website or both of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Information Provided by You About Others
If you decide to provide personal information about another person (“Other Party”) while using the christywomens.com Services, including programs through which you refer a friend or family member, we rely upon you to obtain whatever consents from the Other Party that may be required by law to allow us to use the Other Party’s personal information. Our use of the Other Party’s personal information will be consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Information You Provide to Social Networking Sites
You may choose to share your shopping activity on this Site with your friends on Social Networking Sites. The Social Networking Sites use of such information and any information it collects from your use of the Social Networking Site is governed by the respective Social Networking Site’s Privacy Policy. christywomens.com has no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any Social Networking Site that may be enabled within use of this Site. The use of information on this Site is governed by this Site’s Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
This Site uses cookies and web beacons to gather aggregated, non-personally identifiable information in order to help us better understand user behavior, tell us which parts of this Site users have visited, and facilitate and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and web searches. Such information may be shared with trusted third-parties but the information will not personally identify you. To the extent that Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we also treat these identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the extent that non-personal information is combined with personal information, we treat the combined information as personal information.
christywomens.com uses cookies to collect information around abandoned shopping carts. A cart is considered abandoned within one hour of inactivity/lack of purchase. Once the cart is considered abandoned, an SMS message will be sent as a reminder.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to collect anonymous information about how you use this Site by setting and accessing cookies on your computer. These cookies track information such as how often you visit our Site, what pages you view, and where you go after you leave our Site. The cookies are not connected to your personal information. When you visit our web sites, we send one or more cookies to your computer or other device. We may also use cookies and other similar technologies in emails that you receive from us. A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a web site. A session cookie expires immediately when you end your session (i.e., close your browser). A persistent cookie stores information on the hard drive so when you end your session and return to the same web site at a later date, the cookie information is still available. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service when you visit our web site and other web sites of interest to you. We also use cookies to identify to us who you are, tailor, measure and optimize our products, services and advertising to suit the personal interests of you and others, estimate our audience size, assist our online merchants to track visits to and sales at our web sites and to process your order, track your status in our promotions, contests and sweepstakes, and/or analyze your visiting and email interaction patterns. By blocking or deleting cookies used on our website and mobile application, you may not be able to take full advantage of our services.
Additionally, “Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that users can set in their web browsers. Please note that many web browsers support Do Not Track technology. If you enable “Do Not Track”, the browser may send a message to websites requesting them not to track the user. If you do so, we will not use information about your web viewing activities to tailor your online experience on our Website.
Third Party Service Providers
Our online retail store is hosted by Shopify. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Service may include having your Personal Data transferred to and stored by Shopify pursuant to their privacy policy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site — you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information.
We may also share your Personal Data with other third party service providers, such as third party marketing partners, to: provide you with the Services that we offer you through our Site; to conduct quality assurance testing; to facilitate creation of accounts; to provide technical support; for commercial purposes and/or to provide other services to christywomens.com.
We may also collect your email address via cookies and pixels on the Website through the use of trusted third party partners. These partners may also combine your email information with other information they have access to such as mailing address so that we may serve relevant marketing offers to you via email and direct mail. If you do not want us to collect information about you or if you would like to express your preference to not have your data shared with third party providers, please contact us via the support contact provided on the christywomens.com website to opt out.
When you visit our website, log in, register or open an email, cookies, ad beacons, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with information they or others have about you, including your email address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses.
Affiliates
We may share some or all of your Personal Data with our parent company, subsidiaries, joint venturers, or other companies under common control with christywomens.com (“Affiliates”), in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
Corporate Restructuring
We may share some or all of your Personal Data in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving the sale, transfer, or divestiture of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, Personal Data may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company acquires our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.
Social Networking Sites (SNS)
Our Services enable you to post content to SNSs. If you choose to do this, we will provide information to such SNSs in accordance with your elections. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of those websites and that it is your responsibility to review the terms of use and privacy policy of the third party provider of such SNSs. We will not be responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such SNSs; (ii) the content, products or services on or availability of such SNSs; or (iii) your use of any such SNSs.
Other Disclosures
Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Data (as described below), christywomens.com may disclose Personal Data if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary (a) in connection with any legal investigation; (b) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on christywomens.com; (c) to protect or defend the rights or property of christywomens.com or users of the Site or Services; and/or (d) to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Policy, or our Terms of Use.