Privacy policy

BlindBash Stop operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, aiming to provide you (the customer) with a curated shopping experience (hereinafter referred to as "the Service"). BlindBash Stop is powered by Shopify, enabling us to provide you with the Service. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or shop through the Service or engage in other transactions, or otherwise communicate with us. In the event of a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy regarding the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information, this Privacy Policy shall prevail.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing the Service, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand how your information is collected, used, and disclosed as described herein.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," it refers to information that identifies you or another individual, or is reasonably associated with you or another individual. Personal information does not include information collected anonymously or de-identified information, meaning information that cannot identify you or be reasonably associated with you. Depending on how you use the Service, your country/region, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from such information:

  1. Contact Information: Includes your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.

  2. Financial Information: Includes credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, payment methods, payment confirmations, and other payment details.

  3. Account Information: Includes your username, password, security questions, preferences, and general settings.

  4. Transaction Information: Includes items you browse, add to cart, add to wishlists, or purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, along with historical transaction records.

  5. Communication Records: Includes information you provide when contacting us, such as the content filled out when submitting customer support inquiries.

  6. Device Information: Includes information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.

  7. Usage Information: Includes information related to your use of the Service, including how and when you use or browse the Service.

Sources of Personal Information

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you: Including when you create an account, access or use the Service, contact us, or otherwise provide personal information to us;

  • Automatically through the Service: Including information collected from your device when you use our products or services or visit our website, and information obtained through the use of cookies and similar technologies;

  • From our service providers: Including when we engage them to provide specific technologies and to collect or process your personal information on our behalf;

  • From our partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Depending on how you interact with us or the services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

  1. Providing, Customizing, and Improving the Service: We use your personal information to provide the Service, including fulfilling contracts with you; processing payments; shipping orders; remembering your preferences and items of interest; sending you account-related notifications; processing purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions; creating, maintaining, and otherwise managing your account; arranging shipping; assisting with any returns or exchanges; supporting reviews; and creating a personalized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchase history. This may include using your personal information to better tailor and improve the Service.

  2. Marketing and Advertising: We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending you marketing, advertising, and promotional communications via email, SMS, or mail, and displaying online advertisements for products or services on the Service or other websites based on items you previously purchased or added to your cart and your other activities on the Service.

  3. Security and Fraud Prevention: We use your personal information to verify your account; provide a secure payment and shopping experience; detect, investigate, or take action against possible fraudulent, illegal, dangerous, or malicious activities; protect public safety; and maintain the security of our Service. If you choose to use the Service and register an account, you are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access details with others.

  4. Communicating with You: We use your personal information to provide you with customer support, respond to your requests, provide efficient service, and maintain our business relationship.

  5. Legal Reasons: We use your personal information to comply with applicable laws or respond to valid legal processes, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies; to investigate or participate in civil discovery, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial legal proceedings; and to process or investigate possible violations of our terms or policies.

How We Disclose Personal Information

In specific situations, we may disclose your personal information to third parties within the scope of this Privacy Policy for legitimate purposes. Such situations may include:

  • Disclosure to Shopify, vendors, and other third parties providing services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, shipping, and transportation).

  • Disclosure to business and marketing partners for providing marketing services and serving advertisements to you. For example, we work with third-party services through Shopify to support personalized advertising based on your online activities across different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners use your information according to their respective privacy statements. Depending on your country/region, you may have the right to request that we stop sharing your information for targeted advertising and marketing promotions based on your online activities across different merchants and websites. To exercise your right to opt-out of such uses of information, please click here.

  • When you instruct, request, or otherwise consent to us disclosing specific information to third parties, such as for product shipping, or through your use of social media widgets or login integration features.

  • Disclosure within our affiliated companies or corporate group.

  • In connection with business transactions such as mergers or bankruptcy; to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests); to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies; and to protect or defend the Service, rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Service is hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your visit to and use of the Service to provide and improve the service to you. Information you submit to the Service will be transferred to and shared with Shopify and potentially third parties located outside your country/region to provide and improve the service. Furthermore, to help protect, develop, and improve our business, we use certain Shopify enhancements that integrate data and information obtained from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. To provide these enhancements, Shopify may use personal information we collect about your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these instances, Shopify is responsible for processing your personal information, including responding to your requests to exercise rights regarding your personal information used for the purposes above. For details on how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, please visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on your country/region, you can exercise certain rights regarding your personal information here (Shopify Privacy Portal Link).

Third-Party Websites and Links

The Service may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you visit such websites not affiliated with or controlled by us, it is essential to review their privacy and security policies and other terms of service. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of their information. Information you provide on public or semi-public platforms, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewable by other users of the Service and/or users of those third-party platforms, and our or third parties' use of such information is unrestricted. The mere provision of such links by us does not constitute our endorsement of the content of such platforms or their owners or operators, unless otherwise stated in the Service.

Children's Data

The Service is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from minors under the age specified in your jurisdiction. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below to request deletion of such information. As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, to our knowledge, we have not "shared" or "sold" (as defined under applicable law) the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.

Information Security and Retention

Please note that no security measures are foolproof or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "absolute security." Furthermore, any information you send to us during transmission may not be secure. We advise you not to send sensitive or confidential information to us through insecure channels.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary depending on various factors, such as the need to maintain your account, provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your country/region, you may have some or all of the following rights concerning your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in specific circumstances, and we may deny your request where permitted by law.

  • Access/Right to Know: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

  • Deletion: You may have the right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.

  • Correction: You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

  • Data Portability: In specific circumstances and subject to certain exceptions, you may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and request that we transmit it to a third party.

  • Opt-Out of Sharing/Targeted Advertising: Depending on your country/region, you may have the right to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, or object to our processing of your personal information for "targeted advertising" (as defined by applicable privacy laws). To exercise your right to opt-out of such uses of information, please click here. Please note that if you access our website with the "Global Privacy Control" opt-out preference signal enabled, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out for the device and browser used to access the website, based on your location. If we can associate the device sending the signal with a Shopify account, the opt-out request will also be applied to that account. For more information on Global Privacy Control, visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Apart from Global Privacy Control, we do not recognize other "Do Not Track" signals your web browser or device may send.

  • Manage Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, which you can stop receiving at any time by using the unsubscribe option shown in our emails. If you opt-out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as notifications related to your account or orders.

If you reside in the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), subject to exceptions and limitations under local law, you may also exercise the following rights in addition to those above:

  • Right to Object and Restrict Processing: You may have the right to request that we stop or restrict processing your personal information for specific purposes.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we process your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

You can exercise any of the above rights by contacting us at the location indicated on the Service or using the contact details provided below. For details on how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have (including rights related to data processed by Shopify), please visit: https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. Where permitted or required by applicable law, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. Under applicable law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request to exercise rights on your behalf. Before accepting a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof that you authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.

Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the contact details below. Depending on your country/region, you may have the right to appeal our decision, which you can do by contacting us using the details below, or by lodging a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. If you are in the EEA, a list of data protection authorities can be found here.

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside your country/region.

If we transfer your personal information outside the EEA or UK, unless the destination country/region has been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we will implement recognized data transfer mechanisms, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the European Commission, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant UK authority.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our privacy practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the "Last Updated" date, and provide notice as required by applicable law.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise any rights you may have, please contact us by phone at [+1 (555) 123-4567], email at [blindbash@blindbash.com], or by mail at:
BlindBash Stop
Unit 603, Building 1, Huating Community
Huiji District, Zhengzhou City
Henan Province, 450000
China (CN)

Under applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller of your personal information.