At Holiday Time® Christmas Tree, Lights, Nutcracker, we take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our website or make purchases from us.
Information We Collect
We collect information about you in various ways when you use our site or services, including:
- Contact information such as name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you create an account, make a purchase, or contact us with questions.
- Payment information such as payment card number, expiration date, and billing address when you make a purchase.
- Shopping information such as items viewed or added to your cart, and items purchased.
- Communications between you and Holiday Time® Christmas Tree, Lights, Nutcracker regarding our products and services.
- Device information such as IP address, browser type, operating system, and access times.
- Location information such as zip code and geographical area.
- Demographic information such as age, gender, interests, and household data.
- Online activity information such as pages or content you view, searches for products or services, and interaction with our ads or content.
We may collect this information directly from you, or through third-party sources such as marketing partners.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information in the following ways:
- To provide products and services you request.
- To communicate with you about your account, purchases, or questions.
- To customize your shopping experience, show relevant ads, and make product recommendations.
- To process, fulfill, and deliver your orders.
- To provide customer service and support.
- To prevent and address fraud, violations, security, or technical issues.
- To comply with legal obligations, such as tax regulations and money laundering prevention.
- To enforce our Terms of Use or other policies.
- To maintain and improve our site, products, services, and operations.
- To perform data analytics to better understand how users access and use our site.
We process your information for these purposes based on your consent, our need to perform a contract, our legal obligations, and our legitimate interests in operating our business.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share it in the following circumstances:
- Service providers: We may share your information with third party companies that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, order fulfillment, customer service, website hosting, email delivery services, security services, fraud prevention, data analysis, marketing and advertising services, etc. These companies are only provided the information needed to perform the requested services and are required to protect your information.
- Business transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar event, your information may be transferred or sold as part of that transaction.
- Legal compliance: We may share your information if required to comply with subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process requirements. We may also share your information to establish or defend our legal rights or those of third parties, protect the safety of individuals, or as otherwise required by law.
- Authorized users: Information you provide may be accessed by others you have authorized to use or view it, such as family members on a shared account.
- Aggregate, de-identified, or anonymous information: We may share aggregate statistics about users with third parties like marketing partners or advertisers. This information does not include personal details.
Your Choices & Rights
You have the following controls and rights over your personal information:
- You may request to access, correct, update, or delete your personal data.
- You may object to or limit certain types of processing, such as direct marketing.
- You have the right to data portability and may request a machine-readable copy of your information.
- You may revoke consent to use your personal information at any time with reasonable notice, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.
- You have the right to opt-out of sale of personal information if applicable in your jurisdiction.
- You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.
- You have the right to lodge a complaint with data protection authorities if you believe we have violated data protection laws.
To make privacy requests, please contact us at the email or physical mailing address provided at the end of this policy. For your protection, we may require identity verification before fulfilling certain requests.
Data Retention
We retain personal information as long as required to fulfill our business purposes, conduct audits, comply with reporting obligations, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, enforce our agreements, and as required by data protection or other applicable laws. Data retention may extend beyond the end of your relationship with us, subject to legal requirements. Non-personal information may be retained indefinitely.
Cookies & Online Tracking
We and our third party partners use cookies and similar technologies to collect non-personal information from your computer or device to recognize you, customize content and advertising, analyze trends, administer the website, improve security, and gather demographic information. You may disable cookies in your browser settings, but some site features may not function properly if you do so.
Our site may use web beacons, pixels, or transparent GIF files in emails and advertisements to help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage, and determine the effectiveness of our email campaigns.
We work with analytics partners such as Google to better understand how our site is accessed and used. You can opt-out of certain analytics tracking by some of our service providers by following the instructions on their websites.
Third Party Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites not operated or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions on such sites, and they are not covered by this privacy policy. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all third party sites you visit.
Minors’ Privacy
Our services are intended for and appropriate for general audiences over the age of 18. Subject to local laws, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 without obtaining parental consent. If you believe we may have collected data about a child under 18, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
Security of Your Information
We use technical and organizational security measures in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your information. However, no storage system or transmission of data over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee the complete security of your information.
International Data Transfers
We are a global company and may transfer your personal information to recipients in countries other than your own, to the extent permitted by law. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country where you initially provided your information. When we transfer your information internationally, we will protect your data as described in this policy.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we will notify you through the website or by email prior to the changes taking effect. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we collect, use, and share your personal information.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your personal information, please contact us at:
Holiday Time® Christmas Tree, Lights, Nutcracker
123 Main Street
Anytown, USA 12345
Email: [email protected]
Effective Date
This privacy policy is effective as of January 1, 2023.
