Collection and Use of Information. We receive and store information, including personal information, about you and your use of our services. This information is gathered in a number of ways, including when you enter it on our website and you're interacting with our service. Personal information is information that can be used to uniquely identify or contact you. Non-personal information is information that does not permit direct association with you. We may collect, use, transfer and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. You may choose not to provide personal information we may request of you. However, most of the personal information we request is of the type that is required in order to provide our products and services; for example, your name and address, your email address, and your credit card number.
When you interact with us, we may ask you to supply us with personal information so that we can provide, enhance and personalize our services and marketing efforts. We use this personal information, for example, to process your registration, your orders and your payments, and to communicate with you on these and other topics. We also use your e-mail address to send you newsletters, as well as messages about new Gwynnie Bee features, Gwynnie Bee special offers, promotional announcements, consumer surveys and other correspondence concerning our service. If you no longer want to receive marketing communications from us, simply let us know by emailing us at contact@GwynnieBee.com. Please note that you cannot unsubscribe from certain correspondence from us, including messages relating to your account transactions.
We may keep track of your interactions with us and collect information related to you and your use of our service, including but not limited to your online activity, product and clothing selections, reviews, payment history, correspondence and Internet protocol addresses. We may also provide analysis of our users in the aggregate or otherwise in anonymous form to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties.
While using our service, you will have opportunities to post reviews for various articles of clothing that you borrow or purchase. Please understand that when you post such information, it is made public and is not subject to this policy. We are not responsible for any third party's use of information you publicly disclose through our service.
Our site uses Google AdWords, Google Analytics, and the Google Display Network together to serve ads to you on other websites after you’ve visited our website. This practice is known as remarketing and is a tool that Google offers to businesses. If you would like to know more about the program, you can do so here.
But here are the basics: we, along with third-party vendors, Google and DoubleClick, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our website.
If you would like to opt-out of receiving advertising like this from Google, you can manage these settings by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager. Also, Google recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
From time to time, we may partner with companies whose products we believe will interest our members. In conjunction with these partners, we may send promotional announcements and/or advertisements on their behalf, as permitted by law. If you do not want to receive such promotional email, simply let us know by sending us an email at contact@GwynnieBee.com.
3. Disclosure of Information. We use other companies, agents or contractors to perform services on our behalf. For example, we may partner with other companies to provide infrastructure and information technology (IT) services, personalize and optimize our web pages, process credit card transactions, provide customer service, collect debts, analyze and enhance data, including users' interaction with our website, and process consumer surveys. In the course of providing such services, these other companies may have access to some ofyour information. We do not authorize these companies to use or disclose your personal information except for the purpose of providing the services we request of them.
We also reserve the right to disclose personal information if we reasonably believe that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address illegal or suspected illegal activities, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Gwynnie Bee, its users or the public as required or permitted by law. In connection with any reorganization, restructuring, merger or sale, or other transferring of assets we reserve the right to transfer information, including personal information, provided that the receiving party agrees to respect your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy.
4. Links to Other Sites. The Gwynnie Bee website contains links to sites operated by third parties whose policies regarding the handling of information may differ from ours. While we endeavor to associate with reputable websites, we cannot be responsible for the information handling practices of these other websites. These linked websites have separate and independent privacy statements, notices and terms of use, which we recommend you read carefully before using those sites.
5. Cookies. Like many websites on the Internet, our Site uses cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data placed on a user's hard drive during the exchange of data that happens when the user's browser visits our Site. Our cookies assist us in collecting information regarding the pages of our Site that you access or visit, and in recording any preferences you indicate on our Site. If you place orders with us, we use cookies to assist in storing your preferences and recording other session information. We also use cookies to makeyour experience on our Site more personalized and convenient.
Our cookies cannot and do not retrieve any other information from your hard drive.
6. Security. Unfortunately, no security system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of your information and cannot assume liability for improper access to it. By using our service, including our website and user interfaces, or providing information to us through any means, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Gwynnie Bee service.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account access information and for restricting access to the computer or device through which you access your Gwynnie Bee account. If you disclose your password to anyone or share your account and/or devices with other people, you take full responsibility for their actions. Where possible, users of public or shared devices should log out at the completion of each visit.
7. Changes to this Policy. As we update and expand our services, we may make changes to this policy. You should check back for updates to this policy from time to time. Your continued use of our Site after such changes to our Privacy Policy will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. The most current version of this Privacy Policy can be reviewed by visiting our website and clicking on "Privacy Policy" located at the bottom of the pages of the Gwynnie Bee website. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will supersede all previous versions.
8. Contacting Us. If you have questions concerning your account or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@GwynnieBee.com.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 22, 2012.