Privacy policy

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION? 

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling  process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name,  address and email address. 

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer's  internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps  us learn about your browser and operating system. 

With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products  and other updates. 

 

CONSENT 

How do you get my consent? 

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction,  verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a  purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that  specific reason only. 

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing,  we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with  an opportunity to say no. 

How do I withdraw my consent? 

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for  us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your  information, at anytime, by contacting us at hello@dakuorganics.com. 

 

DISCLOSURE 

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or  if you violate our Terms of Service. 

 

SHOPIFY 

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce 

platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. 

Your data is stored through Shopify's data storage, databases and the general  Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall. 

Payment: 

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then  Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card  Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is  stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction.  After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. 

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as  managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of  brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. 

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card  information by our store and its service providers. 

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify's Terms of Service here or  Privacy Statement here. 

 

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES 

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and  disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the  services they provide to us. 

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and  other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in  respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your  purchase-related transactions. 

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you  can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled  by these providers. 

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have  facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you  elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party  service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the  jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. 

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed  by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal 

information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure  under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. 

Once you leave our store's website or are redirected to a third-party website or  application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website's  Terms of Service. 

Links: When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our  site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and  encourage you to read their privacy statements. 

 

SECURITY 

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and  follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost,  misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. 

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted  using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256  encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic  storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement  additional generally accepted industry standards. 

 

COOKIES 

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We've listed them here so you that you can  choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not. 

_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about  your session (referrer, landing page, etc). 

_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used  by our website provider's internal stats tracker to record the number of visits 

_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next  day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer. 

cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the  contents of your cart. 

_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional 

storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is 

used to determine if the current visitor has access. 

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY 

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review  it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their  posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify  you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we  collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or  disclose it. 

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may  be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to  you. 

 

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION 

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information  we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information  contact us at hello@dakuorganics.com.