Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how www.buddingaoi.com (the "Site" or "we") collects, uses, and discloses personal information when you visit or purchase from the Site.

Collection of Personal Information
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchase. If you contact us for customer support, we may also collect additional information. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to information that can uniquely identify an individual as "personal information," including the information below. For more information about the personal information we collect and why, see the list below.

Device Information

Examples of Personal Information collected: web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
Purpose of Collection: To load the Site accurately and optimize the Site by analyzing Site usage.
Source of Collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or.
Disclosure for Business Purpose: Shared with Processors
Order Information

Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card number, email address, and telephone number).
Purpose of Collection: To provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, process your payment information, arrange for delivery, provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, and screen our orders for potential risk or fraud. And, when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising related to our products or services.
Source of Collection: Collected from you.
Disclosure for Business Purpose: Shared with Processors
Customer Support Information
Purpose of Collection: To provide you with customer support.
Source of Collection: Collected from you.
Minors
This Site is not intended for individuals under the age of. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address below to request removal.

Sharing of Personal Information
As described above, we share your personal information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contract with you. For example:

We use Shopify to power our online store. For more information about how Shopify uses personal information, please visit https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

We may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, warrant or other lawful request for information, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioral Advertising
As described above, we use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements and marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

We use Google Analytics to understand how customers use the Site. For more information about how Google uses personal information, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. You can also opt out of Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners; in some cases, through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (where consent may be obtained).

For more information about how targeted advertising works, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising in the following ways:

In addition, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Use of Personal InformationWe use your personal information to provide our Services, including offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilling orders, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

Lawful BasisIn accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), we rely on the following lawful bases to process your personal information:

Your consent;
Performance of a contract between you and the Site;
Compliance with our legal obligations;
To protect your vital interests;
To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
For our legitimate interests which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
RetentionWhen you order through the Site, we will retain your personal information for our records unless you ask us to erase this information. For more information about your right to erasure, see the "Your Rights" section below.

Automated Decision-MakingIf you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (including profiling) if the decision has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

We make fully automated decisions using Customer Data that have legal or other significant effects.

Our processor, Shopify, uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that has no legal or other significant effects.

Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:

A temporary reject list of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This reject list lasts for a few hours.

A temporary reject list of credit cards associated with rejected IP addresses. This reject list lasts for a few days.

Sale of Personal Information
Our site sells personal information as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA").

Your Rights
GDPR
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details below.

Your personal information will be initially processed in Ireland and then transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing. This includes Canada and the United States. For more information about how data transfers comply with GDPR, please see Shopify's GDPR whitepaper at https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

CCPA
If you are a California resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you (also known as the "right to know"), to port it to new services, and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us at the contact details below.

If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address below.

Cookies
Cookies are small amounts of information that are downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our site. We use a variety of cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing a website to remember your actions and preferences (for example, your login or region selection). This means that you don't have to re-enter this information every time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another. Cookies also provide us with information about how users use the website. For example, if you are a first-time visitor or a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our site and provide our services:

Cookies necessary for store functionality
Name Feature
_ab Used in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_id Used in connection with storefront navigation.
cart Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sig Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout.
checkout_token Used in connection with checkout.
secret Used in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sig Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest Used in connection with customer login.
_shopify_u Used to facilitate updating customer account information.
Reporting and Analytics
Name Feature
_tracking_consent Tracking preferences.
_landing_page Track landing page
_orig_referrer Track landing page
_s Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_p Shopify analytics related to marketing and referrals.
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics related to marketing and referrals.
_shopify_yShopify Analytics.
_yShopify Analytics.
[Insert other cookies or tracking technologies used]

The length of time a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing, while persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent, expiring anywhere between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in a variety of ways. Please note that deleting or blocking cookies may adversely affect your user experience and may prevent you from fully accessing parts of our website.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept them using browser controls, often found in the Tools or Settings menu of your browser. For more information about how to change your browser settings, or how to block, manage, or filter cookies, you can consult your browser's help file or sites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Furthermore, please note that blocking cookies does not completely prevent us from sharing information with third parties, such as advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the "Behavioral Advertising" section above.

Do Not Track
Please note that there is no consistent industry understanding on how to respond to "Do Not Track" signals, so we do not alter our data collection and use practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at [email address] or by email using the details below.

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If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority here: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/]