Privacy
Privacy Policy Consent
The website and its content is owned by Piquant NYC (“company”, “we”, or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of https://piquant.nyc (“website”).
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process and distribute your information, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access this Website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Sites shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service to customers.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the website at any time without notice. In the event of a material change, we will let you know via email or a prominent notice on our website.
Use of any personal information or contribution that you provide to us, or which is collected by us on or through our website or its content is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using our website or its content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it.
Information We May Collect
We collect personal information to enhance your user experience when utilizing our Website or content. We will only collect the minimum amount of information necessary for us to fulfill our obligation to you. We may collect:
A name, phone number and an email address so we can deliver emails, SMS marketing and/or digital products to you. This information will be manually entered by you into a form on our website or collected in store.
Billing information including name, address and credit card information so that we can process payment for products and services purchased. This information will be manually entered by you into a form on our website.
A name and an email address if you complete our contact form with a question or comment. This information will be manually entered by you into a form on our website.
Contact information, such as name, email address, postal address, phone number
Payment information, such as credit card number, bank card numbers, cheque, and other payment details
Order and refund history
Demographic information, such as age, estimated income, household information, and occupation
Information about your interests, preferences, and purchase history
Information may be collected from you if you interact with us on social media sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
Device and browser information including location information, MAC addresses, IP addresses, cookie identifiers, and other tracking technologies such as pixels
Hashed identifiers derived from email addresses for the purposes of cross-device tracking for targeted advertising
End-user website activity
If you disclose any personal information relating to other people to us or to our service providers, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please note that the information above (“Personal Data”) is given to us voluntarily, and by providing this information you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this personal data. If you wish to opt-out or request that we delete your personal data, please send us an email.
If you choose not to provide us with certain personal data, you may not be able to participate in certain aspects of our website or content.
Other Information We May Collect:
Anonymous Data Collection and Use
We may use your IP address to help identify which areas of the website are most heavily used. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the internet and is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis.
What We Do With Information We Collect
Contact You
We may contact you with information that you provide to us based on these lawful grounds for processing:
We may contact you if you give us your clear consent to do so.
We will contact you to deliver goods or services you purchase from us.
Process Payments
We will use the personal data you give to us in order to process your payment for the purchase of goods or services under a contract. We only use third party payment processors that take the utmost care in securing data and comply with the GDPR.
Targeted Advertisements
We may use the data you provide to us to run social media advertisements and / or create look-alike audiences for advertisements.
Share with Third Parties
We may share your information with trusted third parties such as our newsletter provider in order to contact you via email, our SMS marketing provider to send text messages, our merchant accounts to process payments, and Google / social media accounts in order to run advertisements. By visiting our site, third parties (such as AdRoll) may place cookies on your browsers for targeted advertising purposes.
Viewing by Others
We are not responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share by commenting on a blog post.
Submission, Storage, Sharing and Transferring of Personal Data
Personal data that you provide to us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your personal data will only be accessed by those who help to obtain, manage or store that information, or who have a legitimate need to know such Personal Data (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors or team members).
It is important to note that we may transfer data internationally. For users in the European Union, please be aware that we transfer personal data outside of the European Union. By using our Website and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to these transfers in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the information and / or services that you requested from us. We may include certain personal data for longer periods of time if necessary for legal, contractual and accounting obligations.
Confidentiality
We aim to keep the personal data that you share with us confidential. Please note that we may disclose such information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that:
(1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees,
(2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or
(3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.
Passwords
To use certain features of the website or its content, you may need a username and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password, and you are responsible for all activities, whether by you or by others, that occur under your username or password and within your account. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your username, password or account information. If you share your username or password with others, they may be able to obtain access to your personal data at your own risk.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized or improper use of your username or password or any other breach of security. To help protect against unauthorized or improper use, make sure that you log out at the end of each session requiring your username and password.
We will use our best efforts to keep your username and password(s) private and will not otherwise share your password(s) without your consent, except as necessary when the law requires it or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, particularly when disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to others or interfering with our rights or property.
How You Can Access, Update or Delete Your Personal Data You have the right to:
-Request information about how your personal data is being used and request a copy of what personal data we use.
-Restrict processing if you think the personal data is not accurate, unlawful, or no longer needed.
-Rectify or erase personal data and receive confirmation of the rectification or erasure. (You have the “right to be forgotten”).
-Withdraw your consent at any time to the processing of your personal data.
-Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you feel we are using your personal data unlawfully.
-Receive personal data portability and transference to another controller without our hinderance.
-Object to our use of your personal data.
-Not be subject to an automated decision based solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which legally or significantly affects you.
-Manage your ad options or opt out of receiving targeted (personalized) advertising served by AdRoll by clicking the blue triangle AdChoices logo in the corner of the ad. You can also opt out of seeing personalized ads from AdRoll (and other companies) using the NAI opt out tool here. Please note you will still see ads even if you opt out, but they will not be personalized by AdRoll. For more information please see AdRoll’s privacy notice here.
You may unsubscribe from our emails or updates at any time through the unsubscribe link at the footer of all email communications or by email.
Security
We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the personal data you provide to us from misuse, disclosure or unauthorized access. We only share your personal data with trusted third parties who use the same level of care in processing your personal data. That being said, we cannot guarantee that your personal data will always be secure due to technology or security breaches. Should there be a data breach of which we are aware, we will inform you immediately.
Anti-Spam Policy
We have a no spam policy and provide you with the ability to opt-out of our communications by selecting the unsubscribe link at the footer of all e-mails. We will not sell, rent or share your email address.
Third Party Websites
We may link to other websites on our Website. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company or entity whose website or materials we provide links to. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines as to how they store, use and protect the privacy of your personal data.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We do not collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age in compliance with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation of the EU). Our Website and its content is directed to individuals who are at least 18 years old or older.
Notification of Changes
We may use your Personal Data, such as your contact information, to inform you of changes to the website or its content, or, if requested, to send you additional information about us. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter our website, its content and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any of information obtained through or on the Website or its content following the posting of changes and/or modifications constituted acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. Should there be a material change to our Privacy Policy, we will contact you via email or by a prominent note on our website.
Data Controller and Processors
We are the data controllers as we are collecting and using your personal data. We use trusted third parties as our data processors for technical and organizational purposes, including for payments and email marketing. We use reasonable efforts to make sure our data processors are GDPR- compliant.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email.
last updated: October 30, 2019