Privacy policy.

 

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT?

When you purchase something from Hedgehug Shoes, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, shipping address and email address. We use this information to track your purchases, process your transaction, and ship your purchase to you.

When you browse our online 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.

If you opt-in to our newsletter list, we may send you emails about Hedgehug Shoes, new products and other updates.

CONSENT

When you provide us with personal information necessary to completing a transaction, placing an order, arranging for a delivery or return, it is implied that you consent to our collecting it, to be used for the specific reason for which you gave it to us.

Your consent will be expressly asked of you for all marketing reasons. You will also be provided with the opportunity to withdraw your consent at any time.

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@hedgehugshoes.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.

HOSTING

HedgehugShoes.com is hosted on Squarespace, a platform provided by Squarespace, Inc. that allows us to build, run and host this website.

These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this website, therefore allowing the provision of this website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the exact location where the Personal Data are stored.

PAYMENT PROCESSING

Our payment processing is handled by Square Canada, Inc. and their affiliates.

Square complies with the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada. You can find the Code of Conduct here.

By making a payment, requesting a digital receipt or otherwise interact with their services, you are agreeing to their Privacy Policy, even if you have not applied for a Square account or downloaded one of their applications. You can find out more 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.

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.

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.

COOKIES

We use cookies to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc), to record the number of visits, the number of visits to a store by a single customer, information about the contents of your cart, and to determine if the current visitor has access to the shopping cart.

AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

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 our Privacy Compliance Officer at hello@hedgehugshoes.com.