PRIVACY POLICY
Kira Ni Ceramics values its customers and respects their privacy. Any information we collect about you is held with the utmost care and security. Your visit to www.kiraniceramics.com and your use of any of the services or features we provide is subject to our Terms and Conditions of which this Privacy Policy forms part. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting www.kiraniceramics.com or using any of the services or features offered on this website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy
Device Information
When you visit www.kiraniceramics.com if your web browser is set up to accept cookies, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone. Additionally, as you browse our Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to our Site, and information about how you interact with our Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.” We collect Device Information using Cookies.
Cookies are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies also provide us with information about how our website is used so we can keep it is as up to date, relevant and error-free as possible. If you are concerned about your data and for more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
The types of cookies in use on the Site are: Strictly necessary cookies - these are cookies that are essential to the operation of our website Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and how visitors interact with the Site.
Order Information
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
How do we use your personal information?
We use the Order Information that we collect to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud.
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, if you sign up for our newsletter we may use your email address to send you information about new products or news about Kira Ni Ceramics. You can unsubscribe from these at any point.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
Sharing your personal information
The Site is hosted on Squarespace. They provide us with an online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. We share your Personal Information with Squarespace to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall and adhere to GDPR legislation.
We do not sell, rent, trade, license or otherwise disclose your specific personal information or financial information to anyone other than to affiliates under Kira Ni Ceramic's control. For example, we use Squarespace to host our online store.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We use the Squarespace communications service who enables Kira Ni Ceramics to send newsletters to you. You can unsubscribe from these at any time.
We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Your Rights
You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with Personal Information. Additionally, we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.
Data Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Minors
This Site is not intended for children under 18 years of age and Kira Ni Ceramics does not knowingly collect or use information from children under 18 without verifiable parental consent. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us promptly as described below, and we will endeavour to investigate and delete such information from our systems.
Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
Payments
Direct Payment - If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Squarespace stores your credit card data. Direct Payments on our site are processed using Stripe a secure and trusted online payment gateway. Stripe has been audited by a PCI-certified auditor and is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1. 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.
Security
To protect your personal information, we take 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.
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.
Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
Contact Us
For more information or questions about our privacy policy and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) or the data, we hold please contact us.