Aphro Candle Co. respects the privacy of our customers and the users of our website and has instituted the policies and practices described below to ensure that your personal information is handled responsibly. Our online privacy policy describes the types of personal information we may collect from you when you visit our website, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties or our affiliated brands. The information on this website and our privacy policy are subject to change occasionally. Any material changes to our privacy policy and practices will be reflected on this page so that you can be aware of what information we collect and how we use and disclose it. By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Aphro Candle Co.
Our policy was last updated on March 3, 2020.
WHAT INFORMATION DOES APHRO CANDLE CO. COLLECT?
The Aphro Candle Co collects data that you provide on Aphrocandle.com by visiting our website or through transactions, email registrations, sweepstakes, contests, online memberships, or through phone and mail that you submit.
Aphro Candle Co. may collect and store two types of information: "personal information" and "automatic information."
Personal information tells us who you are, such as your name, gender, billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone number, date of birth or age, any personal preferences you choose to provide, transaction details such as style, size, price, discount, date, store, your credit card number and expiration date used for transactions, and an assigned password to protect your privacy.
Automatic information is information we may collect automatically whenever you interact with this website, such as your IP address, the type of computer you use, the web browser you use, and the web page that links you to our site. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer when you connect to the Internet. Each time you visit this site, our web server may automatically recognize and collect this information. Automatic information also includes "cookies" and "web beacons."
A "cookie" is a small text file sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Among other things, cookies allow us to keep track of your online patterns and preferences. By understanding which areas of the site you visit, cookies allow us to present information, products, and services that are of personal interest and make our website more efficient. Some ways we may use cookies include enabling your log-in, identifying your shopping carts, tracking where you travel on our websites and what you look at and purchase, and marketing testing and product recommendations.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies but allow you to change your browser so that it will not automatically accept cookies. Various browsers have different ways to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you, limit the kinds of cookies that can be placed on your computer, and let you delete cookies. Please review your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. Additionally, if you have a Flash player installed on your computer, flash cookies may be stored. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies, and the cookie management tools provided by your browser will not necessarily remove Flash cookies. The latest versions of many browsers let you control or delete Flash cookies through the browser's settings. If you use an older version of one of these browsers, upgrade to the most recent version and set it to update automatically. However, if you delete or remove cookies, it is possible that some portions of the site may not function as intended.
"Web beacons," also known as clear GIFs, single-pixel GIFs, or similar technologies, are small image files that we may place on web pages and within web-based email newsletters that we send. With cookies, web beacons allow us to accurately count the number of unique users who have visited a specific page and the number of times those pages are displayed. We can also use web beacons to let us know how many people opened a web-based email newsletter or message.
We may associate automatic information with your personal information. In the event of such association, such automatic information will be considered personal information.
How does Aphro Candle Co. use this information?
Aphro Candle Co. uses this information to confirm and process sales transactions to contact you with questions or communications about your order, or to respond to customer service inquiries.
Aphro Candle Co. also uses this information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience online, to communicate with you for marketing and promotional purposes, including via targeted postal pieces, phone messages, or personalized emails, and to improve the effectiveness of our websites and business activities. You can let us know your contact preferences regarding promotional communications directly to us online or by phone.
HOW DOES APHRO CANDLE CO. PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be unconditionally guaranteed to be secure. So, any information you send us is sent at your own risk.
However, when you order online, we use encryption technology, such as Secure Socket Layer Technology ("SSL"), to protect your personal information during data transport. SSL encrypts your order information, including your name, address, and credit card number, before it is transmitted to us to avoid the decoding of your data by anyone other than Aphro Candle Co.
DOES APHRO CANDLE CO. DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION TO OTHERS?
No, Aphro Candle Co. does not sell, rent, or trade with third parties any personal information you provide to us online, nor do we share such data with third parties. We may be able to disclose personal information about you to third parties who provide services to us and agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information by this privacy policy and use the information only in connection with the services they provide. These third parties may provide a variety of services to us, including, without limitation, hosting our website, assisting us in fulfilling your transactions and customer service inquiries, managing and updating your customer information record in our database, deploying our emails and promotional offers to you, or fulfilling your request to unsubscribe from our email. We also use third-party vendors to assist us in better understanding how people use our site, including measuring the effectiveness of our advertising. We and our vendors may place cookies and web beacons on your computer to collect information such as the IP addresses of our visitors' computers, the state and zip code from which our visitors come, which search engine referred you, how you navigated around our site, what you browsed and purchased and what traffic is driven by banner ads and e-mails. We do not authorize those third parties to make any other use of your information except on an aggregate, non-personal basis (in other words, the data will not be identified with you).
We may use and disclose to others information about your demographics and use our website in a manner that doesn't mean your identity. We may be able to match information collected from you on our website with data obtained from other sources or third parties.
Occasionally, we may partner with a co-sponsor to conduct a contest, sweepstakes, or other promotional event. In those situations, each participating website may collect or receive personal information from you and have the right to use your personal information by their policies.
We may disclose personal information in exceptional cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other users of our website, or anyone else who such activities could harm.
We may also disclose personal information when reasonably believe the law requires it. We might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, personally identifiable information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing privacy policy. Also, in the unlikely event that assets of Aphro Candle Co. are sold, personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
CAN I UNSUBSCRIBE?
Yes. Aphro Candle Co. honors requests to unsubscribe from receipt of emails, not only for promotional emails that Aphro Candle Co. sends but also for emails about Aphro Candle Co. that we permit other companies to send to their list of subscribers. So that you know, you may continue to receive emails from Aphro Candle Co. until such requests become effective.
DOES APHROCANDLE.COM HAVE LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES?
While using this website, you may be linked or directed to other third-party sites outside the website that are beyond our control. Each of these third parties may have a privacy policy different from ours. For example, you might click on a link or banner ad that will take you off the website. These links and banners may take you to sites of advertisers, sponsors, and co-branding partners. Please take a look at the privacy policies of these sites. We are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
