Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Updated on May 18, 2023
1 – Personal Information Collected and How It Is Used
We understand the importance of protecting the privacy of our customers’ personal information. We respect your privacy. We do not sell any of the personal information that you provide to us to anyone and we do not sell our mailing list to anyone.
When you visit our Website, we may automatically receive certain information about your device, including information about your web browser and Internet Protocol IP address. If such information is collected, it may be used typically to help us screen for potential risk and fraud.
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Website, as part of the purchasing and selling process we collect the personal information you provide, including your name, billing/shipping address, and e-mail. This is generally used to fulfil any orders placed through the Website (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations, if applicable). In addition, it may be used to screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, to communicate with you, or, with your permission, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
2 – Consent
By providing us with your personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, schedule a delivery or exchange a purchase, it is assumed that you consent to our collection and use of your information for that purpose only.
If we ask you to provide us with your personal information for any other reason other than as set out in our Terms and Conditions Policy, such as marketing purposes, we will ask you directly for your express consent, or we will give you the opportunity to decline.
3 – Disclosure
We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you breach our Terms and Conditions Policy.
4 – Wix and Payment
Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by us 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.
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The payment provider that we use is Square, whose website is at https://squareup.com/ca/en. Square indicate that it complies with all required PCI standards.
5 – Third Party Service Providers
Generally, any third-party service providers who we use will collect, use and disclose your information only to the extent necessary to perform the services they provide to us.
Third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and others, typically have their own privacy policies about the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase transactions. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with their privacy policies to understand how your personal information will be handled.
It is important to keep in mind that some service providers may be located or have facilities in a different jurisdiction than either you or us, and that, if you decide to proceed with a transaction that requires the services of a third-party supplier, your information may be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which that supplier is located or the jurisdiction in which its facilities are located.
If you are redirected to a third-party website or application or you leave our website, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our Terms and Conditions Policy.
6 – Third Party Web Links
You may leave our Website by clicking on certain links on our Website, if they exist. Once you leave our 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 and Conditions Policy.
We are not responsible for the practices and/or content of these third-party websites. Please view their privacy policies before submitting your personal information.
7 – Security
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable security precautions to ensure that it is not lost, stolen, misappropriated, accessed, disclosed, modified or destroyed in an inappropriate manner.
8 – Cookies
Wix automatically places the following Essential cookies on our Website:
Cookie Name Purpose Duration
XSRF-TOKEN Used for security reasons Session
hs Used for security reasons Session
svSession Used in connection with user login 12 months
SSR-caching Used to indicate the system from 1 minute
which the site was rendered
_wixCIDX Used for system monitoring/debugging 3 months
wix_browser_sess Used for system monitoring/debugging Session
consent-policy Used for cookie banner parameters 12 months
smSession Used to identify logged in site members Session
TS* Used for security and anti-fraud reasons Session
bSession Used for system effectiveness measurement 30 minutes
fedops.logger.X Used for stability/effectiveness measurement 12 months
wixLanguage Used on multilingual websites to save user 12 months
language preference
9 – Privacy Policy Updates
As is the case for all our policies, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so we recommend that you review it frequently as any changes or other will take effect immediately upon their posting here on our Website without prior notice.
10 – Contact Information
If you would like more information or if you would like to: access, correct, modify or delete any personal information we have about you, please contact us at info@patpeter.ca