Privacy policy
DriveSociety operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, to provide you, the customer, with a personalized shopping experience (the “Services”). DriveSociety is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide you with the Services. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, or share personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services, or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy shall take precedence with respect to the collection, processing, and sharing of your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
What personal data do we collect or process?
When we use the term “personal data,” we refer to information that identifies you or another person or can be directly associated with you. Personal data does not include information that has been collected anonymously or anonymized in such a way that it cannot be identified or attributed to you. Depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process the following categories of personal data, including inferences drawn from such personal data:
Contact information, including name, postal address, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, and email address.
Financial data, including credit, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, payment method, payment confirmation, and other payment details.
Account information, including username, password, security questions, configurations, and settings.
Transaction information, including the items you view, add to your shopping cart, add to your wish list, or purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your past transactions.
Communications with us, including information you provide when communicating with us, such as when you submit a customer support request.
Device information, including information about your device, browser, or network connection, IP address, and other unique identifiers.
Usage information, including information about your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or browse the Services.
Sources of personal data
We may collect personal data from the following sources:
Directly from you We collect data when you create an account, access or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal data.
Automatically through the Services We collect data from your device, when you use our products or services, or visit our website, as well as through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
From our service providers We collect data when we engage service providers to enable certain technologies and when they collect or process your personal data on our behalf.
From our partners and other third-party providers
How do we use your personal data?
Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal data for the following purposes:
Marketing and advertising. We use your personal data for marketing and advertising purposes, for example to send marketing and advertising communications by email, SMS, or post, and to display online advertising for products or services for the Services or other websites, including based on items you have previously purchased or added to your shopping cart, as well as other activities related to the Services.
Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal data to authenticate your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate, or take action against potential fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and ensure the security of our Services. If you decide to use the Services and register for an account, you are responsible for protecting your account login information. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other login information with anyone else.
Communication with you. We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and effective services, to respond promptly to your inquiries, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
Legal reasons. We use your personal data to comply with applicable law or respond to lawful process, including requests from law enforcement or regulatory authorities, to investigate or participate in civil investigations, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial proceedings, and to investigate or enforce potential violations of our terms or policies.
In certain circumstances, we may share your personal data with third parties for legitimate purposes in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
At Shopify, these are providers and other third parties who provide services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping).
We share personal data with business and marketing partners who provide marketing services to you and display advertisements to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activities across various merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners use your data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to instruct us not to share information about you in order to show you targeted advertising and marketing based on your online activities across different retailers and websites. If you wish to exercise your right to opt out of such uses, you can do so here
When you request or otherwise consent to us sharing certain information with third parties, for example to deliver products to you, or when you use social media widgets or login integrations.
We share personal data with our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
Relationship with Shopify
The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal data about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services. Data that you submit to the Services is shared with Shopify and third parties who may be located in countries other than your country of residence in order to provide and improve the Services for you. To protect, expand, and improve our business, we also use certain advanced Shopify features that involve data and information from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. To provide these advanced features, Shopify may use personal data collected from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for the processing of your personal data, including responding to your requests to exercise your rights regarding the use of your personal data for these purposes. For more information about how Shopify uses your personal data and your rights, please see the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on where you live, you may be able to exercise certain rights regarding your personal data listed here Link to Shopify's privacy portal.
Third-party websites and links
The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliate websites or are not controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information contained on such websites. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms, without restriction on its use by us or any third party. The inclusion of such links by us does not imply that we endorse the content of these platforms or their owners or operators, unless expressly stated in the Services.
Children's Data
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children who are under the age of majority in your country. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal data, you can contact us using the contact details below to request that this data be deleted. At the time this Privacy Policy came into effect, we are not aware that we “share” or “sell” personal data from individuals under the age of 16 (as defined by applicable law).
Security and storage of your data
Please note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, information you send to us may be exposed to risks during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels when transmitting sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal data depends on various factors. These include, for example, whether we need the data to manage your account, provide you with services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your rights and options
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below with respect to your personal data. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in certain circumstances, and in certain cases we may refuse your request to the extent permitted by law.
Right of access/information. You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Right to erasure. You may have the right to request that we erase the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification. You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
Right to data portability. You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party under certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Right to opt out of the sale or sharing of data for targeted advertising. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of the “sale” or ‘sharing’ of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data for purposes that are considered “targeted advertising” under applicable data protection laws. If you wish to exercise your right and object to such use (opt out), you can do so here. Please note: If you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out signal enabled, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt out for the device and browser you are using to visit the website, depending on your location. If we can associate the device from which the signal originates with a Shopify account, we will also apply the opt-out request to that account. For more information about Global Privacy Control, please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Apart from Global Privacy Control, we do not recognize any other “Do Not Track” signals that may be sent by your web browser or device.
Managing communication settings. We may send you promotional emails. You can opt out of receiving these emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as about your account or orders you have placed.
If you reside in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, subject to the exceptions and limitations imposed by local law, you may exercise the following rights in addition to those listed above:
Right to object and right to restrict processing. You may have the right to request that we stop or restrict the processing of personal data for certain purposes.
Withdrawal of consent. Where we rely on consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.
You can exercise these rights as indicated in the Services or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. For more information about how Shopify uses your personal data and your rights, including rights relating to data processed by Shopify, please visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.
Exercising these rights will not result in any disadvantage to you. Where permitted or required by applicable law, we may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized representative to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before we accept such a request from a representative, we will require them to provide proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf. This may require you to confirm your identity directly to us. We will respond to your request promptly in accordance with applicable law.
Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you live, you have the right to object to our decision by contacting us using the contact details provided below or by submitting your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the European Economic Area, there is a list of the relevant data protection supervisory authorities. If you would like to access it, you can do so here.
International transfers
Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal data outside the country in which you reside.
When we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or equivalent contracts issued by the relevant UK authority, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been found to provide an adequate level of protection.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised privacy policy on this website, update the “Last Revised” date accordingly, and provide notice as required by applicable law.
Contact
If you have any questions about our data protection practices or this privacy policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us by telephone at , by email at contact.drivesociety@gmail.com, or by post at Birkenweg 28, Lengnau, 2543, CH. In accordance with applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller for your personal data.