Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from hcxo.shop (the “Site”). By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as noted below. In addition to reviewing our Privacy Policy, your use of our Site constitutes your agreement to its Terms and Conditions.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

   - “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

   - “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

  - “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally 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, which are fully encrypted), 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 generally to fulfill 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; and

When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

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 optimize 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).

THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING

We may use a third-party service provider to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet and on this Site. They may collect anonymous information about your visits to our Site, and your interaction with our products and services. They may also use information about your visits to this and other Sites to target advertisements for goods and services. This anonymous information is collected through the use of a pixel tag, which is industry standard technology used by most major websites. No personally identifiable information is collected or used in this process. They do not know the name, phone number, address, email address, or any personally identifying information about the user. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRACTICE AND TO KNOW YOUR CHOICES ABOUT NOT HAVING THIS ANONYMOUS INFORMATION USED BY A THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Our social media tools, such as the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat widgets, are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your activity with these tools is governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.  For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.  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 may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

We use information we have collected about you to provide you with the very best shopping experience. WE DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY REASON. We do not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties, or to our affiliates, who may want to offer you their own products and services unless you have requested or authorized us to do so.

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND BANKRUPTCY

If Her Campus Media should ever file for bankruptcy or merge with another company, or if Her Campus Media should decide to buy another business, or sell or reorganize part or all of Her Campus Media's business, Her Campus Media may be required to disclose your personal information to prospective or actual purchasers and other parties. It is Her Campus Media's practice to obtain appropriate protections for information disclosed in these types of transactions. Her Campus Media cannot, however, guarantee that Her Campus Media's Privacy Policy will remain unchanged if Her Campus Media is sold or merges with another company.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR CONTACT PREFERENCES AND OPT-OUT CHOICES

You have choices when it comes to how Her Campus Media uses your personal information. When you register online with our Site, you can choose not to receive information about merchandise, services and special promotional offers from us by email. If you elect not to receive such product marketing information by email, Her Campus Media may continue to contact you as necessary to service your account and process your transactions. You can change your preferences by following the instructions for opting out at the end of the marketing email.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access 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.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill 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.  Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

Her Campus Media collects information that you provide to us or that we learn about you from your use of our Site, as described in this Privacy Policy. Under California law, once a year, Her Campus Media customers who are California residents may request certain information about our disclosure of personal information to unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes. Her Campus Media does not disclose any personal information to unaffiliated third parties for these purposes.

To request your personal information under California Law, please contact us by mail, using "CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS" as the heading:

  • Write to Her Campus Media at the following address: Legal Department, Her Campus Media, 9 Lansdowne St, Suite 2, Boston, MA 02215

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.

OUR SECURITY PRACTICES

Our internal data security policies restrict access to customers' personal information to authorized employees. Authorized employees may use our customers' personal information for Her Campus Media business purposes only. Our employees are bound by Her Campus Media policies that require them to maintain the confidentiality of our customers' personal information. Employees who violate these requirements are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Her Campus Media cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of your personal information, we will notify you as necessary and to the extent possible so you can take appropriate protective steps. Unless you indicate otherwise, we may notify you under such circumstances using the email address you provided to us when you registered with our Site.

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. We encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy from time to time to stay abreast of our most current privacy policy practices. If you are a registered user of our Site, we may notify you by email of material changes to our Privacy Policy using the most current email address you have provided to us. Your continued access and use of our Site will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to our Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at hello@hcxo.shop or by mail using the details provided below:

9 Lansdowne St., Suite 2, Boston, MA, 02215, United States