This privacy policy describes how your personal information is collected, used and shared when you use or make a purchase from elwaxisgifts.com (the “Site”). It overseas your access to and use of the Site including all the content, functionality and services offered. Please read our entire privacy policy before using or interacting with this website. By using the Site, you agree and accept to the policy outlined below.
We own and operate this website and may operate other websites in conjunction to this one. We are fully committed to protect and respect your personal privacy via this Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information
When we talk about your “personal information” in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to your order, account, general and device information. Personal data refers to the information that can be used to identify you.
1. Order & Account Information
We collect your personal data when you attempt to make a purchase, or make a purchase through the Site. This personal information includes your name, billing and shipping address, phone number, email address and payment information (including credit card numbers).
We also collect this data if you create an account on our Site and choose to fill in the corresponding information.
2. Comments & Reviews
When visitors leave comments or reviews on the Site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. Email Opt-Ins
We collect personal information from you when you input your information into an opt-in form. These opt-in forms are used to provide you with further information, communication and provision of services. They will require you to input your name and email address.
5. Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Device Information
When visitors are on our Site, we automatically collect certain information about the device you are using. This information includes some of the cookies that are installed on your device, your time zone, IP address and the web browser you are using.
In addition to this personal device information, as your browse the Site, we collect information such as how you interact with the Site. This includes which individual web pages or products you view, how you use the search function, as well as what websites or search terms referred you to the Site.
How We Collect Device Information
Using the following technologies, we collect your information:
1. “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device which often include an anonymous unique identifier. The site uses cookies and other technologies in some cases to track particular behaviour of visitors to our website. Be aware we use this tracking data to help us understand how visitors get to the site, use our site, what particular interest they have whilst using the site, how they respond to marketing, and other reasons such as whether or not a visitor is using a mobile computer, phone or desktop. These cookies can be blocked by changing your internet browser settings at any time.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
For additional information on cookies, and also how to disable cookies, further insight can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
2. “Web beacons”, “Tags” and “Pixels” are electronic files used to record information on how you browse the Site.
3. “Log Files” track actions occurring on the Site. They collect data including your IP address, internet service provider, browser type, referring/exit pages and date/time stamps.
Purpose Of Collecting Your personal Information
How do we use your personal information:
• Email opt-ins for further information, communication or free courses or services.
• In order to process a purchase/transaction that you make with us. This includes processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, as well as providing you with an invoice and/or order confirmations. We also use this order and account information for a number of other reasons. This includes when we screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, when we communicate with you, or to provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services (when in line with the preferences you have set).
• In order for you to make an account on the Site that remembers your details.
• We use the device information to help us screen for potential risk and frauds (particularly your IP address). We also generally use your device information to improve and optimise our Site. For example, we generate analytics on how our customers interact with and browse the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns.
Collection and Processing Of Information: Legal Basis
Throughout your experience on the Site, if you have consented and submitted your email you may receive further communication from us. You will always be asked for consent first and you will always have to put the email in yourself. We will never enter your email onto our email list manually without your consent either. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any point by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link that is located at the bottom of every email you will receive from us. This allows you to opt-out of any future emails.
You may also consent and submit information to create an account. We will never input your information to create an account for you unless consent is given. You will always put this information in yourself. You also have the right to withdraw consent at any point and remove your account.
When you purchase from us or enter your details on checkout, your information is collected as part of a legal contractual obligation and transaction.
If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to get in contact with us on the contact form here. We can stop processing your data at any time you wish.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment/review, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. If you enter your email into an opt-in form, this will be retained until you unsubscribe from the mailing list or ask us to remove this information.
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.
Who Has Access To Your Data That Is Collected?
Firstly, we have access to the data that we collect from you. Third parties that help us process your personal data will also have access. These include those who:
• Help process transactions (payment processors who will also securely store your data)
• Email marketing and communication companies (to help us collect and send emails)
• Product hosting platforms (to help you access your product purchases)
• Other website design, programming and management services
The third parties above are all prohibited from using, sharing or collecting your personal data for any purpose other than the reasons stated.
In addition, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We also use Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
We also track in Google Analytics the number of times an individual views the site, what pages they view and how long they stay on the website for. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics at any time here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, 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.
Your Data Rights: Changing, Requesting or Removing Your Data
Any information we receive from you will be retained until you request for us to delete your information. This information will also no longer be retained if we stop using our existing data providers, or if we decide that we no longer require your data.
Following the General Data Protection Regulation, you are granted the following rights:
• You have full right to be informed about your privacy and this policy aims to inform you.
• You have full right to request access or to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also modify that data or request we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• You have full right to request for restrictions on the processing of your personal data, as well as to object to the processing of your data.
• You have full right to the transferability of your personal data.
• You have full right in relation to automated decision making and profiling. Whilst the Site does not profile you, it is important to know other websites might.
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. Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that 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. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Contact us using the contact form here for any further requests, queries or if you would like to correct, modify or delete your data. If you want your personal data removed, do not hesitate to contact us.
Personal Advertising
We use your personal information in order to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For further information on personal advertising, visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can choose to opt out of targeted advertising using the links below:
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
– Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
– Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
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.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes To The Privacy Policy
The Site reserves the right to change and adapt this privacy policy at any time at our discretion. This could be to reflect changes to our practises or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Therefore, we encourage you to monitor this page regularly for any changes or updates. Continued use of the Site after policy changes will register as consent of said changes.
Users Under The Age of 18
If you are under the age of 18, this website is not intended for your use. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from users that are under the age of 18.
Transfer of Business
If a decision is made on our behalf to sell this website and the accompanying assets, or if they are acquired by another if we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, user information is classed as an asset that will then be acquired or transferred to the third party. By using the Site, you consent and acknowledge that transfers such as these may occur and that any third party that acquires this website may continue to use the personal information you provided. It is your full right to know that this personal information will be acquired and used as set forth in this privacy policy.
Contact Us
If you would like further information about our privacy practises, if you have any queries or questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us using the ‘contact us’ form here.