Our Privacy Policy

At Kimiya Designs, we value your trust and respect your concerns about privacy. This privacy policy describes the types of personal information we collect, how we use the information, with whom we share it, and the choices available to users of our website regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.

Section 1- Collection and Use of Information

You can browse our website without providing any personally identifiable information about yourself. Personally identifiable information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name; home, billing, shipping or other physical address; an email address; phone number or other contact information; or a credit card number and expiration date. When you submit your personally identifiable information to us, you are giving us your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as set forth in this privacy policy. This information is used to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested, to process and ship orders, to send order and shipping confirmations, and to provide customer care. This information also may be used to contact you about sales, special offers, new products, and other updates, unless you have opted not to receive promotional communications in connection with this website.

When you visit our website, Kimiya Designs automatically collects information such as the type of internet browser and operating system you use, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the website from which you linked to our site and the website you visit as you leave the site. We use this information to assess, diagnose problems, and improve functioning of our website. We may also use this information to analyze trends and traffic patterns, gather demographic information, and track the date, time, and duration of each session within our website. Your IP address may also be used in combination with your personally identifiable information for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.

This website is a general audience website and is not directed for use by children. Kimiya Designs does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you should not provide any personal information to us and you should use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

Section 2 - Cookies

Like many websites, we use “cookies,” which are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies on certain pages of our website to, among other things, analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, deliver you a more customized shopping experience, track visits from our affiliates and partners, and allow the use of our shopping cart. Kimiya Designs does not use cookies to store or collect any personally identifiable information. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits; although, by declining the use of cookies you may not be able to use certain features on the website.

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.

_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.

We also may collect and store information about you that we receive from other sources, to enable us to update and correct the information contained in our database and to provide product recommendations and special offers that we think will interest you.

Section 3 - Consent

By using this website, you agree to Kimiya Designs' privacy policy. This is our entire and exclusive privacy policy and it supersedes any earlier version. We may occasionally update this privacy policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. Kimiya Designs encourages you to periodically review this policy to learn how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of this website constitutes your consent to this privacy policy and any updates.

Age of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

Section 4 - Opt-Out

To opt-out of receiving e-mail promotions from Kimiya Designs, please follow the unsubscribe instructions in our promotional e-mail correspondence. Please note that opting out of promotional e-mails received from Kimiya Designs does not affect our communications with you related to orders placed with Kimiya Designs. Additionally, it does not affect our use of your non-personally identifiable information.

Section 5 - Disclosure

We do not share with others, or sell or rent to others, any personal information that you provide to us through this website or through our customer care department, except with your consent or as described in this privacy policy.

We may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it; we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of any of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers or others.

Section 6 - Shopify

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. All direct payment gateways 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. For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).

Section 7 - Third-Party Services

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. Once you leave our store’s 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 of service.

Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Section 8 - Security

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

Section 9 - Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

Section 10 - Questions and Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at customercare@kimiyadesigns.com.