Gridizen

Gridizen Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 18, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how and when Gridizen collects, uses, and shares information when you purchase an item from Gridizen, contact Gridizen, or otherwise use Gridizen services through Etsy.com or its related sites and services. This policy is intended for customers within the United States only.

Information Gridizen Collects

To fulfill your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to Gridizen), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering.

Why Gridizen Needs Your Information and How Gridizen Uses It

Gridizen relies on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

As needed to provide Gridizen services, such as when Gridizen uses your information to fulfill your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support.
When you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for Gridizen mailing list.
If necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law.
As necessary for the purpose of Gridizen's legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as providing and improving Gridizen services.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information about customers is important to Gridizen. Gridizen shares your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:

Etsy: Gridizen shares information with Etsy as necessary to provide you services and comply with obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.

Service providers: Gridizen engages certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to the shop, such as production and delivery companies. Gridizen will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

Business transfers: If Gridizen sells or merges its business, Gridizen may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.

Compliance with laws: Gridizen may collect, use, retain, and share your information if Gridizen believse it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce agreements, terms, and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of customers, or others.

Data Retention

Gridizen retains your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with services and as described in this Privacy Policy. However, Gridizen may also be required to retain this information to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce agreements. Gridizen generally keeps your data for the following time period: 4 years.

Transfers of Personal Information

All data processing is conducted within the United States. Gridizen does not transfer your personal information outside of the U.S. If you are a U.S. resident, your data is protected under U.S. laws.

Your Rights

If you reside in the United States, you have certain rights in relation to your personal information:

Access: You have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information Gridizen holds about you by contacting Gridizen using the contact information below.
Change, restrict, delete: You have the right to change, restrict the use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where Gridizen is required to store data for legal reasons), Gridizen will generally delete your personal information upon request.
Object: You can object to (i) processing of some of your information based on Gridizen's legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from Gridizen after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, Gridizen will delete your personal information unless it has compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.

How to Contact Gridizen

For purposes of U.S. data protection law, Gridizen is the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact us at contactgridizen@gmail.com