This Privacy Policy describes how and when we collect, use, and share information when you've purchase an item from us, contact us, or otherwise use our services through Etsy.com or its related sites and services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy. You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices.

INFO WE COLLECT:

To fulfill your order, you must provide certain information (which you've authorized Etsy to provide), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide additional personal information (for a custom order, for example), if you contact us directly.


WHY WE NEED YOUR INFO & HOW WE USE IT:

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

1. Info is used as needed to provide my services, such as fulfilling your order, settling disputes, or providing customer support.

2. Info may be used if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law.


INFORMATION SHARING & DISCLOSURE:

Information about our customers is important to our business. That being said, we share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited necessary circumstances, as follows:

1. Etsy: Information is shared with Etsy as necessary to provide you our services and comply with our obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.

2. Service providers: We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop (for example, delivery and postal companies). Your info will be shared with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

3. Compliance with laws: We may collect, use, retain, and share your information if we have a good faith belief that 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 our customers, or others.


DATA RETENTION:

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


YOUR RIGHTS:

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. These rights are as follows:

1. Access: You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.

2. Change, restrict, delete: You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (ex: storing data for legal reasons), we will generally delete your personal information upon request.

3. Object: You can object to (i) the processing of some of your information based on our legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from us after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, we will delete your personal information unless we have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.

4. Complain: If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.


HOW TO CONTACT BOOTSTEES:

For purposes of EU data protection law, BootsTees is the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact us at contact@bootstees.com


IMPORTANT INFO ON INFORMATION REMOVAL FROM ETSY

If you'd like your info to be removed entirely from etsy's site and database, you will need to contact etsy directly by visiting Etsy.com/help. By contacting BootsTees, we can only remove the info we have access to (your name, e-mail, shipping address), and we can only remove it from our records. For information removal from etsy's website, you must contact etsy directly.