PRIVACY POLICY

 

Effective September 18, 2020

 

As a visitor to Unbeknownst Co. (the “site”), you should know that your privacy is valued and extremely important to us (“site owner”, “we”). Any information collected about you (the “user”) while interacting with our site will be handled in accordance to the Privacy Policy outlined below.

 

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies to any information collected on this site, and does not apply to any information collected by third party websites, such as Instagram, Pinterest, etc, that you may access through this site. Information collected by these third party websites are subject to their own privacy policies.

 

DATA WE COLLECT

 

Personal data, or personal information, is any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. In order to provide quality products along with the best possible experience for every site visitor, personal information is collected both automatically and when provided by the user.

 

Information provided by the User

Personal information is provided by the user when submitting the Contact form, and to facilitate a transaction during checkout.

 

The Contact form collects name and email address in order to properly address your question and concern. This information will only be stored as long as required to address the user inquiry.

 

Information collected during checkout includes name, address and payment information and is used only for the intended purpose. For more about personal information collected during checkout, please see section labeled “Third Party Services”.

 

Information collected automatically

This site automatically collects personal data through cookies (see below) and other similar technologies to power our site analytics provided by Squarespace.  This includes information about your browser, network, device, sites visited prior to visiting Unbeknownst Co. and your IP address. It may also include technical data like clicks, pages visited, scrolling, etc. All data collected for analytics is used to help us to fix common issues and make our site more accessible for all.

 

COOKIES

A “cookie” is a file containing an identifier that enables communication between the website and web browser. Some cookies are required in order to allow users to properly navigate and securely use key features like the shopping cart and checkout. For more information on the required cookies collected by Squarespace (site “host”), please see the Squarespace cookie policy here.

 

This site also uses cookies to learn about site traffic and activity in order to create a more efficient site, and ultimately a better user experience for you. Cookies gathered for these purposes are voluntary and only collected when you acknowledge our cookie banner.

 

Most browsers (Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc) allow you to either refuse to accept cookies from any site, or delete collected cookies manually. These options can be found in your settings and will vary for each browser. Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the function of our site, along with many others.

 

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

 

Unbeknownst Co. shares information with third party services only when necessary to provide our services to the user. We do not sell any personal information to third parties.

 

This site is hosted by Squarespace. In order for our host to provide website services to us, we share the information listed above with Squarespace. For example, when you make a purchase from this site, we share the billing/shipping address, details related to your purchase, email, name and phone number with Squarespace. As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience. You may also receive emails about your order from Squarespace including alerts such as “you’ve made a purchase” or “your order has shipped”. It is not possible to unsubscribe from these emails.

This site uses Stripe to securely process and collect payments. For more information on how Stripe uses personal data, whom it is shared with, your rights and choices and how to contact, please see the Stripe Privacy Policy.

This site uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google analytics gathers information by means of cookies (see above for further explanation). For more information about how Google uses your data, please see Google’s privacy policy.

 

UPDATES TO PRIVACY POLICY

 

We may make changes or updates to our privacy policy for various reasons, including a change in technology or services. The most current version of our Privacy Policy will always be posted to this site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the page.

 

CONSENT

By visiting and/or using this website, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy. Please note this policy does not apply to third party websites, such as Instagram, Pinterest, Stripe, Squarespace, etc, even if accessed through this website. See section above for further details on third party websites.

 

If you have any further questions or require more information, please contact us via the Contact form located here.