LOOSE GROWN DIAMOND PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: March 13, 2022
- This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, 4CGrownDiamond (“4CGrownDiamond”, “we”, “our” or “us”), collect, use, and store information pertaining to you (“User”, “you”), including in the following scenarios. For any inquiries regarding your privacy, please contact us via the live chat on the right side of our website.
- When you browse or visit our website, https://4cgrowndiamond.com/ (“Website”)
- When you use or interact with our Website
- When you create an account and purchase a product
- When you request a customized design
- When we request a review of our products or services
- When you contact us for support or otherwise (e.g., customer support and/or via chat)
- When we process the Personal Data of our service providers
- When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn)
We deeply value your privacy, which is why we strive to provide a platform that meets the highest standards of user privacy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to fully understand how we handle Personal Data. “Personal Data” or “Personal Information” refers to any information that can, alone or in combination with other data, uniquely identify a living individual. At 4CGrownDiamond, protecting your information is our top priority.
Important Note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to restrict or limit your statutory rights in any way, including your rights to legal remedies or methods of enforcement. At 4CGrownDiamond, we fully respect and uphold these rights.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time and therefore we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of the Privacy Policy, as indicated below. If there will be any significant changes made to the use of your Personal Data in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW IT IS USED
| Personal Data We Collect | Purpose of Collection & Use | Legal Basis (GDPR) | Retention Period | Consequences of Not Providing Data |
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| Browsing or Visiting Our Website | ||||
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Consent; Legitimate Interest (essential cookies) | Varies by cookie type. Essential cookies cannot be disabled. Google Analytics tracking can be opted out here. Users can also manage cookies via browser settings. |
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| Creating an Account & Purchasing Products | ||||
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Performance of a contract; Legitimate Interest | Until no longer needed or upon valid deletion request, subject to applicable retention laws |
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| Requesting a Customized Design | ||||
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Performance of a contract; Legitimate Interest | Until no longer needed or upon valid deletion request | Cannot process the customization request |
| Product/Service Reviews | ||||
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Participation is voluntary
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Legitimate Interest | Until no longer needed or upon valid deletion request |
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| Customer Support / Chat | ||||
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Performance of a contract; Legitimate Interest | Until no longer needed or upon valid deletion request |
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| Social Media Interactions (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn) | ||||
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Consent; Legitimate Interest; Pre-contractual purposes | Until deletion request or unsubscribe; may retain longer if legally required |
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Finally, please note that some of the personal data mentioned above may be used to detect, prevent, and address fraud or other illegal activities, identify and correct errors, conduct audits, and ensure the security of our networks and information systems. Personal data may also be used to comply with applicable laws, support investigations by relevant authorities, assist law enforcement, and/or exercise or defend legal rights. In certain cases, we may anonymize or de-identify your personal data for further use.
HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR INFORMATION
2.1. Security. We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational, and security measures designed to protect your personal data. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration of our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device, or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.
2.2. Retention of your Personal Data. In addition to the retention periods mentioned above, in some circumstances, we may store your Personal Data for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax, or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your personal data or dealings. We have an internal data retention policy to ensure that we do not retain your personal data perpetually.
HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR INFORMATION
In addition to the recipients described in Section 1, we may share your information as follows:
- Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates and subsidiaries for business, operational, promotional, and/or marketing purposes;
- Our Service Providers: We share your information with our third-party service providers that provide business, professional, or technical support functions for us (including to the extent necessary or desirable to fulfill or ship your order or complete your transaction; provide customer support; process your purchases), help us operate our business, IT and the Website, or administer activities on our behalf. We also share your Personal Information with our business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services.
- Legal Matters; Safety: We may share your information to the extent necessary, with regulators, to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and rules, and requests of law enforcement, regulatory, and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order. We also may disclose your information to protect the security of our Site, servers, network systems, and databases, including for fraud prevention purposes. We also may disclose your information as necessary, if we believe that there has been a violation of our Terms of Use, any other legal document or contract related to our services, or the rights of any third party.
- Sale or Transfer of Business or Assets: If in the future, we sell or transfer some or all of our business or assets to a third party, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we will (to the minimum extent required) disclose information to a potential or actual third party purchaser of our business or assets. In the event that we are acquired by or merged with a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer or assign Personal Data in connection with the foregoing events.
- With Your Consent: Where you have provided your consent to us sharing the Personal Data (e.g., where you provide us with any marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality if required by applicable law).
- Aggregate or Anonymous Non-Personal Information: We may share aggregate, anonymous, or de-identified non-personal data with third parties for their marketing or analytics uses.
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES
- 5.1. Rights under GDPR: The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations), shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by the GDPR):
- You have the right to access the information we hold about you. In most cases, you can exercise this right free of charge, but where permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee;
- You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or misleading personal data we hold;
- You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data (e.g., removal from our records). Please note that in certain circumstances, we may need to retain your personal data, for example, to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
- You have the right to object to or request restriction of processing;
- Data portability rights: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit that data to another data controller;
- You have the right to object to personal data analysis;
- You have the right to lodge a complaint at any time with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place of work, or location of the alleged infringement). We kindly ask that you attempt to resolve any issues with us first before contacting the local authority.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that in some cases, we may be entitled to continue processing your data, especially when it is necessary to fulfill our legal and regulatory obligations;
- You also have the right to request information regarding the basis for the transfer of your personal data outside the European Economic Area, but you acknowledge that for business confidentiality reasons, the data transfer agreements may need to be partially redacted. Also, please note that withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
- You also have the right to request details regarding the specific basis for transferring your personal data outside the European Economic Area, but for commercial confidentiality reasons, the data transfer agreements and/or other details may need to be partially redacted.
- 5.2. Rights under CCPA: The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by the CCPA:
- You have the right to know what personal information is being collected about you;
- You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your personal data (e.g. from our records and the records of our service providers). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your personal data, for example for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
- You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom;
- Restriction of, or object to, processing of your Personal Information, including the right to opt-in or opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information to third parties, if applicable, where such requests are permitted by law;
- You have the right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights.
You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place of work, or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence (e.g., the Attorney General in your State). We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us first via the contact option on the right side of our website.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us through the website’s right-side contact feature. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfill your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance, if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initially requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.
5.3. Deleting your account: Should you ever decide to delete your account, you may do so by contacting us via the contact option on the right side of our website. If you terminate your account, any association between your account and the personal data we store will no longer be accessible through your account. However, given the nature of sharing on certain services, any public activity on your account prior to deletion will remain stored on our servers and will remain accessible to the public.
COOKIES, TRACKING OPTIONS, AND DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES
- Cookies. Our Website utilizes “cookies”, anonymous identifiers, and other tracking technologies in order to for us to provide our Website and present you with information that is customized for you. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about activity on the Website. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser. You are free to adjust your device or Internet browser settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Website or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Please refer to your device’s settings or your Internet browser’s “Help” section for more information on how to delete and/or disable your device or browser from receiving cookies or controlling your tracking preferences.
- Do Not Track Disclosures. We do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party web sites or online services. We may allow third parties, such as companies that provide us with analytics tools, to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across different websites when a consumer uses the Website.
- Log files. We use log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages, and any other information your browser may send to us. We use such information to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users’ movement around the Website, and gather demographic information.
- Analytic tools.
- Google Analytics: The Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to maintain and improve the Website and our products. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information we collect. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You may learn more about how Google collects and processes data specifically in connection with Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
- Facebook Pixels. We use Facebook pixels, which is a tool that provides help to website owners and publishers, developers, advertisers, business partners (and their customers) and others to integrate, use and exchange information with Facebook, as such the collection and use of information for ad targeting. Please note that third parties, including Facebook, use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from your websites and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. Facebook’s ability to use and share information is governed by the Facebook Tools Terms, available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/technology_terms/. You can prevent your data from being used by Facebook Pixels and SDKs by exercising your choice through these mechanisms: http://www.aboutads.info/ choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
- We reserve the right to use additional analytic tools.
Use By Children
- We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal data from, and/or about children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not provide any personal data to us without the involvement of a parent or a guardian. For the purposes of the GDPR, we do not intend to offer information society services directly to children. In the event that we become aware that you provide personal data in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us using the contact option on the right side of our website.
Links to and interaction with third-party products
- The Website enables you to interact with third-party websites, mobile software applications, and services that are not owned or controlled by us (each a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services may collect Personal Information from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each Third Party Service that you choose to use or interact with.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER PRIVACY LAW
- 9.2. We, including our Website, collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device. In particular, our websites and agents, have collected the mentioned categories of Personal Information in Section 1 from consumers within the last twelve (12) months.
- 9.3. Your Choices. You have certain choices about your Personal Information. Where you have consented to the processing of your Personal Information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and prevent further processing by contacting us as described in this Privacy Policy. Even if you opt-out, we may still collect and use non-Personal Information regarding your activities on our services and for other legal purposes as described above. While we cannot guarantee privacy perfection, we will address any issue to the best of our ability as soon as possible. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws. To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.
- 9.4. Sale of Personal Information. Disclosure of Personal Information for business purposes. Financial incentives for collection of Personal Information. We do not sell any Personal Information and we do not disclose any Personal Information for any business purpose. Therefore, we have not sold or disclosed consumers’ Personal Information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months. We do not offer financial incentives for the collection of Personal Information.
- 9.5. We obtain the mentioned categories of Personal Information in Section 1 from the following categories of sources:
- Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services you purchase.
- Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Website.
- From third-party business partners, who provide data services available in the public domain.
- 9.6. Questions. If you have further questions with respect to the collection, use, disclosure, or sale of your personal information, please make your request by using the contact option on the right side of our website.
- 9.8. Non-Discrimination. If you decide to exercise your rights, you will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. However, note that some features of our Website, our products, and/or our services will not function without your Personal Information. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
- Deny your goods or services.
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- Provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
HOW TO CONTACT US?
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding our compliance with this notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us using the contact option on the right side of our website.