This Privacy Policy was added to the website on May 24, 2018 so that, even though https://horseandbuggycountry.com/ is an American enterprise based in Wisconsin, we are in compliance with the newly enacted terms of the GDPR ( https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/justice-and-fundamental-rights/data-protection/2018-reform-eu-data-protection-rules_en ) as set forth in April by the European Union. Although HorseAndBuggyCountry does not ship anywhere outside the United States, buyers all over the world can purchase the digital/downloadable PDF e-patterns offered on this website, including, of course, customers in the EU. Had we failed to create and include this policy on the website, believe it or not, the EU would have the authority to exact stiff/heavy/expensive fines against this very (very) small American business enterprise.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://horseandbuggycountry.com.
To contact us, email Karen Hahn @ horseandbuggycountry@gmail.com
Below is an explanation of how we collect and use information about you while using our website.
What we collect and store
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating state sales tax, etc
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, ship your order to the address you indicate.
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and comments
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating state sales tax
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 2 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, are collected and sent to the Akismet service to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact form
When using the contact form, all of the data entered as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string are collected and sent to the Akismet service to help spam detection.
The actual submission data is stored in the database of our website and is emailed directly to us. This email will include the submitter’s IP address, timestamp, name, email address, website, and message.
We keep contact submissions for customer service purposes or to help with whatever inquiries our visitors might have. None of this information is used for any sort of marketing purposes.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who on our team has access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information with regard to what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
- Customer information such as your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
Who we share your data with
We share information with third parties who help us transact your purchases and provide store services to you; for example —
Payments
We accept payments through PayPal. If you choose to pay for your purchase via PayPal, some of the data you supply us with will be passed on to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the Paypal Privacy Policy for more details.
We also accept payments through Stripe. When processing payments, some of the data you supply us with will be passed on to Stripe, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the Stripe Privacy Policy for more details.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments and contact form submissions are checked through the Akismet spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Order information is kept for 2 years for tax and accounting purposes.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, have a history of purchases, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact information
Karen Hahn
horseandbuggycountry@gmail.com