Privacy Policy

Thank you for using the Maeso website. We respect your privacy and want to protect your personal information, as set forth in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from our website Maeso.co (the “Site”).

 

 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”.

 

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

- “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

 

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect the personal information you give us, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

 

    2. USAGE OF INFORMATION

      We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

        • Perform marketing communications such as direct marketing and email marketing (if applicable). With your permission, we may send you information about our store, new products and other updates.
        • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
        • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

        We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

         

          3. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

            i. We may disclose your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.


            ii. Our online store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

            If you choose a direct payment gateway to make your purchase, Shopify will stores your credit card information via encryption through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

            All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

            For more information, you may read Shopify’s Privacy Statement: (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy) or Terms of Service (https: shopify.com/legal/terms).

             

            iii. Our store uses Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. For more details, you can read more on the Privacy Policy of Google (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/). You may also opt-out of Google Analytics here (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).

             

              iv. Third-party Services: We share your Personal Information with third parties to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

                However, third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we suggest that you read their privacy policies for details on how your personal information will be handled.

                 

                  v. Links: When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and hence encourage you to read their privacy statements.

                    Once you leave our Site or are redirected to a third-party website, you are no longer governed by our Site’s Privacy Policy or Terms of Service.

                     

                      vi. Targeted advertisement: We may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements that we believe may be of interest to you.

                        For more information on how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

                        You may also use to opt out of targeted advertising using the links below:

                        - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

                        - Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

                        - Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

                        Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

                         

                          4. DATA SECURITY

                            To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is fully secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

                             

                              5. AGE OF CONSENT

                                By using this Site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

                                 

                                  6. PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

                                    We reserve to right to make changes to this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

                                     

                                      7. UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT

                                        When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

                                        If you would like to access, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, make a complaint or simply want more information about our privacy practices, contact our Maeso team at hello@maeso.co (Attn: Privacy Compliance Officer)