Privacy policy

THE CLASSY SOCIETY PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy explains how The Classy Society (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, retains, and protects personal information when you visit, interact with, make a purchase from, or otherwise use shoptheclassysociety.com (the “Site”) and our related services (collectively, the “Services”).

By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have received and reviewed this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms of Service, Refund & Return Policy, Shipping Policy, and other applicable policies.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits any privacy or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

1. Information We Collect

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with our Site and Services.

A. Information You Provide Directly

You may provide us with information including:

First and last name
Billing address
Shipping address
Email address
Telephone number
Order and transaction information
Product selections
Account information, if applicable
Customer-service communications
Reviews, feedback, or other submissions
Marketing and communication preferences
Information you voluntarily provide when contacting us

When you make a purchase, payment information is processed through Shopify, payment processors, banks, card networks, digital-wallet providers, or other payment-service providers.

We may receive limited payment-related information necessary to process, verify, document, or support a transaction, but payment processing is generally performed through third-party payment providers.

Certain information is necessary for us to process and fulfill an order. If you do not provide required information, we may be unable to complete your transaction or provide certain Services.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or interact with the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information, including:

IP address
Browser type
Operating system
Device type
Device identifiers
General location derived from IP information
Pages viewed
Products viewed
Links clicked
Referring URLs
Date and time of visits
Shopping-cart activity
Checkout activity
Site interactions
Advertising interactions
Email engagement
Session and usage information

This information may be collected through:

Cookies
Pixels
Tags
Web beacons
Software development tools
Analytics technologies
Similar tracking technologies

C. Information We Receive from Third Parties

We may receive personal information from companies that help us operate our business, including:

Shopify
Payment processors
Banks and payment networks
Shipping carriers
Manufacturers and fulfillment providers
Fraud-prevention and security services
Marketing providers
Advertising platforms
Analytics providers
Email and SMS providers
Customer-review platforms
Customer-support providers

The information received depends on the service provided and your interaction with that provider.

2. How We Use Personal Information

We may collect and use personal information for legitimate business and commercial purposes, including to:

Process purchases and payments
Process and fulfill orders
Arrange shipping and delivery
Provide information to manufacturers, suppliers, warehouses, fulfillment providers, and carriers as necessary to fulfill orders
Send order confirmations and service communications
Communicate regarding shipping and delivery
Provide customer support
Respond to questions and requests
Maintain customer accounts
Process returns or refunds where applicable
Verify transactions
Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud
Detect unauthorized or suspicious activity
Manage payment disputes and chargebacks
Maintain transaction and delivery records
Enforce our Terms of Service and store policies
Maintain and improve the Site
Analyze Site usage and performance
Personalize the shopping experience
Measure marketing and advertising performance
Provide advertising where permitted
Send promotional email or SMS communications where permitted
Maintain security
Comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and contractual obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

We may also use information for other purposes disclosed to you at the time the information is collected or where otherwise permitted by applicable law.

3. Legal Bases for Processing

Where laws such as the European Union or United Kingdom data-protection rules apply, we may process personal information based on one or more lawful bases, including:

Performance of a contract, such as processing and fulfilling your order
Legal obligations, such as maintaining tax or accounting records
Legitimate interests, such as fraud prevention, security, improving our Services, and protecting our business
Consent, where required, including certain marketing or cookie activities

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent where permitted by applicable law.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before consent was withdrawn.

International privacy obligations depend on where a business and consumer are located and on the activities involved. Shopify provides merchant tools for handling customer-privacy settings across different regions.

4. Cookies, Pixels & Tracking Technologies

We and third-party service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, and similar technologies to:

Operate and maintain the Site
Remember customer preferences
Maintain shopping-cart information
Maintain sessions
Support checkout functionality
Prevent fraud
Maintain security
Analyze traffic
Measure Site performance
Understand customer interactions
Measure advertising effectiveness
Personalize content
Deliver or measure relevant advertising

Cookies may be classified as:

Necessary or functional cookies
Analytics or performance cookies
Personalization cookies
Advertising or marketing cookies

Depending on applicable law, certain uses of advertising technologies may be considered targeted advertising, cross-context behavioral advertising, sharing, or a sale of personal information, even when personal information is not sold in exchange for money.

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

Where required by applicable law, customers may have the right to opt out of certain advertising-related sharing, selling, or targeted advertising activities.

You may also control certain cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.

Where available and legally required, you may use the privacy-choice or data-sharing opt-out tools provided through our Site.

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where required by applicable law and where supported by our Site and applicable privacy technologies. Shopify states that GPC can trigger opt-outs from data sale, sharing, or targeted advertising in applicable regions when the merchant's relevant privacy tools are configured.

Additional information concerning cookies used by the Shopify platform is available through Shopify's Cookie Policy.

5. How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide the Services.

Recipients may include:

Shopify
Payment processors
Banks and card networks
Digital-wallet providers
Manufacturers
Suppliers
Warehouses
Third-party fulfillment providers
Shipping and logistics providers
Fraud-prevention providers
Security providers
Cloud and hosting providers
Analytics providers
Email providers
SMS providers
Customer-support providers
Customer-review platforms
Marketing providers
Advertising platforms
Professional advisers
Government agencies or legal authorities where required

Because products may be fulfilled by independent manufacturers, suppliers, warehouses, and fulfillment partners, we may provide those parties with information reasonably necessary to process and ship your order, such as your:

Name
Shipping address
Telephone number where necessary
Email address where necessary
Products ordered
Order or shipment information

We may also disclose information:

To comply with applicable law
In response to lawful subpoenas, court orders, or governmental requests
To investigate suspected fraud or illegal activity
To enforce our agreements
To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
To protect our rights, property, customers, or others
In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale, or transfer of all or part of our business, subject to applicable law

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

However, as explained above, certain advertising-related disclosures may legally qualify as “sale” or “sharing” under some state privacy laws. California consumers covered by the CCPA may have rights to opt out of sale or sharing.

6. International Data Transfers

Because we use Shopify and other third-party technology, payment, fulfillment, shipping, analytics, advertising, and service providers, personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which you reside.

This may include processing in the United States and other countries in which our service providers, manufacturers, suppliers, or fulfillment partners operate.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards may be used for international transfers, including:

Standard Contractual Clauses
Data-processing agreements
Contractual safeguards
Other legally recognized transfer mechanisms

Privacy protections may differ between jurisdictions.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and as required or permitted by applicable law.

Retention periods may depend on factors including:

The nature of the information
Whether you maintain an account
Whether an order or transaction remains active
Customer-service requirements
Fraud-prevention needs
Chargebacks and payment disputes
Returns and refunds
Tax and accounting obligations
Recordkeeping requirements
Contractual obligations
Legal limitation periods
Potential or actual disputes
Enforcement of our agreements

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information against:

Unauthorized access
Unauthorized use
Unauthorized disclosure
Loss
Alteration
Destruction

We also rely on third-party providers, including Shopify and payment processors, for portions of the security infrastructure associated with our Services.

However, no website, electronic transmission, storage system, or security measure can guarantee absolute security.

Customers are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account credentials and should notify us if they believe an account or transaction has been compromised.

9. Your Privacy Rights & Choices

Depending on where you reside and whether the applicable privacy law applies to our processing, you may have rights concerning your personal information.

These rights may include the right to:

Request access to personal information
Confirm whether personal information is being processed
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of personal information
Obtain a copy of certain personal information
Request data portability
Restrict certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Opt out of certain targeted advertising
Opt out of certain sales of personal information
Opt out of certain sharing of personal information
Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable
Appeal certain privacy-request decisions where applicable
Exercise rights without unlawful discrimination or retaliation

To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact:

Email: info.theclassysociety@gmail.com

You may also use any applicable Your Privacy Choices, cookie-management, or data-sharing opt-out tools displayed on our Site.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

We may request information reasonably necessary to confirm that you are the person to whom the information relates.

Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by applicable law, subject to appropriate verification.

Certain requests may be denied or limited where an exception applies, including where information must be retained to:

Complete a transaction
Detect fraud
Maintain security
Comply with law
Maintain required business records
Establish or defend legal claims

Florida's Digital Bill of Rights, where applicable, requires covered controllers to provide a reasonably accessible and clear privacy notice describing categories of personal data, processing purposes, consumer-rights procedures, and related disclosures.

10. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended, applies to our processing of your personal information, you may have rights including the right to:

Know the categories of personal information collected
Know the sources from which information is collected
Know the purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing information
Know categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed
Request access to certain personal information
Request deletion
Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
Limit certain uses and disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable
Receive equal service and treatment for exercising applicable privacy rights

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

As described in this Privacy Policy, however, certain online advertising activities may constitute “sharing” or “sale” under California law.

Where required, California consumers may exercise applicable opt-out rights through privacy-choice tools available on our Site or by contacting us.

The CCPA requires covered businesses to provide privacy disclosures and recognizes consumer rights including deletion, correction, and opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

Email: info.theclassysociety@gmail.com

We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising rights provided by applicable privacy law.

11. Children's Privacy

Our Site and Services are not intended for children under the age of 16.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 for purposes inconsistent with applicable law.

If we learn that personal information from a child under 16 has been collected in circumstances where it should not have been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete or otherwise appropriately handle the information.

A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has provided personal information may contact:

info.theclassysociety@gmail.com

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

Changes to our business practices
Changes to our Services
Changes to technology
Changes to service providers
Operational changes
Legal or regulatory requirements

The updated version will be posted on the Site with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice regarding material changes.

Your continued use of the Site after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means that the updated Policy will apply to subsequent use of the Services, subject to rights provided by applicable law.