PRIVACY POLICY

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://winksboutique.com.

Comments and Media

We collect data from comment forms, IP addresses, and browser information for spam detection. If you upload images, ensure they don’t contain embedded location data.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance user experience:

  • Comment cookies for a year.
  • Login cookies (2 days or 2 weeks with “Remember Me”).
  • Temporary cookies to check browser compatibility.
  • Cookies for article edits (1 day expiry).

Third-Party Tracking & Embedded Content

Embedded content (videos, images, etc.) behaves as if you visit the third-party site, and those sites may track your activity.

Data Sharing & Retention

Data is shared with spam detection services. Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely. Registered users’ data is stored in their profiles, and users can modify their information anytime.

Your Rights

You may request an exported file of your personal data or ask for data deletion (excluding legally required data).

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

Contact Information

Email: admin@winksboutique.com
Address: 89 Bloor St W #200, Toronto, ON M5S 1M1


Embedded Third-Party Cookies & Advertising

We also use cookies for targeted ads with partners like Facebook, Instagram, and Google. These cookies collect data to deliver relevant ads and are subject to third-party privacy policies. You can control cookie preferences via your browser settings.

 

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

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 taxes and shipping
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

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 complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • 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 XXX years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

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 like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
  • Customer information like 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.

What we share with others

We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example —

Payments

We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed 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 collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Recent Updates:
Aug. 2024
Sept. 2024