Last Updated: July 26, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to BubbleBard Gifts! We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at hello@bubblebard.com.

When you visit our website www.bubblebard.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you provide to us when you register on the website, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, or otherwise communicate with us. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

• Name and Contact Data: We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

• Payment Information: We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (e.g., a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions. Stripe Privacy Policy

• Preferences: We collect your preferences and settings such as time zone and language preferences.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below:

• To Facilitate Account Creation and Login Process: If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and the login process.

• To Send Administrative Information to You: We may use your personal information to send you product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

• To Fulfill and Manage Your Orders: We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the website.

• To Post Testimonials: We post testimonials on our website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at hello@bubblebard.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.

• To Send You Marketing and Promotional Communications: We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the “Your Privacy Rights” below).

• To Protect Our Services: We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

4. Sharing Your Information

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.

• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

• Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

6. Your Privacy Rights

In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. Under applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to:

• Request Access: Request access to your personal information.

• Request Correction: Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you.

• Request Erasure: Request erasure of your personal information.

• Object to Processing: Object to the processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest.

• Request Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information.

• Request Transfer: Request the transfer of your personal information to you or to a third party.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@bubblebard.com. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

7. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update 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. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy