This Privacy Policy describes how aretea.co (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Privacy Policy

SECTION 1 – YOUR PRIVACY 

Here at AreTea®, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information collected from you to fulfill your orders and ensure that you have a personalized online experience. Please read the following for further details of our privacy policy.

SECTION 2 – WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION? 

When you purchase something from our website, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the following personal information from you: name, address, email address, credit card number, and credit card expiration date. This personal information allows us to process and complete your orders, and to notify you of your order status.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to update and enhance our store as a way to improve your shopping experience.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

SECTION 3 – YOUR CONSENT 

How do we get your consent? By browsing our store, you consent to the collection and use of your IP address. Likewise, by placing an order from our store, you consent to the collection and use of the personal information identified above. Your personal information will be used for the processing, fulfillment, and status updates of your order.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no. 

How do you withdraw your consent? 

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at support@aretea.co .

SECTION 4 – DISCLOSURE

We do not sell, trade, rent, or license your personal information to others. We may choose to do so in the future, but you can opt out of such disclosures by sending us an e-mail message to support@aretea.co . (If you use multiple e-mail addresses to shop with us, please e-mail us from each e-mail address.) Also, we may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related information to reputable third-parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying information. However, we may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

SECTION 5 – HOSTING

Our ecommerce store is hosted by Shopify.com. Our website utilizes Klaviyo and  Yotpo popular e-commerce plugins, which allow us to sell our products and services to you.

Payment:

If you choose to make a purchase on our website, Shopify.com stores your credit card data temporarily. It is encrypted 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.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify.com Terms of Service or Privacy Policy. 

SECTION 6 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. 

However, certain 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 recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us.  If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. 

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

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

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 encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Google Analytics:

Our store may use Google Analytics to help us learn about who visits our site and what pages are being looked at.  You may opt out of Google Analytics by  going to:  Google Analytics for Display Advertising at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Facebook Pixel:

Our store may use Facebook Pixel, a third-party cookie that collects and shares customers’ browsing behavior on your online store. Browser-based ad blockers can prevent the pixel from collecting data.

SECTION 7 – 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.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with 256 Encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 8 – COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We use cookies, tracking pixels, web beacons, and other technologies to collect information from the computer or device you use to access our website. A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name	Function
_ab	Used in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_id	Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
cart	Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sig	Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ts	Used in connection with checkout.
checkout_token	Used in connection with checkout.
secret	Used in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sig	Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest	Used in connection with customer login.
_shopify_u	Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

 

Reporting and Analytics

Name	Function
_tracking_consent	Tracking preferences.
_landing_page	Track landing pages
_orig_referrer	Track landing pages
_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_p	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_sa_t	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_y	Shopify analytics.
_y	Shopify analytics.

 

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Third party ad-serving companies, including Amazon, may place or use pixels on our website to show interest-based ads to our site visitors across the internet. This allows ad-serving companies to provide you with more useful and relevant ads. 

If you would like to opt-out of receiving interest-based ads from Amazon, you can do so by visiting the Amazon Advertising Preferences page or by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page. 

SECTION 9 – 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, or that you are 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.

SECTION 10 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you. 

GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information below [OR INSERT ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING ACCESS, ERASURE, CORRECTION, AND PORTABILITY REQUESTS].

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

California's Do Not Track Notice

There currently is not a consistent or industry standard method for responding to, processing, or communicating Do Not Track signals. Therefore, this Site, like most other websites, is not able to respond to Do Not Track signals. To find out more about "Do Not Track", you may wish to visit https://allaboutdnt.com/.

Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal customer information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties for direct marketing purposes. The notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: 777 First Street #213, Gilroy, CA 95020. Please allow thirty days for a response.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at support@aretea.co or by mail using the details provided below:

Aretea LLC, 777 1st Street, #213, Gilroy CA 95020, United States

Last updated: October 16, 2021