**PRIVACY STATEMENT**
Your Privacy is very important to us!
**SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?**
When you purchase something from our store or make an inquiry, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address, and email address.
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 computer, browser, and operating system.
**Text Messages:** Please note that when you contact us via text messages, we may collect and use your phone number and any information provided in the text messages for the purpose of communication and providing you with assistance related to our products or services.
**Email marketing:** We may send you emails about our store, new products, and other updates.
**SECTION 2 – CONSENT**
**Text Messages:** When you contact us via text messages, you imply your consent for us to collect and use your phone number and any information provided for the purpose of communication and providing you with assistance related to our products or services.
**How do you get my consent?**
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery, or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
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 I withdraw my 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 [email protected].
**SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE**
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
**SECTION 4 – WOOCOMMERCE**
Our store is hosted on WooCommerce. 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 WooCommerce’s data storage, databases, and the general WooCommerce application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
**Payment:**
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then WooCommerce stores your credit card data. 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 WooCommerce’s Terms of Service [here](#) or Privacy Statement [here](#).
**SECTION 5 – 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. So 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.
**SECTION 6 – 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 AES-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.
**COOKIES**
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows WooCommerce to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_woocommerce_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits
_woocommerce_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
**SECTION 7 – 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 8 – 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.
**QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION**
If you would like to: access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at [email protected] or by mail at IpeWoods.com
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
**OPT-OUT PROCEDURE**
If you wish to opt out of any data collection or communication with us, you have the following options:
**1. Opting Out of Email Marketing:**
If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions provided in the email. Typically, there will be an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our marketing emails. Clicking this link will automatically remove your email address from our mailing list.
**2. Opting Out of Text Messages:**
If you want to stop receiving text messages from us, reply with “STOP” to any text message you have received from our company. This will opt you out of future text communications.
**3. Opting Out of Data Collection:**
If you want to withdraw your consent for us to collect and use your personal information, including data collected through your interactions with our website, you can do so by contacting our Privacy Compliance Officer at [email protected]. Please provide your name and specify your request for data removal or opt-out.
**Please Note:** If you choose to opt out of data collection, it may impact your ability to use certain features of our website and services, as some data may be necessary for the functionality of our products or compliance with legal requirements.
**4. Cookies Opt-Out:**
You can control the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to manage and delete cookies as you see fit. Please refer to your browser’s help documentation to learn how to disable or delete cookies.
**5. Contact Us:**
For any other inquiries or concerns related to your privacy or opting out, you can contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at [email protected] or by mail at IpeWoods.com [Re: Privacy Compliance Officer].
We respect your choices regarding your personal information and will process opt-out requests promptly in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Please allow a reasonable processing time for your request to be completed.