This policy sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us will be processed by us. We want you to make an educated choice, so please read this disclosure carefully to understand the options available to you.
This policy is effective as of 11/06/2018
1. ED PUBLISHING
Ed Publishing is the trading name for passthetexes.com, a company registered in the United States and having our place of business at PO Box 373
Eagle, ID 83616
2. PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED FROM YOU
2.1 When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain informationabout your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
2.2 The personal data which we collect from you are set out as follows:
2.2.1 your name;
2.2.2 your geographical address;
2.2.3 your email address,
2.2.4 your telephone number
(collectively, "Your Personal Data").
2.3 Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers [HOWEVER they are NOT stored on our servers], email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
3. HOW WE PROTECT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
3.1 We begin by safeguarding the security and integrity of customer information.
We are committed to protecting the security and integrity of customer information through procedures and technology designed for this purpose. For example:
3.1.1 Our physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards meet or exceed federal standards regarding the protection of customer information.
3.1.2 We require independent contractors and outside companies who work with us to adhere to strict privacy standards through their contracts with us.
3.1.3 We use technological means (such as backup files, virus detection and eradication software, firewalls, and other computer software and hardware) to protect against unauthorized access or alterations to customer data.
4. USES MADE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4.1 We will use Your Personal Data that you provide to us:
4.1.1 to enable us to fulfil your orders and to provide the services relevant to you;
4.1.2 to alert you to any product and service changes and updated information including product recalls.
4.1.3 We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
5. PURCHASE; PAYMENT INFORMATION
5.1 We use a third party payment processor (currently Authorize.Net) to assist in securely processing your personally identifiable payment information, including recurring charges (if any). The credit card information that you provide is encrypted and transmitted directly to Authorize.Net. We do not store your credit card information and do not control and are not responsible for Authorize.Net or its collection or use of your information. You may find out more about how Authorize stores and uses your credit card information by accessing the Privacy Policy for Authorize.Net Services.
5.2 If you choose to use PayPal to make purchases through the Site, you will be directed to the PayPal website and provide your payment information directly to PayPal. PayPal's privacy policy applies to the information you provide on the PayPal website. You may find out more about how PayPal stores and uses your payment information by accessing the Privacy Policy for PayPal Services.
6. RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
6.1 We take appropriate measures to ensure that any personal data are kept secure and are kept for only so long as is necessary for the purpose for which they are used. To this end, any accounts which have remained dormant for 3 months or more will be deleted.
6.2 If your personal details change, please notify [Ed Publishing]. If you have any queries about how we use your personal data, please contact us by writing to [PO Box 373, Eagle, ID 83616] or email us using our Contact Us page [HERE]
6.3 We update this personal data within seven (7) working days of any new or updated personal data being provided to us, to ensure that the personal data we hold about you is as accurate and up to date as possible.
7. THIRD PARTY ANALYTICS PROVIDERS
7.1 We use third parties to help us operate and improve the Service. In doing so, we may share with these third parties non-personally identifiable information about users' use of the Service. These third party providers also use cookies. We use third party analytics providers, such as Google Analytics, to provide us with general demographic and interest-level information about our users and to help create a better user experience. We do not control information collected by third parties and are not responsible for their use of that information.
7.1.1 Google Analytics uses cookies and pixels in order to collect demographic and interest-level information and usage information from users that visit the Service, including but not limited to information about the pages where users enter and exit the Service and what pages users view on the Service, time spent, browser, operating system, and IP address. Cookies and pixels allow Google to recognize a user when a user visits the Service and when the user visits other websites. Google uses the information it collects from the Service and other websites to share with us and other website operators information about users including, but not limited to, age range, gender, geographic regions, general interests, and details about devices used to visit websites and purchase items. We take reasonable measures to prevent linking of information we receive from Google with any of your personally identifiable information.
7.1.2 For more information regarding Google's use of cookies and collection and use of information see the Google Privacy Policy.
7.1.3 To opt out of Google Analytics, please visit the Google Analytics Opt-Out Page to learn about opting out and installing the appropriate browser add-on.
8. LINKED SITES
8.1 The Site may contain links to third party websites ("Linked Sites"), including social media features such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter buttons. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any Linked Sites and Linked Sites may collect personally identifiable information from you that is not subject to our control. The data collection practices of Linked Sites will be governed by that site's privacy policy.
9. YOUR RIGHTS
9.1 You are entitled to ask for a copy of any personal data that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in your personal data corrected. If you wish to contact us for these purposes, please email us using our Contact Us page [HERE]
9.2 In the event you do not wish for us to retain Your Personal Data for administration purposes as detailed above (3), please email us using our Contact Us page [HERE].
9.3 The website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
10. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
10.1 We may disclose Your Personal Data to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.
10.2 We may disclose Your Personal Data to third parties in the following circumstances:
10.2.1 In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose Your Personal Data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; or
10.2.2 if Ed Publishing or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets; or
10.2.3 If we are under a duty to disclose or share Your Personal Data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of [Ed Publishing], our customers, or third parties. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.
11. COOKIES AND IP ADDRESSES
11.1 We may store information about you in a cookie (a small file that is sent by our web server to your computer), which we can access when you make return visits to [https://www.passthetexes.com] (the "Website"). Storing cookies is usual practice for any web site that needs to remember what its users' preferences are and we use cookies to keep track of your choices in the Website.
11.2 If you would like to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your browser software to locate the file or directory that cookies are stored in. If you would like to stop cookies being stored on your computer in the future, please refer to your browser manufacturer's instructions by clicking "Help" in your browser menu. Further information about deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org.
11.3 Please note that when you visit our site, we also log your IP address, a unique identifier for your computer or other access device.
12. DO NOT TRACK
12.1 Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
13. EUROPEAN RIGHTS
13.1 If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
14. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
14.1 Any changes we may make to this Privacy Policy document in the future will be posted on this page and notified to you using the Website.
15. CONTACT DETAILS
Please direct any queries about this Privacy Policy to:
PO Box 373, Eagle, ID 83616
Email: via our Contact Us page [HERE]