1. Introduction
Thank you for your interest in our online furniture and decoration store. At The Empire Deco Home, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use and protect the personal information you provide to us when you use our website. By accessing and using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.
2. Data Collected
Data Storage Location
We are a Spanish based company and operate web servers hosted in Spain. Our hosting provider Hostinger adheres to the EU/US “Privacy Shield”, ensuring that your data is securely stored. By accessing and using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this policy: Hostinger Privacy Policy
Registration Data
When you create an account on our website, we collect information such as your name, email address, shipping address and password.
Purchase Data
When you make a purchase, we collect payment information, such as credit card number and billing address. This information is securely processed through bank card (VISA, American Express, Master Card…) or PayPal.
Navegation Information
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your activity on our website. This includes pages visited, products viewed and time spent on the site.
Comments
When you leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Contact Form
Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email, hosted by Zoho. Zoho adheres to the EU/US “Privacy Shield” policy and you can find more information about this here: Zoho Privacy Policy.
These submissions are only kept for customer service purposes they are never used for marketing purposes or shared with third parties.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics monitoring your behavior on our website please use this link: Google Analytics Opt-out.
Cases for Using the Personal Data
We use your personal information in the following cases:
- Verification/identification of the user during website usage;
- Providing Technical Assistance;
- Sending updates to our users with important information to inform about news/changes;
- Checking the accounts’ activity in order to prevent fraudulent transactions and ensure the security
- over our customers’ personal information;
- Customize the website to make your experience more personal and engaging;
- Guarantee overall performance and administrative functions run smoothly.
3. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
We use Facebook embedded on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
We use Instagram embedded on our site. Instagram has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Instagram and your IP is not sent to a Instagram server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Instagram Privacy Policy.
We use WhatsApp embedded on our site. WhatsApp has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from WhatsApp and your IP is not sent to a WhatsApp server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: WhatsApp Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary Cookies (Additional for Logged in Customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
5. Who Has Access To Your Data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:
- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
6. Third Party Access to Your Data
We share information with third-party service providers who assist us with functions such as payment processing, shipping and data analysis.We will disclose information when necessary to comply with the law, protect our legal rights, or respond to legal process.
Access and Correction: Your Right
You have the right to access and correct your personal information at any time from your account on our website.
You may request deletion of your account and associated information by sending us a written request.
7. Changes in the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. We will notify you of significant changes through our website or by email.
By using our website, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at info@theempiredecohome.com.
Thank you for trusting the Empire Deco Home – enjoy your shopping experience!