Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 03/12/2023

Beer Craft Gear is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://beercraftgear.com/ (the "Site"), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Site, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

a) Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, billing address, email address, telephone number, and date of birth (to verify legal drinking age), that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, or participate in other activities on the Site. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.

b) Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date), that we collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We use Shopify Payments to process payments, and we do not store full credit card numbers on our servers. Shopify Payments processes your payment information according to their own privacy policy.

c) Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. This data is used for analytics and to improve the Site.

d) Data From Social Networks (If Applicable)

If you connect to the Site using a social network (e.g., Facebook, Instagram), we may have access to user information from social networking sites, such as your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks. This information is subject to the social network's privacy policy.

e) Mobile Device Data (If Applicable)

If you access the Site via a mobile device, device information such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

f) Third-Party Data (If Applicable)

Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.

g) Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys (If Applicable)

Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Process your orders and transactions.
• Ship your orders.
• Send you order confirmations and updates.
• Manage your account.
• Respond to your customer service requests.
• Send you newsletters, marketing communications, and promotional offers (you can opt-out at any time).
• Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests (if applicable).
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions and monitor against theft.
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site.
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
• Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Site more personalized.
• Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

a) By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

b) Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing (Shopify Payments), data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

c) Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law. You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email or contacting us directly.

d) Affiliates (If Applicable)

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

e) Business Partners (If Applicable)

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

f) Other Third Parties (If Applicable)

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

g) Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

4. Tracking Technologies

a) Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. Shopify uses cookies for various purposes, including essential website functionality and analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

b) Website Analytics

We may also partner with selected third-party vendors[, such as Google Analytics,] to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

5. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.

6. 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. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

7. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

8. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems [include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.] / [We currently do not respond to Do-Not-Track signals.]

9. Options Regarding Your Information

a) Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

• Logging into your account settings and updating your account
• Contacting us using the contact information provided below

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

b) Emails and Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:

• Noting your preferences at the time you register your account with the Site
• Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences.
• Contacting us using the contact information provided below.
• Clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email communication.

10. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. These rights include:

• The right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, both as to the categories and specific pieces of personal information.
• The right to delete personal information held by businesses and by extension, a business’s service provider.
• The right to opt-out of sale or sharing of personal information. Consumers are able to direct a business that sells or shares personal information to stop.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information that a business has about them.
• The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information collected about them.
• The Right to Non-Discrimination for exercising their CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Beer Craft Gear
1601 8th Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: (323) 694-9309
Email: support@beercraftgear.com