PopSockets’ Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 18, 2024

PopSockets is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to notify you about how PopSockets collects, uses, discloses, transfers, safeguards, and otherwise processes personally identifiable data and/or information (“Personal Information”) that we obtain through our website (the "Site") or that you provide to us through purchase of our products and use of our services. Each time you visit the Site, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and processing of Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you are in a jurisdiction outside the United States, you consent to the transfer of your Personal Information to our servers and computer systems anywhere in the world, including to countries that may not provide an equivalent level of data protection to the laws in your home jurisdiction. If you provide any Personal Information that relates to another person you hereby state and agree that you have obtained proper consent from such person for the collection, use, disclosure, and processing of such Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you have accessed the Site or used our Services within the last 12 months, PopSockets has collected and disclosed the categories of Personal Information described in this Policy Privacy during that time.

1. PopSockets May Collect Personal Information

The Site actively collects Personal Information from you when you visit or register with the Site, when you send any email to the Site administrator or otherwise communicate with PopSockets, and when you request or submit any information to or through the Site. The Site may passively collect certain kinds of information that reveal the frequency with which you visit the site, the times and dates of your visits, the pages you reviewed, persons with whom you interact, and other information. Information is passively collected through various means. We use Internet protocol (IP) addresses to administer the site. We use navigational data, including log files and transmission data, to identify information about your web browser and operating system, the time period in which you visit the Site or a portion of the site and other the site members with whom you collaborate. We also use a third-party tracking service that uses technologies to collect and track aggregate, non-personally identifiable information about our Site visitors. This information is used to administer the site, report usage metrics, and otherwise operate, improve, and provide new Site content, products, and Services. PopSockets may collect and process the following types of Personal Information directly from you:

  • Identifiers: Name, email address, postal address, phone number, user ID, the equipment used to access the Site, your internet connection, and IP address.
  • Commercial Information: Purchase history, transaction data, and other details of the commercial transactions you carry out.
  • Usage Information: Details of your visits to our website, such as traffic data, location data, and other communication data.
  • Payment Information: Credit card details or other financial information (processed by third-party payment processors).
  • Geolocation Data: Location-based information.

If you opt-in to have SMS notifications sent directly to your mobile phone, we receive and store the information you provide, including your telephone number or when you read a text message. You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by texting “STOP” to our text messages. For more information about text messages, see our Text Message Terms & Conditions.

2. How PopSockets Might Use Your Data and Information

PopSockets may process your Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and manage our products and services.
  • To process payments and fulfill orders.
  • To improve our website and user experience.
  • For marketing and promotional communications (with your consent where required by law).
  • To comply with legal obligations and protect against legal liability.

PopSockets will only process your data where we have a lawful basis for doing so, under an applicable law, including your consent, fulfillment of a contract, a legal obligation, or a legitimate interest.

3. Data Sharing

PopSockets does not sell, rent, or trade your Personal Information, or share it with third parties for promotional purposes. However, PopSockets may disclose or transfer your Personal Information as follows:

  • Service Providers: PopSockets may disclose your Personal Information to third-party vendors that provide services such as hosting, payment processing, and/or shipping.
  • Affiliates: PopSockets may disclose your Personal Information to our subsidiaries and affiliates for business-related purposes.
  • Business Transfers: In case of a merger, acquisition, or sale of corporate assets, your Personal Information may be transferred – subject to the maintenance of required safeguards.
  • Legal Compliance: PopSockets may disclose your Personal Information to comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests.

If you contribute to a blog or review products on the Site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of the Site, and it could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these public forums.

When sharing a design or other user-generated content (“User Content”), you are making that User Content publicly available. Anyone who obtains a copy of the shared link to your User Content will be able to view it. We are not responsible for the User Content that you provide through the Site. You may have the option to delete your User Content, but in some cases, we cannot ensure that it can or will be deleted. Copies of your User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or it might have been copied or stored by other site users. Do not provide any User Content that you do not want to be accessed or used by PopSockets and third parties.

4. Geographic Data Transfers

Your Personal Information may be transferred to countries outside your jurisdiction. Where applicable, PopSockets will attempt to ensure that data transfers comply with applicable data privacy and protection laws by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as utilizing standard contractual clauses or other lawful mechanisms.

5. Retention of Data

PopSockets will retain your Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, or as otherwise required by law. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the purpose of processing.

6. Securing Your Information

The security of your Personal Information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or social security number) on PopSockets’ registration or order forms, PopSockets encrypts that information using industry-standard security measures such as secure socket layer technology (SSL). Transmissions over the Internet are never 100% secure or error-free. As a result, PopSockets does not, and cannot, guarantee the security, accuracy, or completeness of Personal Information. However, PopSockets maintains reasonable physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to protect your Personal Information against unauthorized disclosure or access.

7. Your Rights Under Colorado’s Privacy Act (CPA)

If you are a Colorado resident, Colorado law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information, including the following:

  • Right to Access: Request access to your Personal Information.
  • Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccuracies in your Personal Information.
  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of all or part of your Personal Information stored by PopSockets.
  • Right to Data Portability: Request a copy of your Personal Information in a portable, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of processing of your Personal Information for:
    • Targeted advertising
    • Sale
    • Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
  • Right to Appeal: Appeal PopSockets’ decision not to fulfill a VCDPA request.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.

8. Your Rights Under California’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and California’s “Shine the Light” Law

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information, including the following:

  • Right to Know: Request information about the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we collect, use, and disclose.
  • Right to Delete: Request that we delete your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale (“Do Not Sell My Personal Information”): Request to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information, if applicable.
  • Right to Request Disclosure Information: You can request information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, if applicable.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: You will not be discriminated against for exercising your rights.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.

9. Your Rights Under Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)

If you are a Virginia resident, Viriginia law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information, including the following:

  • Right to Access: Request access to your Personal Information.
  • Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccuracies in your Personal Information.
  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of all or part of your Personal Information stored by PopSockets.
  • Right to Data Portability: Request a copy of your Personal Information in a portable, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of processing of your Personal Information for:
    • Targeted advertising
    • Sale
    • Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
  • Right to Appeal: Appeal PopSockets’ decision not to fulfill a VCDPA request.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.

10. Your Rights Under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Union, you have the following rights:

  • Right to be Informed: To be informed about the collection and use of your Personal Information.
  • Right to Access: Request access to the Personal Information we retain about you.
  • Right to Rectification: Request corrections to your Personal Information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request the deletion of your Personal Information under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Ask us to limit the processing of your Personal Information in specific cases.
  • Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of your Personal Information data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: Object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing or other purposes.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time for data processing based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.

11. Automated Decision Making and Profiling

PopSockets does not engage in automated decision-making that has legal or similarly significant effects on you. Where automated processes are used, you have the right to request human intervention.

12. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

PopSockets collects your Personal Information directly from you, when you provide it to us, or automatically, as you use the Site, through the use of cookies or other data tracking technologies. As further described in our Cookie Policy, we may use this Personal Information to register you with the Site, to respond to your inquiry or request, to post your submissions to the Site, to provide information to others regarding your use of the Site, and in any other way necessary in order for us to provide the Site to you. For example, we record and use Personal Information provided by you in order to process, fulfill, and ship your orders on the Site and to provide customer service to you. The information used will include your name, address information, shipping information, and contact information you enter in the shopping cart. If you disable cookies, your use of the site may be limited, and you may not be able to access certain functions or features of the Site. The Site combines passively collected information (as described above) with actively collected Personal Information, and this information may be recorded as part of your profile.

We may also use Personal Information to notify you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at: cs@popsockets.com.

13. Links to Other Sites

Our Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by PopSockets. Our Site contains links to other third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by PopSockets. PopSockets is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites and third parties. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave our Site and to read the privacy policies of such other sites in order to understand how those sites and third parties collect and use your personally identifiable information.

14. Children's Privacy

Neither the Site nor PopSockets services are directed to or intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from them without parental consent.

15. Access to and Correction of Your Personal Information

If you wish to update any Personal Information you have previously provided or to exercise any right of access, rectification, deletion, or opposition to the processing of your Personal Information that you may have under applicable law, please contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.

If you have an account on the Site, you can also review and change some of your Personal Information by logging into the site and visiting your account profile page. In some cases, we cannot delete your Personal Information except by also deleting your user account. In other cases, information such as payment records cannot be deleted. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill your request, as appropriate, but we may not accommodate your request if we believe it would violate any law, prevent us from fulfilling our legal obligations, or cause the information to be incorrect. We reserve the right to use Personal Information previously obtained to verify your identity and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy as long as such use is consistent with applicable law.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

PopSockets may update this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, except where prior notice or consent is required by law. PopSockets will notify you of any material changes by updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this page and providing notice via email or through our website. Please check this Privacy Policy frequently and please check it particularly before you submit additional information via the site.

17. Contact Us

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights as described herein, please contact us at: cs@popsockets.com.