PRIVACY POLICY
Last modified MARCH 4, 2024
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- ACCEPTANCE
Welcome to the HEREA website (the “Website” or “Site”), a website operated on behalf of HEREA RETAIL SA DE CV (hereinafter collectively, “us”, “our”, “we”, “HEREA”, or the “Vendor”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how your data is collected, processed, used, and disclosed by HEREA. Your use of this Site, as well as the use of HEREA-branded mobile application on your smartphone or handheld device (“Mobile App”), is voluntary, and by using the Site or/and the Mobile App, you consent to our collection and use of your identifying and non-identifying information as described in this Policy. It also applies when you interact with us through social media, email, or phone, or when you participate in our competitions or promotions. It also applies to the extent that someone has nominated you through our “Tag a friend” function. This Policy is effective as of the date that this Policy is posted.
- INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The information collected by HEREA may include:
- Contact information (such as name; postal or billing address; email address, mobile, or other telephone number);
- Username and password for the Site;
- Purchase and transaction information;
- Photographs, comments, and other content you provide;
- Information you provide about friends, merchandise recipients, or others;
- Social Media account information (username and website);
- Customer service and technical support information (inquiries, comments, incident information, returns information);
- Payment card or other related information (payment card number, expiration date, authorization number/security code, and billing address), collected and stored through our third-party payment service providers;
Your credit card information is encrypted and provided to the credit card issuer for verification and approval. We do not retain any credit card information following verification and approval. At your option, you may save your card for future purchases. This information is maintained on our credit card processor, not on our website.
If you can’t or choose not to provide us with the Personal Information we reasonably require, we may be unable to provide you with the information or services you have requested.
- COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
A. Information submitted by you. We collect information from you when you:
- Register with us online;
- Purchase products from our Site or Mobile App;
- Sign up for our newsletter or to receive other marketing information;
- Request we alert you when an item is back in stock;
- Participate in promotions, surveys, rewards, and programs;
- Submit comments, reviews, or other user-generated content;
- Interact with us through social networks; and/or
- Request customer support, including but not limited to through our “Contact us” service functions of our Site or Mobile App.
B. Information collected automatically. We automatically collect internet or other electronic information about you when you visit our Site and/or Mobile App, such as IP address, browsing history, and interactions with our website. We also collect geolocation data. This data may be collected using browser cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information about cookies, see our Cookie Policy.
C. Payment information. If you purchase any products on our Site or Mobile App, we will collect payment card information from you, including your name, expiration date, authentication code, and billing address. This information will be transmitted to appropriate third-party payment service providers. We may offer you the option to save certain payment card information on our Site and/or Mobile App. If you elect to save such information on our Site and/or Mobile App, you will be able to add, delete, or modify that information at any time using your account settings.
D. Social media. If you interact with us on social media (such as, but not limited to, “liking”, “retweeting”, writing a comment) or use features, such as plugins, widgets, social media sign-in or other tools made available by social media platforms (such as, but not limited to, Facebook Connect) in connection with our Site and/or Mobile App we may collect information that you share with us (may include without limitation your name, your user profile, your age, your preferences, choices, your photos, and other images or videos) on social media or that such platforms share with us. For more information about Posted Content, see our Terms and Conditions.
Please review the privacy policies and settings of the social media platforms that you use for more information about their privacy practices.
- USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We will use your personal information for the purposes set out in this policy, which will include:
- To create an account and register you as a new customer; or to determine if you already have an account with us.
- To process and deliver your order, including: recording your order details; keeping you informed about the Order Placed and keeping you informed about the Order Confirmation.
- To protect you, us, the Site and the Mobile App from fraud and theft.
- To manage our relationship with you, including: providing information, products, and services that you request from us; notifying you about changes in our Services, Terms and Conditions or Policies; asking you to leave a review or take a survey.
- To enable you to take part in a competition, survey or receive a reward or promotion for shopping with us.
- To administer, protect, and improve our Site and Mobile App, including: system maintenance; support data analysis; reporting and hosting of data; setting default options for you (such as, but not limited to, language and currency).
- To inform or deliver Website and Mobile App content, online advertising, and information for you; measure the effectiveness of the advertising posted.
- To use data analytics to improve our Site or Mobile App, products, services, marketing, customer service, and relationships; and for market research, statistical and survey purposes.
- To recommend products, services, discounts, promotions, and offers that may be of interest to you, including, sending you newsletters you signed up.
- To process your payments.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising for any contracts entered between you and us, including billing and collection.
If you have any questions about how HEREA use any of your personal information, please contact us at privacy@herea.com.
- SHARE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Your personal data is available and accessible only to those who need the data to fulfill the intended processing purpose, such as:
- Affiliated organizations: Includes any member of our group, our subsidiaries and/or our holding company and its subsidiaries
- Services providers: Includes operations outsourcing such as advertising providers, payment processors, data analysis firms, fulfillment companies, customer support specialists, email delivery providers, audit and professional services providers, information technology and related infrastructure providers, web-hosting companies and providers of customer relationship management and other third parties with whom we have contractual relationships.
- Business transfer: Includes if we or our affiliated are or may be acquired by, merged with, or invested in by another company; or if any of our assets are or may be transferred to another company, whether as part of a dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may disclose or transfer personal information to a potential or actual third-party purchaser or other relevant third party (such as, but not limited to, agents and advisers).
- Law enforcement bodies: Includes government agencies, regulators, and courts where we are required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or rules, requests of law enforcement, regulators, and other government agencies or a legally binding process, such as pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, to enforce our legal rights, or to protect you, us, or others against injury or harm.
- TRANSFER AND PROCESS OF YOUR INFORMATION
Please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to and maintained on servers or databases located outside your state, province/territory, or country.
- THIRD-PARTY SITES
Any links that we provide to third-party websites or services are provided for your convenience and information. We do not own, operate, or control such third-party properties and this Policy does not apply to unaffiliated sites or services. If you visit any linked third-party sites or services, please review any applicable privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content of unaffiliated sites, any use of such sites or services, or the privacy practices of any third parties.
- CHILDREN
We do not offer or provide products for children. If you are under 16, you may not use our Site or Mobile App and/or provide any information about yourself including, without limitation, your name, address, email address, or any username you may use.
We do not intend to collect personal information from children. If your child has submitted personal information and you would like to request that such information be removed, you may contact us via one of the contact methods described on the Site and we will promptly remove such information and shall not use such information or include it in our database.
- YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
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. You can exercise those rights by emailing us at privacy@herea.com.
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 the United States and Mexico.
If you are an American resident living in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, you have legal rights under the applicable laws in your state (respectively, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, the Virginia Consumers Data Protection Act, the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, and the Utah Consumer Privacy Act) in addition to the ones listed above:
- Right to know
- Right to delete
- Right to data portability
- Right to correct
- Right to opt out of selling or sharing your personal information
- Right to Non-Discrimination
You can exercise those rights by emailing us at privacy@herea.com or calling +52 (871)-169-5997. Before we can respond to a Request to Know or Request to Delete, we will need to verify that you are the consumer who is the subject of the CPRA request. Verification is important for preventing fraudulent requests and identity theft. Requests to Opt-Out do not require verification. As a California resident, you may designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf to make a request under the CPRA by using the same channels for exercising your rights described above, such as requesting disclosure of any personal information sold or collected by HEREA; or requesting deletion or correction of such personal information.
If your authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to submit verified requests for disclosure, deletion, or correction, we reserve the right to deny such a request that we have received and will explain to your authorized agent why we have denied such request.
In addition to the above rights, under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the Light”), users of our Site that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
To request the above information, or to opt out of having personal information shared with any third party who may use such information for direct marketing purposes, please contact us at +52 (871)-169-5997, or write us at HEREA RETAIL SA DE CV, Attn: Shine the Light, Paseo de la Espuela 306, Residencial la Hacienda, TRC, COAH 27276, MX.
- CHANGES
We may update this Policy from time-to-time in order to reflect, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we do make a change, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on this Site. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
- CONTACT
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please send an email to privacy@herea.com, contact us at +52 (871) 169-5997, or write to us at HEREA RETAIL SA DE CV, Paseo de la Espuela 306, Residencial la Hacienda, TRC, COAH 27276, MX.