Privacy Policy
Dear Customers,
At SYL-X, we hold your privacy in high regard, and it is our unwavering commitment to ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal information. In keeping with our dedication to transparency, we would like to inform you that the following privacy policy is applicable to the Services (as defined in the Legal Terms).
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and share your personal information when you visit (the "Site") or make a purchase from it. The SYL-X online store is hosted by Shopify Inc., a Canadian company registered on the TSX and NYSE under number 426160-7, whose head office is located at 151 O'Connor Street Ground Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L8 Canada, and whose cookie policy applies to the SYL-X store website.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about 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 specific web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and your interaction with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
COOKIES Here is a list of cookies that we use. We have listed them here so that you can choose whether to allow them or not.
- session_id, unique session identifier, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
- shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits.
- shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day. Calculates the number of visits to a store by a unique customer.
- cart, unique identifier, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about your shopping cart.
- secure_session_id, unique session identifier
- storefront_digest, unique identifier, not set if the store is password protected, used to determine if the current visitor has access.
- “Log files” track activity on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files that record information about how you browse the Site.
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 or information from other payment methods you may use), email address, and phone number. This automatically-collected information is referred to as "Order Information."
When we use the term “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to both Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In general, we use the Order Information that we collect to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping your order, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).
Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- communicate with you;
- assess potential fraud or risks; and
- provide you with information or advertising about our products or services when this is in line with the preferences you have shared with us.
We use the Device Information (including your IP address) that we collect to assess fraud or potential risk, 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 advertising and marketing campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties who help us use it for the purposes described above. For example, we use Shopify, whose privacy policy prevails over this one, to host our online store - to learn more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information, please refer to the following page: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy .
We also use Google Analytics to better understand how our customers use the Site - to learn more about how Google uses your Personal Information, please refer to the following page: https://www.google.com/intl/fr/policies/privacy/ .
You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING
As mentioned above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing messages that we believe may be of interest to you. To learn more about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) information page at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work .
You can opt out of targeted advertising here:
- FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- BING - https://help.ads.microsoft.com/#apex/ads/en/ext60205
Additionally, you may opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=3&lang=en
DO NOT FOLLOW
Please note that we do not alter our Site's data collection and use practices when we detect a "Do Not Track" signal on your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
In accordance with the applicable regulations on personal data, Users have the following rights, which they can exercise by making a request to the following address: gdpr@syl-x.tech:
- The right of access: they can exercise their right of access to know the personal data concerning them. In this case, before implementing this right, the SYL-X website may request proof of the User's identity to verify its veracity.
- The right of rectification: if the personal data held by the SYL-X website is inaccurate, the User may request that the information be updated.
- The right to erasure of data: the User may request the deletion of his/her personal data, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
- The right to limit processing: the User may ask the SYL-X website to limit the processing of personal data in accordance with the assumptions provided for by the GDPR.
- The right to object to data processing: the User may object to the processing of their data in accordance with the assumptions provided for by the GDPR.
- The right to data portability: the User may request that the SYL-X website provide him with the personal data provided in order to transmit them to a new website.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that it be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident, please note that we are processing your information to fulfill our contractual obligations to you (for example, if you make an order through the Site) or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests noted above. Please also note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Evolution of this Clause
The SYL-X website reserves the right to make any changes to this personal data protection clause at any time. If a change is made to this personal data protection clause, the SYL-X website undertakes to publish the new version on its website. The SYL-X website will also inform the User of the change by e-mail, at least 15 days before the effective date. If the User does not agree with the terms of the new wording of the personal data protection clause, he/she has the option of deleting his/her account.
SMS AND NOTIFICATIONS
By subscribing to SMS notifications, you consent to receive marketing text messages from us via your phone number. This is not a required step to make a purchase. You can text STOP, NO, N, REJECT to unsubscribe at any time. Message and data rates may apply.
SECURITY AND PRIVACY
The SYL-X website implements organizational, technical, software and physical digital security measures to protect personal data against alteration, destruction and unauthorized access. However, it should be noted that the Internet is not a completely secure environment, and the website cannot guarantee the security of the transmission or storage of information over the Internet.
Kind regards, SYL-X