Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on the site, place an order, enter a contest or sweepstakes,

respond to a survey or communication such as e-mail, or participate in another site feature. When ordering or

registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information

or other information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. We also collect information about gift recipients

so that we can fulfill the gift purchase. The information we collect about gift recipients is not used for marketing

purposes. Like many websites, we use "cookies" to enhance your experience and gather information about visitors

and visits to our websites. Please refer to the "Do we use 'cookies'?" section below for information about cookies and

how we use them.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, purchase products, enter a contest or promotion,

respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following

ways: To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which

you are most interested. To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests. To quickly

process your transactions. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature. If you have opted-in to

receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you periodic e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive promotional e-

mail from us, please refer to the "How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?"

section below. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who

register or participate in other site features such as marketing programs and 'members-only' content will be given a

choice whether they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail communications from us.

How do we protect visitor information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal

information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have

special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. When you place orders

or access your personal information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information you supply is

transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as

stated above.

Do we use "cookies"?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your

Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and

capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items

in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site

activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate

data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may

contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service

providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our

business. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to

turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each

browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you

turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of

our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone by contacting customer

service.

Do we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we

provide you with advance notice, except as described below. The term "outside parties" does not include our

business. It also does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website,

conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We

may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site

policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information

may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?

To modify your e-mail subscriptions, please let us know by modifying your preferences in the "My Account" section.

Please note that due to email production schedules you may receive any emails already in production. To delete all of

your online account information from our database, sign into the "My Account" section of our site and remove your

shipping addresses, billing addresses & payment information. Please note that we may maintain information about an

individual sales transaction in order to service that transaction and for record keeping. Third party links In an attempt

to provide you with increased value, we may include third party links on our site. These linked sites have separate

and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these

linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these linked

sites (including if a specific link does not work). Changes to our policy If we decide to change our privacy policy, we

will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the

change. This policy was last modified on September 27, 2014.

Questions and feedback

We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining

to privacy, or any other issue. Online Policy Only This online privacy policy applies only to information collected

through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

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SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

SECTION 2 - CONSENT

How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at info@magicalmicrobes.com or mailing us at:
Magical Microbes
1902 Pinon Drive, Unit B, College Station, TX, USA 77845

SECTION 3 - DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 - SHOPIFY

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service here or Privacy Statement here.

SECTION 5 - THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Google analytics:
Our store uses Google Analytics to help us learn about who visits our site and what pages are being looked at

SECTION 6 - SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 7 - COOKIES

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, 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, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
PREF, persistent for a very short period, Set by Google and tracks who visits the store and from wheren
SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

SECTION 9 - CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at info@magicalmicrobes.com or by mail at
Magical Microbes
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
[1902 Pinon Drive, Unit B, College Station, TX, USA 77845
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