Privacy Policy

Effective date: 01 January 2023

www.teranicouture.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Terani Couture. Terani Couture is the data controller and can be contacted at:

sales@teranicouture.com
(212) 869-7070
1515 Santee Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Purpose:

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  1. The personal data we will collect;
  2. Use of collected data;
  3. Who has access to the data collected;
  4. The rights of Site users; and
  5. The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent

By using our Site, users agree that they consent to:

  1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful. 

You can withdraw your consent by emailing us to withdraw consent to our access to your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about suers in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR. 

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

  1. Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes;
  2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third party to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) is/are: to provide and maintain our services, to manage your accounts, to contact you, to provide you with news and updates, to manage your requests, for data analysis such as identifying trends, evaluating the effectiveness of our promotions and marketing strategies, to analyze and improve our services and products to make the customer experience better; and
  3. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to take, at the request of a user, steps before entering a contract or for the performance of a contract to which a user is a party. If a user does not provide the personal data necessary to perform a contract, the consequences are as follows: we may not be able to process orders and requests.

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

  1. IP Address;
  2. Location;
  3. Clicked links; and
  4. Content viewed.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

  1. First and last name;
  2. Email address;
  3. Phone number; and
  4. Address.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

  1. Customer and Product Statistics;
  2. Website and Traffic Analytics;
  3. Market Analytics; and
  4. Market Trends.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

  1. Communication;
  2. Statistics;
  3. Analytics; and
  4. Trends.

Who We Share Personal Data With

Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Service Providers

We may disclose user data any of our service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Site. These third party service providers collect, store, use, and process information about your activity in accordance with their Privacy Policies. 

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

  1. If the law requires it;
  2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
  3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and 
  4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the even that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees. Our employees are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and a breach of this agreement would result in the employee’s termination.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a while can be insecure at times and therefore, we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  1. Right to be informed;
  2. Right of access;
  3. Right to rectification;
  4. Right to erasure;
  5. Right to restrict processing;
  6. Right to data portability; and
  7. Right to object.

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We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact us at sales@teranicouture.com. 

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact us at: sales@teranicouture.com.

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

  1. You can opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking “unsubscribe” on the bottom of any marketing emails, or updating your email preferences, you can opt-out of receiving any mail from Terani Couture.

Email Marketing

We may use your personal data to contact you with announcements, marketing, or promotional materials and other information that we deem may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any of these communications from us by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in our email correspondences, or by contacting us via email at sales@teranicouture.com.

Facebook

Terani Couture is the Data Controller of your personal data collected while using the service. As the operator of the Facebook page, Terani Couture and the operator of the social network Facebook are joint controllers. Visit the Facebook Privacy Policy page for more information about how Facebook manages personal data.

Terani Couture uses the Facebook Insights function in order to obtain statistical data about our users. For this purpose, Facebook uses cookies on user devices that remains active for a period of two (2) years, unless it is deleted before the end of the time period. This allows Facebook to receive, record, and process the information stored in the cookie.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit their Privacy Policy page: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following type of cookies on our Site:

  1. Functional Cookies – Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;
  2. Analytical Cookies – Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc.;
  3. Targeting Cookies – Targeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us to personalize the information you see on our Site for you; and
  4. Third-Party Cookies – Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to achieve the following purposes:
  1. To monitor user preferences to tailor product suggestions around their interests; and
  2. For analytics and statistics purposes.

CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly with a particular Customer or Device.

The following is a list of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from residents of the State of California within the last twelve (12) months. The information listed below have been defined in the CCPA/CPRA and does not mean that all these examples have been collected by Terani Couture. 

  • Identifiers. Such as real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, SSN, Driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
  • Any personal information listed in the California Customer Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80 (e)). “Any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.”  
  • Protected Classifications under California or Federal Law.
  • Commercial Information. This includes records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
  • Biometric Information.
  • Internet and Electronic Network Activity Information. Such as browsing and search histories, information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website application or advertisement.
  • Geolocation data.
  • Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
  • Professional or employment-related information.
  • Education information.
  • Inferences drawn from any of the information. Inferences drawn from any of the information herein to create a profile about a consumer reflecting their preferences, characteristics, trends, predispositions, etc.
  • Sensitive personal information. Includes SSN, Driver’s License, passport number, state ID card, financial accounts, racial or ethnic origins, religious or philosophical beliefs, genetic data, health, sexual orientation, etc.

Personal information does not include publicly available information or lawfully obtained information, or any truthful information that is a matter of public concern. In this case, “publicly available” means any information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records. This also includes information that any business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by the consumer, from widely distributed media, from information made available by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information if the consumer has not restricted the information to a specific audience.

Personal information does not include consumer information that is deidentified or aggregate consumer information.

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you. From the forms you complete on our Site, the preferences you select or provide through our Site.
  • Indirectly from you. From observing your activity on our Site.
  • Automatically from you. From the cookies on our Site.
  • From our Service Providers. From our third party service providers to help analyze our statistics and your use of our Site.

Use of Personal Information

We may use or disclose your personal information that we collect for our “Business purpose” or “Commercial purpose” (as defined under the CCPA/CPRA) which may include the following:

  • Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, analyzing ad impressions, auditing compliance with this specification and other standards;
  • To provide you with support and respond to your inquiries, to address your concerns and improve our service, to provide advertising and marketing services
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court orders, or government regulations and to detect security incidents and protect against deceptive, malicious, fraudulent, or illegal activity;
  • To prosecute when necessary, those responsible for any fraudulent, deceptive, malicious, or illegal activities;
  • Other one time uses.

Please note that the list of uses provided above are not intended to be exhaustive. We will update this Privacy Policy if we decide to collect additional information from you.

Your Rights

  • You have the right to request the deletion of any personal information that we have collected from you.
  • You have the right to correct any inaccurate personal information about you that we have collected from you.
  • You have the right to know what personal information is being collected.
  • You have the right to access the personal information that we have collected.
  • You have the right to know what personal information is sold or shared and to whom this has been sold or shared to.
  • You have the right to opt out of sale or of the sharing of your personal information.
  • You have the right to limit use and disclosure of your personal information.
  • You have the right to not be discriminated against following your opting out or exercising your other rights.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Once we receive and confirm a consumer request from you, we still stop selling your personal information.

Please contact us at sales@teranicouture.com or at +1 (212) 869-7070 to opt out.

Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information

As a resident of the State of California, you have the right to request us to limit the use of your sensitive personal information. Once we receive and confirm a consumer request from you, we still stop selling your personal information.

Please contact us at sales@teranicouture.com or at +1 (212) 869-7070 to opt out.

“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Site does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

However, some third party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.

California Privacy Rights for Minors (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

Residents of the State of California under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services, or applications, are allowed to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.

If you are under 18 years of age and are a resident of the State of California, you can contact us to remove content or any information. Note that your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online. Note that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Your California Privacy Rights (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.83)

As a resident of the State of California, you have the right to request from us, once per year, to disclosure the kind of personal information we have collected and shared with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing use, as well as the names and addresses of the specific third parties with which the information has been shared.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. 

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can call us at +1 (212) 869-7070, or email us at sales@teranicouture.com.