This Privacy Policy explains how Berricle (referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Site”) collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal information when you visit our website, use our services, or purchase hand bags from Berricle. It also applies when you communicate with us in any way related to our services (collectively called the “Services”). For the purposes of this document, “you” and “your” refer to anyone who uses our Services, including customers, website visitors, or individuals whose information we may gather under this policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using any of our Services, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described here. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of our Services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect updates to our practices, legal requirements, or operational needs. When changes are made, we will post the updated version on our website and update the “Last Revised” date at the bottom of this page. We will also take any other actions required by applicable laws.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To deliver our Services effectively, we collect personal information from various sources. The specific data we gather depends on how you interact with us. Over the past 12 months, we have collected information as described below.
In addition to the specific purposes listed, we may use your information to communicate with you, fulfill our Services, comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect our rights as well as the rights of our users and others.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we collect vary based on your interaction with our Site and Services. When we say “personal information,” we mean data that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be linked to you.
Information You Provide Directly to Us
You may directly submit the following types of information through our Services:
- Basic contact details – your name, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
- Order details – billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email, and phone number (specific to your hand bag purchase).
- Account credentials – username, password, and security questions (if you create an account).
- Shopping activity – hand bags you view, add to your cart, or save to your wishlist.
- Support communications – any information you choose to include when contacting us, such as through email or contact forms.
Some features of our Services may require you to provide certain information. You may elect not to provide it, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
Information Collected Automatically Through Cookies
When you interact with our Services, we automatically collect certain usage data. To do this, we use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies (collectively called “Cookies”). Usage data may include how you access and navigate our Site, device information, browser type, network connection details, your IP address, and other interactions with our Services.
Information Obtained From Third Parties
We may also receive information about you from outside sources, including:
- Service providers that support our Site and Services, such as WooCommerce and WordPress.
- Payment processors like Stripe, which provide us with payment confirmation but do not share complete payment credentials.
- Online tracking technologies used by third parties when you visit our Site, open our emails, or interact with our advertisements.
Any information we receive from third parties is treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the accuracy of data provided by external sources or for the privacy practices of third parties.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Providing Products and Services – To process payments, fulfill hand bag orders, send order-related notifications, manage your account, arrange shipping, handle returns and exchanges, and allow you to post reviews.
- Marketing and Advertising – To send promotional emails, text messages, or postal mail about our hand bags and accessories, and to display relevant advertisements on our Site and elsewhere.
- Security and Fraud Prevention – To detect, investigate, or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activity. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe, and we strongly advise against sharing your login information with anyone.
- Customer Communication – To provide support, respond to inquiries, and improve our Services. This is done in our legitimate interest to maintain a strong relationship with you.
Cookies
Like most websites, we use Cookies on our Site to enhance performance, remember your preferences, analyze traffic, and better understand how users interact with our Services. We may also allow third-party service providers to place Cookies on our Site for advertising and analytics purposes.
Most browsers accept Cookies automatically. You can adjust your browser settings to reject or delete Cookies. However, please be aware that blocking Cookies may negatively impact your experience and may cause certain features to malfunction or become unavailable. Disabling Cookies may not fully prevent us from sharing information with advertising partners.
How We Disclose Personal Information
We may share your personal information with third parties for legitimate business purposes under this Privacy Policy, including:
- Vendors and service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, order fulfillment, and shipping.
- Business and marketing partners, including WooCommerce and WordPress, who use your information according to their own privacy notices.
- Third parties when you direct us or give consent to share information, such as for shipping or through social media integrations.
- Affiliates within our corporate group to support business operations.
- As required by law, such as in response to subpoenas, search warrants, or similar legal requests, or in connection with a merger, bankruptcy, or business transfer.
Categories Disclosed in the Past 12 Months
| Category of Personal Information | Categories of Recipients |
|---|---|
| Identifiers (e.g., name, email, address, phone number) | Vendors, payment processors, fulfillment partners, data analytics providers, business partners |
| Commercial information (e.g., order history, hand bag purchases) | Vendors, marketing partners, affiliates |
| Internet or network activity (e.g., usage data, IP address) | Data analytics providers, advertising partners |
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Over the past 12 months, we have “sold” or “shared” (as those terms are defined under applicable privacy laws) the following categories of personal information for advertising and marketing purposes:
| Category of Personal Information | Categories of Recipients |
|---|---|
| Identifiers (e.g., contact details) | Business and marketing partners |
| Commercial information (e.g., purchase records of hand bags) | Business and marketing partners |
| Internet or network activity (e.g., usage data) | Business and marketing partners |
User-Generated Content
Our Services may allow you to post product reviews or other content publicly, such as photos of your hand bag. Any information you submit to a public area of our Services will be visible to anyone who accesses that area. We do not control who sees your public content and cannot guarantee that others will respect your privacy. We are not responsible for the security or use of information you make publicly available.
Third-Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites.
Children’s Data
Our Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details below to request that it be deleted.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Security and Retention of Your Information
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access / Know – You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete – You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct – You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Right of Portability – You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing or Targeted Advertising – You may have a right to direct us not to “sell” or “share” your personal information or to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be “targeted advertising,” as defined in applicable privacy laws. Please note that if you visit our Site with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of information for the device and browser that you use to visit the Site.
- Right to Limit and/or Opt out of Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information – You may have a right to direct us to limit our use and/or disclosure of sensitive personal information to only what is necessary to perform the Services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average individual.
- Restriction of Processing – You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
- Withdrawal of Consent – Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.
- Appeal – You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.
- Managing Communication Preferences – We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request.
Complaints
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in, including the United Kingdom. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information out of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at:
Berricle – Privacy Compliance
Email: support@berricle.shop
Phone: +1 209-743-9269
Address: 24264 Lama Rd, Mi-Wuk Village, CA 95346, United States
Business Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 19:00 PM (USA Time)