This privacy policy (the "Policy") explains how
information about you is collected, used, and disclosed by Feji Arts and Crafts
Stores, Inc. (“Feji Arts and Crafts,” “we” or “us”) when you access or use our
internet websites, mobile websites, mobile applications, emails, or other
online, mobile, or application-based services (collectively the
"Service"), sign up for our mailing list and shop in our stores.
Information
We Collect
Information
You Provide to Us
We collect any information that you submit to us voluntarily or
provide to us in any other way, including any categories of personal
information as described in the India Consumer Privacy Act. We collect
information when you create an online account or profile; log on with a social
media account; use the interactive areas and features of our Service; make an
online or in-store purchase; request customer service; participate in contests,
promotions, or mailing lists; and when you email, call or otherwise communicate
with us. For example, when you make a purchase through our Service, we may
collect transaction information, such as your name, billing address, shipping
address, payment information, phone number, and email address.
Information
Collected Automatically
We receive and store certain types of information automatically
when you interact with our Service, emails, and online advertising. This
information may include your IP address, browsing behavior while on our site, browser
and device characteristics, referring URLs, the operating system you are using,
and third party links, advertisements, offers from our partners that you click
on or other content that you may access or download from the service.
Email
When you email us, we are collecting the information you include
in your email communication to us.
Cookies and
Tracking Technologies
We, and our third-party vendors, use first-party cookies (such as
Google Marketing Platform), third-party cookies, and related tracking
technologies to deliver and enhance the use of the Service, and inform,
optimize, and serve ads based on your history with our websites. If you do not
know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you
visit www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance. We also use first-party
cookies and third-party cookies together to report how our ad impressions,
other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad
services are related to visits on our website. A “cookie” is a small amount of
data that is stored on a user's computer serving as an anonymous unique
identifier and allowing the website to recognize future visits from that user’s
computer. We use tracking cookies to analyze user behavior on our Service. For example,
the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a previous
user, to offer personalized web page content and information for your use, and
to otherwise facilitate your experience in connection with our Service. Most browsers
automatically accept cookies as the default setting, but you may choose to decline
cookies if your browser permits. You can also customize your cookie preferences
by clicking the “Cookie Preferences” link below. Please be aware, however, that
doing so may affect your use of the Service (such as impeding you from logging
in to your account) and hampering your ability to access certain features of
our Service.
Legal
Disclosure and Business Transfers
We may disclose your information as permitted or required by law
without your consent if we are compelled to release information by a court of
law or other person or entity with jurisdiction of Thrissur District, Kerala
State, we are to compel production of such information. Additionally, if we
have reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the
investigation or prevention of improper or unlawful activity (i.e., suspected
fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any
person, violations of our Terms of Use), we may disclose information
voluntarily to law enforcement agencies or other appropriate investigative bodies
without obtaining your consent before doing so.
Website
Banners
Please be sure to customize your cookie settings every time you
see the banner appear on the bottom of your screen on our websites, as your
settings may have changed since the last time you visited our websites.
Interest-Based
Advertising
We may allow third party advertising networks to serve ads on our
behalf across the Internet. To do this, they will collect anonymous information
about your visits to our site, which may include such things as age, gender,
and interests, and your interaction with our Service. They may also use
information about your visits to other websites to target advertisements. These
targeted advertisements may appear on other sites that you visit. We also
utilize remarketing with Google to advertise online.
This anonymous information is collected through the use of a
cookie, pixel tag, or similar technology.
Digital
Advertising
In providing the Service, we may utilize analytics and ad serving
tools provided by third parties such as Google, including, but not limited to
Google Marketing Platform, Google Ads to support display advertising.
Purposes of Collecting Your Information
Pursuant to the terms of this Policy, we may use the information
we collect from you to for the following purposes:
• provide and deliver products and services
• process and complete transactions
• send you related information, including purchase confirmations,
invoices, updates, security alerts, recall notices and support and
administrative messages;
• investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal
activities;
• respond to your comments and questions and provide customer
service;
• communicate with you about products, services, offers,
promotions, news, upcoming events, and other information;
• conduct e-mail campaigns;
• create and send invoices;
• create and send purchase confirmations;
• deliver and enhance e-mails, websites, or other online
communication;
• process requests to sign up for e-mail alerts;
• process tax exempt information;
• document information provided by you;
• identify operational events;
• coordinate international shipments;
• correspond with business partners;
• audit trail logging;
• safeguard against bad checks;
• determine purchase history;
• engage with you via social media;
• engrave names on products;
• receive feedback from our app;
• obtain conveyor system data for daily operations;
• complete visitor logs;
• retrieve/exchange card information;
• provide receipts;
• create and manage accounts;
• send daily reports to management;
• respond to credit/debit card disputes;
• review/process/defend claims;
• conduct credit checks;
• mail information;
• process federal and state income tax credits;
• process federal and state returns/reports;
• obtain marketing information;
• determine demographic and/or residential information;
• process unclaimed property information;
• monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities;
• personalize your experiences;
• conduct targeted advertising;
• process and deliver contest or sweepstakes entries and prizes;
and
• provide, maintain, and improve the Service or our overall
business. In addition to the purposes above, if you are a prospective/current
employee, we may use the information we collect from you to for the following
purposes:
• conduct background checks;
• initiate and maintain benefits for employees;
• process employment;
• create/maintain employee files;
• conduct drug tests;
• provide training to employees;
• review and approve policy;
• emergency contact information;
• assign work to employees;
• temporary employee logs;
• applicant logs;
• screen prospective/current employees;
• maintain information with government entities;
• employment status verification;
• process payroll;
• qualification or licensure by government entities;
• initiate direct deposit;
• review/perform services for employees related to human resources
and leave;
• complete government forms;
• maintain medical files;
• complete direct deposit forms;
• deposit checks;
• reimburse expenses; and
• make payment for products or services.
Sharing
Your Information
The information we collect is used to improve the content and the
quality of our Service, and without your consent we will not otherwise sell,
license or share your personal information to/with any other party(s) for
commercial purposes, except (a) to provide the Service, (b) when we have your
permission, and/or (c) under the following instances:
Affiliates
We may share the information we collect with our subsidiaries and
affiliates, for operational, marketing and promotional purposes.
Service
Providers
We may share your information with our service providers that
support various aspects of our business operations (e.g., web hosting, storage,
shipping, fulfilment, mobile marketing, analytics providers, call centre
service providers, sweepstakes vendors, and payment processors). When we do use
an outside company, we use contractual or other appropriate means to ensure
that personal information is used in a manner that is consistent with this Policy.
Legal
Disclosure and Business Transfers
We may disclose your information as permitted or required by law
without your consent if we are compelled to release information by a court of
law or other person or entity with jurisdiction to compel production of such
information. Additionally, if we have reasonable grounds to believe the
information could be useful in the investigation or prevention of improper or
unlawful activity (i.e., suspected fraud, situations involving potential
threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use),
we may disclose information voluntarily to law enforcement agencies or other
appropriate investigative bodies without obtaining your consent before doing
so.
Feji Arts and Crafts may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or
all of its assets, including any information we collect from you, in connection
with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, change in control, or sale of
assets or in the event of bankruptcy.
Links to
Third-Party Websites
Our Service contains links to other websites. If you choose to
visit an advertiser by "clicking on" a banner ad or other type of
advertisement or click on another third-party link, you will be directed to
that third party's website. The fact that we link to a website or present a
banner ad or other type of advertisement is not an endorsement, authorization
or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an
endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We
do not exercise control over third-party websites. These other websites may place
their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal
information from you. Other websites follow different rules regarding the use
or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to
read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.
Social
Media Sharing
The Service may offer social sharing features or other integrated
tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest, which let
you share actions you take on the Service with other media, and vice versa. The
use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or
the public, depending on the settings you establish with the third party that
provides the social sharing feature. The fact that we link to or provide
integrated tools for sharing with social media sites is not an endorsement,
authorization or representation of our affiliation with that social media site,
nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or
practices. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection
and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy
policies of the third parties that provide these features.
Securing
Your Personal Info
Feji Arts and Crafts endeavours to safeguard your personal
information to ensure that such personal information is protected from loss,
theft, unauthorized access, or disclosure. However, no e-commerce solution,
website, mobile application, database or system is completely secure or “hacker
proof.” You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your
personal information against unauthorized disclosure or misuse.
Text
Messages
You may choose to receive recurring automated text messages from
us about our products, services, offers, promotions, news, upcoming events, and
other information. You can cancel these text messages by texting
"STOP". After you send the text "STOP", we may send you an
additional text message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed, and you
will no longer receive text messages from that shortcode. If at any time you
have questions about text messages, text "HELP".
After you send the text "HELP", we will respond with
instructions on how to use our text messaging service as well as how to
unsubscribe. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for
delayed or undelivered messages.
We will not share your mobile number with any third party
(including any affiliate or subsidiary) based on your choice to receive
automated text messages from us unless required by applicable law or as
otherwise permitted by this Policy.
Children
and Minors
The Service is not intended for use by minors under the age of 13
and we do not knowingly solicit any information from or market to such minors.
If you are a parent or legal guardian who discovers that your child has
provided us with information without your consent, please contact us.
Changes
We may periodically update this Policy at our sole discretion and
as required by law. We will post any changes to this Policy to our website, and
if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice
(including, in some cases, email notification of such changes). Please ensure
that your primary email address on file with us is correct.
Unsubscribe
We may send you communications regarding our Service, including
(without limitation): (a) notices about your use of our Service (including any
notices regarding violations of such use), (b) updates to our Service, and (c)
promotional information and materials related to our Service. You may
unsubscribe to promotional emails sent by us at any time by clicking the
“unsubscribe” button in a promotional email. Please note, however, that
unsubscribing will not apply to non-promotional system messages (e.g.,
transactional service messages, security alerts, update notices).
Please contact us with any questions, comments or concerns about
this Policy.
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