Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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.

Wholesale Customers (if applicable): we may share your basic personal and store information (names, addresses and tax identification number(s) with financial institutions if required for adding and/or implementing additional features on our website such as, but not limited to: credit card processing, debit card processing, eCheck and ACH services, and financial services from institutions that give payment terms to wholesale customers. These institutions are not given permission to contact you for any purposes of solicitation.

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. If you write to us or call us in any way, shape, or form, you are giving us consent to do whatever we like with that written or recorded correspondence.

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 any time, by contacting us at sales@hempstarproducts.com

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, or if you contact us via email, writing, or via telephone regarding a purchase.

SECTION 4 – WOOCOMMERCE & WORDPRESS

Our website is hosted on a WordPress & Woo commerce. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. We store your data on a secure server behind a firewall with updated security, and encrypt your connection via SSL.

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.

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

We use cookies on our site to track website visitors. The types of cookies may change from time to time but by using this site you are ok with all forms of cookies.

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.

SECTION 10 – CANCELING ORDERS, ISSUING CHARGEBACKS, EXTORTION

Note that any attempt or request to cancel an order after it is placed or shipped, or to try to coerce any type of specialized treatment or outcome based off the insinuation, as determined by, in its sole discretion, that you may leave a less than favorably private or publicly given review, will be viewed as attempted fraud and/or extortion and a direct violation of our Terms of Service, and we may, in our sole discretion, prevent you from ordering from any or all websites and retail locations operated by us or our affiliated companies. We also may, in our sole discretion, share your information with affiliated and non-affiliated companies, including retailers and online retailers and distributors as someone associated with a high fraud risk. We may post your information to be seen in a manner that may be accessible to the public. This may cause others to not sell to you or otherwise transact any form of business with you. This may also lead to others commenting on your interactions with Hempstar Farm. You accept all of these potential outcomes as part of your request to cancel your order, seek a refund, or force an outcome on your order, as defined by Hempstar Farm, in our sole discretion, at any given time now or in the future.

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