PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated on 21/06/2023


This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit www.galaxiescompanies.com (the "Site") or make a purchase through it.

 

COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products you view, the websites or search terms that referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information."

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

 

COOKIES

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We have listed them here so that you have the option to choose whether you want to allow them or not. _session_id: Unique session identifier used by Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.). _shopify_visit: No data retained, persists for 30 minutes since the last visit. Used by the internal stats tracker of our website provider to record the number of visits. _shopify_uniq: No data retained, expires at midnight (according to the visitor's location) the following day. Calculates the number of visits to a store by a unique customer. cart: Unique identifier, persists for 2 weeks, stores information about your shopping cart. _secure_session_id: Unique session identifier. storefront_digest: Unique identifier, indefinite if the store has a password, used to determine if the current visitor has access.

  • "Log files" track Site activity and collect data such as your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and timestamp (date and time).
  • "Web beacons," "tags," and "pixels" are electronic files that record information about how you browse the Site.

Furthermore, when you make or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information about you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. This automatically collected information is referred to as "Order Information."

When we refer to "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to both Device Information and Order Information.

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Generally, we use the Order Information we collect to process any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you.
  • Assess potential fraud or risks.
  • Provide you with information or advertising related to our products or services when it aligns with your preferences that you have communicated to us.

We use the Device Information (particularly your IP address) we collect to assess potential fraud or risks and, more generally, to improve and optimize our Site (e.g., by generating analytics on how our customers browse and interact with the Site and evaluating the success of our advertising and marketing campaigns).

 

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties who assist us in using it for the purposes described above. For example, we use Shopify to host our online store – to learn more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information, please visit the following page: https://www.shopify.fr/legal/confidentialite. We also use Google Analytics to better understand how our customers use the Site – to learn more about how Google uses your Personal Information, please visit the following page: https://www.google.com/intl/fr/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to protect our rights.

 

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

As mentioned above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing messages that we believe may be of interest to you. To learn more about targeted advertising and how it works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) informational page at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt-out of targeted advertising here: GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous BING – https://about.ads.microsoft.com/fr-fr/ressources/politiques/annonces-personnalisees

Additionally, you can opt-out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=3&lang=fr.

 

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site's data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

 

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to request that it be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us using the contact information provided below. Additionally, if you are a European resident, please note that we process your information to fulfill our contractual obligations to you (for example, if you make an order through the Site) or to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Please also note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

 

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Order Information unless and until you request us to delete it.

 

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

 

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you wish to file a complaint, please contact us by email at contact@galaxiescompanies.com or by mail at the following address: 4 Impasse Madrilène, Lavérune, 34880, France