This site is operated by Giorgio Di Mare Retail and/or
its affiliates (collectively, "Giorgio Di Mare", "we" or
"us"). We recognize that the users and customers ("you") of
our web site giorgiodimare.com and its respective mobile
application (collectively, the "Web Site"), care how information
about them is used and disclosed. We have created this Privacy Policy
("Privacy Policy") to inform you of our information collection, use
and disclosure practices for the Web Site.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By using our Web Site, you signify your acceptance of
our Privacy Policy. By providing Personal Information (as defined below) to us
through the Web Site, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy with
respect to the collection and use of Personal Information. If you do not agree
to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Web Site.
Please be advised that the practices described in this
Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered through the Web Site.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy
Policy please contact us at the addresses noted below.
WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT
ME IS COLLECTED, STORED AND USED?
We collect and store information that you enter into
this Web Site or that you provide in the Stores or through our Customer Service
Department. For example, when you open an account or place an order, we collect
and store some or all of the following information that you provide: name,
billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone number, credit card
number and expiration date (collectively, "Personal Information").
This information is used to provide the products and services that you have
ordered or requested, to process and ship orders, to send order and shipping
confirmations and to provide customer service. Some of this information also
may be used to contact you about new products, sales, promotions, special
offers, and events, product and customer surveys and new site features, unless
you have opted not to receive promotional communications in connection with
this Web Site. However, when you opt not to receive promotional communications,
we collect and store certain information such as your email address in order to
comply with your preferences.
We collect and store certain other information
automatically whenever you interact with our Web Site. For example, we collect
your IP address, browser information and reference site domain name every time
you visit the Web Site. We also collect information regarding customer traffic
patterns and site usage. This information is used to analyze and improve the
Web Site and to provide our customers with a fulfilling shopping experience.
Our Web Site may use location-based services to verify your location and to
deliver relevant advertising based on your location (such as to display the
location of our nearest retail store to you), and share your location with our
affiliates and service providers as part of our location-based services.
We, along with our service providers, use cookies and
similar technologies known as “pixel tags”, “web beacons” or “clear GIFs” on
our Web Site. Cookies are small text files that a web browser uses to store
certain data which helps us to identify your preferences and to optimize your
shopping experience our Web Site. Cookies also allow us to hold selections in a
shopping cart when you leave our Web Site without checking out. Pixel tags, web
beacons or clear GIFs are small electronic images (often a single pixel (1x1)
that are ordinarily not visible to web site visitors and may be associated with
cookies on the visitor’s hard drive) used by our service providers on our Web
Site as part of our advertising program which helps us display customized advertisements
to you based on your browsing behavior and to evaluate the effectiveness of our
program. We may use third-party web analytics services on our Web Site, such as
Google Analytics. The information collected for this purpose (including your IP
address, time of request, address of the web page that referred you to our Web
Site, browser characteristics, operating system characteristics and other
information collected by automated means) may be disclosed to or collected
directly by these service providers and used subject to the terms of those
services. By using our Web Site, you consent to the processing of data about
you by Google and other analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes
set out above.
Most web browsers accept cookies automatically but
allow you to disable them. If you disable cookies, you may not be able to
utilize all of the features on our Web Site. For instructions on how to disable
cookies, you should consult the “Help” section of your browser. In addition,
you may find more information about cookies and internet-based advertising and
managing your preferences for internet-based advertising by clicking here. Our
Web Site is not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from
browsers, however, you may opt-out of receiving customized interest-based
advertisements from members of the Digital Advertising Alliance by visiting
DAA’s Consumer Choice Page by clicking here.
If you access our Web Site or mobile applications with
your log-in credentials from a social networking site (such as Facebook,
Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter) or if you otherwise agree to associate your
account with us with a social networking site, we may receive personal
information about you from such social networking site, in accordance with the
terms of use and privacy policy of the social networking site. We may add this
to the information we have already collected from you via other interactions.
We may also collect and store information about you
that we receive from other on line and off line sources, to enable us to update
and correct the information contained in our database and to provide product
recommendations and special offers that we think will interest you.
IS INFORMATION
COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN?
We are aware of the concerns regarding the collection
of Personal Information from children. As a result, we do not collect any
Personal Information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 13. If you
are under the age of 13, you should use our Web Site only with the involvement
of a parent or guardian and should not submit any Personal Information to us.
If a parent or guardian becomes aware that a child under the age of 13 has
submitted Personal Information on our Web Site, please contact us as noted
below and we will remove the Personal Information about the individual from our
database.
WITH WHOM DO YOU
DISCLOSE INFORMATION?
We disclose Personal Information to our affiliates,
service providers and others with your consent or as otherwise described in
this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose Personal Information with our
affiliates, strategic and/or marketing partners and with our service providers.
Certain of our affiliates and service providers may disclose this Personal
Information to their affiliates and/or service providers whom they engage to
perform services related to the Web Site or the operation of our business.
Examples of these services include payment processing and authorization, fraud
protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, order fulfillment
and shipping, marketing and promotional material distribution, web site
evaluation, data analysis and, where applicable, data cleansing. These service
providers are authorized to use this Personal Information only in connection
with the services they are engaged to perform.
We may disclose Personal Information if we believe in
good faith that: the law or legal process requires it; we have received a valid
administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is
necessary to protect our rights, property or safety or those of any of our
affiliates, service providers, customers or others.
We may disclose non-personal information with our
marketing partners, advertisers and others from time to time. Examples of such
non-personal information include the number of users who visited this Web Site
during a specific time period or purchased a specific product through this Web
Site. This information generally is shared in an aggregated form.
We may also disclose or transfer your Personal
Information in the event one of our companies is involved in a merger,
acquisition, consolidation, sale of our business or substantially all of our
assets, or declares bankruptcy.
WHAT ABOUT INTERACTIVE
AREAS?
Our Web Site may provide interactive areas, such as
chat rooms, forums and message boards where you can publicly post information
about, among other things, our products. Just like with social media channels,
anything you post will be made publicly available. You are not required to
provide any Personal Information (including your image) when using these areas
but you may choose to do so. Please exercise caution when deciding to disclose
Personal Information in these areas. We strongly recommend that you DO NOT use
your Personal Information as your user name or image. We cannot ensure the
security of any information you choose to make public in a chat room, forum, or
message board. Also, we cannot ensure that parties who have access to such
publicly available information will respect your privacy.
WHAT STEPS ARE TAKEN TO
KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE?
The security of your information is important to us.
We have implemented various security measures, including Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) encryption technology, designed to protect your Personal Information that
we collect. If you place an order through our Web Site, you will be asked to
provide a valid email address. You also have to the option to set up an account
by providing a valid email address and password. Unfortunately, no transmission
of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and,
therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information. In
order to help protect Personal Information you provide to us, you: (i) should
not share your password or account information with others, (ii) should use a
secure web browser, and (iii) should change your password frequently. If you
wish to cancel your password, or if you become aware of any loss, theft or
unauthorized use of your password, please contact Customer Service as noted
below.
HOW CAN I ACCESS,
CORRECT AND UPDATE PERSONAL INFORMATION?
You can access, correct, update and delete certain
Personal Information that you have provided to us by clicking on "My
Account" within the “Help” section of this Web Site. Alternatively, you
may access, update or remove the information you provided to us by contacting
us as noted below. We may take a reasonable period of time to respond to any
request to update or modify any information, limit use of information or to opt
out of or unsubscribe from any communications. We may also ask for
additional information to authenticate the request. If you request the
deletion, modification or limitation of use of your Personal Information
maintained by us we will promptly review your request and respond. If we grant
your request, such information may be retained for a reasonable period of time
in our backup systems as a precaution against system failures. Some information
may be retained for longer periods as required by law, contract or auditing
requirements. In some circumstances we will not be able to limit use of your
Personal Information without unsubscribing you from communications or deleting
your information.
CAN I INDICATE WHETHER
OR NOT I WANT TO RECEIVE PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS?
There are several ways in which you can tell us
whether or not you want to receive promotional communications from us. When you
set up an account, or click on "My Account" within the “Help” section
of the Web Site, or place an order, you will have an opportunity to make or
change your selections in this regard. You also will have an opportunity to
change these selections by clicking on the "unsubscribe" hyperlink
contained in promotional emails we send you. Please allow two weeks for us to
process your unsubscribe request. You may still receive emails for us while
your request is being processed. If you no longer wish to receive push
notifications on your mobile device, please consult your mobile device’s user
guide.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I
LINK TO OR FROM ANOTHER WEB SITE?
Our Web Site may contain links to other web sites
operated by our affiliates or third parties. Please be advised that the
practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered
through third party web sites and that we are not responsible for the privacy
policies, practices or contents of these other web sites. We encourage you to
be aware of when you leave our Web Site and to read the privacy policies of
each and every web site that you visit.
WHAT ABOUT PROMOTIONS?
When we run a contest, sweepstakes or other promotion
relating to our Web Site, it will be accompanied by a set of rules. The rules
for each contest/sweepstakes may specify how the information gathered from you
as part for entry will be used and disclosed, if different than as described in
this Privacy Policy.
HOW DO WE TREAT THE
INFORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL USERS?
Our digital operations are conducted, in whole or in
part, in the United States. Regardless of where you live, you consent to have
your personal data transferred, processed, and stored in the United States, and
allow us to use and collect your Personal Information in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
No transmission of data over the Internet is
guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not
under our control intercept or access transmissions or private communications
unlawfully. While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such
transmission is done at your own risk. If you choose to visit our Web Site,
your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and
our Terms of Use including but not limited to limitations of damages and
application of the law of the State of New York. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL GİORGİO Dİ MARE OR ANY OF OUR
AFFILIATES OR RESPECTIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION
OR MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE EVEN IF GİORGİO Dİ MARE, OUR AFFILIATES OR ANY OF
OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE THEREOF HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
HOW WILL I BE INFORMED
ABOUT CHANGES REGARDING THIS PRIVACY POLICY?
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at
any time. If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy
Policy on the Web Site and note the date the Privacy Policy was last updated.
We also may highlight the link to the Privacy Police, post a notice on the Web
Site or send an email describing the changes. You should check the Web Site
regularly to see if any recent changes to this Privacy Policy have occurred.
HOW DO YOU CONTACT US?
If you have any questions regarding this privacy
policy please send an email to info@giorgiogimare.com
If you believe your password has been compromised or
need to contact Customer Service, you may reach us by e-mail at info@giorgiodimare.com