Privacy Policy
At Spiceium.com Stores Reviews & Blogs, we understand and share your concerns about privacy. This privacy policy describes how Spiceium and its affiliates (“we” or “us”) collect, use and share information. It also describes the choices you have regarding our collection, use and retention of your information. We do not sell the personal information of our users.
TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
Personal information is information that allows an individual to be identified specifically. Non-personal information is information that does not allow an individual to be identified specifically. We may collect both personal information and non-personal information when you visit our websites, or otherwise contact us, or from other sources as described below.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may be asked to provide us with personal information to register for our services, and to enable us to process your orders or otherwise provide you with the products or services you have requested. When required for such purposes, we share this information with certain outside parties such as payment processors, product manufacturers and carriers. This includes information such as:
- Names
- Telephone numbers
- Email addresses
- Mailing addresses
Providing such personal information to us is at your discretion. However, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you if you do not provide us with personal information.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
In order for us to monitor and improve our services, and customize your experience with us, we collect various non-personal information about your visits to our websites. This information is collected and stored using a variety of common technologies such as cookies, web beacons, tags and log files. We store and analyze this information to ensure that our sites continue to offer products and services with you in mind. This includes such information as:
- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, operating systems used, browser information, device types used, internet service providers, date/time stamps, clickstream data and which of our websites you’ve visited.
- Cookie information. A cookie is a block of text placed in a file on the user’s hard drive by a website you’ve visited. We use cookies to observe a visitor’s navigation through our websites, identify ways to improve the shopping experience, personalize our websites, provide online advertising, and save your shopping cart information. Cookies are never used to store sensitive personal information like customer names, addresses, passwords or credit card information.
Acceptance of cookies is not a requirement to browse any of our websites. However, some features of our websites, such as the shopping cart feature, may not function if you refuse to accept cookies. The “help” section of most browsers’ toolbars provide information on disabling cookies and/or requiring your permission for their acceptance. You can also delete cookies already stored on your hard drive. If you object to enabling cookies on your browser or are otherwise unable to use cookies, but would like to purchase an item from one of our websites, you can place your order by calling our toll free number (866) 740-9830. Please note that any information you provide over the telephone is still subject to our Privacy Policy.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Our websites may allow you to connect and share information with certain social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Houzz. These features may collect and display your personal information and non-personal information, and may implement cookies, plug-ins and/or APIs in order to function properly. By choosing to connect and share content or communications with any third-party social media platform, you authorize us to share your information with such platform, which information becomes subject to the privacy policy of such platform. We cannot be responsible for any use of your information or content by a third-party platform, which you use at your own risk, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such platforms for further information.
Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy
Instagram’s Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
Twitter’s Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy?lang=eng
Pinterest’s Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
Houzz’s Privacy Policy: https://www.houzz.com/privacyPolicy
MOBILE DEVICES
If you access our websites through your mobile device, we may collect information regarding your location for the sole purpose of facilitating the fulfillment of your order. We do not share your location information with third parties. You may block access to your location through your mobile devices’ preferences menus. We may also collect information on the type of mobile device used, its mobile device identifier, its mobile operating system, web pages you visit on our mobile website, search terms, the type of mobile internet browsers you use and information about the way you use our mobile website. We use this information to obtain data about your visits to our websites, your general shopping habits, how you use our mobile platforms and how we might improve them.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Our websites include links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you visit any third-party websites or submit information to any such sites, your information is governed by the privacy policy of such websites, and we are not responsible for the information collection and use practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to carefully review the privacy policy of any websites you use prior to providing them with your information.
“DO NOT TRACK” TECHNOLOGY
“Do Not Track” technology allows users to choose in their web browsers whether they want their browsing to be tracked across websites. Industry efforts to standardize “Do Not Track” technology and policies are as yet, ongoing. As these technologies and policies are not yet standardized, we do not currently honor “Do Not Track” requests.
HOW THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT IS USED
In addition to the purposes explained above, the information we collect may be used to:
- Process and fulfill customer orders and returns;
- Process customer payments and refunds;
- Provide notifications;
- Improve our services, websites and offerings;
- Respond to user inquiries;
- Facilitate customer reviews/feedback;
- Conduct analytics;
- Prevent fraud and enhance network security;
- Comply with tax reporting obligations and potential requests of governmental agencies; and
- Send promotional and marketing information.
HOW THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT IS SHARED
In order to operate our websites and provide you with the products and services you have requested, we may share information with third parties. We may transmit your information to service providers who assist us with services such as processing and fulfilling orders, shipping products ordered by customers, processing payment information, sending advertising and marketing materials on our behalf, providing search results and links, providing services for customer reviews and feedback, and tax reporting. These third-party service providers may have access to personal information of our customers needed to perform their functions and will use such information only for such specific purposes.
We may make your personal information available to our affiliated companies that are part of the Spiceium family of companies (e.g. parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control) who we believe may have products or services of interest to our customers. Other than as described herein, we do not share your personal information with any outside organizations not part of the Spiceium family of companies.
If Spiceium is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of all or a portion of its assets, customer information will likely be shared for evaluation purposes and included among the transferred assets. We may share any data within our databases and may transfer title to that data as part of any such transaction. Any successor in interest will remain bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy as it relates to your information.
Some of our websites provide the opportunity to post comments or reviews in a public forum. If you choose to submit information on these pages, that information may be publicly available.
We may provide any and all information we have about you to law enforcement or other government agencies pursuant to a subpoena, bankruptcy proceedings, warrant, or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
YOUR CHOICES REGARDING THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
MODIFYING OR DELETING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you register with Spiceium or place an order with us, and enter your email address, you are automatically assigned an account with us. You can log into your account at any time in order to change any of your contact information.
If you would like to delete your personal information, please contact us here, checking the “delete information” box, or by using the contact information provided below. Information you provide in your request will be used solely for verification of your identity. Upon verification of your identity, your personal information will be deleted from our databases. However, in accordance with applicable law, certain of your information may be retained in our archives, for internal lawful purposes, to complete outstanding orders, to resolve disputes, to enforce our rights and/or to comply with legal obligations.
PROMOTIONAL EMAILS
You can unsubscribe to our promotional emails at any time by clicking on the Unsubscribe link in the email you received. Since our databases batch update, you may continue to receive communication for up to 7 days from the date you unsubscribed. We regret, we are no longer able to accept unsubscribe requests by phone or over email to customer service. For updating your email address, please subscribe with your new id and unsubscribe the old one. Unsubscribing from promotional emails does not remove you from receiving important updates related to your account or transactions such as those related to order status or shipment.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
This Privacy Policy describes how we may share your personal information for marketing purposes. California residents are entitled to request details regarding the information we have collected on them (if any), including the categories of such information and its sources, the business or commercial purposes for collecting their information, and the categories of third parties with whom we have shared their information (if any). Such requests may be made no more than twice in any twelve month period. If you are a California resident and wish to request such information, please contact us here, checking the “request information” box, or by using the contact information provided below.
RIGHT TO REMOVAL OF POSTED INFORMATION – CALIFORNIA MINORS
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Spiceium Stores, you have the right to request removal of unwanted information that you publicly post on our websites. To request removal of such information, you can contact us as provided below. Upon receiving such a request, Spiceium Stores will make sure that the information is not publicly available on our websites, but the information may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems or databases.
NON-U.S. BASED CUSTOMERS
Customers residing outside the United States are advised that their personal information may be processed in the United States, and that privacy laws in their home country may be more restrictive than those in the United States. By submitting your personal information to us, you agree to the transfer, storage and processing of such information in the United States.
SECURITY
We appreciate that a customer might be hesitant to send personal information over the internet. Spiceium Stores has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of any information you submit on any of our websites. To keep your information safe and secure during transmission, we use high-end encryption technology. However, no method of internet data transmission or electronic storage of information is fully secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
Changes to our Privacy Policy will be indicated on our website, and the “last updated” date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly. We will also notify you of updates to the Privacy Policy by sending a notice via the email address listed in your Spiceium Stores account, or otherwise on file with Spiceium Stores, if any. The updated Privacy Policy will be effective as of its posting on our websites, and your continued use of our websites and services acknowledges your agreement to the terms of such updated Privacy Policy. If you have further questions about Spiceium Stores’ Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact information below.
CONTACTING US
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and Spiceium Stores’ policies and practices with respect to your personal information, please contact us at:
Spiceium
Attn: Privacy Compliance
A/201 Saptashrungi Chsl. LTD.,
Mahatma Phule Road,
Dombivli (West),
Maharashtra,
India.
PIN : 421202
Requests for deletion of your information and requests by California residents for further information regarding our collection, use and sharing of information must contain your full name, address, email address, and phone number, which information shall be used solely to confirm your identity and the validity of your request.
Policy last updated: Aug 10, 2022.