The following Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by The Collectible Shark in connection with the Website and Services as such term is defined in the Terms of Use.
The Collectible Shark recognizes that Your privacy and the protection of Your Personal Information is important to you, and therefore, has adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes The Collectible Shark's privacy practices and how The Collectible Shark treats the Personal Information that it collects from You when You use The Collectible Shark, including any Personal Information You provide when You conduct business with The Collectible Shark on or through The Collectible Shark Website or The Collectible Shark’s Services that are provided on or through The Collectible Shark.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” is information that (i) You provide to The Collectible Shark and (ii) personally identifies You. Personal Information includes Your name, email and postal address, telephone number, credit/debit card number and other data that can be used to personally identify or contact You.
HOW WE OBTAIN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Collectible Shark may obtain, collect, retain, store or otherwise maintain Your Personal Information from the following sources:
- Your Registration to purchase Goods (as defined hereinbelow) or Services: In order to purchase the goods made available on the Website (“Goods”) or use the Services offered on the Website, We require that You register with The Collectible Shark. You will be required to provide Personal Information to The Collectible Shark in order to register with The Collectible Shark (“Your Registration”) and maintain Your Registration.
- Your Purchase of Goods and Services: In order to purchase The Collectible Shark Goods or Services, You will be required to provide Personal Information to The Collectible Shark.
- Your Communications with The Collectible Shark: If You initiate communication with The Collectible Shark through email, postal mail, telephone or other forms of electronic communications, Your communications may contain Personal Information.
- Your Responses to Communications from The Collectible Shark: From time to time, The Collectible Shark may communicate with You through email, postal mail or other forms of electronic communications regarding Your Registration and The Collectible Shark. If You respond to these communications, Your responses may contain Personal Information.
- Your response to various advertisements and/or marketing initiatives through social media and/or other media outlets.
You can decline to provide Your Personal Information to The Collectible Shark by not engaging in the activities described above. If You decline to submit Personal Information in connection with creating Your Registration, you will not be permitted to purchase the Goods or receive Services.
The Collectible Shark also collects non-personally identifiable server-log information relating to users of The Collectible Shark. This information may include information such as, but not limited to: (i) Your account activity, including storage usage, number of log-ins, data displayed or selected, including user interface elements, links, etc.; and (ii) Your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of Your request, date and time of access, one or more cookies that may uniquely identify Your browser and referrer Uniform Resource Locator. None of this information enables The Collectible Shark to personally identify or contact You.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Collectible Shark only uses Personal Information for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Specifically, The Collectible Shark only uses Your Personal Information for:
· Processing Your Registration;
· Fulfilling and processing Your orders for Goods;
· Fulfilling and processing requests for Services, including, but not limited to, those associated with auction related transactions;
· Processing, formatting and displaying customized content on the Website for You;
· Communicating with You regarding changes to: The Collectible Shark Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy or any other policies or terms relating to The Collectible Shark Goods and The Collectible Shark Services (collectively, "The Collectible Shark Goods and Services”) or Your relationship with The Collectible Shark.
· Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve The Collectible Shark;
· Communicating with You regarding new and additional Goods and Services and changes to The Collectible Shark;
· Responding to communications initiated by You; and/or
· Ensuring the technical functioning of The Collectible Shark, including creating and maintaining back-ups or other archival copies of Personal Information and other related data. The Collectible Shark restricts access to Personal Information to those employees, services providers, contractors and agents of The Collectible Shark who need to access Personal Information for the purposes specified above. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination, if they fail to meet these obligations.
HOW The Collectible Shark USES PERSONAL INFORMATION
Except as otherwise set forth herein, The Collectible Shark does not share Your Personal Information with third parties without Your consent, except when we (i) share such information with companies that provide goods or services that we reasonably believe to be of value to you and (ii) believe that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to comply with a subpoena or other judicial order or process, as otherwise required by law or in order to enforce or remedy a violation(s) of The Collectible Shark's Terms of Use. In such circumstances, Your Personal Information may also be disclosed to The Collectible Shark's attorneys or other parties we reasonably deem necessary under such circumstances. If The Collectible Shark desires to use Your Personal Information for any purpose other than those described in this Privacy Policy, The Collectible Shark will request Your consent prior to such use and offer You an effective way to opt out of the use of Personal Information for those other purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You may contact us at any time and opt out of any sharing of your information for marketing purposes by emailing us at [info@thecollectibleshark.com]. If You opt out or otherwise decline to submit Personal Information in response to such a request, The Collectible Shark may not be able to provide to You some or all of the Goods and Services or some or all of the features available on the Website.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
The Collectible Shark may collect or purchase information from third parties regarding persons who provided such information to those third parties. Information provided by the third party may include, but not limited to, individual names, email and postal addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, genders, and any other information provided by the Third Party. The Collectible Shark uses commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that (i) the third party possesses the right to transfer the information to The Collectible Shark and (ii) The Collectible Shark has received the right to communicate with the persons who provided the information.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS PLACED BY The Collectible Shark
When You visit the Website, We send to Your computer one or more “cookies” (i.e., a small file containing a string of characters) that, among other things, uniquely identifies Your browser and allows the Website to “remember” Your computer and Your activities on the Website. The Collectible Shark uses cookies to uniquely and anonymously identify its users. No Personal Information is collected or stored in these cookies. These cookies cannot damage a user’s files and cannot read information from a user’s hard drive. Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please note that some of the Website’s features may not function properly and You may not be able to purchase or use the Goods and Services if Your cookies are disabled. A web beacon is generally a transparent graphic image (usually a very small pixel) that is placed on a website or in an email which is used to monitor behavior of a user visiting a website or email. When HTML code for a web beacon points to a site to retrieve the image, it can pass along information such as IP address of the computer that retrieved the image, time the page was viewed and length, the type of internet browser that retrieved the image, and any previously set cookie values in regards to the web beacon.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND LINKS
This Privacy Policy pertains to The Collectible Shark and its Goods and Services as well as to postings You make on social media outlets such as The Collectible Shark's Facebook page and in response to The Collectible Shark's Twitter tweets. Social media platforms and other websites, such as those to which the Website link to or link to the Website, may have their own privacy policies. We encourage You to read the privacy policies and terms of use of the social media platforms used by The Collectible Shark and other websites that You visit either through links placed on the Website as well as those for websites that provide links to the Website. You should contact these social media platforms or websites directly if You have any questions about their use of Your Personal Information. The Collectible Shark is not responsible for any use of Your Personal Information or any other type of Your information when You use such third-party sites and services.
INFORMATION SHARING AND ONWARD TRANSFER
The Collectible Shark reserves the right to sell, rent or otherwise share some or all of Your Personal Information with other companies or individuals outside of The Collectible Shark if:
· You have consented to such sale, rental or sharing; and/or
· The Collectible Shark becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of all or substantially all of its assets. In such circumstances, The Collectible Shark will provide notice before Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
In addition, The Collectible Shark reserves the right to share non-personally identifiable information relating to users of The Collectible Shark or the Goods and Services with our partners and advertisers. The information will not be linked to any personal identifiable information.
INFORMATION SECURITY
The Collectible Shark takes commercially reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of its data, including Personal Information stored or maintained on our servers or those of third parties and other systems. These measures include internal reviews of The Collectible Shark's data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to servers and systems where The Collectible Shark stores personal data.
DATA INTEGRITY
The Collectible Shark processes Personal Information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The Collectible Shark also takes commercially reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on You and our other users to update or correct their Personal Information whenever necessary.
ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may terminate Your Registration in accordance with the provisions of The Collectible Shark's Terms of Use. If You terminate Your Registration or modify the Personal Information that You provide in connection with Your Registration, The Collectible Shark reserves the right to retain archival copies of information that You delete. The Collectible Shark will only use Your deleted information for the purposes of detecting and avoiding fraud and will share such information with third parties only when We believe that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to comply with a subpoena or other judicial order or process, as otherwise required by law or in order to enforce The Collectible Shark’s Terms of Use.
When you use The Collectible Shark, The Collectible Shark makes good faith efforts to provide you with access to your Personal Information. Where applicable, The Collectible Shark asks individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and The Collectible Shark may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case, where The Collectible Shark provides information access and correction, The Collectible Shark provides this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.
ENFORCEMENT
The Collectible Shark regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or The Collectible Shark's treatment of Personal Information by contacting The Collectible Shark at the address below. When The Collectible Shark receives formal written complaints at this address, its policy is to contact the complaining User regarding the User’s concerns. The Collectible Shark will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of Personal Information that cannot be resolved between an individual and The Collectible Shark.
MINORS
The Collectible Shark is not interested in accepting and does not knowingly collect information from individuals under the age of 18.
INTERNATIONAL PERSONS
If you are located outside of the United States, You acknowledge and agree that by using The Collectible Shark Services and by accessing The Collectible Shark, Your Personal Information will be collected, stored, and used by The Collectible Shark in the United States. As such, you agree to the collection, transfer, storage and use of Your information in the United States and that the collection, storage, transfer and use of any of Your information will be governed by the laws of the United States.
GENERALLY
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The Collectible Shark will post notice of any changes on the Website for a period of not less than thirty (30) days. The Collectible Shark encourages You to check back and review this policy periodically so that You will always know what information We collect, how We use it, and to whom We disclose it.
If You have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us at info@thecollectibleshark.com.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are resident of California, you have the right to request, update, or delete certain personal information from a business with whom you have an established business relationship. This includes personal information the business shares with third parties for direct marketing purposes by such third party and the identities of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year.
If you want to exercise these rights with respect to your personal data, please make your request by email to [info@thecollectibleshark.com].
We will always verify the identity of anyone making a subject access request before handing over any information. In the event We refuse your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge.
MORE INFORMATION
The Collectible Shark adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement. For more information about the Safe Harbor framework, see the Department of Commerce’s web site.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Privacy Policy is found to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severed from the balance of the agreement and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions, which will continue in full force and effect.
Privacy Policy was last updated on [1/12/2021].