Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 1 October 2023
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from USAutools.com (the "Site").
Information We Collect
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 that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number). We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill 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;
- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store—you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information [here](#). We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information [here](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/). Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Advertising
As part of our advertising strategy, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.
Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Remember the items in your shopping cart
- Recognize you when you return to our Site
- Analyze visitor behavior
You can generally choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
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 resident of the United States, you have certain rights regarding your personal information. You may have the right to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we have about you. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information below.
Data Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
