This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for Honshu Swords and our website honshuswords.com. It will notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on honshuswords.com. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change/correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Cookies
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 555-555-5555 or via email at [email protected].
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA requires us to disclose how we respond to web browser Do Not Track signals and other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. At this time, our website does not respond to Do Not Track browser settings and we do not authorize third parties to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time or across websites or online services.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Our site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our websites privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.
This policy was last modified on October 3, 2022.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
Honshu Swords
1234 Swords Blvd
Katana, CA 94105
United States
555-555-5555
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield
Honshu Swords complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, respectively. Honshu Swords has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/
Types of Data Collected
Website Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
Contact Forms
We collect your name, email address, phone number, and other information you voluntarily provide when you submit an inquiry via our online contact forms. We use this information to respond to your inquiry and keep records of correspondence.
Mailing List
With your permission, we may collect your email address and contact details when you sign up for one of our mailing lists. We use this information to send you information about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these messages at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in each email.
Orders
We collect your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card number, and other information you provide when you place an order on our website. We use this information to process and fulfill your order, and to notify you of the order status.
Surveys
When you participate in a survey, we collect information you provide through the survey. If the survey is provided by a third party service provider, the third party’s privacy policy applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information.
Website Analytics
We use third-party analytics services, like Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details about visitors to our website. These services collect information such as internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referral information, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to understand how our website is used, monitor its performance, and improve the user experience.
Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Data
You may contact us to access, correct, update, or delete inaccuracies in your personal data in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. You may address your site data access, correction, or deletion requests to:
Honshu Swords
1234 Swords Blvd
Katana, CA 94105
United States
We will acknowledge receipt of your request within 72 hours. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Transfer of Data Outside Europe
We may transfer personal information collected in Europe to Honshu Swords in the United States and process it there. Honshu Swords has certified its compliance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks. Where required, we rely on approved Model Contractual Clauses as a safeguard for data transferred outside Europe.
Data Retention and Erasure
We retain personal data for no longer than necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was collected, subject to any retention periods prescribed by law. After that, we will delete or anonymize your information, unless additional retention is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as fraud prevention or to comply with our legal obligations.
Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to contact us to prevent disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes, to request information about categories of personal information collected and categories of third parties to whom such information was disclosed in the preceding calendar year, and to request deletion of personal information. To exercise your rights under this California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by appropriate means such as by posting the revised policy on this page. Any changes to this privacy policy will become effective when posted unless indicated otherwise.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this privacy policy, please contact us at:
Honshu Swords
1234 Swords Blvd
Katana, CA 94105
United States
555-555-5555
[email protected]