Who we are
Our website address is: https://braidedjewel.com. We are an independent boutique specializing in curated heritage leather goods, footwear, and fine jewelry.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Store Purchases & Checkout
When you purchase from us, we ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, and credit card/payment details. We use this information for purposes such as:
Sending you information about your account and order
Responding to your requests, including refunds and complaints
Processing payments and preventing fraud
Setting up your account for our store
Complying with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
Comments
When visitors leave comments or product reviews on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. E-commerce Cookies: We utilize necessary cookies to keep track of cart data while you browse our boutique. This ensures your items remain in your cart as you navigate between pages.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles and product pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data. We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you, including:
System Functions: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Shipping Providers: To generate tracking numbers and physically deliver your curated pieces.
Payment Gateways: To securely process your credit card transactions. We do not store your direct credit card numbers on our local servers.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or review, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. We generally store order information for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it (such as tax and accounting purposes), and we are not legally required to continue to keep it.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments and product reviews may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Payment information is securely transmitted directly to our trusted payment processors.