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PRIVACY & SAFETY
Melanin Aura | Loungewear conducts business with integrity and core values as we strive to give customers an enjoyable shopping experience. This website respects the rights of its visitors and recognize the importance of protecting their information. During the transmission of sensitive information, we utilize industry standard methods. However, you are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized disclosure or misuse.​ All personal information entered on this site is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any other parties. Your personal information is used exclusively for fulfilling your order.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
HOW DO YOU GET MY CONSENT?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no. If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at customercare@melaninaura.com
DISCLOSURE
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. Our store is hosted on Wix. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Wix’s data storage, databases and the general Wix application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
PAYMENT
We accept all major credit/debit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PayPal is a safe transaction method and you’re allowed to checkout as a guest without an account. If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Wix stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of major credit/debit card brands.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
All personal information entered on this site is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any other parties. Your personal information is used exclusively for fulfilling your order. Melanin Aura respects the rights of its visitors and recognize the importance of protecting their information. During the transmission of sensitive information, we utilize industry standard methods. However, you are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized disclosure or misuse.​ Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service. When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
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