Privacy & Cookies Policy

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SECTION 1 - PRIVACY STATEMENT

Beautiful Beginnings LLC  d/b/a Beau'Tea respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (“Policy”).

This Policy applies to all websites associated with Beautiful Beginnings LLC d/b/a Beau'Tea and any subsidiaries or affiliates that describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.shopbeautea.com or any of its sub-sites (hereinafter together referred to as “Website” or “Site") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This Policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
• Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.

It does not apply to information collected by any third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by Beau'Tea, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on our Website. Please be aware that we are not responsible for such third-party service providers’ privacy practices or contents. Therefore, Beau'Tea advises you to be aware when you leave our Website and to read carefully the privacy policies of such third parties.

You are expressly advised that by accessing and/or using our Site, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use which are incorporated in full by this reference. Further, please note that your use of our Website is also subject to other applicable end user license agreements associated with such digital properties. 

We want our Website to be your source for Beau'Tea speacialty blends and gourmet tea, educational related information, as well as other products, services, and tools related to our Beau'Tea brand. If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, contact us by email: shopbeautea@gmail.com.

SECTION 2 - CONSENT NOTICE

Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our website. By accessing or using this website and/or creating an account with us or allowing someone to use the sites on your behalf, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

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.

How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent from us contacting you, for the discontinued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us by email at shopbeautea@gmail.com

Opting-out of Marketing: 

You can ask us or third-parties to stop sending you marketing communications or newsletters at any time by: (a) visiting our unsubscribe page and following the instructions provided; (b) by using the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any marketing communications which we send to you; or (c) by contacting us at any time.

Please Note: This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

SECTION 3 -  WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION? 

A. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, which may include:

• Information you provide by filling forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website,
• You may also provide information when you carry out transactions through our Website. For example, when you buy products and/or services through our Website we gather information such as what you are purchasing, your method of payment, and your billing and shipping information. We will use this information to complete the transaction, to provide you with an order history and to facilitate future orders. This information may also be used for aggregate reporting (which summarizes the data in a report but does not contain your PII).
• We may also ask you for information when you enter and/or participate in certain sweepstakes and contests sponsored by us. If you enter a contest, we record your entry and link it to your registration information. Your PII may be used to contact you for winner notification, prize delivery and related purposes.
• We may receive additional PII from you through communications with the Site. For example, if you email the Site to ask about a product or service, we will use that information to respond to your inquiry, to have a history of our service to you and to make better our service by reporting your request, without any PII, in our customer service totals.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, and other tracking technologies.
• From third parties, for example, our business partners.

B. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We own the information collected via our Site. Among other things, we use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us to:

• Set-up your account.
• Set-up and manage newsletter subscriptions.
• Provide services and products to you.
• Inform you about offers, contests or surveys.
• Contact you regarding products and services.
• Monitor or improve the Site.
• Customize advertising and content.
• Provide special offers to you.
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• Notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
•  For any other purpose with your consent. 

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Policy, we do not rent, sell, transfer or otherwise disclose your PII to any third party. We may aggregate information supplied by users during the registration process and information about their use of our Site to maintain our services and describe our website user base to potential partners and advertisers. This information is used to supply summary data about our community of users. There are certain circumstances in which we may need to disclose personally identifiable information about you, and we want you to know about them. 

C. EMAIL COMMUNICATION

We may use your email address to contact you with required email messages about the Site. We may also use your email address to send you newsletters or other communications you request. We will do our best to provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of receiving such further communications at the time you are contacted.

D. DATA 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.

No data transmissions over the Internet can be 100% guaranteed to be entirely secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we will make all reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems. 

We use secure server software and firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access or disclosure. 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. The website follows all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards. This allows sensitive information such as Credit Card Details or Login Details to be transmitted securely. 

You should be aware that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed or disclosed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using this Website or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Site. We may post a notice on our Site if a security breach occurs. In these circumstances, we may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us so that you can take appropriate steps.

Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at shopbeautea@gmail.com..

E. COOKIES

When you visit or use our Site we send one or more “cookies” to your computer or other devices. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences, tracking user trends and providing relevant advertising to you. Beau'Tea does not process and Do Not Track signals.

We may use Google Analytics to help facilitate the delivery of relevant content and have implemented Google’s advertising features.  Google Analytics also uses cookies in order to report user interactions about who visits our Site and what pages are being looked at. This information is provided to Beau'Tea for our use.  

F. OTHER INFORMATION

In order to maintain and improve the Site, we also gather some statistical data when you visit the Site. The exact information we collect may vary but can include the date and time of an access to our website, the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address of a computer requesting a page, the pages requested, and computer and connection information such as browser type and operating system. We do not associate this statistical information with your PII.

We may request PII from you via surveys or voting polls. If you respond to a survey or poll, we may aggregate your responses with those of other Website users and Beau'Tea customers but we do not associate your response with any personally identifiable information.

G. DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for three years after they cease being customers for tax purposes. We typically retain this information for a further six to twelve months to ensure that no relevant claim has been made within that three year period before we dispose of it. 

SECTION 4 - AGE OF CONSENT 

NO INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may register at Beau'Tea or provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us by email at shopbeautea@gmail.com.

SECTION 5 - DISPUTES AND AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE 

By using the Site, you and Beau'Tea agree that, if there is any controversy, claim, action, or dispute arising out of or related to your use of the Site, or the breach, enforcement, interpretation, or validity of this Policy or any part of it ("Dispute"), both parties shall first try in good faith to settle such Dispute by providing written notice to the other party describing the facts and circumstances of the Dispute and allowing the receiving party 30 days in which to respond to or settle the Dispute. Notice shall be sent be emailed to shopbeautea@gmail.com