PRIVACY AND USAGE POLICY

Introduction

Adam Lippes LLC values its customers and respects their privacy. This Privacy and Usage Policy applies to personal information that we collect about you through our website and our mobile application (collectively the "website"). This information is used to improve your shopping experience and to communicate with you about our products, services and promotions. This Privacy and Usage Policy covers information collected on the website as well as how we handle information online. 

This policy describes the personal information we collect about you, why we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties. Our policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use certain of that information. If our information practices change, we will post an updated policy on our website.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

We sometimes ask you for certain kinds of personal information to provide the services you request. This information includes:

  • Shopping - Through this website, you will be able to purchase Adam Lippes products. We ask for information such as your name, billing and shipping address, telephone number, email address and payment card information in order to process your purchase, confirm your order and ship the items to you. If you elect to be added to the Adam Lippes email list, we may use your contact information to communicate with you about our products, services and promotions.

  • My Account - You have the opportunity to create a personal shopping account with Adam Lippes, which allows you to shop faster and easier. Using a user name and a password of your choice, you may access your account online at any time to add, delete, or change information. In creating this account, you authorize Adam Lippes to store your name and email address. Should you elect to do so, you may also include in your “My Account” your telephone number, payment card information, and shipping and billing addresses. If you choose to include such additional information then you are also authorizing Adam Lippes to store such information until such time you elect to change or delete it. Each of these options is for your convenience only. If you ever use a public computer to visit the “My Account” section of our website we strongly encourage you to log out at the conclusion of your session.

  • Email List - When you create an account with Adam Lippes, you will be given the option to be added to the email list. Whether or not you select this option, your personal information will never be shared with or sold to anyone. Subscriptions to the email list can be cancelled at any time.

  • Purchases - When you place an order, you will be asked to provide your credit card information.

  • Customer Service - If you call our Customer Service, we may ask for information such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number and if you choose to make a purchase, your credit card information. We use this information to assist you and to process your transaction. Purchases - When you place an order, you will be asked to provide your credit card information. Adam Lippes does not store your credit card information unless you choose to include it in your “My Account” (see above).

  • Electronic Newsletters - You may be able to sign up on this site to receive electronic newsletters and promotional emails from Adam Lippes.. To sign up we may ask for information such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, gender, age, and email preferences.

  • Surveys, Sweepstakes, Marketing and Promotions - On this website, you may be able to participate in surveys, sweepstakes and promotions. If you choose to participate in these promotions, we may request information such as your name, age, email address, mailing address, telephone number, and interests or product preferences. This information is used to enter you into our contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. We may use this information to communicate with you about our products, services and promotions, but only if you have given us your consent to do so.

  • Email to a Friend - You may be able to share certain content from this website with your friends. In order to do so, we may ask for information such as your name, email address, zip code and telephone number. We will not include any other advertisements within the message sent your friends.

  • Site Analysis and Product Improvement – We may use your information in the course of understanding how people interact with our website, which products interest them, and how to understand preferences, trends, and patterns in how people prefer to shop with us.

Information We Collect By Automated Means

Cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about how you browse our website.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general Internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

Cookies help us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more customized service. They enable us:

  • To estimate usage numbers and patterns

  • To store information about your preferences, and to allow us to customize our website according to your individual interests.

  • To speed up your searches.

  • To recognize you when you return to our website.

  • You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the website or unable to avail of any of our services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our website.

Pixel Tags 

  • We also use "pixel tags" (sometimes called “Internet tags”, "web beacons" or "clear GIFS"), which are tiny graphic images, on our website. Pixel tags help us analyze our customers' online behavior and measure the effectiveness of our website and our advertising. We work with service providers that help us track, collect, and analyze this information.
  • Pixel tags on our website may be used to collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the features you use, the links you click, and other actions you take in connection with the site. This information may include your computer's Internet protocol (IP) address, your browser type, your operating system, date and time information, and other technical information about your computer. We may also track certain information about the identity of the website you visited immediately before coming to our site. We do not otherwise track any information about your use of other websites.

  • Pixel tags and cookies in our emails may be used to track your interactions with those messages, such as when you receive, open, or click a link in an email message from us.

  • We also work with business partners that use tracking technologies to deliver advertisements on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to our website and your interaction with our advertising and other communications.

  • We may combine the information we collect through cookies and pixel tags with other information we have collected from you. This information may be used to improve our website, to personalize your online experience, to help us deliver information to you, to determine the effectiveness of our advertising, and for other internal business purposes.

  • Our website does not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

Use of Your Personal Information

  • We use the information we collect from our customers for various purposes, including:

    • Process transactions upon their request

    • Improve our stores, website, customers shopping experience and quality of service

    • send communications about our products, services and promotions

    • Prevent and detect fraud and abuse

    • Process information or claims in connection with incidents at our stores

    • Enable our service providers to perform certain activities on our behalf

    • Comply with our legal obligations, policies and procedures and for internal administrative and analytics purposes.

Others with Whom We May Share Your Information

  • Select Third Parties: We may share certain information with third parties so that they can offer you good and services that may be of interest to
    you. We may also share your information when we offer provide products, services, contests, or promotions together with our cooperating
    promotional partners. You have to right to opt-out of such sharing by contacting us using the information below.
  • Service Providers: We also may disclose information to outside companies that help us bring you the products and services we offer. For example, we may work with an outside company to: (a) manage a database of customer information; (b) assist us in distributing e-mails; (c) assist us with direct marketing and data collection; (d) provide us data storage and analysis; (e) provide fraud prevention; (f) provide customer service by phone and (g) other services designed to assist us in maximizing our business potential. We require that these outside companies agree to keep confidential all information we share with them and to use the information only to perform their obligations in the agreements.

  • Compliance with Law: We may provide access to information when legally required to do so, to cooperate with legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors of this website or the public.

  • Corporate Changes: We may also transfer your personal information to a third party that acquires all or part of our assets or shares, or that succeeds us in carrying on all or a part of our business, whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise.

Children's Privacy

  • Our services are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target children under the age of 13.

Links to other sites

  • While visiting our website, you may link to sites operated by our business partners or other third parties. This does not mean that we endorse these sites. We do not make any representations or warranties about any website you may access through the Adam Lippes website. They are independent from us, and we have no control over, or responsibility for, their information or activities.

  • In addition, our privacy practices may differ from those of these other sites. If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not the Adam Lippes Privacy and Usage Policy. Please make sure you understand the other site's privacy policy before providing personal information.

Security and Retention

  • Adam Lippes goes to great lengths to keep your financial information private and safe. We take appropriate physical, electronic and administrative steps designed to maintain the security and accuracy of personally identifiable information we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as employing electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access. In addition, it is our policy to never send your credit card number via e-mail. Our customer service center and stores also operate over a private, secure network. Please note, however, that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.

  • Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the transmission of data over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee that such information will not be intercepted by third parties or that our security efforts will always be successful in protecting data. 

  • We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which such personal information was collected or to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce agreements. 

“SPOOFING” AND “PHISHING”

  • A common Internet scam is known as “spoofing” or “phishing.” This occurs when you receive an email from what appears to be a legitimate source requesting personal information from you. Please be aware that Adam Lippes will NEVER send you an email requesting you to verify credit card, bank information, or any other personal information. If you ever receive an email that appears to be from us requesting such information from you, DO NOT respond to it, and DO NOT click on any links appearing in the email

California Shine the Light Rights

  • Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal customer information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates' direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses.

Data Subject Access Rights

  • Individuals in Argentina, Australia, California, Canada, the European Economic Area, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and certain other jurisdictions may have certain data subject rights. These rights vary, but they may include the right to: (i) request access to and rectification or erasure of their personal data; (ii) restrict or object to the processing of their personal data; and (iii) obtain a copy of their personal data in a portable format. Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of personal data with a data protection authority.
  • If you make a request related to personal data about you, you may be required to supply a valid means of identification as a security precaution. We will process your request within the time provided by applicable law.
    • Depending on your jurisdiction, you may also be entitled to direct any complaints in relation to our processing of Investor Data to your national or local data protection supervisory authority.
    • Individuals who submit requests for access or erasure of personal information will be required to verify their identity by answering certain questions. We will not disclose or delete any information until such individual’s identity is verified.
    • If you are making a request for access, we may not be able to provide specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure creates a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of your personal information, your account with us, or our systems or networks.
    • If you are making a request for erasure, we will ask that you confirm that you would like us to delete your personal information again before your request is submitted. In certain circumstances, we may not erase all personal information, as permitted by applicable law.
    • You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf by providing that agent with your written permission. If an agent makes a request on your behalf, we may still ask that you verify your identity directly with us before we can honor the request.
    • Agents who make requests on behalf of individuals will be required to verify the request by submitting written authorization from the individual. We will not honor any requests from agents until authorization is verified.

    Non-Discrimination 

    • We will not discriminate against you based on the exercise of your privacy rights.

    Your Consent and Updates to this Policy

    • You acknowledge that this Privacy and Usage Policy is part of the Terms of Use and you agree that using our website signifies your assent to Adam Lippes’ Privacy and Usage Policy and related terms of use provided above, is subject to all applicable laws, and is undertaken at your own risk. Adam Lippes reserves the right to change this Privacy and Usage Policy at any time, without advance notice. If we decide to change our Privacy and Usage Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

    HOW TO CONTACT US

    If you have any questions about your privacy or security on our website, please contact us at customerservice@adamlippes.com

    Effective Date: 01/22/20

    TERMS OF USE

    Please read the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Use”) carefully before using the website (the “Website”). By accessing this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, you may not use the Website. We recommend that you keep a printed copy of these Terms of Use for future reference.

      Intellectual Property Ownership and Use

        Please be aware that as you visit and navigate this website your use of our site is subject to applicable laws governing ownership and use of intellectual property, including our trademarks and copyrights.
          For International Website Users: The Adam Lippes Website is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you are accessing the Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which is governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and our Conditions of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.

            Trademarks

              You may not use any of the Adam Lippes trademarks or trade dress without our prior written permission. Trademarks or trade dress include the Adam Lippes name and logos, and other graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names of Adam Lippes' products, services, and programs. Any other trademarks that appear on our website are the property of their owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us or our affiliates

                Copyright

                  All text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, and data compilations appearing on the website, as well as the software used to create them, are owned by Adam Lippes and are protected by U.S. and foreign copyright laws. You may electronically copy and/or print “hard copies” from the website solely for personal, non-commercial purposes related to placing an order or shopping on the website. Any other use of any content included on the website, including linking or framing to this website, are strictly prohibited unless you first obtain our prior written consent.

                    Non-Confidential Information

                      Except for information necessary to place an order, we do not want you to send to us any confidential or proprietary information through this website. Any information, materials, suggestions, ideas or comments sent to us will be considered non-confidential, and by submitting it, you are giving us the absolute right to use, modify, reproduce, transmit, display and distribute it for any purpose whatsoever, with no payment or other compensation to you. However, we will not use your name unless we are required by law to identify the source of the materials, information, suggestions, ideas or comments, or unless we first obtain your permission.

                        Errors and Inaccuracies

                          We always try to provide complete, accurate, up-to-date information on our website. Unfortunately, despite those efforts human or technological errors may occur. This site may contain typographical mistakes, inaccuracies, or omissions, some of which may relate to pricing and availability, and some information may not be complete or current. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, including after an order has been submitted, and to change or update information at any time without prior notice.

                            Disclaimer of Liability

                              We make no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, with respect to this website, its content, or the information available on or through it; they are provided "as is," with all faults. Except as otherwise provided under applicable laws, we will not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to the use of this website or any other site linked to it. This limitation of liability applies to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages you or others may suffer, as well as damages for lost profits, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if we are notified in advance of the potential for any such damages.

                                Applicable Law

                                  By visiting our website, you agree that the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us or any of our affiliates regarding your visit to and use of our website.