Privacy Policy – Prototopics

Effective Date: February 5, 2024

Welcome to Prototopics. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our users’ information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, [Prototopics.com], including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related to or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind; however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.
Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
Financial Data: Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date), that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. [Our payment processor stores all payment data, so you should review its privacy policies and get in touch with the payment processor directly to get answers to your questions.]
Data from Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys: Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Create and manage your account.
Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Site to you.
Email you regarding your account or order.
Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Site.
Generate a personal profile about yourself to make future visits to the Site more personalized.
Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
Notify you of updates to the Site.
Offer new products, services, and/or recommendations to you.
Perform other business activities as needed.
Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
Process payments and refunds.
Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site.
Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
Respond to product and customer service requests.
Send you a newsletter.

Sharing of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Marketing Communications: In accordance with the law, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes with your consent or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent.
Interactions with Other Users: If you interact with other users of the Site, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, and following blogs.
Online Postings: When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.
Third-Party Advertisers: We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites that is contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Sale or Bankruptcy: If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. Your information would be a transferred or acquired asset by a third party if we go out of business or declare bankruptcy. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under the age of 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Options Regarding Your Information

You have the right, at any time, to:

Review or change the information in your account, or terminate your account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and/or comply with legal requirements.
Opt out of receiving electronic communications from us. If you opt out of receiving marketing emails, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your account or our business dealings with you.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Effective Date” of this Privacy Policy and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

Jurisdiction-Specific Provisions

For California Residents: California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with whom we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
For European Union (EU) Residents: If you reside in the EU, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regarding your personal data, such as the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data that we process. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. Additionally, we process personal data in accordance with the GDPR principles of data protection and privacy.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the Contact Us page on our website.

This comprehensive privacy policy is designed to provide full disclosure on how we collect, use, and protect your information as part of the Prototopics experience. This is in keeping with our commitment to transparency and compliance with applicable privacy laws.