PRIVACY POLICY
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal information is collected strictly through voluntary means. Additional types of information we collect is through the use of Cookies.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Amethyst Bee LLC’s website, AmethystBee.com, is hosted on the Wix.com platform which provides secure servers using advanced techniques and firewall technology to protect your personal information.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
Amethyst Bee LLC and AmethystBee.com only collects personal information through voluntary means. Examples include contacting us via email, submission of online forms, and completing a purchase on Amethstbee.com.
Personal information collected through submission of online forms may include your name and email address. Additional personal information collected through completion of a purchase will include your mailing address and credit card information.*
Your personal information is utilized solely to process your orders, keep you updated on your order status, personalize your shopping experience and receive store notifications through our newsletters.
Electing to not participate in any of the above referenced activities will not exclude you from accessing information on our site.
*PLEASE note that Amethyst Bee, LLC and AmethystBee.com does not have access to, or retain credit card information. Purchases are processed through Wix Payments. For more information, refer to our Payment Information section below.
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
Your email address will be used to send you order related communications including order and shipment confirmation notices.
In addition, your email address may be used to keep you informed about our new products, services, events and classes/workshops at Amethyst Bee, LLC. Should you wish to unsubscribe to our newsletters, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions provided at the bottom of our newsletter.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
AmethystBee.com is hosted on the Wix.com platform which allows us to sell our products and services to you. Data collected at the time of purchase may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and general applications, which are all stored on Wix.com’s secure servers behind a firewall.
All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
At the time of checkout on our site, your payment information is protected using industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology which is used to establish an encrypted link between a web server and browser. This link ensures that all data passed between web server and browser remains private and secure. Learn more about Wix.com’s security protocols for Wix.com platform hosted sites here.
SHIPPING & SHIPPING INSURANCE
We utilize services provided by affiliated third-party suppliers to ensure delivery of your purchased products. These third-party suppliers include: shipping carrier USPS, shipping software application provider Shippo and shipping insurance provider ShipSurance. Personal information made available to these third-party providers may include your name, mailing address, email address, and in some instances, your phone number.
These affiliated third-parties have no authority to use your personal information for their own promotional purposes.
OPT OUT OF SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may opt out of sharing your personal information with us at any time.
To opt out of our newsletters, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions provided at the bottom of the newsletter.
If you no longer want us to process your personal information, such as name, email address and mailing address, send us an email containing the information you no longer wish for us to process going forward.
COOKIES POLICY
AmethystBee.com is hosted on the Wix.com platform. By default, Wix.com equips websites hosted on its platform with the following type of cookies: Session Cookies, Persistent Cookies and Third-Party Cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer through your internet browser.
Cookies are used on our site to analyze traffic, optimize performance and provide you with a personalized shopping experience.
Disabling these cookies from your web browser may affect your user experience on our website as it could impair accessing certain areas or functions on our website. You can disallow the use of Cookies on our website through your web browser.
INFORMATION SHARING
Amethyst Bee, LLC and AmethystBee.com may share your personal information with affiliated third-parties. Please review our Personal Information, Payment, Shipping & Shipping Insurance sections for further details. In addition to affiliated third-parties, Amethyst Bee may be legally required to share your personal information. Please review our Legal Disclosure of Personal Information section below for further details.
LEGAL DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
It is at Amethyst Bee LLC’s and AmethystBee.com sole and absolute discretion when deemed necessary and appropriate to share your personal information. In certain circumstances, your personal information may be disclosed to outside sources or agencies, such as our service providers, law enforcement agencies, the government, or other third parties. Your information may be disclosed to these outside sources or agencies upon receiving formal requests related, but not limited to, judicial proceeding(s), court order(s) or subpoena(s).
CHILDREN UNDER 13 AND COPPA
AmethystBee.com is not intended for children under 13 years of age. The Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA) strictly prohibits the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you are not permitted to submit any personal information to AmethystBee.com, make any purchases or register for an account on AmethystBee.com, or send any personal information by any other means to AmethystBee.com.
Personal information prohibited from a child under 13 years of age includes, but is not limited to, name, address, phone number, email address, identification information, or any other personal information.
Should we discover we collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete any and all personal information, subsequently voiding or canceling any orders.
If you believe we may have collected information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately at somethingbeautiful@amethystbee.com so we can take appropriate action to correct and delete all corresponding personal information.
LINKS & THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
AmethystBee.com may contain links to other websites. Amethyst Bee, LLC and AmethystBee.com is not responsible for the content or privacy policies provided by these other websites. It is recommended that you thoroughly review these other websites content and privacy policies prior to disclosing your personal information.
UPDATES TO PRIVACY POLICY
Our privacy policy is subject to modification and/or updates at any given time without prior notice. Please be sure to check back regularly for changes and updates pertaining to our Privacy Policy.
CONTACT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information, please contact us at somethingbeautiful@amethystbee, or submit your questions through our contact form here.