Privacy Policy

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Last Updated and Effective Date: February 25, 2025

 

At Girls Night Out, we are dedicated to protecting the privacy of our customers.  We take steps to ensure that our privacy practices align with the applicable laws and regulations and implement a range of safeguards to ensure that the personal information we collect and process is protected at all times.

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This Privacy Policy outlines the privacy practices we follow, including how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information whenever you visit our site, purchase an item, or interact with us.

It also explains your rights in respect to your personal information, and how to contact us if you have any questions.

You may find links to third party websites and/or applications on our website.  Please note that we do not have any control over the privacy practices of third parties.  To find out about third party privacy practices, we recommend reviewing their policies.

 

Personal Information We Collect

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“Personal information” is any information that can be used to identify you.  The personal information we collect from you will vary depending on how you interact with us.  The specific types of personal information that we may obtain, include:

• Personally identifiable information (PII) such as your full name, gender, date of birth, mailing address, telephone number, email address, credit or debit card information, and driver’s license number or other government-issued identifier.  When collecting sensitive PII, we will only collect the information necessary for its intended purpose.

• Unique identifiers for your device such as IP address.

• Network activity including your search or browsing history, and activity on our website.

• Location information that you provide or transmit via your device.

• Your product preferences and purchase history.

• Your communications with us such as email correspondences, product reviews, feedback, and social media comments.

• Information related to employee recruitment.

 

How We Collect Your Information

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We collect personal information directly from you, for instance when you email us or complete our online contact form, and when you order an item through our online store.

Through the use of cookies, we collect information about visitors to our site.  This information helps keep our site secure, provide a great user experience, and allows us to monitor our site’s performance and operation. 

If you interact with us on social media, we collect information that you choose to disclose or that the social media platform discloses to us.  To learn more about the privacy practices of specific social media platforms, we recommend that you review their policies.

We may also gather information about you from our analytics and advertising service providers.

 

Cookies

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When you visit our site, you are given the option to accept or reject the use of cookies.  We use cookies on our site for functional, advertising, and analytics purposes.  Functional cookies enable us to provide the services you request, for instance, they can save your preferences so that your experience navigating our site is easy and efficient.  Marketing cookies allow us to provide you with third-party advertisements tailored to your unique interests.  Analytic cookies help us better understand how you interact with our site and measure its performance.

When you first enter our site, you will see a cookies consent banner at the bottom of your screen.  Through the banner you can either accept or reject all cookie types or specific cookie types, depending on your preference.

 

How We Use Your Information

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We use your personal information to provide you with our products and customer support services.  For instance, when you place an order on our site, we use your personal information to process your payment and order.  When you reach out to us through our online contact form or by email, we use your personal information to communicate with you.  Other times we use your personal information include when we notify you about an order and process an exchange or return.

Sometimes we will use your personal information for marketing purposes, for instance when you subscribe to receiving promotional emails; or to show you personalized advertisements on our site, social media or on third-party sites.  We also use your personal information for analytics purposes, to analyze how you interact with our site, in order to improve our products and services.

To maintain the security of our site and users, we use personal information to investigate and address security incidents and prevent fraudulent or illegal behaviour.

We use personal information to meet our legal or regulatory obligations, or as permitted by law in the event of a legal proceeding.

For those pursuing employment with our company, we use personal information for communication and recruitment purposes.

 

Who We Share Your Information With

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For analytics and marketing purposes, we disclose personal information to third-party companies and service providers through the use of cookies.

We also disclose personal information to service providers we use to support our business operations.  Operational activities that require disclosure of personal information to service providers include order processing and transactions, order shipments, internal and external electronic communications, and customer data analysis.  

Clicking on a social media icon on our website may result in the disclosure of personal information between us and the social media platform.  How a social media platform uses this information would be described in their policies.

When you submit a rating or review of one of our products, this information will be visible to the public.

In the event of a legal proceeding or to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we may disclose personal information only to the extent that is legally required and permitted. 

 

Safeguards

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Maintaining the security of your personal information is our foremost priority.  We implement a range of safeguards, including electronic, physical, and administrative controls, to ensure that customer information is protected against security risks.

We store customer information on the servers of our service providers.  We allow only authorized employees and agents to access personal information and only to the extent outlined in this policy. 

While we do our best to prevent risks to your personal information, we cannot guarantee that your information will be safe in every situation on account of the imperfect nature of security systems.

 

Access, Correction, and Withdrawal of Consent

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In compliance with the applicable legislation, we will permit you access to your personal information upon request.  If the information we have about you is incorrect, incomplete, or not up-to-date, please notify us of this and we will make the appropriate changes. 

If you would like to withdraw your consent to our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information please contact us. 

You can submit all requests for access, correction, and withdrawal of consent by using our online form.  For some requests we may require identity verification.  Requests can be made by an authorized representative acting on your behalf.  Before processing such requests, the representative will need to be first verified by us.   

We will try to respond to all requests for access, correction, and withdrawal of consent in a timely manner.  If you are unsatisfied with our decision in respect to your request, you may contact your privacy commissioner’s office for further action.

 

Retention

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We will retain your personal information only for the period of time necessary to fulfill its intended purposes, unless otherwise permitted by law.  After this period, the information will be securely disposed of.

 

Saved Credit Card Information

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If you have saved your credit card information in your Girls Night Out account and do not wish for us to receive updated credit card information from your credit card company, please contact your credit card company to resolve this.

 

Managing Your Communication Preferences

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If you would like to unsubscribe to Girls Night Out promotional emails you can do so at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” at the end of any promotional email. 

If you would like to remove content or information that you have posted on our website, such as a rating or review, you can do so by contacting us through our online form.  Please note that some content or information may still remain in our website cache following removal.

 

Transfer of Information Outside of Canada

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Girls Night Out uses service providers that may be located outside of Canada.  By submitting your personal information to us, you agree to the transfer, storage, and processing of your information by these service providers and accept the privacy laws and regulations of the countries in which they are located. 

 

Contact Us

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If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, you may contact us through our online form. 

 

Policy Changes

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We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time as is necessary.  The date of the last policy revision may be viewed at the top of this page.