Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 3, 2020 

Thank you for visiting our Website. This Privacy Statement outlines the information we collect, how we may use and disclose it, and what your options are with respect to our practices. If you have any questions, please contact us as described below: 

General Questions about our Privacy Statement: lewisrule@shoezrule.com 

INFORMATION COLLECTION 

In the course of using the Service, we may ask you for certain information that can be used to contact or identify you, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number and credit card number and other billing information (“Personal Information”). 

We collect Personal Information in connection with your registration with the Service and use of the Service. If you decide to register, you must provide a username and you can choose what other information you provide as part of your profile. Other users may see your username on the Service. 

During the registration process or in connection with listing an item for sale through the Service, you may also link your Shoez Rule account with certain third-party social networking sites (“SNS”), including, but not limited to, Instagram and Twitter. If you decide to link your SNS account with your Shoez Rule account, we will obtain certain information you have provided to the SNS (such as the name you provided the SNS, profile picture, email address and other information you make publicly available via the applicable SNS) from the account you have with such SNS and import that information to your Shoez Rule account (“Account”); the information we obtain may depend on the privacy settings you have with the SNS. The information an SNS has about you is obtained by the SNS independent of the Service. Other services, including the SNS, follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other services you use. 

Our site may collect information about the precise location of your mobile device if you enable location services and grant permission. We may also use your IP address to derive your device's general location. 

When you use the Service, whether as a registered user of Shoez Rule or as a non-registered user (each, a “Shoez Rule User”), our servers automatically record certain technical information from your browser and device, which may include information such as your computer's IP address, your mobile device identifier, your browser type and version, the webpage you were visiting before you came to the Site, parts of the Service that you use, the time spent on those areas, information you search for on the Site or Apps, access times and dates, and other statistics. We (or our third-party partners) may use cookies or similar technologies to collect such information for advertising, for monitoring and analysis, to personalize your experience on the Service, and for other purposes. We may combine the information we receive from you with information (including Personal Information) we obtain from other sources. We may aggregate your information with information collected from other Shoez Rule Users to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Service, and to analyze and understand how the Service is used. 

INFORMATION USE 

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes: 

• To provide the Service, complete your transactions, and respond to your inquiries; 
• To contact you with Shoez Rule newsletters, email updates, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you; 
• To maintain, operate, monitor, customize, improve, and analyze use of the Service; 
• To comply with law enforcement and maintain the security of the Service; or 
• As otherwise disclosed at the time of collection or use. 

If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, please click “Unsubscribe” at the bottom of any marketing email you receive from us (no login required). 

Profile Information. As noted above, when you create a profile on the Service, other registered users may be able to see the information that you include in your profile. You should exercise care in deciding what information to provide. 

Service Providers. We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related functions (for example, payment processing services, maintenance services, database management, marketing, security and fraud purposes, web or advertising analytics, and improvement of the Service’s features) or to assist us in analyzing how the Service is used. 

Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement. We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with applicable laws and regulations. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Shoez Rule or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, any illegal, harmful, unethical or legally actionable activity. 

Business Transfers. We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your information, in connection with a potential or actual merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of some or all of our assets or in the event of bankruptcy. 

With Consent. We may share your information with your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of data collection or sharing. 

Links to other Sites

The Service may contain links to other websites and apps. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website or app. The fact that we link to a website or app is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third-party websites or apps. These other websites and apps may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit. 

The Service may also include integrated social media tools or “plug-ins,” such as social networking tools offered by third parties. If you use these tools to share Personal Information or you otherwise interact with these features on the Service, those companies may collect information about you and may use and share such information in accordance with your account settings, including by sharing such information with us and the general public. Your interactions with third-party companies and your use of their features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide those features. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies of any accounts you create and use on third-party websites or apps. 

SECURITY 

We use appropriate security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of your Personal Information. To make sure your Internet browser is using the latest security features, you may want to download the most recent version of it, which should have full SSL (Secure Socket Layer) support. 

Changes To Our Privacy Statement
We reserve the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, remove, or otherwise revise portions of this Privacy Statement.  When we update our Privacy Statement, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make, and in accordance with applicable law.  Except where prohibited by law, your continued use of the Site after we post changes to this Privacy Statement means you accept these changes. 

Option To Opt-out from Marketing Communications 

At all times, you have the option of "opting out" of receiving future e-mail marketing updates by sending us an e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line at lewisrule@shoezrule.com. Even if you opt-out, you may continue to receive non-marketing e-mail messages from us, including, for example, order confirmations. 

If you previously registered for a text messaging campaign and now want to opt-out, text "STOP" to the shortcode/number for the program that you have signed up for. 

Children's Privacy
We do not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. We do not direct the Site or App to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of 13. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit personal information to us, including to register or place an order on the Site or App or participate in one of our online promotions.  

This section contains disclosures required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and applies only to “personal information” that is subject to the CCPA. Consumers with disabilities may access this notice by contacting lewisrule@shoezrule.com for an alternative format of this notice.

Personal Information We Collect and Disclose for a Business Purpose. We collect the categories of personal information about California consumers identified below.

A. Personal and online identifiers (such as first and last name, email address, or unique online identifiers);

B. Categories of information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code (such as phone number, bank account number, credit card number, or debit card number);

C. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law (such as age);

D. Commercial or transactions information (such as records of personal property or products or services purchased, obtained or considered);

E. Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as browsing history, search history, interactions with a website, email, application, or advertisement);

F. Geolocation information; and

G. Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences.

In the past 12 months, we have disclosed all of the categories of California consumers’ personal information described above to third parties for business or commercial purposes, as described in more detail below under “Recipients of California Personal Information”.

Categories of Sources. We collect the personal information described above under “Personal Information We Collect and Disclose for a Business Purpose” in categories A, B, E, F, and G from the following sources:

• Consumers, including through activity on our website and mobile application;
• Service providers; and
• Affiliates not under the Shoez Rule brand.

We collect the personal information described above under “Personal Information We Collect and Disclose for a Business Purpose” in categories C and D from the following source:

• Consumers, including through activity on our website and mobile application;

Why We Collect, Use, and Share California Information. We use and disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of our commercial and business purposes, as further described in this Privacy Policy. These commercial and business purposes include, without limitation:

• Our commercial purposes, which include:
  
  • Facilitating transactions on Shoez Rule;
  • Fulfilling transactions made on Shoez Rule; and
  • Marketing and advertising for Shoez Rule.
  • Our business purposes as identified in the CCPA, which include:
  • Auditing related to our interactions with you;
  • Legal compliance;
  • Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
  • Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • For the performance of services on our behalf, such as the provision of customer service, the processing or fulfillment of orders and transactions, the verification of customer information, the processing of payments, the provision of advertising, marketing or analytic services, and the provision of other similar services on our behalf;
  • Internal research for technological improvement;
  • Activities to maintain and improve our services;
  • Short-term, transient uses; and
  • Other operational purposes.

We may also use and disclose the personal information we collect to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.

Recipients of California Personal Information. We do not sell the personal information we collect to third parties.

We disclose the categories of personal information described above to the categories of third parties listed below for business purposes:

• Service providers;
• Affiliates not under the Shoez Rule brand; and
• Government entities.

Your Rights Regarding Personal Information. California residents have certain rights with respect to the personal information collected by businesses. If you are a California resident, you may exercise the following rights regarding your personal information, subject to certain exceptions and limitations:

• The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, the categories of sources from which we collected your personal information, our purposes for collecting or selling your personal information, the categories of your personal information that we have either sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties with which we have shared personal information.
• The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you.
• The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.

To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us by email at lewisrule@shoezrule.com with an explanation of the rights you wish to exercise and submit the required verifying information, as further described below.

You may also exercise your right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you by sending an email  that explains you would like to exercise this right and that includes your name.

In certain circumstances permitted by the CCPA or because of a conflict with applicable law, we may deny all or part of a request to exercise the above rights, in which case we will notify you of such denial and the reasons for such denial.

Verification Process and Required Information. At a minimum, we will ask you for your name, email address, and telephone number. Note that we may need to request additional information from you to verify your identity or process your request, although you will not be required to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled. We will use the personal information you provide us in connection with your exercise of the above rights only to review and comply with your request.

Authorized Agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make a CCPA request on your behalf by designating such agent in writing or through a power of attorney. Before we accept a CCPA request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide us with proof that you have authorized the agent to make the CCPA request on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.

Minors’ Right to Opt In. We do not sell the personal information of minors under 13 years of age.