Privacy policy

Shopwoc.com Privacy Policy

Winds of Change believes in protecting the privacy of its customers (“you”). The purpose of this privacy policy is to describe the kinds of information that we may gather about you; how we may use that information; how we protect it; when we may disclose it; and the choices you have regarding your information.

By using Winds of Change, you consent to the practices described in the current version of this privacy policy. If you have read this privacy policy previously, please review it again to be sure you are familiar with its present terms. The date of the most recent update is listed at the end of this policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy or security of your information, you may contact us using the contact information provided below.

Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information 
Session Analytics Information. We may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information about your hardware devices (i.e., your computer or mobile device) when you access Winds of Change. For example, when you visit shopwoc.com (the “Site”), we may collect your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, which is the number automatically assigned to your computer or mobile device whenever you access the Internet, as well as information about the type of Web browser software you use and the referring Web site. This number does not identify your name, email address, or other personal information. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our service and to administer the Site. We may also collect information about your activity on our Site, such as the time and duration of your visit, the sections of the Site or Application that you visit, the search terms you use, and the products you add to your shopping cart.

Persistent Identifiers. We also collect non-personally identifiable information through the use of cookies. A cookie is an alphanumeric file that a Web site puts on your hard drive or mobile device so that it can remember something about you while you are using the Web site or when you return to the Web site. These technologies make it easier for you to use Winds of Change services. We use them in order to retain the contents in your shopping cart while you are checking out other areas of Winds of Change. When you are done, the products in your cart are still there for you to buy. We also use them to gather certain aggregate usage information about the numbers and frequency of visitors to Winds of Change and how they interact with us. This data helps us improve the appearance and usability of Winds of Change

Cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. Cookies may remain on your hard drive or device after you cease using Winds of Change. You may decline to accept cookies by modifying your Web browser settings. If you choose to decline cookies, however, you may not be able to sign up for or use certain features of Winds of Change that depend on your Web browser accepting cookies.

Winds of Change, its advertisers and ad servers, including without limitation Google, Performics, Mercent, and AvantLink, may also use cookies, as well as files called "Web beacons" or "clear gifs" to determine on an anonymous basis which advertisements and promotions our users have seen and how users responded to them. However, we do not use these technologies to collect personally identifiable information.

Collection of Personal Information 
Personal Information You Provide. We may collect and store any identifiable information that you choose to provide in connection with your use of Winds of Change. This may include personally identifiable information (such as your name, shipping address, billing address, email address, phone number and credit card number) that we need in order to process your orders, communicate with you, or provide you with services that you request. For example, through order forms on our Site and through signups for our mailing list located in our retail stores, we collect personally identifiable information necessary for shipping products that you purchase. We also may collect your financial information (like your credit card number and billing address) and your contact information (like your email address, phone number and shipping address).

Personal Information from Other Sources. Information that you give us may be combined with other personally identifiable information (such as order history and demographic information) from third-party sources to make our marketing efforts more efficient. Examples of other information we receive from third-party sources include updated delivery and address information, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or catalog more easily.

Uses of Personal Information About You
 Financial information that is collected is used to bill you for products that you request. Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to you. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” below.

If you register for email or if you provide your email address to us, we will send you emails. These emails will inform you of our launch of new products, of special sales, of promotional offers from our partners, and of other events taking place in our stores near you. If you currently receive our emails and do not wish to continue receiving them, please see the “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” section below.

We use your shipping address to ship your products to you and to send mailings to you. We use your billing address, if different than your shipping address, to verify your billing information. We never share our customer names or addresses, e-mail addresses or other personally identifiable information, other than to the extent described in the “Disclosures of Your Information” section below. If you do not wish to receive catalogs or other mailings from us, please see the “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” section below.

Disclosures of Personal Information About You
 We do not disclose personal information about you to other companies, persons or agencies, except for the purposes described below:

Service Providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform certain services and functions on our behalf. Examples include operating and maintaining our Site, taking orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and email, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing consultation and assistance, distributing customer surveys, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies have access to personal information needed to perform their services or functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

For Your Protection and Ours: We may release personally identifiable information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with applicable law regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Winds of Change, our customers, our employees or others.

Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing privacy policy (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Winds of Change Boutique, Inc. or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

Sharing: We may share your name and postal address with other reputable companies so they may send you catalogs about products of potential interest. We do not share credit card information or email address with these third parties. If you prefer that we not share your name and postal address with other companies, please see “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” section below.

With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have the opportunity to choose not to share the information.

How to Remove your Name from Our Mailing, Sharing or Email List
You may choose to receive or decline communications from us at the point where we request information about you. You also may use the following options for removing your information from our database so as not to receive future communications, or to no longer receive our service, or to not share your name and address with other companies.
1. You may send an email to [email protected]

2. You may send mail to the following address: Customer Service P.O. Box 374, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

3. You may call the following telephone number: 330-653-8033

4. In commercial emails that we send you, you may use the “opt out” or “unsubscribe” option included in the email itself.

How to Correct Your Information on Our Mailing, Sharing or Email List
You have the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.

1. You may send an email to [email protected]

2. Send mail to the following postal address: Customer Service P.O. Box 374, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

3. Call the following telephone number: 330-653-8033

Protection of Personal Information
 We want you to feel confident about using and making purchases through Winds of Change, and we are committed to protecting the personal information we collect. While we cannot guarantee security, we have implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial security procedures to help protect the personal information that you provide to us.

Children’s Privacy 
We do not sell merchandise for purchase by children via Winds of Change. If you are under 18, you may use Winds of Change only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.

External Links
If any part of the Winds of Change Services links you to other Web sites or mobile applications, those Web sites and mobile applications do not operate under this privacy policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other Web sites and mobile applications to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy in the future. We will notify you about material changes to this privacy policy by sending a notice to the e-mail address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on our Site.

How to contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy or security of your information, you may contact us in any of the following ways


1.You may send an email to [email protected]

2.You may send mail to the following postal address: Customer Service P.O. Box 374, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

3.You may call the following telephone number: 330-653-8033

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2013


Terms of Use Agreemen t
Welcome to Shopwoc.com and Winds of Change mobile services (the “Winds of Change Electronic Platforms”). The Winds of Change Electronic Platforms are hosted by Winds of Change, Inc. and its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Winds of Change,” “we,” or “us”).

By using the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, you agree to be legally bound by all the terms and conditions contained in this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”). Please read these terms carefully. By using the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, you also represent that you are at least 18 years old, or you are at least the minimum legal age to enter into a contract in the jurisdiction in which you are using the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms. In addition, when you use any current or future version of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, you also will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Please print a copy of this Agreement for your records.

We may, from time to time, modify the terms of this Agreement. When we make changes, we will post those changes here. Your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms following any such modification constitutes your agreement to the terms of the modified Agreement. The date of the most recent update is listed at the end of this Agreement.

Orders
 Winds of Change does sell products for children, but it does not sell products to children. Winds of Change only sells products to adults, ages 18 years and older, who can purchase them with a credit card. Patagonia reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, if Winds of Change believes that user conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of Winds of Change or its affiliates.

Copyright
 All copyright rights in the text, images, photographs, graphics, user interface, and other content provided on Winds of Change website, and the selection, coordination, and arrangement of such content, are owned by Winds of Change or its third-party licensors to the full extent provided under the United States Copyright Act and all international copyright laws. Under applicable copyright laws, you are prohibited from copying, reproducing, modifying, distributing, displaying, performing, or transmitting any of the contents of Winds of Change for any purposes. Nothing stated or implied on Winds of Change confers on you any license or right under any copyright of Winds of Change or any third party.

Winds of Change and the information contained in reference herein are for your personal, non-commercial use only. Except as otherwise specifically permitted herein, you shall not broadcast, duplicate, copy, reproduce, edit, manipulate, modify, publish, rent, sell, publicly display, perform, distribute, transmit, or circulate to anyone the contents of Winds of Change, or use the contents of Winds of Change in litigation, or for any commercial or promotional purposes, without the express written consent of Winds of Change or its lawful successors and assigns. For usage permission, contact us.

License and Access to Winds of Change
Winds of Change grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of Winds of Change and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of them, except with express written consent of Winds of Change. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of Winds of Change or their contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of Winds of Change or their contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, spiders or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

Neither the Winds of Change Electronic Platform nor any portion thereof may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Winds of Change. You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Winds of Change and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use meta tags or any other hidden text using Winds of Change name or trademarks without the express written consent of Winds of Change. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Wind of Change.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to any page of Winds of Change so long as the link does not portray Winds of Change or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any Winds of Change logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

Third Party and Co-Branded Web Sites
The Winds of Change Electronic Platforms may contain hyperlinks (“links”) to Web Sites operated by persons or entities other than Winds of Change (“third-party Web Sites”) or to co-branded Web Sites operated by a third party, including affiliates (“co-branded Web Sites”). We provide such links for your reference and convenience only. A link from Winds of Change to a third-party Web Site does not imply or mean that we endorse the content on that third-party or co-branded Web Site or the operator or operations of that Web Site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you use any content at any third party or co-branded Web Sites to which you might link from the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms. WINDS OF CHANGE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF ANY DEALINGS WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY WEB SITE OR CO-BRANDED WEB SITE, ANY MERCHANT OR OPERATOR OF A THIRD-PARTY WEB SITE OR CO-BRANDED WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER PERSON WITH WHOM YOU ENGAGE IN ANY TRANSACTION.

Your Responsibilities 
You agree to comply with all applicable law in connection with your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, and such further limitations as may be set forth in any written or on-screen notice from Winds of Change. As a condition of your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, you warrant that you will not use the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement. All information that you provide in connection with a purchase or transaction or other monetary transaction interaction with the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms or any co-branded Web Site will be accurate, complete, and current. You will pay all charges incurred by users of your credit card, debit card, or other payment method used in connection with a purchase or transaction or other monetary transaction interaction with Winds of Change or any co-branded Web Site at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will pay any applicable taxes, if any, relating to any such purchases, transactions or other monetary transaction interactions.

By using the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, you agree not to violate or attempt to violate the security of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, including, without limitation, actions such as:

Accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access;
Attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by way of submitting a virus to or overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing,” or “crashing” the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms; 
Sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, 
and
 Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting.

Risk of Loss 
All products purchased from the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms are transported and delivered to you by an independent carrier not affiliated with, or controlled by, Winds of Change. Title to products purchased on the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, as well as the risk of loss for such products, passes to you when Winds of Change delivers these items to the carrier.

Product Information
 Winds of Change attempts to be as accurate as possible in describing its products. We do not warrant that product descriptions or other content of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. Products are quoted in US Dollars.

Colors 
We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors of our products that appear on the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms. As the actual colors you see depend on your computer monitor or mobile device, however, we cannot guarantee that your monitor’s or device’s display of any color will be accurate.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
 THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS ARE PROVIDED BY WINDS OF CHANGE ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WINDS OF CHANGE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR LINKED SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS WILL BE FREE FROM ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, OR DELAY IN OPERATION, OR FROM TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; THAT THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; THAT DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE CONTENT ON THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY INFORMATION ON THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, AND WE DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE CHANGES. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WINDS OF CHANGE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OF IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT WILL WINDS OF CHANGE, OR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OR NATURE ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS, USE, MISUSE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS OR ANY LINKED SITES OR SERVICES; IN THE EVENT A THIRD PARTY INTERCEPTS OR DECRYPTS ANY TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO WINDS OF CHANGE THROUGH THE WINDS OF CHANGE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS; OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. CERTAIN STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DICLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Indemnification
 You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Winds of Change and its affiliates, successors and assigns, and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, co-branders or other partners from and against any and all allegations, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, proceedings (whether threatened or pending), orders, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and other legal expenses, and judgments of any kind of nature, incurred by Winds of Change arising out of or relating to your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms, your violation of this Agreement, or your violation of any rights of another.

Miscellaneous Legal Provisions 
We may discontinue the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms at any time and for any reason, without notice. We may change the contents, operation, or any and all other features of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms at any time for any reason, without notice. We may discontinue or restrict your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms at any time for any reason, without notice.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Winds of Change as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms. Nothing contained in this Agreement is in derogation of Winds of Change ‘s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms or information provided to or gathered by Winds of Change with respect to such use. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

The failure of Winds of Change to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or respond to a breach by you or other parties shall not in any way waive its right to enforce subsequently any terms or conditions of this Agreement or to act with respect to similar breaches.

If any provision in this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the invalid unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision.

This Agreement is the entire and final Agreement regarding the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms and their content, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous communications between Winds of Change and you regarding the Winds of Change Electronic Platforms and their contents.

All rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved.

Considerations for Non-U.S. Customers

Winds of Change’s headquarters are located in the United States, and the Winds of Change Services are based in the United States. Please be aware that information you provide to us, or that we obtain as a result of your use of the Winds of Change Services, may be processed and transferred to the United States and be subject to United States law. The privacy and data protection laws in the United States may not be equivalent to such laws in your country of residence. By using the Winds of Change Services, or by providing us with your information, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in the United States.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2013