Privacy Policy
Last updated August 16, 2023
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Sahara Spice, LLC (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).
We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right
to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy
notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information,
please contact us at info@saharaspice.com.
When you visit our website https://www.sahara-spice.com (the “Website“), and more generally, use any of our services (the “Services“,
which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with
your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this
privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible
what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in
relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully,
as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that
you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services
immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our
Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as
any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
- WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us
when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining
information about us or our products and Services, when you participate
in activities on the Website or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of
your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the
products and features you use. The personal information we collect may
include the following:
Personal Information Provided by You. We collect
names; phone numbers; email addresses; mailing addresses; usernames;
passwords; contact preferences; contact or authentication data; billing
addresses; debit/credit card numbers; and other similar information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to
process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment
instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code
associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by WooPayments.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true,
complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such
personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as
your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device
characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or
navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific
identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device
and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device
characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs,
device name, country, location, information about who and when you use
our Website and other technical information. This information is
primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website,
and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related,
diagnostic usage and performance information our servers automatically
collect when you access or use our Website and which we record in log
files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include
your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and
information about your activity in the Website (such as the date/time
stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and
other actions you take such as which features you use), device event
information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called
‘crash dumps’) and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information
about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to access
the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include
information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device
application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware
model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system
configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect information data such as
information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or
imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type of
settings of the device you use to access the Website. For example, we
may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that
tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt
out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access
to the information or by disabling your Locations settings on your
device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to
use certain aspects of the Services.
- HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information
for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of
our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or
your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety
of business purposes described below. We process your personal
information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business
interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with
your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We
indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose
listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To facilitate account creation and logon process. If
you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such
as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed
us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation
and logon process for the performance of the contract. - To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our
Website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a
testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the
consent of the testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your
testimonial, please contact us at info@saharaspice.com and be sure to
include your name, testimonial location, and contact information. - Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Website.
- To enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user’s consent.
- To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.
- To send administrative information to you. We may
use your personal information to send you product, service and new
feature information and/or information about changes to our terms,
conditions, and policies. - To protect our Services. We may use your
information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure
(for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention). - To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for business
purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in
connection with our contract. - To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
- Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Website.
- Administer prize draws and competitions. We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in our competitions.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.
We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any
potential issues you might have with the use of our Services. - To send you marketing and promotional communications.
We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal
information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in
accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing
an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website,
subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect
personal information from you. You can opt-out of our marketing emails
at any time. - Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use
your information to develop and display personalized content and
advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your
interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness. - For other business purposes. We may use your
information for other business purposes, such as data analysis,
identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our
promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Website, products,
marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in
aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with
individual end users and does not include personal information. We will
not use identifiable personal information without your consent.
- WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In Short: We only
share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you
with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business
obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
- Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
- Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information
where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with
applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court
order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a
subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national
security or law enforcement requirements). - Vital Interests: We may disclose your information
where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and
illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are
involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your
information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger,
sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of
our business to another company. - Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We
may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers,
contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and
require access to such information to do that work. Examples include:
payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services,
customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third
parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will enable
them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our
Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things,
analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content,
pages or features, and better understand online activity. Unless
described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of
your information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We
have contracts in place with our data processors, which are designed to
help safegaurd your personal information. This means that they cannot do
anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them
to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any
organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they
hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.
- WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?
In Short: We only share information with the following third parties.
We only share and disclose your information with the following third
parties. We have categorized each party so that you may easily
understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices.
If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to
revoke your consent, please contact us using the contact details
provided at the end of this page.
- Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead Generation
Google AdSense
- Affiliate Marketing Programs
Amazon Affiliation
- Content Optimization
Google Site Search and YouTube video embed
- Invoice and Billing
PayPal, WooPayment, WooCommerce, Stripe
- Social Media Sharing and Advertising
Facebook advertising and Google+ social plugins
- Web and Mobile Analytics
Google Analytics and Crazy Egg
- Website Hosting
WordPress.com
- DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web
beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information
about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain
cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
- WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not
responsible for the safety of any information that you share with
third-party providers who advertise, but are not affiliated with, our
Website.
The Website may contain advertisements from third parties that are
not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online
services or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and
privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by
third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not
responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and
policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or
applications that may be linked to or from the Website. You should
review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to
respond to your questions.
- HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep
your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes
outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is
necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a
longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax,
accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will
require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period
of time in which users have an account with us.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your
personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such
information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your
personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will
securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further
processing until deletion is possible.
- HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security
measures designed to protect the security of any personal information
we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your
information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information
storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot
promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized
third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly
collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do
our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal
information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only
access the Website within a secure environment.
- DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18
years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least
18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to
such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal
information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we
will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly
delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we
may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at
info@saharaspice.com.
- WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: In some
regions, such as the European Economic Area, you have rights that allow
you greater access to and control over your personal information. You
may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain
rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the
right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal
information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict
the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to
data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right
to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a
request, please use the contact details provided below. We will
consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data
protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal
information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the
processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of
your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing
grounds other than consent.
If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we
are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the
right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.
You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@saharaspice.com.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
■ Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or
delete your account and information from our active databases. However,
we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud,
troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms
of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most
Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you
can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject
cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could
affect certain features or services of our Website.
Opting out of email marketing: You
can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking
on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us
using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the
marketing email list – however, we may still communicate with you, for
example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the
administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests,
or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may:
■ Access your account settings and update your preferences.
- CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile
applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can
activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your
online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no
uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals
has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your
choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is
adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that
practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
- DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
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 which 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.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a
registered account with the Website, you have the right to request
removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To
request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact
information provided below, and include the email address associated
with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will
make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please
be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed
from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
- DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated
version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated
version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make
material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by
prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a
notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently
to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
- HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@saharaspice.com or by post to:
Sahara Spice, LLC
1683 SANDY SPRINGS DRIVE
FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003
United States