UGC Policy

Privacy Policy

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you on how swearjarcraftdistillers.com collects, uses and discloses your personal data to provide you with our products and services. It also contains information on some privacy rights that you can exercise.

This Privacy Policy describes how SwearJar Craft Distillers (the “Site”, “us”, “our”, or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit the Site swearjarcraftdistillers.com

WHEN DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY?

This Privacy Policy applies when you visit swearjarcraftdistillers.com and/or when you participate in our Affiliate program or any of our online and onsite marketing and promotional activites. Furthermore, it applies when you interact with us through e-mail, our social media pages or through any other form of communication.

Contact:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding how we collect and process your personal data or regarding your privacy, please do not hesitate to contact us:

info@swearjarcraftdistillers.com

9200 rue meilleur H2N 2A5 Suite 303 Montreal.

WHEN DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY NOT APPLY?

If you click a link that leads you from our website to a third-party website, application or service, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the collection and processing of personal data by such external services. Indeed, this Privacy Policy does not extend to websites, mobile applications or other services of third parties. We are therefore not liable for their privacy policies, procedures and practices, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies before using these external services.

WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?

Personal Data means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal data can include online identifiers, such as your name, telephone number, address, e-mail and purchase information, including your credit card number and the history of your purchases.

Personal data also includes information collected about you through cookies and tracking technologies such as beacons and web pixels (together, the “cookies”). Cookies are small blocks of data which are installed on a browser or a device during a session or for a longer period of time, and which remembers preferences or information about you.

Different jurisdictions may have different legal definition(s) of what constitutes personal data. We use a large definition for this Privacy Policy so that we can provide you with as much information as possible, but it is possible that the personal data covered in this Privacy Policy is not protected by your local laws.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES?

We collect your personal data to deliver our products & services, for example to allow you to purchase our products, receive discounts, to respond to your inquiries, to send you communications about SWEARJARCRAFTDISTILLERS.COM, to facilitate your participation as an Affiliate and to conduct interest-based marketing and other online and onsite promotional activities.

We might collect your personal data directly from you, automatically through our use of cookies, and in some cases, from third parties. Please read the following section for more details on our practices.

Usage and Technical Log Data

Examples: IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider, date and time of visit, referring/exit pages and number of clicks

When you visit our websites, we monitor usage and technical log data such as your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. Mostly, this data is collected and processed in an aggregate manner and is not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

We monitor log files to analyze trends, administer the websites, fix bugs, prevent suspicious activity, track users’ movements and gather demographic information.

Communication Data

Examples: name, email address, message content, supporting documentation and attachments, zip/postal code, location and other pertinent information

If you inquire about our Services by e-mail, through social media or otherwise, if you interact with us through any media or if you request support from us, we will process the personal data required to respond to your inquiries, including any attachments and content you include. We process such personal data based on your implied consent. We use a service provider to help SWEARJARCRAFTDISTILLERS.COM manage its support requests.

We might, in some circumstances, communicate with you as a registered account owner, an Affiliate or a customer, to share important corporate information that is relevant to you.

If you engage with us on social media, we will collect and process the personal data which you make available to us based on your implied consent. On social media, we will have access to your publicly available information when you interact with us and we will use this information to respond to your questions and comments and to send targeted advertising through the social media which was used

during the engagement. You can withdraw your consent from receiving our targeted advertising through your preferences and privacy settings on such social media sites.

When you engage with our content through the social media on our websites, the social media site may use your personal data for other purposes, please consult their privacy policies below:

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Youtube

tiktok

Snapchat

Marketing Data

Examples: Name, Email, marketing and product preferences, transaction history, cookies, browsing habits, pictures, videos.

With your consent, we will use your e-mail address to provide you with commercial electronic messages (CEMs), promotional content and our newsletters.

You can unsubscribe to our promotional content by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails or by contacting us at info@swearjarcraftdistillers.com.

WHAT IS INTERESTED-BASED ADVERTISING, AND DO WE CONDUCT ANY?

Interest-based advertising (also known as targeted or behavioural advertising) means that your preferences and interests are collected through cookies or otherwise, and then used to serve you advertising and marketing materials that are relevant to you (based on those preferences and interests).

Without interest-based advertising, you would still be getting ads when browsing the Internet. However, these ads would not be personalized based on your preferences and interests; they would be less relevant to you, and less effective for us. For instance, we use Google Ads, Facebook and Tiktok to provide you with ads based on your browsing history and search requests. We also use YouTube to provide you with personalized ads based on your viewing content.

HOW DO I MANAGE MY COOKIE PREFERENCES?

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser using the instructions provided below by clicking on the browser that you are using. However, by blocking some cookies that enable the functions of the Services, parts of the Services may not be available.

Google Chrome

Firefox

Safari

Microsoft Edge

Opera

Brave

You can also install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES?

We work with a number of service providers that are assisting us in the delivery of our products and services and to conduct our marketing and promotional activities.

Here are the various types of service providers with whom we share your personal data:

Providers of data aggregation and analytics software services that enable us to effectively monitor and optimize the delivery of our services and provide useful reporting features to brand partners and their users (Google Analytics);

Third party ecommerce marketing solutions (such as Google Ads);

Providers of e-mail management and distribution tools, as well as customer relationship management software (such as Omnisend);

Providers of IT services and online cloud storage services (such as Google Cloud);

Also, we may disclose your personal data to third parties as outlined in this Privacy Policy, or if required by law. We may use and disclose your information when we believe such use or disclosure is permitted, necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with the legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (d) to enforce or apply our policies and agreements; (e) to protect our rights, operations or property; (f) to collect amounts owed to us; (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; (h) to protect the safety of our stakeholders; (i) to address, prevent or stop fraud or other activity that we consider to be illegal or unethical; or (j) to address an emergency involving danger of death or serious harm.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

SWEARJARCRAFTDISTILLERS.COM protects your personal data with reasonable physical, organizational and technological security measures. For example, your personal data can only be accessed on a need-to-know basis for specific purposes; we use contractual agreements and confidentiality agreements with our service providers and our staff is trained on the importance of safeguarding privacy.

Keep in mind these safeguards may not be completely secure from loss or theft, or unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Please ensure you take appropriate steps to protect your personal data and keep your credentials and passwords confidential.

HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We keep your personal data for as long as it is necessary to provide you with our products and services, or as required by law, whichever is longer.

When visiting our websites, we use both persistent and session cookies. Session cookies are deleted once you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain active on your device for some time. For instance, Google Analytics and Amazon Advertising cookies remain installed on your device for two (2) years.

WHAT ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA RIGHTS?

You have rights when it comes to your personal data. These rights generally include the right to access and correct your personal data, as well as the right to withdraw your consent. Keep in mind that depending on the province, state or country you live in, these rights may be different.

If you have questions regarding how SWEARJARCRAFTDISTILLERS.COM processes your personal data or you are looking to exercise your personal data rights, please reach out to us: info@swearjarcraftdistillers.com

It’s possible that we cannot comply with your request, for instance, if it’s not applicable under the law. If we can’t process your request, we will provide you with explanations. For security reasons, we may ask you to provide a proof of identity with your request. We will not use such personal data for any other purposes.

We will try to respond to your request free of charge. In some instances, and if the law permits, we may request that you pay a reasonable fee, for example to receive a transcript or a copy of your personal data. If we need to charge you a fee, we will let you know before we answer your request.

Need more info on your personal data rights? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has published advice to inform you on how to exercise your privacy rights when personal data is held by a business.

If you’re not satisfied with how we process your request, please reach out to us! If you are still not satisfied, you can report your concerns to the OPC by filling out this form, and to the Commission by filling out this form.

MAY I WITHDRAW MY CONSENT?

Yes, whenever we process your personal data based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us, or by using the functionalities that we make available to you within your online account. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you will all of our products and services.

CAN YOU CHANGE THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

Yes, we may need to modify this Privacy Policy to reflect new processing activities, adapt to new laws and regulations or reflect technological changes or corporate changes, such as a result of a merger and acquisition.

You can view the date of the latest update at the top of this page, and you can always reach out to us should you have any questions!