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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is provided to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, protection, and disclosure of Personal Information received from your use of this website, located at https://thestemstore.com (“Site”), as well as all related websites including subdomains, applications, browser extensions, and other services provided by us (collectively, together with the Site, our “Service”). This Privacy Policy also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your Personal Information, and how you can reach us to update your contact information or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices.

Registration with, use of, and access to the Service is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions located at https://thestemstore.com/terms-and-conditions/. All terms not defined in this Privacy Policy will have the meanings set forth in the Terms and Conditions.


PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT


For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. We obtain Personal Information relating to you from various sources described below.


Where applicable, we indicate whether and why you must provide us with your Personal Information, as well as the consequences of failing to do so. If you do not provide Personal Information when requested, you may not be able to benefit from our Service if that information is necessary to provide you with the service or if we are legally required to collect it.


Registration. If you desire to have access to certain restricted sections of the Site or request to receive marketing materials, you may be required to become a registered user, and to submit the following types of Personal Information to The STEM Store: your name, email address, phone and fax number, password, billing and shipping address, and user name.


Customer Support. We may collect information through your communications with our customer support team or other communications that you may send us and their contents.


Making a Purchase. When you place an order or send a payment through the Service, you will need to provide Personal Information such as your credit card number, billing and shipping address, your full name, email address and a phone number.


Social Media and Third-Party Services. We may collect your username, account ids, social handle, timezones, and email address when you use social media accounts and third-party services such as Disqus in order to access or use certain sections of the Site.


Our Site contains links to other web sites and displays content from third-party services, including, but not limited to, advertising and social media buttons. The fact that we link to a website or use a third-party service on our Site is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites. Third-party content may use cookies, web beacons, or other mechanisms for obtaining data in connection with your viewing of the third party content on the Service. Information collected through third-party web beacons and buttons is collected directly by these third parties. Please consult such third party’s data collection, use, and disclosure policies for more information.


Log Data. When you use our Service, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type or the domain from which you are visiting, the pages you visit, the files you access, the search terms you use, and any advertisements on which you click.


Other. We may also collect your contact details when you provide them in the context of our vendor and partner relationships.


COOKIE USAGE


Like many websites, we use "cookie" technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve the Site. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer's hard disk. A session cookie enables certain features of the Site and our service and is deleted from your computer when you disconnect from or leave the Site. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. The STEM Store may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with the Site, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on the Site, and to improve the Site.


We may also automatically record certain information from your device by using various types of technology, including “clear gifs” or “web beacons.” This automatically collected information may include your IP address or other device address or ID, web browser and/or device type, the pages or other content you view or otherwise interact with on the Site, and the dates and times that you visit, access, or use the Site. We also may use these technologies to collect information regarding your interaction with email messages, such as whether you opened, clicked on, or forwarded a message, to the extent permitted under applicable law.


You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Please note that if you delete, or choose not to accept, cookies from the Site, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Site to their fullest potential.


HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


We may use the Personal Information we obtain about you to:


- create and manage your account, provide our Service, process payments, and respond to your inquiries;


- manage account authentication


- communicate with you to verify your account and for informational and operational purposes, such as account management, customer service, or system maintenance, including by periodically emailing you service-related announcements;


- tailor our Service (e.g., we may use cookies and similar technologies to remember your preferences);


- publish your content, comments or messages on social media platforms;


- provide tailored advertising via Google AdWords;


- aggregate your Personal Information for analytical purposes;


- provide customer support;


- operate, evaluate and improve our business (including by developing new products and services; managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of our advertising; analyzing how the Service is being accessed and used; tracking performance of the Service; debugging the Service; facilitating the use of our Service);


- send you marketing communications about products, services, offers, programs and promotions of The STEM Store and affiliated companies;


- ensure the security of our Service;


- manage our customer, service provider and partner relationships;


- enforce our agreements related to our Service and our other legal rights; and


- comply with applicable legal requirements, industry standards and our policies.


If you are located in the European Economic Area, we may process your Personal Information for the above purposes when:


- you have consented to the use of your Personal Information, For example, we may seek to obtain your consent for our uses of cookies or similar technologies, or to send you marketing communications.


- we need your Personal Information to provide you with services and products requested by you, or to respond to your inquiries,


- we have a legal obligation to use your Personal Information, or


- we have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information. In particular, we have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information to ensure and improve the safety, security, and performance of our Service, to anonymize Personal Information and carry out data analyses.


HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


We may disclose the Personal Information we collect about you as described below or otherwise disclosed to you at the time the data is collected, including with:


Service Providers
We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us. We may share your Personal Information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services. We also require these third parties to maintain the privacy and security of the Personal Information they process on our behalf.


Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement
The STEM Store cooperates with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we believe is necessary or appropriate to investigate, respond to, and defend against claims, for legal process (including subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of The STEM Store or a third party, to protect against liability, for the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, fraudulent, abusive, or legally actionable activity, to protect the security or integrity of the Service and any equipment used to make the Service available, or to comply with the law.


Business Transfers


The STEM Store
may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if the new entity’s planned processing of your information differs materially from that set forth in this Privacy Policy.


Other Third Parties
We may share Personal Information with our headquarters and affiliates, and business partners to whom it is reasonably necessary or desirable for us to disclose your data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may also make certain non-Personal Information available to third parties for various purposes, including for business or marketing purposes or to assist third parties in understanding our users’ interest, habits, and usage patterns for certain programs, content, services, advertisements, promotions, and functionality available through the Service.


HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


The STEM Store is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your Personal Information. We employ administrative and electronic measures designed to appropriately protect your Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of processing of the Personal Information in our possession. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot guarantee that information about you will not be accessed, viewed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our administrative, physical, and electronic safeguards, subject to requirements under applicable law to ensure or warrant information security.


We will make any legally-required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored Personal Information to you via email or conspicuous posting on our Site in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system , and any other disclosures that may be required under applicable law.


DATA TRANSFERS


The STEM Store is based in the United States. Personal Information that we collect may be transferred to, and stored at, any of our affiliates, partners or service providers which may be inside or outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and Switzerland, including the United States. By submitting your personal data, you agree to such transfers. Your Personal Information may be transferred to countries that do not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer or disclose your Personal Information to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy.


PERSONAL DATA RIGHTS


Unless subject to an exemption, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:


1. The right to request a copy of your personal data which we hold about you;


2. The right to request for any correction to any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;


3. The right to request your personal data being deleted when it is no longer necessary for us to retain such data;


4. The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time;


5. The right to object to the processing of personal data;


6. The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority


7. The right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization.


If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such marketing communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications. You may also opt out from receiving commercial email from us by sending your request to us by email at [email protected]. Please be aware that, even after you opt out from receiving commercial messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding the Service.


In certain jurisdictions you have the right to request access and receive information about the Personal Information we maintain about you, to update and correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, to restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Information, to have the information blocked, anonymized or deleted, as appropriate, or to exercise your right to data portability to transfer your Personal Information to another company. Those rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. In addition to the above-mentioned rights, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority subject to applicable law.


Where required by law, we obtain your consent for the processing of certain Personal Information collected by cookies or similar technologies, or used to send you direct marketing communications, or when we carry out other processing activities for which consent may be required. If we rely on consent for the processing of your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw it at any time and free of charge. When you do so, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent withdrawal.


To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists, delete your account or submit a request to exercise your rights under applicable law, please contact us as specified in the “How to Contact Us” section below.


CALIFORNIA PRIVACY


Under California Law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship, (a) a list of the categories of Personal Information, such as name, email, and mailing address, and the type of services provided to the customer that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third-parties’ direct marketing purposes, and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please contact us.


CHILDREN’S PRIVACY


The Site is not directed to persons under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected]. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our files.


UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY


This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason; each version will apply to information collected while it was in place. We will notify you of any modifications to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Site and indicating the date of the latest revision. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.


In the event that the modifications materially alter your rights or obligations hereunder, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the change. For example, we may send a message to your email address or generate a pop-up or similar notification when you access the Service for the first time after such material changes are made. Your continued use of the Service after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of this Privacy Policy.


HOW TO CONTACT US


ABC Brands, LLC is the entity responsible for the processing of your Personal Information. If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise your rights to your Personal Information, you may contact us by emailing us at [email protected].


This Privacy Policy has been updated on 5/25/2023.
If you have any thoughts or questions about this Privacy Policy, please let us know.