Terms & Conditions & Website Privacy Policy
General Data Protection
Our main priority at Sockfreakz.com is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by Sockfreakz.com and how we use it.
Sockfreakz.com legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:
- Sockfreakz.com needs to perform a contract with you
- You have given Sockfreakz.com permission to do so
- Processing your personal information is in Sockfreakz.com legitimate interests
- Sockfreakz.com needs to comply with the law
Sockfreakz.com will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
We do not collect your email address from the comments form for use in any email list, such as a newsletter or marketing email list. We also never sell email addresses to third parties.
Media
Users are able to upload images or other media files to this website. However, if you do upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that you do not have permission to use including brand logos, celebrity faces, cartoon characters, or any other intellectual property. We will NOT print any of those files without the correct paperwork.
Forms
When you fill out a form on sockfreakz.com we only collect the information you enter into the contact form. If the form asks for your name, email address, or any other personal information, then that information is sent to info@sockfreakz.com via email. We only retain that information—including your email address—for as long as necessary to address your purpose in contacting us.
Email addresses provided in any form on sockfreakz.com are not ever used by us for any purpose other than to reply to you in regards to your reason for contacting us. We never sell information from any form to any third party for any purpose.
Log Files
sockfreakz.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies
sockfreakz.com uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Website Analytics
As you use sockfreakz.com, we use automatic data collection technology (Google Analytics) to collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns. This generally includes information about where you are, how you use our website and any communications between your computer and this site. Among other things, we will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.
We collect this data for statistical purposes and we don’t collect personal information. The purpose of this data is to improve our Website and offerings.
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Child Users
Another part of our high priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
sockfreakz.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
User Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.