PRIVACY POLICY

We are pleased that you are visiting our website at www.blacktiesupply.com. Data protection and data security when using our website are very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purposes it is used.

BACKGROUND
This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices in plain language, keeping legal and technical jargon to a minimum, to make sure you understand the information provided. However, to achieve this objective we would like to explain to you the following concepts.

What is Personal Data?
Personal Data is any includes information relating to an individual who can be identified or who is identifiable, directly from the information in question; or who can be indirectly identified from that information in combination with other information.

What is Processing?
“Processing” means and covers virtually any handling of data.

WHAT LAW APPLIES
We will only use your Personal Data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, in particular California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) including its subsequent amendments from the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (CPRA) and collectively the “CCPA”;.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
The person responsible in the sense of the CCPA is Charlie Ops Inc d/ba Black Tie Supply, 5341 W 104th St., Los Angeles, CA 90045 (“Black Tie Supply”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). Please direct any questions you may have to bts@blacktiesupply.com, call 323-352-6515, or use our Contact Form.

DATA COLLECTION
All Personal Data that we obtain from you will only be processed for the purposes described in more detail below. In particular, we collect Personal Data only if: a) you have given your consent; or b) the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract / pre-contractual measures; or c) the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation; or d) the data is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of our company and business.

DATA RETENTION
We process and store your Personal Data only for the period of time required to achieve the respective processing purpose or for as long as a legal retention period exists (in particular commercial and tax law in accordance with California’s Commercial Law and Fiscal Code and others for up to 8 years). Once the purpose has been achieved or the retention period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted.

DATA WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY
Provision and use of the website
When you visit our website, we collect the Personal Data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. This is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and security. In this sense, we collect the following data: i) IP address of the requesting computer, ii) Date and time of access, iii) name and URL of the file accessed, iv) website from which the access was made (referrer URL), v) browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your device as well as the name of your access provider. The legal basis is our legitimate interest.

Hosting
We host our website using the services of Bluehost (Newfold Digital Inc). In this sense Bluehost processes all data and communication data including IP addresses, that are provided to us through our website. This means that all data submitted to our website are transferred to Bluehost. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest.

Content Management System
We use the Content Management System (CMS) of WordPress by Automattic Inc to publish and maintain the created and edited content and texts on our website. This means that all content and texts submitted to our website are transferred to WordPress. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest.

Fonts
We use Google Fonts by Google LLC to display external fonts. To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to a Google server is established when our website is accessed. The connection to Google enables Google to determine which website sent your request and to which IP address the display of the font is to be transmitted. This represents a legitimate interest.

Google Maps
Our website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google LLC also collects, processes and uses data about visitors’ use of the map functions (You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy). The integration of Google Maps represents a legitimate interest.

Cookies
We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are pieces of information that are transmitted from our web server or third-party web servers to your web browser and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies may be small files or other types of information storage.

We use Google Analytics provided by Google LLC, on our website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google. The analyses serve us alone and are not disclosed externally and processed using anonymous analyses with summarized and or anonymized values. For this purpose we use Google Analytics. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics: i) 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address), ii) the website called up, iii) the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer), iv) the subpages accessed from the website, v) the time spent on the website, and vi) the frequency with which the website is accessed.The legal basis is our legitimate interest and your consent.

DATA WE COLLECT DIRECTLY
Contacting Us
We offer you the opportunity to contact us using various methods. We collect the data you submit such as your name, email address, telephone number and your message in order to process your enquiry and respond to you. The legal basis is both your consent and contract.

Using our services
We process the Personal Data involved in your use of our equipment or our auxiliary services in order to be able to provide our contractual services. This includes in particular our support, correspondence with you, invoicing, fulfillment of our contractual, accounting and tax obligations. The data processed includes the master data of our contractual partners (e.g., names and addresses), contact data (e.g., e-mail addresses and telephone numbers) as well as contractual data (e.g., services used, contents of the contract, contractual communication, names of contact persons),Accordingly, the data is processed on the basis of fulfilling our contractual obligations and our legal obligations.

Administration
We process data in the context of administrative tasks as well as organization of our business, and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. In this regard, we process the same data that we process in the course of providing our contractual services. The processing bases are our legal obligations and our legitimate interest.

Social Media
We are present on social media on the basis of our legitimate interest. If you contact or connect with us via social media, we and the relevant social media platform are jointly responsible for the processing of your data and enter into a so-called joint controller agreement. The Personal Data collected when contacting us is to handle your request and the bases are both your consent and our legitimate interest.

Promotional use of your data
We use your data within the legally permissible scope for marketing purposes, e.g., to draw your attention to special promotions and discount offers. In addition, we may draw your attention to comparable offers by email, e.g., we may inform you about exclusive sales, promotions, or special events. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest.

DATA SHARING
In certain cases, it is necessary to transmit the processed Personal Data in the course of data processing. In this respect, there are different recipient bodies and categories of recipients.

Internal
If necessary, we transfer your Personal Data within Black Tie Supply. Of course, we comply with the CCPA and ensure that your data is processed properly. Access to your Personal Data is only granted to authorized employees who need access to the data due to their job, e.g., to provide our services or to contact you in case of queries.

External bodies
Personal Data is transferred to our service providers in the following instances:
in the context of fulfilling our contract with you,
to use marketing services and to advertise our services online,
to communicate with you,
to provide our website, and
to state authorities and institutions as far as this is required or necessary.

International transfers
We may transfer your Personal Data to other companies as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In order to provide adequate protection for your Personal Data when it is transferred, we have contractual arrangements regarding such transfers. We take all reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the Personal Data we transfer.

DATA SECURITY
Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us. We have also implemented numerous security measures (“technical and organizational measures”) for example encryption or need to know access, to ensure the most complete protection of Personal Data processed through our website.

Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. And databases or data sets that include Personal Data may be breached inadvertently or through wrongful intrusion. Upon becoming aware of a data breach, we will notify all affected individuals whose Personal Data may have been compromised as expeditiously as possible after which the breach was discovered.

YOUR RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
Privacy rights
Under the CCPA and the CPRA amendment, you can exercise the following rights:
Right to Know/Access
Right to Delete
Right to Opt-out of Sale
Right to Non-Discrimination
Right to Rectification
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

Further, California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section 1798.83) requires us to respond to requests from California asking about the business’s practices related to disclosing Personal Information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may make a request about our collection and disclosure of your Personal Information using the contact details provided.

Updating your information and withdrawing your consent
If you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or request its rectification, deletion, or object to its processing, please do so by contacting us.

Access Request
In the event you want to make a Data Subject Access Request, please contact us. We will respond to requests regarding access and correction as soon as reasonably possible. Should we not be able to respond to your request within thirty (30) days, we will tell you why and when we will be able to respond to your request. If we are unable to provide you with any Personal Data or to make a correction requested by you, we will tell you why.

Complaint to a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of Personal Information with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. In California this is the California Privacy Protection Agency, www.cppa.ca.gov. However, we would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you contact any supervisory authority.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

CAN SPAM Act
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
If we process your Personal Data for the purpose of sending you SMS marketing communications, you may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications from us by replying or texting ‘STOP’ if you receive our SMS communications.

Controls For Do-Not-Track Features
At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, our website does 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, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Notice.

What we do not do
We do not request Personal Data from minors and children;
We do not process special category data without obtaining prior specific consent;
We do not use Automated decision-making including profiling; and
We do not sell your Personal Data.

VALIDITY AND QUESTIONS
This Privacy Policy was last updated on Friday, March 17th, 2024, and is the current and valid version. However, from time to time changes or a revision to this policy may be necessary.

If you feel that the above is not sufficient or if you have any queries as regards the collection, processing or use of your information we are looking forward to hearing from you. We will make every effort to reply as soon as possible and take into consideration any suggestions from your end.