Privacy Policy

Hello, beautiful! At Simply Bikini Store, we believe in crafting confidence not only through our swimwear but also through transparent and respectful handling of your personal information. Your privacy is as important to us as your perfect fit. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website simplybikinistore.com.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide

When you interact with our site, we may collect the following personal information:

• Identity Data: Your name, title, gender (when relevant for product recommendations)
• Contact Data: Billing and delivery addresses, email address, telephone numbers
• Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely through our payment partners, not stored on our servers)
• Transaction Data: Details about purchases, orders, returns, and preferences
• Profile Data: Username and password, purchase history, preferences, feedback, and survey responses
• Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:

• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services, including clickstream to and through our site, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages
• Device Data: Information about the device you use to access our site, including device type, unique device identifiers, mobile network information

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To Process Your Orders: To manage payments, fees, and charges, and to deliver your purchased products
• To Manage Our Relationship: To notify you about changes to our terms or privacy policy, to ask you to leave a review or take a survey
• To Personalize Your Experience: To recommend products, beachwear, and accessories that might interest you based on your browsing and purchase history
• To Improve Our Website: To administer and protect our business and website, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, and system maintenance
• For Marketing: To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you
• For Security: To detect and prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities

3. Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA Users)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., to deliver your Beach Bags or Swimwear)
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your rights
• To comply with the law

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We share information with third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing (Visa, MasterCard, JCB, PayPal), shipping, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities
• Protection of Rights: To enforce our terms and conditions, protect our business, or ensure the rights, property, or safety of Simply Bikini Store, our customers, or others

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

5. International Data Transfers

As a global store serving customers worldwide (excluding some remote areas), your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers, including standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

6. Data Storage and Security

Your peace of mind is as important to us as your perfect fit. We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal information:

• Advanced Encryption: We use SSL encryption on our website to protect data transmission
• Secure Payment Processing: We partner with trusted global payment leaders. We never store your full payment details on our servers
• Access Controls: We limit access to your personal information to employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know
• Data Retention: We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements
• Security Monitoring: We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks

Despite our safeguards, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request access to your personal information
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information
• Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization or to you
• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal information
• Opt-Out: Opt-out of marketing communications by following the unsubscribe link in any marketing email

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We may need to request specific information from you to confirm your identity before processing your request.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off
• Performance Cookies: Allow us to count visits and traffic sources to improve site performance
• Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization (like remembering your size preferences for Bikinis or One Pieces)
• Targeting Cookies: Set by advertising partners to build a profile of your interests

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete such information.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

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