When you make a purchase from our online store, Curious Creatures, we collect personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, and email address. In this privacy policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual as "Personal Information." Please refer to the following list for more details about the Personal Information we collect and the reasons for collecting it.

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Device Information:

• Examples of Personal Information collected: This includes details such as the version of your web browser, your IP address, time zone, cookie information, the websites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

• Purpose of collection: We collect this information to ensure that the Site is loaded accurately for you and to perform analytics on Site usage in order to optimize its performance.

• Source of collection: This information is collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

• Disclosure for a business purpose: We share this information with our processor, Shopify.

Order Information:

• Examples of Personal Information collected: This includes your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.

• Purpose of collection: We collect this information to provide products to you, process your payment, arrange for shipping, provide order confirmations, communicate with you, screen orders for potential risk or fraud, and, in line with your preferences, provide information or advertising about our products or services.

• Source of collection: We collect this information directly from you.

• Disclosure for a business purpose: We share this information with our processors, Shopify and Shipstation.

Sharing Personal Information:

We share your Personal Information with service providers who assist us in providing our services and fulfilling our contracts with you, as described above. For example:

• We use Shopify to power our online store. You can find more information about how Shopify uses your Personal Information in their privacy policy.

• We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to a subpoena or lawful request for information, or protect our rights.

Behavioral Advertising:

As mentioned earlier, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can learn more about how Google uses your Personal Information in their privacy policy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics.

We use Klaviyo and share information about your Site usage, purchases, and interactions with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. Some of this information is collected and shared directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases, through the use of cookies or similar technologies (subject to your consent, depending on your location).

For more information on how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative's (NAI) educational page.

You have the option to opt out of targeted advertising through:

Facebook

Google

Furthermore, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal.

Cookies:

A cookie is a small piece of information that is downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We utilize various types of cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. These cookies enhance your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences, such as login information and region selection. This eliminates the need for you to enter this information repeatedly when you revisit the site or navigate between pages. Cookies also provide insights into how people use the website, indicating whether they are first-time visitors or frequent users.

To optimize your experience on our Site and provide our services, we employ the following cookies:

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store:

• _ab - Used for admin access.
• _secure_session_id - Used for storefront navigation.
• cart - Used for the shopping cart.
• cart_sig - Used for checkout.
• cart_ts - Used for checkout.
• checkout_token - Used for checkout.
• secret - Used for checkout.
• secret_customer_sig - Used for customer login.
• storefront_digest - Used for customer login.
• shopify_u - Facilitates the updating of customer account information.

Reporting and Analytics:

• _tracking_consent - Tracks user preferences.
• _landing_page - Tracks landing pages.
• _orig_referrer - Tracks landing pages.
• _s - Shopify analytics.
• _shopify_fs - Shopify analytics.
• _shopify_s - Shopify analytics.
• _shopify_sa_p - Shopify analytics for marketing and referrals.
• _shopify_sa_t - Shopify analytics for marketing and referrals.
• _shopify_y - Shopify analytics.
• _y - Shopify analytics.

The duration of a cookie on your computer or device depends on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie. Session cookies expire when you stop browsing, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted. The majority of the cookies we use are persistent and expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date of download.

You have the ability to control and manage cookies in various ways. However, please note that removing or blocking cookies may adversely affect your user experience, and certain parts of our website may become inaccessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to accept or reject cookies through your browser controls, usually found in the "Tools" or "Preferences" menu. For guidance on modifying your browser settings or blocking, managing, or filtering cookies, you can refer to your browser's help file or visit websites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Furthermore, please be aware that blocking cookies may not entirely prevent us from sharing information with third parties, including our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt out of specific uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions provided in the "Behavioral Advertising" section mentioned above.

Please note that due to the lack of a consistent industry understanding regarding how to respond to "Do Not Track" signals, we do not change our data collection and usage practices when we detect such signals from your browser.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.