Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 15, 2022

Welcome to Mint iPhones ℠ ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. Our store operates on our own independent e-commerce platform. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at privacy@mintiphones.com.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Website, or otherwise when you contact us. This includes identifiers such as:

Names
Shipping and billing addresses
Email addresses
Financial data and payment information

We also utilize tracking and advertising technologies, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Please note that all payments are processed securely via third-party providers (Stripe and Authorize.net) using PCI DSS compliant software.

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below:

To facilitate account creation and logon process. If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract.
To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Website.
To enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user's consent.
To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.
To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies. For business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, or in connection with our contract.
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Website.
Administer prize draws and competitions. We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in our competitions.
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal bases:

Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Google Maps Platform APIs: We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs. We obtain and store on your device ('cache') your location. You may revoke your consent anytime by contacting us.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include payment processing (via Stripe and Authorize.net), data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

4. WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?

In Short: We only share information with specific categories of third parties.

We only share and disclose your information with the following categories of third parties:

Ad Networks
Communication & Collaboration Tools
Social Networks
In addition, you agree to our Messaging Terms (https://terms.pscr.pt/legal/shop/sahcw2-zi/terms_of_service) and Messaging Privacy Policy (https://terms.pscr.pt/legal/shop/sahcw2-zi/privacy_policy).

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We use PCI DSS compliant software to process all payments, and payments are securely processed by third parties (Stripe and Authorize.net). We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.

However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.

7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

EEA, UK, and Switzerland Residents: If you are a resident in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available online via the FDPIC.

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us. You will then be removed from the marketing email list; however, we may still communicate with you to send service-related emails necessary for the administration of your account.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at hello@mintiphones.com.

8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. Please contact us using the information provided below to request removal.

CCPA Privacy Notice

The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as (1) every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose.

We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

Category	Examples	Collected
A. Identifiers	Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone, IP address, email address, and account name	YES
B. Personal info (CA Customer Records)	Name, contact information, education, employment, and financial information	YES
C. Protected classifications	Gender and date of birth	NO
D. Commercial information	Transaction information, purchase history, financial details	NO
E. Biometric information	Fingerprints and voiceprints	NO
F. Internet/Network activity	Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interactions with our websites	YES
G. Geolocation data	Device location	YES
H. Audio/Visual data	Images and audio/video recordings in connection with business activities	YES
I. Professional/Employment info	Business contact details, job titles	YES
J. Education Information	Student records and directory information	YES
K. Inferences drawn	Inferences drawn to create a profile or summary about preferences	YES

Mint iPhones collects and shares your personal information through targeting cookies, social media cookies, and beacons/pixels. Mint iPhones has disclosed Category B and Category K information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months.

Mint iPhones has not sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months and will not sell personal information in the future.

Your CCPA Rights

Right to request deletion: You can ask for the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
Right to be informed: You have a right to know what personal info we collect, use, and share.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.