Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to www.16handles.com and 16 Handles dba 16 Handles (“16 Handles”; “we”) and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to 16 Handles include www.16handles.com. By using the 16 Handles website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. You are responsible for making sure that you are aware of Melt’s most current Privacy Policy.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, 16 Handles may acollect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
If you purchase 16 Handles products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
16 Handles may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
- Gender
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
16 Handles collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
16 Handles may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from 16 Handles and its affiliates and franchisees.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
16 Handles may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, text messages, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to 16 Handles, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
16 Handles may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on 16 Handles or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of 16 Handles; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of 16 Handles, or the public. 16 Handles may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms of service or protect our operations or users. additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale of our company we may transfer to the relevant third party any and all personal information we collect. in the event our privacy policy is modified due to such reorganization, merger or sale, or for any other reason, notice of the revised privacy policy will be posted on this website.
Tracking User Behavior
16 Handles may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within 16 Handles, in order to determine what 16 Handles services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within 16 Handles to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by 16 Handles. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the 16 Handles website. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose.
Use of Cookies
The 16 Handles website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize 16 Handles pages, or register with 16 Handles site or services, a cookie helps 16 Handles to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same 16 Handles website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the 16 Handles features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the 16 Handles services or websites you visit.
Additionally, 16 Handles and/or our third-party advertising service providers or other third-party vendors, may place cookies, other tracking technologies or similar files on your computer for security purposes (such as authentication), to facilitate site navigation and to personalize your experience while visiting our Site. We also use cookies that enable us to serve advertisements of our products and services, including special offers, when you visit other websites (these cookies may be referred to as “Advertising Cookies”).
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
16 Handles does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, 16 Handles may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from 16 Handles or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from 16 Handles, you may opt out of such communications by the Unsubscribe button in our emails.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
International Users
Information you provide may be transferred or accessed by entities around the world as described in this privacy policy. We abide by the “Safe Harbor” framework set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information collected by organizations in the European Union and Switzerland. more information about the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor program can be found at http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
Changes to this Statement
16 Handles reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
16 Handles welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that 16 Handles has not adhered to this Statement, please contact 16 Handles at:
16 Handles
362 5th Ave, Suite 804
New York, New York 10001
Email Address:
info@16handles.com
Telephone number:
212-260-4416
Effective as of June 26, 2020