Last Updated: Nov 5, 2024
Welcome to Guns and Badges (gunsandbadges.com). Your privacy is important to us, and this policy outlines how we handle your personal information and protect your privacy while using our website.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://gunsandbadges.com.
1. Information We Collect
- Personal Information: When you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, or fill out a form, we may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, and payment details.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public within the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
2. Cookies
- If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
- When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser, indicating the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
- Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.), which behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
4. How We Use Your Information
- To process transactions and fulfill orders.
- To improve our website based on your feedback.
- To personalize your experience and respond to customer service requests.
- Promotional Emails: We may send you occasional promotional emails about updates, special offers, or other information related to Guns and Badges. You can unsubscribe from these emails at any time by following the instructions in each email.
5. Data Protection and Security
- Guns and Badges uses industry-standard security measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We store your information on secure servers and take steps to ensure the confidentiality of your personal data.
6. Information Sharing and Disclosure
- No Sale of Personal Information: Guns and Badges will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We are committed to keeping your personal data private.
- Trusted Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, conduct our business, or serve our users, as long as they agree to keep your information confidential and comply with our privacy policies.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information to comply with legal obligations or to protect the rights and property of Guns and Badges.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
8. Your Rights Over Your Data
- If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
- Guns and Badges reserves the right to update or change this privacy policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated policy on this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
11. Contact Us
- For any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please reach out to us at [info@gunsandbadges.com].
By using Guns and Badges, you consent to this privacy policy and our practices regarding your personal data.