Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 26, 2022

1.   Introduction

At Ballerette US Corp (“Ballerette” or “we”, “us”), we value your privacy and we have prepared this Privacy Policy to help you understand our commitment to ensuring the highest level of consumer confidence through responsible use and maintenance of information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use your personal information to better serve you while you use the U.S. section of the ballerette.com website (the “Website”). It is our goal to provide you with a safe, secure online experience. We suggest regular review of our Privacy Policy for periodic updates.

2.  What Types of Information Do We Collect?

We collect different types of personal information from you in order to provide the products and services that you request while using our Website. You may elect not to provide certain information, but this may limit our ability to provide you with the full functionality of our Website.

For example, when an individual registers or places an order on this Website, personally identifiable information is collected. Information collected includes first name, last name, shipping/billing addresses, credit card information (when ordering products only), a phone number, email address, as well as a username and password. Credit card information is securely maintained and is never shared, sold, or traded, except to the extent that we use third-party providers in order process payments and refunds.

Survey and market research

We may ask you, while browsing our website, to participate in targeted surveys in order to know your opinion and degree of satisfaction with regard to the services provided by BallereTTe. These surveys can be carried out directly on BallereTTe or through the use of external platforms. Within the surveys it may be requested, optionally, to provide an e-mail address in order to receive news and information on the services of BallereTTe. We remind you that participation in surveys is completely optional and that you can always oppose and revoke this processing.

Non-personal Information

Our Website also collects some non-personal information about you in a way that may not be readily apparent to you. For instance, when you come to our site, items such as your IP address, connection speed, browser type, duration of stay, frequency of visits, and screen resolution are collected. This information is used for the purpose of monitoring the traffic on our site and is not personally identifiable and we do not combine this type of information with any personally identifiable information. We use this data to improve customers' shopping experience on our Website.

Like most Websites, ours uses cookies to help enhance your user experience. Please see our Section 7below as well as our Cookie Policy for more information about the different types of Cookies we use and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Children under the age of 13

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 13 (each a “Child”) without parental consent. Our Website is a general audience site and is not specifically targeted to or intended for use by children. If a Child submits information through any part of this Website and we learn that the person submitting is a Child, it will be deleted immediately and never disclosed to any third parties.

3.  How Is My Information Used or Shared?

Registration and order information collected from this site is maintained in a secure customer database so we may effectively process, bill, ship, and service customers and their orders, as well as contact our customers with information pertaining to their order. We utilize information to occasionally apprise our customers and guests of upcoming offers and opportunities via email.

Third party companies are used in some instances to assist us in managing customer information, to help us provide our products and services to you, to fulfill promotions and marketing and to communicate with you. In some instances, these companies are given access to some or all of the information you provide, and some may also use cookies on our behalf, unless you have elected not to authorize cookies on your browser.

If you are currently receiving marketing communications and would like to suspend receipt, you may remove yourself using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email sent, or via our Contact Us page.

Credit card numbers and email addresses are securely maintained and are never shared, sold, or traded.

4.  How Long Does Ballerette Keep My Information?

We will retain your personal information for as long as needed to provide our services to you (for example, as long as you have an online account with us) or as needed to fulfill our own obligations, such as preventing fraud, meeting regulatory requirements, resolving disputes, improving our services or maintaining security, and in each case, as consistent with applicable law. We may retain non-personal information that has been sufficiently aggregated or anonymized for a longer period.

5.  How Does Ballerette Protect My Information?

We strive to provide our users with a safe and convenient shopping experience. We have put in place a variety of technical and organizational security measures to help protect you and the personal information we collect about you.

All transactions are transferred utilizing Secure Socket Layering (SSL) technology to encrypt and protect your information from misuse, alteration, loss, or access from other internet users as it travels through the internet channels from your computer. The information is then passed through our secure servers and stored in our databases, which are further secured behind digital firewall protection. To visibly ensure the use of a secure server while transferring and receiving your personal information, your browser will indicate the use of Secure Socket Layering (SSL) technology by displaying either a solid key icon or a locked padlock icon in your browser's URL bar.

6.  Who Can Access My Information?

Information collected on this site is available only to employees of Ballerette (and its affiliated companies) and the employees of third-party companies who have direct involvement in the successful operation of this Website as set forth in our Website policies.

Reasonable access is given to individual customers regarding their own personal and account information via the "My Account" page. The information here is protected through our secure servers and SSL technology, and is accessed through use of your username and password.

Ballerette may disclose personally identifiable information if legally required to do so by operation of law, including disclosures responsive to warrants, subpoenas, or other governmental orders.

7.  Your Rights to Control How Your Personal Information Is Used

You have the right to make requests regarding your personal information. These rights vary depending on where you reside. But we will make reasonable efforts to honor your request, even if your country or state does not require us to do so. 

For example, you can ask us to:

  • Review the personal information we have about you or request a copy of it
  • Ask us to update or correct personal information if it is inaccurate
  • Request that we delete your personal information
  • Opt-out of sharing your personal information with third parties for some purposes, including sharing that may be defined as a sale under applicable laws.
  • Object to certain types of uses of your personal information
  • Make choices about receiving email marketing 

If you ask us to delete or stop using your personal information, we may not be able to honor that request if the information is required to process your payments or returns, fulfill your order, or comply with tax, audit or regulatory requirements.

Registered customers can modify their personal account information at any time via the "My Account" page. Through this screen you are able to edit your billing information, view your order history, create or edit your address book, and make other changes to your account with Ballerette. If you wish to delete your entire account registration, please contact Customer Care for assistance.

For further assistance with your managing your personal information, you may always reach out to us via our Contact Us page.

Residents of California may have additional rights. See Section 13 below to learn more.

8.  What are “Cookies” and How Are They Used?

Very simply, "cookies" are tiny bits of unique code that are placed on your computer's hard drive when you first visit. This code efficiently enables our server to recognize you whenever you return. Cookies reside on your own computer, and are accessed only when you visit our site. They allow your computer to "connect" with information stored in our secure servers, such as your shopping cart information. Through the use of cookies we are able to provide the enhanced experience that many internet users have come to expect. Any cookie that our server places on a computer will never contain any personally identifying information.

Generally speaking, there are four categories of cookies: essential (for necessary Website functionality), preferences (for remembering a visitor's preferences during a browsing session or across browsing sessions), analytics (for analyzing how the site is used), and marketing (typically used to track users across different sites to deliver cross-context behavioral advertising).

Cookies are also used to track transactional data specific to those users participating in our affiliate programs, marketing programs, and for purposes related to technology and troubleshooting.

Our site is designed so that people who do not want to allow cookies on their hard drive can prevent the placement of cookies through the settings on their web browser. We also use CookieBot, a third-party consent management platform, that allows you to customize your cookie preferences in a pop-up window when you first access our website. You may also be able to set your browser to notify you when cookies are in use. As with all web sites that utilize cookies, you will be unable to use all the enhanced features of our site should you choose to disable cookies.

Please read our Cookie Policy for more comprehensive information about the specific cookies that we use on our Website.

9.  Sensitive Information

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personal information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background, or trade union membership) on or through our services or otherwise to us unless we have specifically requested you to share such information.

10. Third-Party Data Collection

The following companies may collect personal information when you interact with our digital property, including IP addresses, digital identifiers, information about your web browsing and app usage and how you interact with our properties and ads for a variety of purposes, such as personalization of offers or advertisements, analytics about how you engage with websites or ads and other commercial purposes.

For more information about the collection, use and sale of your personal data and your rights, please refer to the data handling policies of each listed third party:

11. Third-Party Site Policies

As a courtesy to our guests, this site may provide links to third-party sources of information, services, and/or areas of interest. We advise all guests that once they leave Ballerette.com by linking to another site, our site privacy and security policies no longer apply. Please also be advised that Ballerette.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and guidelines on these sites, and encourage our guests to review the policies on these sites.

12.  Modifications to this Policy

We will post updates to our privacy policy on our Website, with a date of each update. If we change the policy in a manner that materially impacts your privacy rights, we may provide additional notice to you via e-mail or your other chosen contact method.

13.  California Privacy Rights (for California residents)

Shine the Light Law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits individual customers of Ballerette.com, who are current residents of California, to request information regarding and/or opt-out of our disclosure of personal information to third parties for the purpose of their direct marketing. To make such a request, please send us an email to: privacypolicy@ballerette.com or contact us via the Contact Us page.

California Minor Content Removal

If you are a resident of California, under 18 and a registered user of our services, you may ask us to remove content or information that you have posted to these services by contacting us.  Please note that your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information, as, for example, some of your content may have been reposted by another user.

California Do Not Track Disclosure

Do Not Track is a privacy preference that users can set in their web browsers.  When a user turns on the Do Not Track signal, the browser sends a message to Websites requesting them not to track the user.  At this time, we do not respond to Do Not Track browser settings or signals.  For information about Do Not Track, please visit: www.allaboutdnt.org

14.  Contact Us

Thank you for shopping ballerette.com. If you have any comments or questions about this policy, feel free to contact us:

Ballerette US Corp

(a Delaware Corporation)

 

BALLERETTE US CORP

555 FIFTH AVENUE - 14TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10017

 

privacypolicy@ballerette.com

Customer Service is available via the Contact Us page.