​Weichel LLC

Farm - Privacy Policy

 

Last Updated:December 5, 2021

 

This Privacy Policy explains how Weichel LLC ("Farm", "we" or "us") collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our websites, mobile application and other online products and services, contact our customer service team, engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us (collectively, the "Services").

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

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1. Collection of Information

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We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create an account, fill out a form, participate in a survey, review, contest or promotion, make a purchase, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, credit card and other payment information, age, location, and any other information you choose to provide.

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2. Other Information We Collect

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When you access or use our Services or transact business with us, we automatically collect information about you, including:

• Transactional Information: When you make a purchase or return, we collect information about the transaction, such as product details, purchase price, and date and location of the transaction.

• Log Information: We collect information related to your access to and use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, app version, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, site interaction data, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.

• Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.

• Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and our service providers) use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons and other tracking mechanisms. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in your device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and help us understand usage and campaign effectiveness.

   

3. Information Collected from Other Sources

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We may also obtain information about you from other sources. For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, such as mailing list providers, data enhancement sources and publicly available sources, including information you submit in a public forum (e.g., a blog, chat room, or social media). Additionally, if you create or log into your account through a social media site, we may have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information, and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site.

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4. Use of Information

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We use the information we collect to deliver the products and services you request and customize your experience with us. We also use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain and improve our products and services;

• Conduct audits related to a current interaction with the consumer and concurrent transactions, including, but not limited to, counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards;

• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and protect the rights and property of Weichel LLC and others;

• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;

• For limited, internal and operational use, such as to enable our website to function;

• Perform services on behalf of us or a service provider, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, or conducting analytic services;

• Undertake internal research for technological development and demonstration;

• Undertake activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that we own, manufacture, or control, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by, us;

• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages and to respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests;

• Communicate with you about products, services, and events offered by Weichel LLC and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;

• Personalize your online experience and the advertisements you see when you use the Services or third-party platforms based on your preferences, interests, and browsing and purchasing behavior;

• Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards; and

• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

 

5. Sharing of Information

 

We may share information as follows:

• With vendors, service providers, and consultants that perform services for us, including e-mail and mobile marketing, analytic, web hosting, call center services, payment processing, coupon delivery, and data enhancement;

• With entities who may provide financing for your purchase;

• With the public, if you post information online and elect to make it available to the public, such as by writing a product review on our website;

• In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;

• If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, if we believe you have violated the law, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Weichel LLC or others;

• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;

• Between and among Weichel LLC and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership; and

• With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

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6. Social Sharing Features and Third-Party Privacy Policies

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The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook "Like" button), which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. Your interactions with those features are governed by the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit their privacy policies.

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7. Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

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We may allow others to provide analytic services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Weichel LLC and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites, and better understand your online activity.

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8. Data Retention and Security

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We store the information we collect about you and your pet(s) for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.

 

9. Data Security

 

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. However, no e-commerce solution or website is completely secure. You are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information, such as using strong passwords and using different passwords across your online accounts. We will never request your password or credit card information through email.

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10. Children's Personal Information

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We recognize the particular importance of protecting privacy where children are involved. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 16.

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11. Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries

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Weichel LLC is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

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12. Your Choices

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You may update and correct certain account information you provide to us at any time by logging into your account.

 

13. Location Information

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When you first launch any of our mobile applications that collect precise location information, you will be asked to consent to the application’s collection of this information. If you initially consent to our collection of this location information, you can subsequently stop the collection of this information at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device. If you do so, our mobile applications, or certain features thereof, may no longer function properly. You may also stop our collection of this location information by following the standard uninstall process to remove all of our mobile applications from your device. Certain mobile devices contain geo-location tracking capability. We may use such capability or other geo-location tracking technology to identify the location of devices in our store or nearby for marketing, to generate coupons or other offers, and for analytical purposes.

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14. Cookies

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Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. The Help or similar function of your browser should contain instructions to set your computer to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or to not receive cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

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15. Promotional Communications

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You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from Weichel LLC by following the instructions in those emails or by logging into your account and changing your preferences. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

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16. SMS Privacy Policy

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By participating in any of our mobile programs, you agree to receive automated marketing phone calls and text messages at the phone number your provided at opt-in. Your consent to receive marketing messages is not required to make a purchase. You agree to notify Weichel LLC at the Contact Us information below in the event that you change or disconnect your mobile phone number. Phone calls made and text messages sent to your mobile device may be generated using automated telephone dialing technology. Message and data rates may apply and are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Delivery of messages are subject to the effective transmission by your mobile service provider and any policies or terms established by your mobile service provider.

With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

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17. Your California Privacy Rights

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Consumers residing in California have certain additional rights with respect to their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act or ("CCPA") (California Civil Code Section 1798.100 et. seq.) and the "Shine the Light" Law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83).

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18. California Consumer Privacy Act

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Additional Disclosures Related to the Collection, Use, Disclosure and Sale of Personal Information

• Categories of Personal Information Collected: In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information: identifiers, commercial information, characteristics of protected classifications under California or U.S. law, geo-location data, Internet or other electronic activity information, and inferences drawn about any of the preceding categories of information. We also collect the following categories of personal information from job applicants: professional or employment related information and education information.

• Business or Commercial Purpose for Collecting and Selling Information: We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in "Use of Information".

• Categories of Sources of Personal Information: We collect personal information directly from you when you interact with our Services, shop in our stores, contact us through customer service or other mechanisms, or use our pet-focused services, automatically when you access or use our Services, purchase products or services from us and from third-party sources as described in "Information Collected from Other Sources".

• Categories of Third Parties with Whom We Share Information: We may share your personal information with third parties as described in the "Sharing of Information".

• Categories of Personal Information Disclosed: In the preceding 12 months, depending on your interactions with us, we may have disclosed the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes: identifiers, financial information, characteristics of protected classifications under California or U.S. law, geo-location data, Internet or other electronic activity information, and inferences drawn about any of the preceding categories of information.

• Sale of Personal Information: California law requires that we provide transparency about personal information, Weichel LLC does not sell your information but may shared personal information with partners. As such, Weichel LLC business model does not include sharing your identifying information such as your name, email address, phone number, or postal address to third parties in exchange for money. However, we do share identifiers such as name, email or postal address with our subsidiaries to offer you our pet-related goods and other identifiers such as cookies and the advertising identifier associated with your mobile device with our advertising partners to show our ads that are targeted to your interests.

 

19. Nevada Residents

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We do not sell your name, email address, phone number, address, or other information that identifies you to non-affiliated third parties. Nevada residents have the right to request that we not sell this information in the future. To make such a request, please use the Contact Us information below.

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20. External Content, Links, and Plug-Ins

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The Sites or Apps may have links to external websites or applications, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the practices of such third parties. The Sites or Apps may also offer you the ability to interact with social plug-ins from external social media sites, which may allow us and/or the social media site to receive personal information from or about you. In some cases, we may know that you clicked on a social media plug-in, such as a Facebook “Like” or Twitter “Follow” button, or receive other information from the social media sites. Similarly, if you have previously provided personal information to an external party operating a plug-in on the Sites or Apps, then such external party may recognize you on our platform. Your use of social network plug-ins is subject to each social media site’s privacy policy, which may be different from ours, so please read these policies carefully to understand their policies and your options. As with linked sites, we have no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by social network plug-ins, and are not responsible for the practices of such sites.

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21. Public Forums

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Any personal information you choose to disclose on public blogs, discussion or message boards, in chat rooms, interactive forums, rating or reviews, on other external websites that we may link to, or on other public areas on the Sites or Apps, becomes public information. Please exercise caution when disclosing personal or other information in public areas. We are not responsible for the personal information you choose to post in a public forum. To request removal of your personal information from our Sites or Apps, you may contact us using one of the methods listed in the “Contact Us” section below.

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22. Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: weichelllcfarm@gmail.com