Privacy Policy

The Operator of this website (waveshortsshop.com, the “Site”) recognizes the importance of privacy and values the trust of all users. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) outlines how personal information relating to you is collected, used, and disclosed by the Operator. Personal information covered under this Policy includes any information gathered when you engage with the Operator through the Site, make purchases, register for features or programs, or interact with the Operator in any other manner. Additional or separate privacy notices may be provided for specific services, programs or activities offered by the Operator.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE

The Operator collects personal information that you voluntarily submit. This includes information provided when you create an account or profile on the Site, utilize interactive features and tools, complete a purchase, sign up for promotional programs, and when you communicate with the Operator through any available channels. Examples of such personal information include your name, mailing address, contact numbers, electronic mail address, account credentials and payment-related details, along with any other information you choose to share with the Operator.

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION

Certain categories of information are collected automatically when you access and use the Site and its associated services. This includes technical data such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the type of web browser and device you use, the times and duration of your Site visits, and the web pages you visited prior to accessing the Site. The Operator also collects data regarding your device’s operating system and your usage patterns and activities on the Site, such as pages viewed and features accessed.

COOKIES

The Operator uses cookies to automatically collect certain data. A “cookie” is a small digital file that is transferred to your device when you visit the Site. The Operator may deploy cookies directly and may also engage third-party providers to deliver cookies and collect related data on its behalf. Cookies are used to maintain the security and integrity of the Site’s registration and transaction processes, preserve your personal preferences and account settings, gain insights into your potential interests to personalize marketing communications and content, and to continuously improve the Site and your overall user experience. Third-party technologies integrated into the Site, such as multimedia players, may place their own cookies (e.g., flash cookies) on your device. You may review the privacy policies of such third-party providers to learn more about their data collection and protection practices.

WEB BEACONS

Web beacons are also used to collect information. Web beacons are small electronic images embedded in the Site’s pages or in electronic communications sent by the Operator. The Operator uses web beacons to facilitate cookie delivery, count site visits, analyze usage trends and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and to track whether electronic communications have been opened and acted upon by recipients.

PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES

The Operator may receive personal information about you from third-party sources and may combine or link this information with the data already held about you to enhance and personalize your experience with the Site and the Operator’s services.

OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Operator uses the personal information collected for a variety of legitimate business purposes, including to:

Provide, deliver and support the products and services offered through the Site, process and finalize transactions, and send you transaction-related communications such as confirmations, updates, security notifications and administrative messages;
Respond to your inquiries, comments and requests, and provide high-quality customer support services;
Send you targeted communications about the Operator’s products, services, promotions, offers, news and upcoming events, as well as geographically relevant information;
Administer contests, sweepstakes and other promotional programs, including processing entries and fulfilling prizes;
Maintain, manage and secure your user account on the Site;
Operate, maintain, enhance and optimize the Site, its features and the Operator’s overall services.

The Operator may store and process personal information in various jurisdictions as needed to conduct its business operations.

The Operator may share your personal information with third parties outside of its corporate group, including in the following circumstances:

The Operator engages third-party service providers to perform various business functions and complete transactions on its behalf. Personal information may be disclosed to these providers to enable them to deliver the contracted services, which may include hosting and technical support, database management and backup, analytics, marketing and advertising, email delivery, fulfillment and distribution, payment processing, and customer service. Where permitted by applicable law, these third-party service providers may use the shared personal information for their own marketing and commercial purposes. Users may opt out of receiving certain direct marketing communications from the Operator as outlined in the YOUR CHOICES section of this Policy.
Personal information may be shared with third-party promotional and marketing partners to support the operation of the Site and the administration of joint promotional programs.
From time to time, the Operator may share personal information with other companies that may offer you information about their own products, services and offers. Where required by law, users will be provided with the opportunity to opt out of such information sharing.
The Operator may disclose personal information to its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and other related entities under common control for the purpose of supporting the marketing, sale and distribution of its products and services.
Non-personal information, such as aggregate site traffic data, page view statistics and order volume trends, may be shared with third parties including advertising and business partners.
The Operator may publicly disclose certain information about winners of contests, sweepstakes and other promotional programs, such as name and geographic location.
Any content you post on the Site, including comments, stories, photos, blog posts and videos, may be published or displayed on the Site by the Operator. The Operator may also publish or display information about your activities or postings on the Site that is submitted by other users.
Personal information may be transferred as part of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, sale of all or a portion of the Operator’s business or assets, joint venture, corporate reorganization or financing. In the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or similar proceedings, personal information may be treated as a business asset and transferred to third-party successors or claimants.
The Operator may disclose personal information when required to do so by applicable law or in response to lawful requests and legal process; to protect and defend the Operator’s legal rights, property and interests, as well as those of its agents, users and third parties, including the enforcement of the Operator’s terms of use, policies and agreements; and in emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of the Operator’s staff, users, customers or any other individual.

YOUR CHOICES

You may opt out of receiving promotional electronic communications from the Operator by following the unsubscribe instructions included in all such communications. You may also update your communication preferences, including postal and electronic mail, through the account management features on the Site or by contacting the Operator through the designated channels. Even if you opt out of promotional communications, the Operator may still send you non-promotional messages related to your account, purchases, transactions and ongoing business relations.

You may correct, update or modify your personal information at any time through the Site’s account management tools or by contacting the Operator. You may also request that the Operator not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes by submitting a request to the Operator.

You may choose to disable the collection of data by cookies on the Site. First-party cookies set by the Operator may be managed or disabled through the Site’s privacy settings or your web browser’s preferences. Disabling cookies may not affect third-party cookies (such as flash cookies) used by external technologies integrated into the Site; such cookies may be managed through the privacy settings of the respective third-party providers. Please note that disabling or removing cookies may impact the functionality of certain features and services on the Site, and may result in a less personalized user experience.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Operator takes reasonable and commercially appropriate measures to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction while the information is in the Operator’s possession or control. These measures include physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to align with industry standards. While the Operator uses diligent efforts to secure your personal information, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure or error-free, and the Operator cannot guarantee absolute or complete security of any personal information collected or stored.

RIGHT TO KNOW

You have the right to request information about the personal information the Operator has collected about you over a specified period, including the categories of personal information collected, the categories of sources from which the information was obtained, the business purposes for collecting or disclosing the information, and the categories of third parties to whom the information was disclosed. You also have the right to request a copy of the specific personal information collected about you in a machine-readable format. The number of such requests you may submit within a specified time frame may be limited by applicable law. A general overview of the categories of information collected and shared by the Operator is available in this Policy.

RIGHT TO DELETE

You have the right to request the deletion of personal information that the Operator has collected from you. However, applicable law may exempt certain categories of information from mandatory deletion. For example, the Operator may retain personal information that is necessary for security purposes, fraud detection and prevention, compliance with legal obligations, and to fulfill ongoing contractual and business obligations to you. In response to a deletion request, the Operator will provide an explanation of any information that is retained and the lawful basis for such retention. Anonymized or pseudonymized information, which cannot be linked back to an identifiable individual, is not considered personal information under applicable law, and the Operator may satisfy deletion requests by anonymizing or pseudonymizing your personal information.

PRIVACY REQUEST

You may exercise your privacy rights by submitting a request to the Operator through the designated privacy request channels available on the Site. The Operator will process and respond to all valid privacy requests in accordance with applicable law and within the required time frames.

CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS

Applicable consumer privacy laws may grant residents of certain jurisdictions additional rights with respect to their personal information, including enhanced rights of access, correction, deletion and data portability, as well as the right to opt out of certain types of information sharing or “selling” of personal information to third parties. The Operator complies with all applicable consumer privacy laws and regulations, and additional information about the rights afforded to residents of specific jurisdictions may be available through a dedicated section of the Site.

AGE

The Site is intended for use by teenagers and adults, and is not directed at children under the age of 13. The Operator does not knowingly collect, use or disclose personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, nor does the Operator permit children under the age of 13 to publicly post or share personal information through the Site. Participation in any of the Operator’s activities or programs is not conditioned on the provision of personal information by children under the age of 13. If the Operator becomes aware that it has inadvertently collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, the information will be immediately deleted from the Operator’s records. If the Operator modifies its practices regarding the collection of information from children in the future, it will obtain verifiable parental consent prior to collecting any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, in compliance with applicable law.

The Operator and its advertising partners may place advertising cookies on your device when you browse the Site to understand your interests and preferences. These partners may then display targeted retargeting advertising to you on other websites and platforms based on your previous interactions with the Site. The advertising technologies used by these partners do not collect personally identifiable information such as your name, contact details or payment information.

MESSAGING PRIVACY POLICY & TERMS OF USE

Additional privacy terms and conditions apply to any messaging services offered by the Operator, including SMS, MMS and other mobile messaging services. A separate Messaging Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms of Use outlines the Operator’s practices with respect to personal information collected through these services, and is available for review on the Site.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

The Operator may update or modify this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in its privacy practices, business operations or applicable law. Any changes to the Policy will be posted on the Site, and the effective date of the revised Policy will be updated accordingly. Continued use of the Site and the Operator’s services following the posting of changes to this Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the Operator’s privacy practices, you may contact the Operator through the dedicated privacy support channels available on the Site. The Operator will review and respond to all privacy-related inquiries in a timely manner.