Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 8, 2021

We at Body by LJA respect your privacy.  This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information you provide to us when you access our website, purchase our products or engage with us on social media, as well as your own rights to the information we collect.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We will alert you to any changes to this Policy by changing the “last updated” date at the top of this Policy.  Any changes become effective immediately upon publication on our website, and you waive specific notice of any changes to the Policy by continuing to use and access our site.  We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically when you use our website for any purpose or engage with us on social media.  You are deemed to have accepted any changes to any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of our website after the revised Privacy Policy is posted.

What We Collect And Store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

  • Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed.
  • Location, IP address, and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping.
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order.

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details, and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. This includes your name, email address, and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store reviews, if you choose to leave them.

How We Collect Information

Cookies

“Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. We may use any or all of the following types of cookies:

Log Files

These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Web Beacons, Tags, and Pixels

“Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the site. These tags may collect the IP address from the device you are using, and the browser type. Pixel tags are also used by our third-party partners to collect information when you visit our site, and we may use this information to display targeted advertisements.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (Stripe credit card processing, PayPal emails, email address, and phone number). We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

Please note, Do Not Track (“DNT“) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. DNT is a way for users to inform websites and services that they do not want certain information about their webpage visits collected over time and across websites or online services. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.

How We Use Information

Your information allows us to offer you certain products, including the use of our website, to fulfill our obligations to you, to customize your interaction with our company and our website, and to allow us to suggest other products we think might interest you. We generally store your data and transmit it to a third party for processing. However, to the extent we process your data, we do so to serve our legitimate business interests (such as providing you with the opportunity to purchase our goods and interact with our website.

  • Create and administer your account; and
  • Deliver and products purchased by you to you; and
  • Correspond with you; and
  • Process payments or refunds; and
  • Contact you about new offerings we think you will be interested in; and
  • Interact with you via social media; and
  • Send you a newsletter or other updates about our company or website; and
  • Deliver targeted advertising; and
  • Request feedback from you; and
  • Notify you of updates to our products and offerings; and
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot any problems; and
  • Generate a profile that is personalized to you, so that future interactions with our site will be more personal; and
  • Compile anonymous statistical data for our own use or a third party’s use; and
  • Assist law enforcement as necessary; and
  • Prevent fraudulent activity on our website; and
  • Analyze trends to improve our site and products.

Why We Share Information

We share your personal information with third parties to help us use your personal information as described above. For example, we use PayPal to process our credit card payments. Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Finally, we may also share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

How Long We Retain Information

When you place an order with Body by LJA, we will maintain your order information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. We retain personal data as long as it is needed to conduct our legitimate business purposes or to comply with our legal obligations, or until you ask us to delete your data. For example, we will retain certain personal information indefinitely for the purposes of maintaining your account, unless and until you delete your account. Data that we gather for a specific and particular purpose, such as assisting law enforcement or analyzing trends, will not be kept for longer than is necessary for that particular purpose.  Data that is no longer needed by us for any of the purposes listed above will be permanently deleted.   

Your Rights Over Your Information

If you have an account on this site or have left reviews, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. You may request that we delete your data at any time.  However, note that we cannot control the retention policies of third parties. If you wish to have any third parties, including those to whom we’ve transmitted your data, delete that data, you will need to contact those third parties directly. You may request from us a list of all third parties to whom we have transmitted your data.

To update or delete your information, please contact us at help@bodybylja.com. You may also update your information inside your Account Dashboard.

Security of Your Information

We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data and keep your information secure. We use recognized online secure payment systems and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. We take technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps to protect all information. We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption across our site to protect your information. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee the complete security of any information you transmit to us.

By consent to this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of your data by other parties.

We will notify you of promptly any known breach of our security systems or your data that might expose you to serious risk.

Minors

This site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.

How To Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at help@bodybylja.com.