Privacy Policy

THESWAF (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by THESWAF.   

This Privacy Policy applies to our website, and its associated subdomains (collectively, our “Service”) alongside our application, THESWAF. By accessing or using our Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.   

Definitions and key terms   

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined as:   

  • Cookie: small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify your browser, provide analytics, remember information about you such as your language preference or login information.   
  • Company: when this policy mentions “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it refers to THESWAF LLC, 3817 W GRANVILLE AVE CHICAGO, IL 60659 that is responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy.   
  • Country: where THESWAF or the owners/founders of THESWAF are based, in this case is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
  • Customer: refers to the company, organization or person that signs up to use the THESWAF Service to manage the relationships with your consumers or service users.   
  • Device: any internet connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer or any other device that can be used to visit THESWAF and use the services.   
  • IP address: Every device connected to the Internet is assigned a number known as an Internet protocol (IP) address. These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks. An IP address can often be used to identify the location from which a device is connecting to the Internet.   
  • Personnel: refers to those individuals who are employed by THESWAF or are under contract to perform a service on behalf of one of the parties.   
  • Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.   
  • Service: refers to the service provided by THESWAF as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this platform. ●Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.   
  • Website: THESWAF’s site, which can be accessed via this URL: theswaf.com 
  • You: a person or entity that is registered with THESWAF to use the Services. 

What Information Do We Collect?   

We collect information from you when you visit our website, register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.   

  • Name / Username 
  • Phone Numbers 
  • Email Addresses 
  • Mailing Addresses 
  • Billing Addresses 
  • Password 

How Do We Use The Information We Collect?  

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways: 

  • To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs) ●To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)   
  • To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)   
  • To process transactions 
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature 
  • To send periodic emails 

Do we share the information we collect with third parties?   

We may share the information that we collect, both personal and non-personal, with third parties such as advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you. We may also share it with our current and future affiliated companies and business partners, and if we are involved in a merger, asset sale or other business reorganization, we may also share or transfer your personal and non-personal information to our successors-in-interest.   

 

 As described, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.   

Where and when is information collected from customers and end users?   

THESWAF will collect personal information that you submit to us. We may also receive personal information about you from third parties as described above.   

How Do We Protect Your Information?   

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) is never kept on file. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to THESWAF or guarantee that your information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.   

Can I update or correct my information?   

The rights you have to request updates or corrections to the information THESWAF collects depend on your relationship with THESWAF. Personnel may update or correct their information as detailed in our internal company employment policies.   

Customers have the right to request the restriction of certain uses and disclosures of personally identifiable information as follows. You can contact us in order to (1) update or correct your personally identifiable information, (2) change your preferences with respect to communications and other information you receive from us, or (3) delete the personally identifiable information maintained about you on our systems (subject to the following paragraph), by cancelling your account. Such updates, corrections, changes and deletions will have no effect on other information that we maintain, or information that we have provided to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy prior to such update, correction, change or deletion. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.   

You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our system. The need to back up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Promptly after receiving your request, all personal information stored in databases we actively use, and other readily searchable media will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon as and to the extent reasonably and technically practicable.   

If you are an end user and wish to update, delete, or receive any information we have about you, you may do so by contacting the organization of which you are a customer.   

 

Governing Law   

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA without regard to its conflict of laws provision. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in connection with any action or dispute arising between the parties under or in connection with this Privacy Policy except for those individuals who may have rights to make claims under Privacy Shield, or the Swiss-US framework.   

The laws of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Agreement and your use of the website. Your use of the website may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.   

By using THESWAF or contacting us directly, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you should not engage with our website, or use our services. Continued use of the website, direct engagement with us, or following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy that do not significantly affect the use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that you accept those changes.   

Cookies   

THESWAF uses “Cookies” to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use Cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of our website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality like videos may become unavailable or you would be required to enter your login details every time you visit the website as we would not be able to remember that you had logged in previously. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access functionality on our website correctly or at all. We never place Personally Identifiable Information in Cookies.   

Remarketing Services   

We use remarketing services. What Is Remarketing? In digital marketing, remarketing (or retargeting) is the practice of serving ads across the internet to people who have already visited your website. It allows your company to seem like they’re “following” people around the internet by serving ads on the websites and platforms they use most.   

Payment Details   

In respect to any credit card or other payment processing details you have provided us; we commit that this confidential information will be stored in the most secure manner possible.   

Changes To Our Privacy Policy   

We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to this Privacy Policy so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before we make changes to this Privacy Policy and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the Service, you will be bound by the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to this or any updated Privacy Policy, you can delete your account.   

Information about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)   

We may be collecting and using information from you if you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), and in this section of our Privacy Policy we are going to explain exactly how and why is this data collected, and how we maintain this data under protection from being replicated or used in the wrong way.   

California Residents   

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above.   

We are also required to communicate information about rights California residents have under California law. You may exercise the following rights:   

  • Right to Know and Access. You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.   
  • Right to Equal Service. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights. ●Right to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.   
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact  us. We do not sell the Personal Information of our users. For more information about these rights, please contact us. 

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)   

CalOPPA requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above.   

CalOPPA users have the following rights: 

  • Right to Know and Access: You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.   
  • Right to Equal Service: We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights. 
  • Right to Delete: You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.   
  • Right to request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data. 

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.   

We do not sell the Personal Information of our users. 

For more information about these rights, please contact us. 

Your Consent 

By using our website, registering an account, or making a purchase, you hereby consent to our Cookie Policy and agree to its terms.   

Contact Us 

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding our Cookie Policy. 

  • Via Email: support@theswaf.com