Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how 2nd Innings Handicrafts Pvt Ltd / I was a Sari / iwasasari.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Contact

After reviewing this policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at support@iwasasari.com or by mail using the details provided below:

2nd Innings Handicrafts Pvt Ltd, I was a Sari, Unit No 19, Sona Udyog Wing 3, Parsi Panchayat Road, Andheri East, 400069, Mumbai, India

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

  • Device information
    • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
    • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.
    • Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
  • Order information
    • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
    • Source of collection: collected from you.
    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, our IOSS aggregator EAS Project, payment gateway Stripe and shipping provider DHL and any other as may be required by the laws of the countries we are operating in or are servicing.
    • Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.
  • Customer support information
    • Purpose of collection: We collect customer support information to assist you with your inquiries, requests, and issues. This information allows us to provide effective customer support, address your concerns, and improve your overall shopping experience.
    • Source of collection: Customer support information is collected directly from you when you contact our customer support team via email, phone, or through our website's contact forms or reach us through our social media pages. This information may include your name, contact details, order details, and any other information you provide during the support interaction.
    • Disclosure for a business purpose: We do not disclose customer support information for any other business purpose. As of now, we handle all customer queries and support inquiries in-house, and your information is not shared with any third-party helpdesk software service or external customer support providers. Your data is solely used to address your inquiries and provide customer support directly from our team. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information. On a needs basis, we may share your information with our processor Shopify, our IOSS aggregator EAS Project, payment gateway Stripe and shipping provider DHL and any other as may be required by the laws of the countries we are operating in or are servicing.
    • Personal Information collected: We collect personal information contact details (name, email, address, and phone number), payment information, and order details. This information is solely used for the purpose of processing orders, providing customer support, and ensuring the efficient delivery of your purchases

Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with certain affiliates and third-party service providers to provide services to us on our behalf, such as support for the internal operations of our Site, online stores (including payment processors and third-parties we use for sending your orders to your home address), services (e.g., technical support processing), advertising, analytics and marketing services, as well as related offline product support services, data storage and other services. Where permitted, Personal Information is shared with third party marketing partners for commercial purposes.

For example:

We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising

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

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

Lawful basis

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent;
  • The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
  • Compliance with our legal obligations;
  • To protect your vital interests;
  • To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
  • For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
  1. Contractual Necessity. We process the following categories of Personal Information as a matter of "contractual necessity", meaning that we need to process the data to perform under our terms of use with you, which enables us to provide you with the Services. When we process data due to contractual necessity, failure to provide such Personal Information will result in your inability to use some or all portions of the Services that require such data. 
  • Personal identifiers
  • Customer records identified by state law
  • Commercial information
  • Special categories of data under the GDPR
  • Personal Information about children under the age of 16
  1. Legitimate Interest. We process the following categories of Personal Information when we believe it furthers the legitimate interest of us or third parties.
  • Personal identifiers
  • Customer records identified by state law
  • Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law
  • Commercial information
  • Internet or other similar network activity information
  • Geolocation data
  • Inferences drawn from other personal information
  • Age or date of birth
  • Special categories of data under the GDPR
  • Personal Information about children under the age of 16

Examples of these legitimate interests include:

  • Operation and improvement of our business, products and Services
  • Marketing of our products and Services
  • Provision of customer support
  • Protection from fraud or security threats
  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Completion of corporate transactions

Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.

Your rights

GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above.

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above.

If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address above.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name

Function

Duration

_ab

Used in connection with access to admin.

2y

_secure_session_id

Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

24h

_shopify_country

Used in connection with checkout.

session

_shopify_m

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1y

_shopify_tm

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

30min

_shopify_tw

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

2w

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

1min

_tracking_consent

Tracking preferences.

1y

C

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Cart

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

cart_currency

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

cart_sig

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

cart_ver

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

4w

checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Used in connection with checkout.

30min

hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

session

keep_alive

Used in connection with buyer localization.

2w

master_device_id

Used in connection with merchant login.

2y

previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

remember_me

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

secure_customer_sig

Used in connection with customer login.

20y

shopify_pay

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

shopify_pay_redirect

Used in connection with checkout.

30 minutes, 3w or 1y depending on value

storefront_digest

Used in connection with customer login.

2y

tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

checkout_one_experiment

Used in connection with checkout.

session

checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

checkout_session_token_<<token>>

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

identity-state

Used in connection with customer authentication.

24h

identity-state-<<token>>

Used in connection with customer authentication.

24h

identity_customer_account_number

Used in connection with customer authentication.

12w

Reporting and Analytics

Name

Function

Duration

_landing_page

Track landing pages.

2w

_orig_referrer

Track landing pages.

2w

_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

_shopify_d

Shopify analytics.

session

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

_shopify_ga

Shopify and Google Analytics.

session

customer_auth_provider

Shopify analytics.

session

customer_auth_session_created_at

Shopify analytics.

session

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Complaints

As noted above, if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or by mail using the details provided under “Contact” above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our representative via the details above

Privacy Questions

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, including the ways we collect and use your information as described in this Policy, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under laws that apply to you, please contact us using our details given above.

Last updated: [15th November 2023]