At WGJS1 ("Company", "we," or "us"), we respect our customers' privacy. This privacy policy ("Policy") describes how the company collects, uses, and discloses consumers' personal information, including information collected through our Website (which include brands' websites, and all other websites, mobile sites, services, applications, platforms and tools where this Policy appears or is linked) (collectively, the "Services").
By providing information to us (through any means, be it in-store, through correspondence, via our Website, or otherwise), you express your consent to our utilization of the provided information as outlined in this Policy. Should you disagree with this Policy or our procedures, kindly refrain from using our Services.
This Policy has the potential to undergo modifications periodically and is integrated into our Website Terms of Use. Your ongoing usage of our Website signifies your acceptance of these modifications. We recommend that you periodically review this Policy.
California Notice at Collection of Personal Information: We gather the categories of personal information outlined in the "information we collect" section and utilize this data for the objectives detailed in the "How We Use the Information We Collect" segment. To learn more about California privacy rights, please review the sections on "Your California Privacy Rights" and "Notice of Financial Incentive."
1. Information We Collect
We have various paths through which we might acquire information
about you, including (A) the data you provide us directly; (B) data
that is automatically gathered; and (C) data received from third
parties. This encompasses information that can identify you either
directly (such as your name) or indirectly (for instance, information
linked to the device you use online).
A. Information You Provide
The types of personal information we may collect include:
Information You Provide When You Use the Services.
Identifiers and Account Information. We collect:
Demographic Information: We gather information you provide concerning your personal or professional interests, birth date, anniversary date, demographics (including aspects like gender, occupation, income, and marital status), interactions with our products, and preferences in terms of shopping and communication.
Geolocation Data: Additionally, we might acquire details about the locations of devices utilized to access the Website ("Location Data"). Location Data encompasses: (a) the device's location, deduced from GPS or WiFi usage; (b) the IP address of the device or internet service used for Website access; and (c) other data provided by users or other sources that indicates the current or past location of the user, such as geotag information within photos.
Financial Account Information: If you make a purchase from us, we collect pertinent payment-related data contingent on the payment method you opt for.
Commercial Information: We compile information related to purchases, returns, wish lists, transactions, as well as media consumption, prior purchases, shopping patterns, details about loyalty programs, and lifestyle preferences.
Information Provided about a Third Party: When you communicate with someone else through the Website, such as sending an invitation to a friend, the information you yield (like name, email address) aids in facilitating the communication process.
Information Shared via Social Media: You might have the opportunity to connect your social media account with the Website. By doing so, we may automatically receive specific data about you, reliant on your registration and privacy settings on those third-party platforms. This could include your name, username, demographic particulars, updated contact information or address, location, interests, and publicly observed data derived from your social media and online activities.
B. Information Automatically Collected
Usage Information. We automatically collect data regarding your utilization of the Services, encompassing your Internet Protocol (IP) address, distinctive device identifier, device attributes, system settings and preferences, search queries, referring URLs, and the timing and date of your engagement. Cookies and comparable technologies, server logs, and other automated methods are employed to compile and retain data regarding your preferences, your interactions with our Website, and your engagement with emails sent by us.
Certain data components acquired through automated methods, such as your browser information, may be linked with other information we possess about you, serving the purposes elaborated below. This linking allows us to ascertain, for instance, whether you have opened an email we sent to you. While the settings for cookies can be adjusted in your browser, it's important to note that, without cookies, certain features of our Website might be inaccessible to you.
C. Information Collected From Third-Party Sources
We gather information about you from advertising networks, data
firms, and other third-party sources that assist us in delivering
advertisements and services tailored to your interests. This information
encompasses various aspects, such as demographic details, media
consumption patterns, prior purchases, shopping behaviors, loyalty
program data, lifestyle preferences, and information necessary to
verify or update the data we have acquired from or about you.
D. Aggregate or Deidentified Information
We might aggregate or deidentify the personal information we gather. Subsequently, we could share this aggregated or deidentified information with our business partners and service providers, and we might employ such information for our own intentions.
2. How We Use the Information
We Collect
We may use the information described above for the following business
purposes:
We may use the information described above for the following commercial
purposes:
3. Information We Share
A. Sharing of Information by You
Your activity in our Website may involve actions such as participating in surveys, evaluating and rating products or services, making inquiries about or purchasing items, engaging in online communities, "liking" or "sharing" our content on your social media accounts or pages, or interacting with our Website in other ways.
It's important to note that any information you reveal in publicly accessible sections of our Website or on third-party websites becomes public knowledge. When revealing personal information in these public domains, exercise caution.
B. Sharing of Information by Us
We may share personal information with others in the following ways:
In addition, we may aggregate or deidentify personal information and use or disclose the aggregated/deidentified information for marketing, analytics, and other purposes.
4. Interest-Based Advertising Choices
We might gather information about your use of the Services to provide you with advertisements pertaining to products and services customized to your distinct interests. For this purpose, we may also obtain information from third-party websites where our ads are displayed. You might come across our ads on various websites or applications, as we collaborate with third-party ad networks to disseminate our ads.
These networks utilize the collected information to present you with advertisements that align with your specific interests. The information these ad networks might amass on our behalf encompasses details about your visits to websites that showcase our advertisements. This encompasses the pages or ads you view and the actions you undertake on those websites. This data collection occurs not only on our Website but also on third-party websites that are part of these ad networks. This procedure serves the dual role of aiding us in assessing the efficacy of our marketing endeavors.
If you wish to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.You also can manage the collection of certain information through your browser or mobile device. You can modify your browser settings to restrict or obstruct specific cookies, although this might hinder us from storing your preferences and potentially render certain features of the Services inoperable. Consult your browser's help menu for more comprehensive information. On your mobile device, you can similarly adjust privacy and advertising settings to regulate whether you desire to receive more pertinent advertising. It's important to note that you might need to configure these preferences on each browser or device you employ.
5. Other Choices About the Use of Your Personal Information
Mailing Lists. You can unsubscribe from receiving our emails by following the "Unsubscribe" link provided in our emails. If you're receiving marketing communications from multiple brands or affiliates, you should individually opt out from each affiliate to cease receiving brand-specific marketing communications. It's worth noting that opting out of such communications will not impact our ability to contact you via telephone or email in relation to your orders, sales, or service transactions.
Geolocation Data. If you gave us consent to collect Location Data from your device and no longer want us to collect this kind of data, please delete the app or disable the app's access to location in the privacy settings on your device or tablet. Note, however, that disabling the location setting may affect your ability to access and use that app.
Access, Deletion, and Other Requests. If you are a California resident, you may request access to the personal information we maintain about you or request that we correct, amend, delete, or block the information by contacting us. You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us or object at any time on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal information, and we will apply your preferences going forward.
If you have a Website account, you can log in to access and modify your account details. Should you have any inquiries or concerns, wish to make changes to your personal information, or desire the removal of your personal data from our database, please reach out to us.
In cases where you opt to erase your account information, certain data might still be retained for purposes such as internal use, maintaining records, upholding integrity, addressing fraud, resolving disputes, enforcing our Terms of Use and other policies, fulfilling technical and legal obligations, and in compliance with the security, integrity, and functioning of the Services.
6. How We Protect Personal Information
We use technical, administrative, and procedural measures to help protect your personal information. However, no electronic data transmission or storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
7. Children's Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The Website is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children. If a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal information online, we ask that a parent or guardian please contact us, and we will take reasonable steps to delete personal information provided by the child.
8. Do Not Track Policy
Some browsers have a "do not track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. At this time, the Websites do not respond to web browser "do not track" requests or similar signals that users may employ.
9. Links to Third Party Sites and Services
Our Website could contain links to third-party websites, including social networks and associated plugins, which are managed by individuals or entities not affiliated with us. Please bear in mind that we are not accountable for the privacy practices of these third-party websites. These links are offered solely for your convenience, and accessing them is at your own discretion. It's advisable to review the privacy policies and terms of use posted on these third-party websites prior to engaging with them.
Additionally, our Website might provide you with the option to interact with social plugins from social media platforms. This interaction may result in data being received by us and/or the respective social media site. In certain cases, we may be informed that you've engaged with a social plugin, such as a Twitter Follow button, or obtain other information from these social media sites. Similarly, if you've previously furnished personal information to a third-party operating a plugin on our Website, that third-party might recognize you on our platform. Your usage of social network plugins is governed by the privacy policy of each respective social media site, which could differ from ours. Therefore, we urge you to carefully read these policies to comprehend their approaches and your choices. Much like linked sites, we lack control over the information collected, stored, or used by social network plugins and are not accountable for their practices.
10. Retention of Personal Information
We keep your personal information for as long as we think is necessary or advisable, and we reserve the right to retain it to the full extent not prohibited by law.
11. Your California Privacy Rights
California residents may take advantage of the following rights:
Access. You have the option to request, up to two times annually, that we provide you with information about the categories and precise elements of personal data that we have gathered about you. This includes details about the sources from which your personal information was collected, the business or commercial intent behind collecting your personal information, the categories of personal information that we divulged for business purposes, any categories of personal information that we sold, the categories of third parties with whom we have exchanged your personal data, and the business or commercial intention behind selling your personal information, if applicable.
Deletion. You have the option to ask us to delete the personal information that we have obtained from or about you. However, please be aware that there are certain situations where we might not be able to fulfill your request entirely. This could be the case if we are required to finalize a transaction on your behalf, to identify and safeguard against fraudulent and unlawful activities, to assert our own rights, or to adhere to a legal obligation.
Opting Out of Sale. You have the option to request that Signet refrains from selling your personal information to third parties and our family of companies that do not share the same brand name for their commercial purposes. If you choose to opt out, it means that moving forward, we will not share your information with such third parties for their purposes unless you explicitly instruct us otherwise. To initiate the opt-out process, please submit a written request to the provided contact information.
For inquiries about how to exercise these rights, feel free to contact us. We will address your requests for access and deletion, following appropriate verification. We highly value your privacy and will ensure no discriminatory actions based on your exercise of privacy rights.
Regarding compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act, alongside the comprehensive details outlined in this Privacy Policy, we make the following disclosures:
We gather personal information from various categories: Identifiers/Contact Information, Commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, geolocation, visual and audio information, and inferences derived from the mentioned categories. The sources of this personal information encompass our customers, their devices, data brokers, and advertising networks.
We engage in the sale of certain personal information categories: Identifiers/Contact Information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences derived from the mentioned categories.
We disclose certain personal information categories for a business purpose: Identifiers/Contact Information, Commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, geolocation, visual and audio information, and inferences drawn from the above.
12. Locations; Data Transfers
WGJS1 is located in the United States, and this Website is intended for usage exclusively by individuals situated within the United States. We do not assert that the Website or any of its content is accessible or suitable outside the United States. Access to the Website might not be compliant with the laws of certain individuals or countries. If you access the Website from a location outside the United States, you do so voluntarily, at your own risk, and you are responsible for adhering to all relevant laws.
Upon accessing this Website, you recognize and accept that we may transmit, process, and retain information about you in the United States and other countries, both within and beyond the European Economic Area. By providing us with your information, you grant consent for the transfer to, as well as the processing and retention of your information in, countries beyond your country of residence. These countries might possess distinct data protection regulations from those applicable in your country of residence.
13. Modifications to this Policy
Any modifications to our Privacy Policy will be published on this page. We advise you to regularly check for updates or alterations to our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with or do not consent to these updates or modifications, kindly refrain from using our Website. In the event of a substantial alteration to this Privacy Policy, we will furnish you with the necessary notification as mandated by law.
Moreover, apart from this Privacy Policy, certain campaigns or promotions may be governed by supplementary privacy terms or policies. We recommend that you review these additional terms or policies before partaking in any such campaigns or promotions, as your participation will require adherence to them.
14. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, please contact us.