At SWISCO, Inc. ("SWISCO"), we appreciate the trust you place in us when you choose to visit our website, www.SWISCO.com (the "Website") and social media pages and we are committed to protecting your privacy. This SWISCO Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") describes the types of personal information we collect, why and how we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties. Our Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use your personal information. In this Privacy Policy, "we" and "our" means SWISCO and "you" means any person who visits our Website or social media accounts, calls us on the phone, or emails us.
We collect different types of personal information in a number of ways, including:
Contact information and identifiers, such as your name, billing and shipping address, telephone number, and email address in order to process your purchase, confirm your order, and ship your merchandise. We may also collect this information from you if you call us, email or, sign up to receive our marketing emails, or utilize the chat/help feature on our website;
Purchase information, such as the items that you purchase and financial information such as your credit card number, expiration date, and security code;
SWISCO account information, such as your name, billing and shipping address, telephone number, email address, and payment card information. Account information may also include demographic information about you, such as your age or birthdate and gender. By creating a user name and a password of your choice, you may access your account online at any time to view and/or edit your profile, payment methods, order history, and email preferences. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account login information;
Preference information, such as your marketing preferences and merchandise interests;
Geolocation information, such as the location of your device that you use to visit our Website, if your device settings allow us to collect location information; and
Chat and call recordings, including information about your chat or call and any information that you share during these interactions.
Social Media Information. We may also collect personal information about you if you choose to enable, log into, or sign on to SWISCO social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter ("Social Media Sites"). When you connect to our Social Media Sites, we may collect personal information that you provide. For example, when you log in with your Facebook credentials, we may collect personal information from your Facebook profile, if permitted- such as your email address, profile picture, and friend list. We use this information to personalize the services we provide to you. If you do not want us to provide us with this information, please change the privacy settings on your Social Media Site accounts.
Device and browsing information and other Internet activity information. We use automated means to collect information about your phone, tablet, computer, or device, and online browsing activity. This information may include IP addresses, unique device identifiers, cookie identifiers, device and browser settings and information, and Internet service provider information. We use a variety of means to collect this information, including the following:
Cookies: Like many websites, we use a feature of your browser called a "cookie." A cookie automatically identifies a computer-but not an individual-to our servers when a person visits our website. Cookies allow us to correlate your computer with certain usage patterns that are stored in our log files. We use cookies to help us improve our Website and to deliver a better and more customized service. They enable us to estimate usage patterns, store information about your preferences, customize our Website, and recognize users when they return to our Website. If for any reason you do not wish to take advantage of cookies, you may have your browser not accept them, although this will disable some essential features our Website, including our online shopping cart.
Third-Party Cookies: Some of our business partners use cookies on our Site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party cookies outside of our control.
Cookies/Tracking Technologies on Social Media Sites: SWISCO maintains SWISCO pages on various Social Media Sites. When you visit our Social Media Sites, the provider of the Social Media Sites and other third parties may set cookies and other tracking technologies on your browser or device. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites or social media websites. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the privacy practices or cookie use by any third party sites.
Log Files: We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information, and we do not distribute or share IP information with any third parties.
Clear GIFS: We may also collect information through the use of clear gifs (also called Pixel Tags, Web beacons and Web bugs) on our Website and in selected email messages we send to you. These are tiny graphic files, not visible to the human eye, that help us analyze our customers' online behavior and measure the effectiveness of our Website and our advertising. We work with third party service providers that help us track, collect, and analyze this information, which may include your device's IP address, your browser type, your operating system, date and time information, such as when you receive, open, or click a link in an email message from us, and other technical information about your device. We may also track certain information about the identity of the website you visited immediately before coming to our site. We also work with third party service providers that use tracking technologies to deliver promotions on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to our Website, and your interaction with our advertising and other communications.
Do Not Track Signals: When a user turns on the Do Not Track preference in their web browser, the browser sends a message to websites requesting them not to track the user. At this time, we do not respond to Do Not Track browser settings or signals. For information about Do Not Track, please visit: https://allaboutdnt.com.
We use the information we collect from you for various purposes, including to:
We will not sell your personal information to any third party for money. We may share your information under certain circumstances to trusted third parties that help us bring you the products and services we offer. For example, we may disclose your personal information to third parties that assist us as follows:
We require our vendors and service providers to maintain the confidentiality of all information that we share with them and to use such information only in accordance with the obligations set forth in the agreements we have with them. In addition, we may disclose your personal information to law enforcement agencies, government/regulatory bodies, and content protection organizations to: (i) protect our legal rights, privacy or safety, and that of our subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents, contractors, or other individuals; (ii) protect the safety and security of visitors to our online services or other properties; (iii) protect against fraud or other illegal activity or for risk management purposes; or (iv) comply with the law including with subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, and other legal process.
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes it was retained, such as to provide services to you. In some instances, we may retain information for longer periods in order to comply with applicable laws and otherwise as necessary to allow us to conduct our business.
Your personal information may be transferred in the event we sell or transfer all or a part of our business or assets. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with reasonable notice of such transfer, or as otherwise required by law.
To unsubscribe from our marketing emails, please email us at help@swisco.com with a request to be removed, or simply click the unsubscribe button found at the bottom of any of the emails that we send you. Please allow us at least ten (10) business days from when the request was received to complete your unsubscribe request.
We implement a variety of commercially reasonable security measures to maintain the safety of your Personal Information. We take appropriate physical, electronic and administrative steps to maintain the security of personal information we collect. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Accordingly, while we use commercially reasonable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
Our Website and Social Media accounts may include links to third party websites whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you choose to purchase products or services through a third party site, or otherwise access a third party site, the information collected by the third party is governed by that third party's privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any other sites you visit.
Our Website is not intended for children. SWISCO does not knowingly collect any personal information or data from children under the age of thirteen, and will dispose of any such information if we become aware that it has been provided to us. If you believe that your child under the age of 13 has submitted personal information to us in connection with our Website or Social Media Sites, please contact us at help@swisco.com so that we may take steps to delete this information.
The California Consumer Privacy Act provides California consumers with specific rights regarding their personal
information, including the following: the right to request access to the personal information we have collected
about you; the right to request deletion of your personal information; the right to request disclosure of the
categories of personal information we collect, the purposes for which we collect, sell or disclose that information,
and the categories of third parties with whom we share the information; and the right to opt-out of the sale of your
personal information. DO NOT SELL MY INFORMATION
To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request to us via email help@swisco.com or via phone 856-317-6263. We may need to request
additional information from you in order to verify your identity. We will begin processing your request once we are
able to verify your identity and we will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt, or we will notify
you if we require more time to respond. If we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request, we will
not respond to your request. If we find that your verifiable consumer request is excessive, repetitive, or
manifestly unfounded, we may charge a reasonable fee to respond to your request. We will not discriminate against
you for requesting any of the rights outlined above.
N.R.S. 603A provides Nevada residents with the right to request that we do not make any "sale" (as such term is defined in N.R.S. 603A) of your "covered information" as such terms are defined in N.R.S. 603A. We currently do not sell covered information, as "sale" is defined by such law, and we don't have plans to sell this information.
SWISCO stores its information, including Personal Data as that term is defined in the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), and hosts its website in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States or are using our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your Personal Data will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The laws that apply to the use and protection of personal data in the United States or other countries or jurisdictions in which we transfer or process personal information may be different than the laws and protections in your country. By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data and/or using our website, you consent to the terms of this Policy and the collection, use, maintenance, transfer to and processing of your personal data in the United States or other countries or territories, and, unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we use this consent as the legal basis for that data transfer. If you require further information about this, you can request it from help@swisco.com.
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page with an updated date. Under certain circumstances, we may notify you of amendments through additional means, such as posting a notice on our Website homepage or contacting you via email.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the security of your Personal Data on our Website, please contact us by email at help@swisco.com, phone at 888-991-1929, or write to us at SWISCO.com, 7030 Colonial Hwy, Pennsauken, NJ 08109.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 19, 2021.