Privacy Policy

Friends for Fashion (“Company”, “we”, or “our”) https://beforevacation.com/ is dedicated to informing you of your right to privacy and to providing a secure user experience. This Privacy Statement describes how we collect, retain, and utilize the personal information you provide on our Website. By accessing and using our Website, you explicitly agree, without limitation or qualification, to the acquisition, use, & transfer of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Please carefully review this Policy, as it affects your legal rights and our legal liabilities. Please only use our Website if you concur with how we collect and use your personal information.
1. Information We Collect.
• When you visit and use our Website, we collect various information about you, including personal, demographic, behavioural, and indirect information. Occasionally, we collect combinations of the following types of data:
• Personal data – This data could be used to recognize you or another individual to whom the information pertains. This is the information that you have been requested to provide. Such information may include your name, telephone number, address, mobile phone number(s), email address, credit card number(s), bank account(s), employment status or self-employment, and other information that you provide to us during the registration process or in the course of communicating with us about the products and services offered on our Website. When you provide us with this information, we may also collect it from other people.
• Demographic Information is information that may or may not be unique to you and that it refers to specific characteristics of a population. This information might include, but is not limited to, a person’s postal code, mobile phone provider, age, gender, salary range, education, marital status, occupation, military service, employment sector, and personal and online interests. This information becomes Personal information when it can be used to identify you personally.
• Behavioral Data. This information is collected automatically when you use our Website. This information includes the areas of our Website that you visit, the services that you access or order, and information about your device’s software and hardware, such as your IP address, geographical region, browser preference, operating system type, domain names, internet access times, and other websites that you have visited. When this information can be used to identify you personally, it becomes Personal Data.
• Third-Party Information. Includes confidential, demographic, behavioural, and indirect information obtained about you from a third party. This collection might also include first-party cookies, third-party cookies, anonymous cookies, permanent identifiers, email opt-in records, and search engine keywords. We may also receive information derived from government entities that make your information publicly available, like your DMV records. We do not have access to or control over these cookies and other tracking technologies used by third parties, including advertisers and channels, providers of internet services, data analytics providers, and social networks and platforms. We are not liable/ responsible for the policies and practices of these third parties. When this information can be used to identify you personally, it becomes Personal information.
• Information on Web Technology. We automatically collect this information when users visit our Website. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service provider (ISP), operating system, referring/exit pages, browser type, date/time stamp, and/or web usage data. This information is gathered via cookies, Web beacons, and JavaScript.
• No data is collected from children. We will never intentionally collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 16. If we obtain specific knowledge that we have gathered Personal Details from a child under 16 years of age, we will delete that information from our database immediately. Because it does not collect such details, we do not have that information to use or disclose.
• No Protected Health Information is Obtained. We do not gather data on past, present, or future medical problems or treatments. We also do not collect any biometric data.
• Information pertaining to credit cards and bank account information. When you place an order on the Website, we may collect your credit card number(s), bank account information, and other information. When you submit your credit card or bank account information to us, the information is encrypted and secured with SSL encryption software. Through a third-party processor, we will use your credit card or bank account information to process and complete the transaction you requested. Consequently, this data will be made available to third parties as needed to finish the requested transaction.
2. Information Collection Using Cookies, Web Beacons, and JavaScript.
• We, along with third-party vendors, networks, Internet service providers (ISPs), and supporting advertisers, use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and Java scripts. These technologies gather internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, browser type, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. This information is utilized to analyze trends, administer our Website, track users’ movements within our Website, and acquire demographic data about our subscriber base as a whole. Individual or aggregated reports based upon those technology solutions may be provided to us. Residents of California have the right to be informed if we honour do not monitor signals and cookies. We do not react to signals or cookies of this nature.
• Cookies. Cookies are a feature of your web browser. If enabled, cookies store on your computer a small amount of information about the actions you perform on our Website’s webpage. Cookies help us determine which of our functionalities you visit most frequently and what information you viewed during previous visits. Cookies enable us to recollect your settings and can be utilized for verification when you revisit this Website. We may use cookies to monitor the number of repeat visitors, collect and aggregate quantitative information related to our Website in general, and provide customized content based on your viewing history. You could disable cookies, but our Website might not function correctly without them. You can configure your browser preferences to accept or reject all cookies or to get an alert when a cookie is set. You can find additional information about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com/faq/.
• Third-Party Cookies. On and through our Website, we permit third-party vendors & advertisers to set their own cookies. We have no control over these third-party practices and are not liable for their technology or tracking. We recommend that you examine the policies of these individuals or organizations on their respective websites. We use various ad solutions provided by Google that link the exercise on our Website to their advertising network; these services may employ cookies to collect information about your browsing history. Visit https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en for details on how to opt out of this tracking. In addition, we participate in all Google Analytics advertising. This includes the following: (i)Remarketing with Google Analytics; (ii) Google Display Network Impression Reporting; (iii) Google-controlled Campaign Manager integration; and (iv) Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Google tracks action done by Google Analytics and its AdWords or DoubleClick cookies using cookies. Please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/ to opt-out. We also utilize the analysis service Google Analytics. Google uses the information gathered via cookies to track and analyze site usage, compile reports on site activity, and share this information with other Google services. You can keep the option aside of Google Analytics by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
• Social Media Cookies. Our Website contains third-party features for social media. These features might collect your IP address and which content on our Website you are visiting, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to work correctly. Social media features have been hosted either by a third party or directly on our Website. The Privacy Statement of the company providing these features governs your interactions with them.
• Web Beacons. Web Beacons (also known as single-pixel gifs, clear gifs, and action tags) are electronic images that allow us to gather data from your visit to our Website, quantify and enhance the efficacy of advertisements, and track the delivery of advertisements. Web Beacons only collect a limited set of information, which includes a cookie number, the time and date of the page view, and a summary of the page where the Web Beacon resides. Additionally, we may employ Web beacons in emails sent to you. This enables us to determine whether you viewed or interacted with the email. Because Web beacons have become identical to all other content requests, you cannot refuse or opt out of receiving them. However, you can render them ineffective by opting out of cookies or by modifying your browser’s cookie settings.
• JavaScript. We might also employ JavaScript. JavaScript is a programming language that improves the features of websites, especially with regard to images. We employ it to analyze and enhance the functionality of our Website. You can deactivate or activate JavaScript via your web browser’s settings. If users disable JavaScript, users will be unable to utilize certain Website features.
3. How We Use Information Collected.
• Offering both products and services. We use the information collected on our Website to provide the services and/or products users have requested. This may involve sharing your data with a third party in order to provide the requested services or products. Although our legal contract restricts how this party may use your details, we do not regulate the privacy policies of third parties. Therefore, you must contact the third party directly if you have any queries or wish to have your information removed from its databases.
• Improving Our Website. We use the information we collect to respond to any inquiries, operate and enhance our Website’s features, and deliver the advertised products and services. Testing, research, analysis, and product or marketing advancement utilize the same methodology. Our solutions include showcasing personalized products, content, and ad campaigns based on your past interactions and personal preferences. This involves preserving and enhancing the safety, security, and authenticity of our Website, databases, and technological assets.
• Communications and Promotions with You. We also use the data we gather to promote services and products of ours and third parties that may interest you. We additionally utilize the information collected to respond to your questions, concerns, and requests. For example, if your inquiry comes in via a third party, we might employ the data to reply to their inquiries.
4. Information Sharing with Others.
• Delivering Goods and Services. All classifications of information outlined in this Policy are shared with third parties who assist us in providing the goods and services you have sought.
• Website Functionality, All information outlined in this Policy is shared with third parties who conduct technical tasks on our behalf. As described above, examples include third parties that host our Website, analyze our data, provide advisory services, process payments with credit cards, and provide customer support.
• Third-Party Products and Services. All information outlined in this Policy is shared with third parties who conduct technical tasks on our behalf. As described above, examples include third parties that host our Website, analyze our data, provide advisory services, process payments with credit cards, and provide customer support.
• Confidential information. We share aggregated, anonymous information regarding you and other website users with third parties so that they can comprehend the different kinds of visitors to our Website, how those visitors utilize it, and how we can improve our marketing efforts. This consists of demographic and behavioural information.
• Legal Process. We disclose your information if required to do so by law, at our discretion, in response to a request from a governmental agency, or if we believe in good faith that such action is required to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property, or the rights or property of our related entities; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security, or (d) protect the personal security of users or the public.
• Acquisition or Merger. We may disclose and share your information to a third party who acquires a portion or all of our business, whether by merger, consolidation, or the acquisition of all or a significant portion of our assets. In addition, if we become the subject of a voluntary or involuntary insolvency proceeding, we or our liquidator, administrator, or administrative buyer may sell, licence, or otherwise dispose of such information in a court-approved transaction.
5. Third-Party Collection and Use of Information.
• The following describes how third parties gather and use information regarding you on or through our Website:
• Advertisers. Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other organizations that place advertisements on our Website may collect information about you using their own cookies, Web beacons, and other technology. We have no control over the use of such technologies and assume no liability for collecting information about you using such technologies.
• Hyperlinks. Our Website and email message includes hyperlinks to third-party websites on occasion. We are not liable for the content or privacy policies of such websites. These hyperlinks are given solely for your reference and convenience. We do not operate or manage any of the information, software, products, or services these third-party websites offer. A link on our Website does not constitute an endorsement of the Website’s services, products, or sponsoring organization.
• Analytics. As described previously, we utilize third-party services to monitor, analyze, and report on traffic to, from, and within our website and email communications.
6. Security.
We strive to keep your information secure and private. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, this information is protected both online and offline. We have taken precautions against losing, misusing, and altering personally identifiable information under our control. The physical environment surrounding the servers that store your information is secure. Standard firewalls are installed on the servers. Our employees have restricted access to these servers, which are password-protected. We currently use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software to protect data and secure all transactions. SSL encrypts information, such as credit card numbers, names, and addresses, as transmitted over the Internet. Please be aware that although we take reasonable commercial and technological measures to safeguard your data, no data transfer over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure; consequently, we cannot and do not guarantee that your information will be utterly secure. You assume all risks associated with any data transmission on or through our Website. However, access to your information is strictly restricted and not open to the public.
7. Changes to Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to make substantial modifications to the content of this Privacy Statement. These modifications will be prominently displayed on the Website, ensuring that you’re always aware of the information we collect, how we may use it, and to whom we may disclose it.
8. California Resident’s Rights.
• Right to Know About Collected, Disclosed, or Sold Personal Information.
• You have the right to inquire about the Personal Data we gather, use, disclose, and sell about you. Personal information excludes the following: (a) information that is publicly available from government records; (b) De-identified or aggregated consumer information; (c) Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, like health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”); (d) Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FRCA”), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), California Financial Information Privacy Act (“FIPA”), or the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (“DPPA”).
• You may submit a verified customer request to obtain specific Personal Data we have collected about you via our California Resident Portal form or by sending us an email at [email protected].
• As soon as we receive your details, we must confirm that you are the same customer whose data is stored in our systems. To verify your identity, we will require you to complete the entire portal form, which includes your name, address, and email address and may consist of the last four digits of your social security number, your account number for your bank, and other Personal Information we have collected.
• As stated in our primary Privacy Policy, when you visit and use our Website, we collect a variety of information about you, including Personal Details, demographic information, behavioral data, and indirect information. Occasionally, we collect combinations of these categories of data.
• The following categories of resources were utilized to gather Personal Information:
1. information gathered directly and indirectly from our Website and your communications with us. This includes the Personal information you provided to us or one of our network providers or advertisers in order to obtain a particular product or service.
2. We collect the information you provide when you enter contests or giveaways offered by us, our clients and advertisers, including networks.
3. Your responses to telephone and web-based surveys, correspondence with customer service, and general feedback.
4. When providing services to you and others, we may receive information directly or indirectly from clients or their agents.
5. Companies that provide demographic information, such as gender and zip code, that is not associated with your Personal Information. In addition, we may obtain information about you from other online or offline sources, such as third parties from whom we validate consumer-reported information and verify the information we already possess about you. This allows us to update, expand, and analyze our records to provide you with goods and services that might be of interest.
6. Additionally, we collect information given to us by Service Providers and other third parties, as outlined in our primary Privacy Policy, including our advertisers, ad networks, and third-party technology companies.
• In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed, shared, and/or received compensation for our disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information for the following commercial/business purposes:
1. To receive the products or services for which you registered on our Website.
2. To permit a third party to advertise their goods or services to you.
3. To provide you with the requested information, products, or services, address your consumer concerns, or opt-out request.
4. To provide you with information that may be important to you regarding our products or services, activities, or news.
5. To carry out our duties and defend our rights deriving from any contracts you and we have entered into, including billing and collections.
6. Through testing, research, analysis, and product development, we intend to enhance our Website, products, and services and provide you with its content.
7. To deliver content and goods and services that are pertinent to your preferences, including targeted offers and advertisements through our Website, third-party websites, and via texts or emails (with your consent, where required by law).
8. Ensuring the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, platforms, products, services, databases, and other technological assets, as well as our business.
9. As mandated by applicable law, court order, or government regulations, to comply with government or law enforcement requests.
10. To evaluate or execute a merger, restructuring, reorganization, liquidation, or other transfer or sale of all or a portion of our business or assets.
11. As disclosed to you at the time we collected your Personal Details or as otherwise required by the CCPA.
• We have shared Personally Identifiable Information with our Service Providers and the following categories of third parties:
1. Our affiliated entities.
2. Data aggregators.
3. Advertisers.
4. Ad Networks.
5. Third parties to whom you or your agents have authorized us to disclose your Personal Information in relation with products or services provided to you by third parties or us.
• We do not gather, distribute, share, or sell Personal information from children under the age of 16.8.2. Right to Have Personal Information Deleted.
• If we have gathered or maintained your Personal Information within the last 12 months, you have the right to request that it be deleted.
8.2.2. You may make a verifiable consumer request to delete your information by using our California Consumer Portal and completely filling out the request form or by emailing us at [email protected].
• Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you the following:
1. The categories of Personal information we collected about you.
2. The categories of sources for the Personal information we collected about you.
• This Policy has stated our commercial or business reason for collecting or selling that Personal information, as well as the types of third parties with and with who we shared that Personal Details.
• Right to Opt-Out of Personal Information Sale. You have the option to prevent us from selling your Personal Information. This exception applies if you request a product or service, and we will fulfil your request. However, you can avoid the sale of your Personal Information in the future.
• Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights. You have the right not to be subjected to discrimination for exercising these privacy rights granted by the CCPA. Consequently, we will not refuse you services or products, charge you different costs or rates for services or products, or deny you discounts or other rewards, nor will we provide or propose a different scale or quality of services or products.
• Authorized Agent. Only you or a person authorized by the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf may submit a verifiable consumer request regarding your Personally Identifiable Information.
• Contact Us. Contact us for more information or questions through our California Consumer Portal or by email at [email protected].
• Limitations on Requests. You may only submit two two verifiable consumer requests for access every twelve (12) months. The verifiable customer request must: (a) Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal information or your authorized Agent; (b) Describe your request in sufficient detail for us to fully comprehend, assess, and respond to you; (c) We cannot reply to your request or provide you with Personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm your request’s legitimacy; (d) Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal details provided in a verifiable consumer request to confirm the identity or authority of the requestor.
• Response Time and Response Format. We strive our best to respond within forty-five (45) days of receiving a request from a verified consumer. If we require additional time (up to 90 days), we will notify you of the cause and extension period in writing. Our written response will be delivered electronically. Our disclosures will only encompass the 12-month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable consumer’s request. If applicable, our response will also include an explanation of why we are unable to comply with a request. Our response will be in a readily usable format and should enable you to transmit the information from one entity to another without difficulty.
• Changes to California Resident Privacy Notice. We reserve the right to modify this privacy notice at any time and at our discretion. When we update this privacy notice, the terms of the new Policy will be implemented going forward. You will not receive any other notification besides an update to this page. Please revisit our Website each occasion you use or visit it.
9. GDPR and CASL Compliance.
Unfortunately, we cannot welcome non-U.S. citizens as clients. Particularly, the CASL and GDPR regulations grant their citizens liberties that differ from those of the United States. For this reason, we do not receive referrals from citizens of other nations. Our services are tailored specifically for American citizens. Therefore, we have deleted all data pertaining to European Union members and Canadian citizens of which we were made aware. If you are a citizen of the European Union, Canada, or any country other than the United States, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] so that we may remove and delete your Personal Information. We regret any inconvenience caused.
10. Contact information.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Postal Address: 111 Franklin Ave #7 New Rochelle, New York 10805
Telephone Number: (914) 335-9693