privacy policy

Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy describes how sakurablade.com (the "Site" or "we") collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you visit or purchase from the Site.

Collection of Personal Information When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site and 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 that can uniquely identify an individual (including the following information) as "personal information". Please see the list below to learn more about what personal information we collect and why.

Equipment information

Examples of personal information collected: web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, websites or products you viewed, search terms and how you interacted with the website.
Purpose of collection: To load the website accurately for you and to analyze website usage in order to optimize our website.
Source of collection: Automatically collected when you visit our website using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags or pixels.
Disclosure for Business Purposes: Shared with our processors.
Order information

Examples of personal information collected: Name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card number, email address, and phone number).
Purpose of collection: Provide you with products or services to fulfill our contracts, process your payment information, arrange shipping, provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risks or fraud, Provide you with information or advertising related to our products or services based on the preferences you have shared with us.
Source of collection: Collected from you.
Disclosure for Business Purposes: Shared with our processors.
Customer support messages

Examples of personal information collected:
Purpose of collection: To provide customer support.
Source of collection: Collected from you.
Disclosure for commercial purposes:
Minors This website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.

Sharing Personal Information As mentioned above, we share your personal information with our service providers to help us provide our services and perform our contract with you. For example:

We may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to subpoenas, search warrants, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or otherwise protect our rights.
Behavioral Advertising As noted above, we use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertising or marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you.
You can opt out of targeted advertising in the following ways:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
Google - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads ]
In addition, you may opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Use of Personal Information We use your personal information to provide you with our services, which include: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilling your orders, and keeping you informed of new products, services and offers.

Lawful basis Under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), we will process your personal information based on the following lawful basis:

your consent;
Performance of the contract between you and this website;
comply with our legal obligations;
Protect your vital interests;
To perform tasks carried out in the public interest;
For our legitimate interests which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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 delete that information. For more information about your rights to erasure, please see the “Your Rights” section below.

Automated Decision-Making If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (including profiling) where the decision has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

We use customer data to make fully automated decisions that have legal or other significant implications.

Our processor Shoplaza uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that has no legal or other significant impact on you.

Your Rights General Data Protection Regulation If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to request that your personal information be corrected, updated or deleted. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details below.

California Consumers Association If you are a California resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you (also known as the "right to know"), port it to a new service, and request that your personal information be corrected, updated or delete. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details below.

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

cookie
Cookies are small pieces of information that are downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our website. We use a variety of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising and social media or content cookies. Cookies improve your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as logins and region selections). This means you don't have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another. Cookies also provide information about how people use the website, such as whether they are visiting for the first time or if they are regular visitors.

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

COOKIES required for the normal operation of the store
The length of time a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a "persistent" cookie or a "session" cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing, while persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire anywhere from 30 minutes to two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in a variety of ways. Please remember that deleting or blocking cookies may have a negative impact on your user experience, and parts of our site may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether to accept cookies through your browser controls (usually located in your browser's "Tools" or "Preferences" menu). More information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser documentation or at websites such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent us from sharing 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 Behavioral 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 change our data collection and use practices when we detect such signals from your browser.

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

For more information about our privacy practices, please contact us via email: support@sakurablade.com

Applicable Law
We are committed to protecting your personal information and the rights set out in this Policy reflect your rights under applicable laws.

Applicable laws for the purpose of this Policy means: (a) the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2013; (b) General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR ”) until such time as it might cease to apply in the UK; and (c) to the extent applicable, any legislation ratifying or otherwise adopting the GDPR in the UK, and any applicable associated or supplementary data protection laws or regulations.

We recognize that as an international business, some of our customers are resident in jurisdictions other than England and Wales. In certain circumstances, local laws of these jurisdictions, may by way of their application, afford rights to a customer in respect of the personal data that they provide to us. We anticipate that the rights set out in this Policy also provide you with such protection in relation to your personal information. Please do e-mail our Data Protection Officer at support@sakurablade.com to discuss any additional questions you may have.