Privacy Policy

This website collects some Personal Data from its Users:


TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

  • Among the types of Personal Data that this website collects for all visitors, by itself or through third parties, there are: cookies, and usage data. Some Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or some collected automatically when using this website.
  • Other Personal Data collected is that which is provided by users on registration, since this website is limited to pre approved wholesale users, or upon checkout. This registration information includes business name and shipping address information, relevant state license information (including sales tax exemptions, where applicable), and other business information. We also ask for contact information for an individual representing the business.
  • Texting - in the event a user provides their personal mobile phone number on registration or checkout, High Mountain Imports reserves the right to contact you on that number, either by phone or by text, to provide you order updates, coordinate payment, or discuss any out of stock items.
  • Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this website or by the owners of third party services used by this website, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify Users and remember their preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service required by the User. Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for High Mountain Imports to fulfill orders submitted on the website.

METHODS OF PROCESSING

  • The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
  • The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.

PLACE

  • The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.

RETENTION TIME

  • The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

THE USE OF THE COLLECTED DATA

  • The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services' accounts, Analytics, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Handling payments, Displaying content from external platforms and Registration and authentication.
  • The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document

ANALYTICS - The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  • Google Analytics (Google)
    • Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    • Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
    • Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out

DISPLAYING CONTENT FROM EXTERNAL PLATFORMS - These services allow you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
If a service of this kind is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when users do not use it.

  • Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)
    • Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    • Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

HANDLING PAYMENTS - Payment processing services enable this Application to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Application shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

  • Authorize.Net (Authorize.Net)
    • Authorize.Net is a payment service provided by Authorize.Net.
    • Personal Data collected: Various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PLATFORMS - These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application. The interaction and information obtained by this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network. If a service enabling interaction with social networks is installed it may still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  • Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google)
    • The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.
    • Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
  • Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook)
    • The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook Inc.
    • Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
  • Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest)
    • The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.
    • Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage data.
    • Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy

REGISTRATION AND AUTHENTICATION - By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purposes.

Direct registration (This Application)

The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

Personal Data collected: Name and billing address information, phone, email, ZIP/Postal code.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONAL DATA - SELLING GOODS AND SERVICES ONLINE

  • The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
  • The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

LEGAL ACTION
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT USER'S PERSONAL DATA
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

SYSTEM LOGS AND MAINTENANCE
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System Logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).

INFORMATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS POLICY
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

THE RIGHTS OF USERS
Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller removes the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by Iubenda and hosted on Iubenda's servers.

DEFINITIONS AND LEGAL REFERENCES
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.

Usage Data
Information collected automatically from this Application (or third party services employed in this Application ), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User
The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refer.
Data Subject
The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.