Section 1 – What We Do With Your Information

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us — such as your name, delivery address, and email address. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer's internet protocol (IP) address, which helps us understand your browser and operating system.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products, restocks, and other updates.

Section 2 – Consent

How do you get my consent? When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your payment method, place an order, arrange delivery, or process a return, we imply that you consent to our collecting and using it for that specific purpose only. If we need your personal information for a secondary reason — such as marketing — we will either ask for your expressed consent directly, or give you the opportunity to opt out.

How do I withdraw my consent? If after opting in you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, or for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at info@componentwarehouse.online.

Section 3 – Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so, or if you violate our Terms of Service.

Section 4 – WordPress & WooCommerce

Our store is hosted on WordPress and built on WooCommerce. These platforms provide the e-commerce infrastructure that allows us to sell products and services to you. Your data is stored through WordPress's data storage systems, databases, and the general WordPress application — all held on a secure server behind a firewall.

This site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles from third-party sources). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.

Payment: Payment transactions are processed via secure third-party payment gateways. If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, your payment card data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only for as long as is necessary to complete your transaction, after which it is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to PCI-DSS standards as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council — a joint effort of Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover — which help ensure the secure handling of payment card information.

Section 5 – Third-Party Services

In general, third-party providers we use will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain providers — such as payment gateways and transaction processors — have their own privacy policies regarding information we are required to share with them for purchase-related transactions. We recommend you read their privacy policies so you understand how your personal information will be handled.

Please note that certain providers may be located in, or operate facilities in, a jurisdiction different from your own. If you proceed with a transaction involving a third-party service provider, your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that provider or its facilities are located.

Links: When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Section 6 – Security

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to prevent it from being inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. If you provide us with your payment card information, it is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer technology (SSL) and stored with AES-256 encryption.

Although no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

Section 7 – Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and to help our store function correctly. Below is a list of the cookies we use so you can make an informed choice about opting out:

_session_id — Unique token, sessional. Allows WordPress to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc.).

_wordpress_visit — No data held, persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit. Used by our website provider's internal stats tracker to record the number of visits.

_wordpress_uniq — No data held, expires at midnight (relative to the visitor) on the following day. Counts the number of visits to the store by a single customer.

cart — Unique token, persistent for 2 weeks. Stores information about the contents of your cart.

_secure_session_id — Unique token, sessional.

storefront_digest — Unique token, indefinite. Used to determine if the current visitor has access if the shop has a password.

Section 8 – Age of Consent

By using this site, you confirm that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority and have given consent for any of your minor dependants to use this site.

Section 9 – Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use or disclose it.

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.