Privacy policy
Last updated: 8/21/2023
TikTok users note - we have attached at the bottom of our Privacy Policy TikTok's specific Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy in relation to shopping and marketing through the TikTok app specifically. Please note, policies may differ from ours and if you wish to inquire or have any concerns about their specific policy, their contact information is at the bottom of the policy. We unfortunately are not in control of and are not equipped to answer questions relating to TikTok's policies.
This Privacy Policy describes how Weird History Shop collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from weirdhistoryshop.com or otherwise communicate with us. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last updated" date, and take any other steps required by applicable law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect and collect personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:
- Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, and email.
- Order information, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
- Account information including your username, password, and security questions.
- Shopping information including the items you view, put in your cart, or add to your wishlist.
- Customer support information including the information you choose to include in communications with us, for example, when sending an email through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide us with certain information about yourself. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing these features.
Information We Collect Through Cookies
We also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies. Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain from Third Parties
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
- Companies who support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
- Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment in order to fulfill your orders and provide you with products or services you have requested, in order to perform our contract with you.
- When you visit our Site, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our Services or advertisements, we, or third parties we work with, may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party's policies or practices. For more information, see the section below, Third Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
- Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, sending notifications to you related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, facilitate any returns and exchanges and to enable you to post reviews.
- Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising, and promotional communications by email, text message, or postal mail, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor the Services and advertising on our Site and other websites.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activity. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access details with anyone else. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
- Communicating with you. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use Cookies on our Site. For specific information about the Cookies that we use related to powering our store with Shopify, see https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use Cookies to power and improve our Site and our Services (including to remember your actions and preferences), to run analytics, and better understand user interaction with the Services (in our legitimate interests to administer, improve and optimize the Services). We may also permit third parties and service providers to use Cookies on our Site to better tailor the services, products, and advertising on our Site and other websites.
Most browsers automatically accept Cookies by default, but you can choose to set your browser to remove or reject Cookies through your browser controls. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking Cookies can negatively impact your user experience and may cause some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, to work incorrectly or no longer be available. Additionally, blocking Cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- With vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
- With business and marketing partners, including Shopify, to provide services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices.
- When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship your products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.
- With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group, in our legitimate interests to run a successful business.
- In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce any applicable Terms of Service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
We have disclosed the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information (denoted by *) about users for the purposes set out above in "How We Collect and Use your Personal Information" and "How we Disclose Personal Information":
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We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purposes of inferring characteristics about you.
We have “sold” and “shared” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information for the purpose of engaging in advertising and marketing activities, as follows.
| Category of Personal Information | Categories of Recipients |
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| Identifiers such as basic contact details and certain order and account information | Business and marketing partners |
| Commercial information such as records of products or services purchased and shopping information | Business and marketing partners |
| Internet or other similar network activity, such as Usage of Data | Business and marketing partners |
User Generated Content
The Services may enable you to post product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user-generated content to any public area of the Services, this content will be public and accessible to anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make available to others and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available, or for the accuracy, use, or misuse of any information that you disclose or receive from third parties.
Third-Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children’s Data
The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.
As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Security and Retention of Your Information
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “perfect security.” In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances, and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete the personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct the inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances, and with certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing or Targeted Advertising. You may have a right to direct us not to "sell" or "share" your personal information or to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising", as defined in applicable privacy laws. Please note that if you visit our Site with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of information for the device and browser that you use to visit the Site.
- Right to Limit and/or Opt out of Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You may have a right to direct us to limit our use and/or disclosure of sensitive personal information to only what is necessary to perform the Services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average individual.
- Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information.
- Withdrawal of Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw this consent.
- Appeal: You may have a right to appeal our decision if we decline to process your request. You can do so by replying directly to our denial.
- Managing Communication Preferences: We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.
You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided on our Contact page.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address or account information, before providing a substantive response to the request. In accordance with applicable laws, You may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.
We use Shopify's ad services such as Shopify Audiences to help personalize the advertising you see on third party websites. To restrict Shopify merchants that use these ad services from using your personal information for such services, visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.
Complaints
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact us. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, depending on where you live you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Users
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in, including the United States. Your personal information is also processed by staff and third-party service providers and partners in these countries.
If we transfer your personal information out of Europe, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Contact
Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please email us at weirdhistoryshop@gmail.com or contact us using our contact form.
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TikTok for Business - Privacy and Cookie Policy
Last updated: December 27, 2022. We have updated our Privacy Policy. Among other clarifying changes, we have added details about specific privacy rights afforded to residents of California and Virginia.
Introduction
Welcome to TikTok for Business, a collection of websites and features (https://www.tiktok.com/business/en; https://www.tiktokforbusinesseurope.com) a multi-tool advertising platform (https://ads.tiktok.com), and any other advertising or promotional feature within our products that are stated to be subject to this privacy policy) (together, the “TT4B Platform”). The TT4B Platform allows you to learn more about our advertising products and create, submit and/or place advertising or sponsored content on websites, applications or services operated by us or our affiliates.
The TT4B Platform is provided and operated by different TikTok entities depending on your location:
If you are a user having your usual residence in the US, TikTok Inc. operates the TT4B Platform.
If you are a user having your usual residence in the EEA, UK and Switzerland, TikTok Technology Limited, an Irish company (“TikTok Ireland”), and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (“TikTok UK”), a UK company act as joint-controllers for the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (the“GDPR”).
If you are not in the US, EEA or Switzerland, TikTok Pte. Ltd. operates the TT4B platform.
This privacy policy ( the “Policy”) describes the Information that we gather from you (a natural person who is acting as an employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor of a company, partner, sole proprietorship, non-profit, or government agency) on the TT4B Platform, how we use and disclose such Information, your rights and choices with respect to this Information, and how you can contact us if you have any questions or concerns. For the purpose of this Policy, “Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
This Policy also covers the processing of Information included in the advertising content (such as text, photos and videos) that you upload on the TT4B Platform (“Ad Content”) and that we process for our own purposes.
This Policy does not cover the processing of Information about your users and customers that (i) you provide to us (or we collect) via your use of TikTok Business Products; or that (ii) we receive via measurement partners integrated with your ad campaigns such as device identifiers, network identifiers, email addresses or phone numbers (“Ad Data”). Such processing is covered by the Privacy Policy of the product on which the advertising campaign is served (e.g. TikTok’s Privacy Policy).
1. The types of personal data we use
Information We Collect Within the TT4B Platform
We collect and process Information from you directly (e.g. when you create your account and provide certain information to us) and indirectly (e.g. through your use of the TT4BPlatform).
Information You Provide To Us
Profile information. When you create an account or otherwise interact with us on the TT4BPlatform, you are required to provide certain personal data including your name, your telephone number, your email address, your company name, your corporate location, and information to verify your identity.
Business Information. In order for us to reply to your business inquiries about our products and to provide advice to you on a specific campaign project, we request that you specify your professional contact details (including corporate location), the nature of your request and the resources intended for the project.
Ad Content. When you upload text, photos or videos for advertising purposes on the TT4B Platform, the data it includes is analysed for the purposes of product development and content moderation.
Payment information. Where you make a payment on the TT4B Platform, we collect payment information from you through payment service providers in order to facilitate the payment process, including the name on your card, your card number, billing address, expiration date and security code.
Information We Collect About You When You Use the TT4B Platform
When you use the TT4BPlatform, we automatically collect network and device information such as your IP address, device identifier, name, type of operating system, Information obtained from Cookies (as defined below) and other tracking technologies, time zone, local settings, and server logs (which can include information like access dates and times).
2. Cookies
Cookies and other similar technologies (e.g. pixels, local storage tokens, APIs etc.) are used to collect information from your device ( together, “Cookies”). We use cookies to operate the TT4B Platform, including, for example, to enable you to log into secure areas of the TT4BPlatform, to enable us to provide certain features and functionality, or to enhance your experience using the TT4B Platform. Some of our third party service providers and business partners may also use such technologies in connection with the services they perform on our behalf. For more information about our use of cookies on the TT4B Platform for individuals located in the EEA and UK, please see our Website Cookies Policy.
Your browser may offer tools to refuse or disable Cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. Because each browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your browser. Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable certain types of Cookies. In addition, your choice to disable Cookies is specific to the particular browser or device that you are using when you disable Cookies, so you may need to separately disable Cookies for each type of browser and device. However, please note that certain features of the TT4B Platform may not work if you delete or disable Cookies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process your Information for the following purposes:
To enforce our terms and policies.
To enable us to administer, operate, and provide the TT4B Platform to you so that you can create and deliver your advertising campaigns.
To keep the TT4B Platform safe and secure (including verifying accounts and activity).
To respond to your business inquiries related to our products, and provide you with personalized advice about the services we offer.
To facilitate payment processing in order to effect orders made by you on the TT4B Platform.
To ensure content from the TT4B Platform is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.
To send marketing communications, including promotional and advertising materials that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest relating to products and services offered. You have the ability to opt out of receiving these communications by clicking a link in the footer of each marketing communication we send.
To improve and optimize our ad and content review process, for the purpose of identifying Ad Content violating our policies.
To develop and improve the TT4B Platform, including by analyzing user activity and performing A/B testing and conducting user surveys.
To provide you with user support, including to perform troubleshooting and notify you about changes to the TT4B Platform and service related notifications.
4. How We Share Your Information
We share your Information with selected third parties who store Information in certain countries outside your country (and, for individuals located in the EU, this may mean your Information is transferred outside the European Economic Area) such as in the US and Singapore, where permitted by applicable law, as follows:
Cloud storage providers to store the Information you provide and for disaster recovery service.
Payment processors, such as PIPO and WorldPay, so that we can process payments and fulfill orders made on the TT4B Platform. These processors may also act as a controller of your Information to process your payments and for anti-money laundering and fraud prevention purposes. For more information about how these companies use your data, please refer to their respective privacy policies. If you are a US user, please see PIPO's Privacy Policy here. If you are a non-US user, please see PIPO's Privacy Policy here.
IT services providers that provide us with SaaS services, such as services enabling us to store our customer relationship management information, etc.
Advertising, marketing and analytics services providers, including advertising tracking services and business intelligence services, to assist us in promoting the TT4B Platform.
Members, subsidiaries and/or affiliates of our corporate group to enable us to provide the TT4B Platform.
Law enforcement agencies, government authorities, or other organizations if legally required to do so, or if we believe we need to do so; to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims or enforce our terms, conditions, and policies; to detect, prevent, or otherwise address security; for fraud or technical issues; to enforce our terms, conditions, and policies; or to protect rights.
In connection with a business reorganization, sale of some or all of our assets, purchase of some or all of the assets of another entity, or in connection with a corporate restructuring, merger, or other changes of control or financial status of ByteDance or its subsidiaries.
5. Where do we store your Information?
The information that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at/processed in countries outside your country (and, for individuals located in the EU, outside of the European Economic Area) - including in the US and Singapore. Your Information is also processed by staff operating outside your country who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff are engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your order. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.
Model Clauses: For individuals located on the EU, the Information that we collect from you will be transferred to, and stored at/processed in countries outside the European Economic Area, including (i) the United States and Singapore for storage on cloud services provided by Ali Cloud; and (ii) the People’s Republic of China for purposes of provision of support services by us. Where we transfer or provide access to your personal data to recipients located outside the EEA, we use standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, or other alternative mechanisms which are permitted under EU law. When we transfer your personal data on the basis of standard contractual clauses, we conduct assessments on a case-by-case basis to ensure that any transfers are compliant with EU Law. For a copy of these Standard Contractual Clauses standard contractual clauses, contact us at: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy.
6. Security Of Your Information
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through the Services or over email; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your Information against loss, theft and unauthorized use, access or modification.
7. Integration With Other Services Operated By Us Or Third Parties
The TT4B Platform may integrate with or contain links to other applications, softwares, online platforms or services operated either by us, or by third parties. This Policy does not apply to such other applications, softwares, online platforms or services. Any information submitted by you directly to these applications, softwares, online platforms or services is subject to their respective applicable privacy policies. Please check these policies before you submit any information to these other online applications, software, online platforms or services.
We expressly disclaim any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including, but without limitation to, actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of Information by third parties.
8. How long do we store your Information?
We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with the service so that we can fulfil our contractual obligations and rights in relation to the information involved. Where we do not need your information in order to provide the service to you, we retain it only for so long as we have a legitimate business purpose in keeping such data. However, there are occasions where we are likely to keep this data for longer in accordance with our legal obligations or where it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
After you have terminated your use of our Platform we can store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format.
9. Information Relating to Children
The TT4B Platform is only for users over the age of 18 and is not directed at persons under the age of 18. Persons under the age of 18 are not allowed to use the TT4B Platform or register an account on the TT4B Platform.
We do not seek or knowingly collect any personal data about children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected personal data about a child under 13 years of age, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age who has provided us with personal data, you may contact us to request it be deleted. See the section“Contact Us” below.
10. Changes
We may update this Policy from time to time. When we update the Policy, we will notify you by updating the “Last Updated”date at the top of this Policy when publishing the new Policy online. To the extent required by applicable law, we may also send you additional notices and/or seek your consent to material changes. We recommend that you review the Policy each time you visit the TT4B Platform to stay informed of our privacy practices.
11. Contact Us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed to:
Contact us: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy
Mailing Address: TikTok Inc., Attn: Privacy Policy Inquiry, 5800 Bristol Parkway, Suite 100, Culver City, CA 90230
12. Jurisdiction-specific terms
Some jurisdiction-specific laws contain additional terms, which are set out in this section. If you are a user to which the laws of the jurisdictions set out below apply, the terms set out below apply to you in addition to the terms set out above and, in the event of a conflict, the terms set out below prevail.
Australia
Overseas recipients: We take reasonable steps to make sure that third party recipients located outside Australia handle your personal information securely and in accordance with this Policy. However, because we manage personal information on a global basis, we cannot always require these recipients to handle your personal information in a manner consistent with Australian privacy laws. That means if a third party recipient does not handle your personal information in a manner consistent with Australian privacy law, we will not be accountable to you and you will not be able to seek redress under Australian privacy law. By providing us your personal information, you consent to us disclosing your personal information to recipients outside Australia on this basis.
Access: You have the right to access your personal information including information on how we use it and who we share it with. If you believe we hold any other personal information about you, please contact us at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy.
Correction: You have the right to correct your personal information where it is inaccurate. If you believe we hold any inaccurate personal information about you, please contact us at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy.
Your rights: If you have any questions, concerns or complaints in relation to our handling of your Information, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (Telephone +61 1300 363 992 or email enquiries@oaic.gov.au). We will respond to let you know who will be handling your matter and when you can expect a further response.
California and Virginia
Your rights: If you are a California or Virginia resident, you may submit a request to know, access, correct or delete the information we have collected about you at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy. You may appeal any decision we have made about your request by following the instructions in the communication you receive from us notifying you of our decision. You may also exercise your rights to know, access, correct, delete, or appeal by sending your request to the physical address provided in the “Who we are and how to contact us” section above. Your right to know includes what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we share the personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you. We do not discriminate based on the exercise of any privacy rights that you might have.
You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to submit a request through an authorized agent. To designate an authorized agent to exercise choices on your behalf, please provide evidence that you have given such agent power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law and subject to proper verification. We will verify your request by asking you to send it from the email address associated with your account or to provide information necessary to verify your account.
While some of the information that we collect and use may constitute sensitive personal information, we only process such information in order to provide the Platform and within other exemptions under applicable law. For example, we may process your financial information in order to provide you the services you request from us or your driver’s license number in order to verify your identity.
No Sales or Shares for Cross-Context Behavioural Advertising: If you are a California resident, we do not and have not in the last twelve (12) months sold or shared personal information about you as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
Do Not Track: Given a lack of industry consensus and standardization, we do not respond to browser ‘Do Not Track’ (DNT) signals.
European Economic Area, UK or Switzerland
(If you are located in the EEA, UK or Switzerland the section below applies to you)
Our legal bases for processing your Information
Under EU law, we’re only allowed to use your Information when certain conditions apply – in other words, where we have a “legal basis” to do so.
We rely on different legal bases to use your Information, depending on the purposes described in this policy. This section describes the legal bases we rely on.
To enforce our terms and policies. The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
To enable us to administer, operate, and provide the TT4B Platform to you so that you can create your advertising campaigns. The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
To keep the TT4B Platform safe and secure (including verifying accounts and activity). The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
To respond to your business inquiries related to our products, and provide you with personalized advice about the services we offer. The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
To facilitate payment processing in order to effect orders made by you on the TT4B Platform. The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
To ensure content from the TT4B Platform is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device. We have a legitimate interest in processing your Information for these purposes.
To send marketing communications, including promotional and advertising materials that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest relating to products and services offered. You have the ability to opt out of receiving these communications by clicking a link in the footer of each marketing communication we send.
To improve and optimize our ad review process, for the purpose of identifying Ad Data violating our policies. We have a legitimate interest in processing Ad Data for these purposes.
To develop and improve the TT4B Platform, including by analyzing user activity and performing A/B testing and conducting user surveys. We have a legitimate interest in processing your Information for these purposes.
To provide you with user support, including to perform troubleshooting and notify you about changes to the TT4B Platform and service related notifications. The legal basis for these processing activities is contractual necessity.
Your Rights
You have the right to ask us to access the Information we hold about you and be provided with certain information about how we use your Information and who we share it with. You also have the right to ask us to correct your Information where it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Where you have provided your Information to us with your consent, you have the right to ask us for a copy of this data in a structured, machine readable format and to ask us to share (port) this data to another data controller.
In certain circumstances, you have the right to ask us to delete the Information we hold about you:
where you believe that it is no longer necessary for us to hold your Information;
where we are processing your Information on the basis of legitimate interests and you object to such processing and we cannot demonstrate an overriding legitimate ground for the processing;
where you have provided your Information to us with your consent and you wish to withdraw your consent and there is no other ground under which we can process your Information; or
where you believe the Information we hold about you is being unlawfully processed by us. In certain circumstances, you have the right to ask us to restrict (stop any active) processing of your Information:
where you believe the Information we hold about you is inaccurate and while we verify accuracy;
where we want to erase your Information as the processing is unlawful but you want us to continue to store it;
where we no longer need your Information for the purposes of our processing but you require us to retain the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or
where you have objected to us processing your Information based on our legitimate interests and we are considering your objection.
In addition, you can object to our processing of your Information based on our legitimate interests and we will no longer process your Information unless we can demonstrate an overriding legitimate ground.
To exercise any of these rights above, please contact us via the approaches set out under the Contact Us section above. In addition, if you wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority or TikTok’s lead supervisory authority, the Irish Data Protection Commission. You can find their contact details here.
Please note that these rights are limited, for example, where fulfilling your request would adversely affect other individuals or company trade secrets or intellectual property, where there are overriding public interest reasons or where we are required by law to retain your Information.
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Consent: By using the TikTok for Business Platform, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Policy.
Transfer and Storage of your information: The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of your country. It may also be processed by staff operating outside your country who work for us, for one of our suppliers or one of our business partners. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. Please refer to the above sections of “How We Share Your Information” and “Where Do We Store Your Information” for further details of the collection and storage of your personal data.
Data rights: You have the right to access and review Information we hold about you, to rectify any Information held about you that is inaccurate, to request the deletion of Information held about you, and the right to request the suspension of the processing of your Information. You can exercise these rights by contacting usvia the approaches set out under the Contact Us section below. You may at any time withdraw your consent previously provided for the collection and processing of your Information. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, you will be unable to use the TT4BPlatform as we require your information for the provision of our services through the TT4B Platform.
Retention of Data: We will retain your information as required under applicable laws. After you have terminated your use of our services, we may store your information in an aggregated and anonymised format.
Grievances: If you have any questions, concerns or complaints in relation to our handling of your Information, or about this Policy, please contact our grievance redressal officer via the approaches set out under the Contact Us section below.
Complaints
In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how we process your Information, please contact us in the first instance at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/privacy and we will endeavour to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with the data protection supervisory authority in the country in which you live or work where you think we have infringed data protection laws(where applicable).