Sweaty Bands collects information from our users at several different points on our website, but generally, users can browse our site without providing personal information. We automatically collect non-personal information such as your browser type, operating system, IP address, and site usage information, in order to evaluate and improve the performance of our site. We may collect personally identifiable information from you such as your name, address, and e-mail address, for example when you contact us for a purchase or sign up for our newsletter. We collect and use information for the specific purposes for which you provide it, such as when you request information from us. We also collect and use information:
We may also use third-party providers to help us contact you or to support our site and services, and for these limited purposes, we may share your personally identifiable information with our providers. By registering for and/or using our site, you consent to our sharing of your personal information with our third-party providers for these limited purposes.
We may disclose personal information when required by law to do so, or at the request of a law enforcement agency. We may also disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to avoid violation of, or interference with, the terms of use of our site or services, or with our proprietary rights, or the rights of third parties.
We will not sell, share, or rent this personal information to other third parties, and we will not otherwise disclose personally identifiable information to third parties without your explicit permission, except as disclosed in this policy.
We may use aggregate information to measure general site usage patterns and characteristics of our user base, and we may include such aggregate information about our audience in reports to our partners or vendors. We may also disclose aggregated user statistics (for example, 28% of our members live in Indiana) without your permission in order to describe our audience to existing and prospective sponsors, wholesalers, affiliates or other third parties. However, this aggregate information does not reference names, e-mail addresses, or other personally identifiable information, and it is not traceable to a specific recipient or email address.
We invite and welcome feedback and comment on the products you use or might like to purchase. Any inquiries, feedback, suggestions, ideas, images, videos, experiences, emails or other information you provide us (collectively, "Submissions") will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential. By transmitting via email or posting any Submission on our website or affiliated social media platforms, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, sell, assign, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display any Submission in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, alone or as part of other works. This includes use of the promoted #sweatybands hashtag, and photographic uploads to the Olapic social shopping platform. These photos can be used in marketing and social media promotion indefinitely. You also acknowledge that your Submission may not be returned and we may use your Submission, and any ideas, concepts or know how contained therein, for any purpose including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing products.
If you make a Submission, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control the rights to your Submission. You further represent and warrant that such Submission does not constitute or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead us as to the origin of any Submission. You agree to indemnify us for all claims arising from your claims to any rights in any Submission.
The security of your information is very important to us. We use 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to protect the security of your online order information. SSL technology encrypts your order information to protect it from being decoded by anyone other than Sweaty Bands. Once you enter the checkout page your computer will begin communicating with our server in secure mode. You can tell that you are in secure mode by the following:
Personal information collected by Sweaty Bands is stored in secure operating environments, and we are dedicated to maintaining the security of such information. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems. We will notify you if any breach of our security system affects you by sending an e-mail notice to you within 5-7 days of our discovery of any such breach.
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer or use other technology to improve your navigation of our site. The cookie itself does not contain your personal information, although it will enable us to relate your use of the site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided to us. You may be able to set your browser to reject cookies, but then you may be unable to access certain areas of the site or may not be able to customize the site’s features. Some of our business affiliates, partners, and sponsors independently may use cookies, to tell when you have contacted their web site. Because we do not control the privacy policies of our business affiliates, partners, sponsors or any other sites to which we may provide links, you should check the privacy policy of the site that you are visiting if you have any concerns about that site's use of cookies or other data gathering devices.
You may be able to access content and other services through links located on our site, including the websites of business affiliates, partners, sponsors or other sites. This policy does not apply to such content or services, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any site that may be linked to our site. We recommend that you review the privacy policy at each such site.
Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask for a notice describing what categories of personal customer information we share with third party providers or business affiliates for direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third party providers and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: Sweaty Bands Customer Service, 4650 Wilmer Court Cincinnati, OH 45226. Please allow 30 business days for a response.
Our website is a general audience website and no part is targeted to attract anyone under the age of 13. Protecting children's privacy is very important to us and children under the age of 13 should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children's online activities and use parental controls to supervise children's access to the web.
If you do not want to receive promotional emails from Sweaty Bands, you can click on the unsubscribe link and hit send at the bottom of any email communication sent by us. Please allow 30 business days from when the request was received to complete the removal, as some of our promotions may already have been in process.
Your access and use of our site are subject to our terms and conditions, subject to all applicable laws, and undertaken at your own risk, Furthermore, your use of our site means that you have read, accepted and agreed to this privacy policy, and you consent to use of your personal information as set forth in this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our site. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and from time to time, in which case we will post the revised policy on our site. Your continued use of the site after the posting of any changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
If you have concerns or questions about our privacy policy, please email us at contact@sweatybands.com