PRIVACY STATEMENT

Confidentiality and security of your personal data are important to us. We would like to offer you personalized services while respecting your privacy and choices.

This Privacy Statement (“Statement”) is provided by FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS®, a retail and brand with its headquarters in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (United States). 

The purpose of this Statement is to inform you in a transparent and simple manner about the processing of the personal data that you provide or that we collect through the different touch points you use to interact with us (e.g. in store, client services, FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS.com, social media, digital apps, events), about possible transfers to third parties, as well as your rights and options to control your personal data and protect your privacy.

WHAT DATA MAY WE COLLECT OR RECEIVE ABOUT YOU?

"Personal data" means any information that could reasonably identify you either directly (e.g. your name) or indirectly (e.g. through a unique client ID number).

The personal data we collect depends upon the touchpoint of our interaction and is also limited to that which is relevant and appropriate for the interaction.  Unless you choose to interact with us via other touchpoints, such as (but not limited to) by making a purchase on our site, signing up for one of our programs or services, using our apps, communicating with us via email, phone or submitting online forms, or posting a comment or a like online, our data collection is limited to the use of ‘cookies’ for website visitors.

For customers and other individuals who sign up for programs or services or otherwise interact with us beyond browsing our site via the touchpoints described above, for example, we collect certain relevant information from you.  The information we collect is related to the particular transaction as well as our overall relationship with you.  For example, if you make purchases from fortheloveofblackgirls.com we must collect information to process (and, if relevant, fulfill and ship) your order. For customers and other individuals who sign up for our programs or services, we generally collect your contact details, contact preferences, and information that will allow us to make recommendations to you about our products or services that may be of interest.  We may centralize the information pertaining to our customers so that we have it organized in one place, as this helps us manage our relationship with you as well as your choices and preferences. Or, if you subscribe to our personalized newsletter, we collect your email address.

Depending on your interactions with us, personal data we receive may include information related to:

  • Your identity and your contact details (e.g., name, address, email address, date of birth);

  • Your interests and your preferences (as you may provide in creating your FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS profile);

  • Your purchases (online, including your orders, their tracking information, your purchase invoices, the amount and type of your purchase);

  • Your use of our online assets, including when you visit and interact with them, what pages you accessed, and your interaction with our features. We also receive information to help detect and prevent consumer fraud, including but not limited to browser and keyboard language settings, whether data is automatically filled or manually entered, whether data is manually entered or copy and pasted, and proxy detection (FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS.com, social media pages, partner websites (e.g. for events) and databases (e.g. for data storage and maintenance);

  • Your FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS account log-in information;

  • Your financial information to process your orders (such as bank details);

  • Your requests through our client services or our public relations department;

  • Your publications and mentions of our products on social networks;

  • The FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS events you attend; or

  • Any self-reported undesirable side-effects concerning any of our products. 

We invite you to keep us regularly informed in writing of any change in your contact details.

 United States Consumer Privacy Rights.

There are specific privacy laws in the U.S., including California’s CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, and certain similar consumer privacy laws in other states. To this effect, FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK GIRLS complies with the rights of consumers regarding the personal data that we collect and hold about them.  Those rights vary by region, and by state within the U.S.

Updated:  September 2024