Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Bearaby.com (the “Site”), the online platform of Bearaby Sleep Corporation (the “Company” or “us” or “our” or “we”).

DESCRIPTION OF USERS AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to the Website, who view only publicly-available content (“Visitors”), and customers who have purchased Bearaby Products (“Customers”).

By visiting our Website, Visitors are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use. By purchasing a Product, each Customer is agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your Device (which shall include any laptop, desktop, tablet, mobile phone, or any other electronic device with which you access the Site), including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your Device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.

DEVICE INFORMATION

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

- “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

WELLNESS INFORMATION

In order for us to help you customize your “Sleeper”, you will be asked to provide us with some information about your health and wellness, including but not limited to, your sleep goals, and your lifestyle, (collectively, the “Wellness Information”).

THIRD-PARTY ANALYTICS

We may use one or more third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Services, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to the Services and mobile and Internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. By accessing and using the Services, you consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. The third parties we currently work with are those listed below. These third parties may change from time to time, but in each case we will provide you with the links to view these organizations' privacy policies and find out more about what data they hold about you, what they do with it, and how to opt-out from certain data collection. Please be advised that if you opt out of any service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Website, and the Services.

THE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING COMPANIES

We may share, or we may permit third party online advertising networks, social media companies and other third party services, to collect, information about your use of our Website over time so that they may play or display ads on our Website, on other devices you may use, and on other websites, apps or services, including on Facebook. It is important to note, however, that we do not share any of your Personal Information with these parties. These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear gifs), and/or other technologies to collect this non-personal information for such purposes. Pixel tags enable us, and these third-party advertisers, to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits the site on which the pixel tag is located in order to learn which advertisement brings a user to a given site. You may opt-out of the tailoring of advertising based on information we collect. To learn more about interest-based advertising and how you may be able to opt-out of some of this advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s online resources, at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices, and/or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s resources at www.aboutads.info/choices, and you may also adjust your ad preferences through your Facebook settings.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both Device Information, Order Information, Wellness Information and Third-Party Analytics.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The primary use of the Order Information that we collect is to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

- Communicate with you;

- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and

- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

  • Agents, Providers and Related Third Parties:
    We may engage other companies and individuals to perform certain business-related functions on our behalf. Examples may include providing technical assistance, order fulfillment, customer service, and marketing assistance. These other companies will have access to the Information only as necessary to perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law. We may also share your Information with any of our parent companies, subsidiaries, or other companies under common control with us.
  • Aggregated Information:
    In an ongoing effort to better understand our Visitors, and Customers, we may analyze Personal Information with Other Information in anonymized and aggregate form in order to operate, maintain, manage, and improve the Website and the Services and for our own research purposes. This aggregate information does not identify you personally.
  • Business Transfers:
    As we develop our businesses, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, sale of assets, dissolution, or similar event, the Information may be part of the transferred assets.
  • Legal Requirements:
    We may disclose your Information if required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action or disclosure is necessary or appropriate to: (i) operate the Platform, (ii) comply with any legal obligation, report unlawful activity, cooperate with law enforcement, or protect against legal liability, (iii) protect and defend our rights, property, personnel, suppliers, sponsors, agents or licensors, or (iv) protect the personal safety of vendors, users of the Platform or the public.

We know how important it is to keep the Information you’ve entrusted to us confidential. We will not rent, sell or share your Information with third parties except as specifically approved or under the circumstances described above. If you do not want us to use or disclose Information collected about you in the ways identified in this policy, you should not use the Website or Services.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take commercially reasonable steps to protect the Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Please understand, however, that no security system is impenetrable. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to and from us over the Internet. In particular, e-mail sent to or from the Platform may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

CONSENT

We implement a variety of safety measures to secure your Personal Information when you place an order or enter, submit or access your Personal Information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All credit card information is transmitted via SSL technology then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database which are only accessible by authorized personnel.  The Company is not responsible for any date or privacy breach, or any other harm or damages of any kind resulting from any negligence or any act whatsoever of our third party Payment gateway providers.

If we ask you for your personal information for any reason not listed in this Privacy Policy We will either ask you directly or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

You may withdraw your consent for the use of Personal Information by our website at any time. To do so, please contact hello@bearaby.ca.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us improve the the Site and your experince with it. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.   We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

The Company is not responsible for any date or privacy breach, or any other harm or damages of any kind resulting from any negligence or any act whatsoever of our third party service providers.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note: we do not alter the Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO NON-U.S. RESIDENTS

The Website, the Services, and their servers are operated in the United States. Please be aware that your information, may be transferred to, processed, maintained, and used on computers, servers, and systems located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to use the Website and/or the Services, you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to such transfer, processing, and use in the United States and elsewhere.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

CHANGES

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

MINORS

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

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e‑mail at hello@bearaby.ca