PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy governs and describes the manner in which BarterStores, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies (collectively, "BarterStores", "we", "us", "our") collects, uses, maintains and discloses information you provide to use through the www.BarterStores.com website, its microsites, mobile websites, mobile applications, social media platforms, and other online services that we own and control or that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the ("Site"). This Privacy Policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by BarterStores.

This policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page and may be updated from time to time to keep with BarterStores developments or evolving legal or regulatory requirements, so please check this policy periodically for updates. By accessing the Site you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy you may not use our Site.

Text Message Marketing Terms

We use a text messaging platform which is subject to the following terms and conditions. By opting-in for our text marketing and notifications (when you enter your phone number (i) in the checkout to initiate a purchase, or (ii) when creating an account) you agree to these terms and conditions. You acknowledge that your consent is not a condition of any purchase.

By providing us with your phone number and/or subscribing to BarterStores text notifications, you agree to receive reoccurring automated marketing text messages from us and our affiliates and subsidiaries about our products and services, including (for your order, including abandoned cart reminders) and text marketing offers, at that that phone number. Messages may be sent via an automatic telephone dialing system or other technology and message frequency is recurring. Message and data rates may apply. Not all mobile devices may be supported and our messages may not be deliverable in all areas.

You certify that any phone number(s) you provide is true, accurate, and you are the current owner. You agree to immediately notify us of any change in ownership of such phone number(s). If we discover that this information is false or inaccurate, we may suspend or terminate your account at any time.

We reserve the right to revise our messaging program at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting to this Site. Your continued enrollment following such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes.

There is no fee to receive our text notifications, however, you may incur a charge for these text messages from your telephone carrier which is your sole responsibility.

We reserve the right to alter the frequency of messages sent at any time and reserve the right to change the short code or phone number from which messages are sent.

Not all mobile devices or handsets may be supported and our messages may not be deliverable in all areas. BarterStores, its service providers, and mobile carriers supported by this program are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Reply STOP, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE or QUIT to opt-out and HELP for customer support. You may receive an additional text message confirming your decision to opt-out. You understand and agree that attempting to opt-out by any means other than texting the opt-out commands above is not a reasonable means of opting-out.

No Class Actions. You acknowledge and agree that you may only bring claims against BarterStores only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

Personal Information We Collect

We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our Site, register and account on the Site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site.

The following categories of personal information we may collect from you include:

Contact and registration information. In order to set up an account we may collect your name, phone number, address, and email address.

Purchase information. To complete a purchase from BarterStores, we may collect your credit card information, billing address, shipping address, or other payment information. Note that BarterStores does not itself collect this information. Instead, we pass this information on to our third-party payment processers (e.g. PayPal).

Feedback information. To receive and respond to your customer service requests or comments on your experience with BarterStores, we may collect your name, phone number, address, email address, images, and any relevant history.

Marketing information. To send you personalized emails, text messages, newsletters, discounts, or other marketing information, we may collect your name, phone number, email address, and purchasing interests.

Non-Personal Information We Collect

We may automatically collect information from you that, on its own, cannot personally identify you. We collect this information when you interact with our Site.

The following categories of non-personal information we may collect from you include:

Site usage. So that we may understand and improve on the user experience and functionality of the Site, we may collect information about how you interact with the Site such as mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, the date of your visit, the time spent on pages of the Site, or other actions.

Device Information. When you interact with our Site, we may automatically collect information about the computers, phones, and other devices you are using (e.g. IP address, WiFi information, device attributes, operating system version, internet service provider, etc.).

Cookies

Personal information that is automatically collected may be obtained through cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies. Are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device through a user ID or other preferences. We use cookies to personalize your experience when you use the Site (e.g. auto-populating your log-in credentials or settings). We may use different types of cookies for different purposes, specifically: strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, and functionality cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to fulfill an action requested by you, such as identifying your browser settings. We cannot guarantee how our Site will perform during your visit if you adjust these.

Performance cookies allow us to view analytic information about how users interact with our Site.

Functionality Cookies. Enhance the performance and functionality of our Site, such as remembering you or your preferences.

Web Beacons. Some pages of the Site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifts) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages of the Site and for new related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

You are free to set your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features through our Site or take full advantage of all our services.

We currently do not honor Do Not Track signals from internet browsers; when a universal standard for processing them emerges, we will follow it.

Note that third-party sites that are linked to the Site may set cookies or other technologies to collect information about your use and interaction with their websites or content. We do not have access to, or control, over such third-party data collection.

How We Use Information We Collect

In addition to the uses described above, BarterStores may also use your information for the following purposes:

To improve customer service. Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.

To personalize user experience. We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use our Site, services, and resources.

To improve our Site. We may use feedback you provide to improve our Site.

To process payments. We may use the information you provide when placing an order only to provide service to that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.

To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature. To send you information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you.

To send periodic emails. We may use your email address to send you updates pertaining to your order or respond to your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If you decided to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or you may contact us at thebarterstore.net@gmail.com.

To send periodic text messages. We may use the phone number you provided to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, related product or services information, including discounts or marketing promotions.

By providing this information you agree and expressly consent to receive automated text message alerts from BarterStores as described in our Text Message Marketing Terms section above.

How We Share Information We Collect

We limit access to your personal information to our employees, contractors, and agents who have a legitimate need to use it such as payment processors and other third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys.

With your permission, we may share your information with other third-parties for limited purposes you have agreed to.

We may also share your information in order to comply with applicable law or respond to a valid legal process or to enforce or investigate potential violations of our Terms of Use or other policies.

We may share generic aggregated demographic information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

How We Protect Information We Collect

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. Our Site is also in compliance with PCI vulnerability standards in order to create as secure of an environment as possible for you.

Please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We will keep your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In some circumstances we may retain your personal information for longer if and when required (e.g. legal, tax, or accounting requirements).

Interest-Based Advertising

Interest-Based advertising, also known as online behavioral advertising, is the practice of collecting information about users? activities across sites over time, and using such information to deliver targeted advertising based on such users? interests. This can be achieved through automated means, including through the use of first and third-party cookies, web server logs, pixels, and web beacons. We may use this information from our Site and trusted third-parties such as Facebook, Google, and Pinterest, in order to tailor our advertisements to your individual interests or to inform you about new products or services.

The information collected and used in this manner is generally, on its own, anonymous and not personally identifiable (e.g. browsing history, demographic information, purchase history, media consumption, shopping habits, lifestyle preferences, or other similar information). To learn more about interest-based-advertising and your choices with respect to it in more detail, please visit the Network Advertising initiative at www.networkadvertising.org and the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.optout.aboutads.info.To opt-out of some of our advertising partners? use of cookies in this manner, visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Third-Party Websites and Material

You may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third-parties. The Site contains links to those other sites for your convenience only. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site.

In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website's own terms and policies. BarterStores has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party websites or services.

Children

The Site and BarterStores services are not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete such information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at thebarterstore.net@gmail.com

Additional Information for European Union (?EU?) and United Kingdom (?UK?) Residents

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on one of the following legal conditions:

Your consent (e.g., to place cookies which process personal information, or marketing)

To perform our agreement with you (e.g., to process your payment or shipping information to process your purchase)

To comply with a legal obligation to which BarterStores is subject;

Our legitimate interests, provided they do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., for direct marketing purposes, which you may opt-out at any time).

In any case, we will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of personal information is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

International Transfers

The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside the jurisdiction where you are and where we or our third-party service providers have operations. If you are located in the EEA, United Kingdom or Switzerland, your personal information may be processed outside of those regions, including in the United States. In the event of such a transfer, we will ensure that: (i) the personal information is transferred to countries recognized as offering an equivalent level of protection; or (ii) the transfer is made pursuant to appropriate and approved safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission.

The Rights of EU and UK Residents.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area or the UK you may exercise certain rights regarding your personal information processed by BarterStores.

In particular, you have the right to:

Be informed.

Withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw consent where you have previously given your consent to the processing of your personal information.

Object to processing of your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.

Access your Data. You have the right to learn if your data is being processed by BarterStores, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the data undergoing processing.

Verify and seek rectification. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal information and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

Restrict the processing of your Data. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of your data. In this case, BarterStores will not process your data for any purpose other than storing it.

Have your Personal Information deleted or otherwise removed. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of your personal information from BarterStores.

Receive your Data and have it transferred to another controller. You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on your consent, on a contract which BarterStores is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.

Lodge a complaint. You have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

To exercise any of these rights, please reach out to us at support@BarterStores.com or (702) 728-1185.

These requests can be exercised free of charge and we will address these requests as early as possible and within thirty (30) days. However, we may refuse or charge for any request that is unfounded or excessive. We will notify you of the refusal and the basis of that refusal and will have the right to complain to the supervisory authority and seek a judicial remedy within one month of the request.

Deleting your data

To completely delete any of your data from our system please contact us at thebarterstore.net@gmail.com

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Site, please contact us at:

BarterStores

BarterStores.com

thebarterstore.net@gmail.com