Privacy Policy for Careless Condition
Effective Date: 08/01/2025
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of our Terms of Use. By accessing or using the Careless Condition website and our online store, you agree to be bound by and comply with both this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
1. Age Restrictions on Site Access and Purchases
To access this site, you must be at least 21 years old. If you are under 21, you are not permitted to use this site for any purpose. It’s your responsibility to understand and comply with the legal age requirements in your state or province for purchasing our products. If we learn that we’ve inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 18 without verified parental consent, we will promptly delete that information. Should you believe we possess any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us immediately at brian@carelesscondition.com.
2. Information We Collect and Its Use
When you make a purchase from our online store, as part of the transaction process, we collect the personal details you provide, such as your name, address, email address, and order history. We also use tools like cookies and web beacons to gather information that makes your experience with our store and website more seamless. Certain information is collected automatically when you visit our site. This may include details like the Operating System (OS) running on your device, your Internet Protocol (IP) address (which might indicate your general location), access times, browser type, language, and the website you visited before ours. We also gather information about your interactions with our site, including elements you’ve engaged with, associated metadata, changes in site status, and other user actions.
Email Marketing: By providing us with your email address, you give us permission to send you emails about our store, new product releases, and other updates. You always have the option to unsubscribe from these emails at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email.
Generally, we primarily use the information we collect to provide, maintain, protect, and improve our current site and products, as well as to develop new offerings. Specifically, personal information gathered through our site helps us to:
– Facilitate the creation and security of your account within our system.
– Identify you as a user on our platform.
– Enhance our products, site functionality, and overall business operations.
– Understand and improve the user experience with our site and products.
– Fulfill and deliver the products and services you request.
– Respond to your comments or questions and enable our Support team to provide assistance.
– Send you relevant communications, including order confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
– Inform you about promotions, upcoming events, and news concerning products and services offered by Careless Condition and our trusted partners, along with other marketing initiatives from Careless Condition.
– Combine your information with data from third parties to better understand your needs and deliver superior service.
– Protect against, investigate, and deter fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activities.
California Privacy Rights If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information under California law. For more details on your California privacy rights, please refer to the relevant California privacy legislation.
3. Consent for Data Collection and Use
How do you provide consent? By initiating a transaction, and whenever you provide us with personal information to complete a purchase, place an order, arrange for delivery, or process a return, you consent to our collection and use of your information as outlined in this policy. Your credit card information is handled in a distinct and specific manner, as detailed in Section 5 below.
How can you withdraw your consent? You can withdraw your consent for us to use your personal information and to stop receiving email communications at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe”, link at the bottom of each email or by contacting us directly at brian@carelesscondition.com.
4. Information Disclosure
We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following situations:
– Third-Party Service Providers: We may share customer information with third-party partners who perform services on our behalf. These partners are required to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as this Privacy Policy and may only use the information for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
– Legal Requirements: We provide customer information when legally required or in response to valid requests from law enforcement and other government agencies. We commit to notifying you at the address you have provided if we receive a lawful request for your information.
– Protection of Rights and Property: To safeguard the rights and property of Careless Condition, our agents, and customers, and as necessary to enforce our agreements, policies, and the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, including for billing and collection purposes.
– Emergency Situations: In emergencies, including when necessary to protect the personal safety of any individual.
– Business Transactions: For the purpose of a business deal (or negotiation of a business deal) involving the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets, such as a merger, acquisition, refinancing through outside investment, divestiture, or dissolution. In cases of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal information may also be transferred as a business asset. Should another company acquire our business and assets, they will also obtain the personal information we’ve collected and assume the rights and obligations regarding your personal information as described in this Policy.
5. Payment Processing Details
Our online store operates on WooCommerce, an e-commerce software platform that facilitates the sale of our products and services.
Payment: When you provide us with your credit card details during the payment process, this information is sent to our PCI-DSS compliant payment gateway for secure processing using SSL encryption technology. Importantly, your credit card information is never stored for use beyond the specific transaction for which it was supplied.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS, as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council—a collaborative effort of major card brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and our payment processors and service providers.
6. Third-Party Services and External Links
This Privacy Policy does not extend to any third-party services. To understand their privacy practices, please review their respective privacy policies.
Links: When you click on links within our store, you may be directed away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and strongly encourage you to read their privacy policies.
7. Data Security Measures
To protect your personal information, we implement reasonable precautions and adhere to generally accepted industry practices to help prevent inappropriate loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Your personal information is protected by your password – please never share this password with anyone. Careless Condition will never contact you to ask for your password.
If you provide us with your credit card information, it is transmitted to our server using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which employs the AES-256 encryption standard.
Despite our best efforts, the transmission of information over the internet is never entirely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
8. Consent Regarding Age
Our website is not designed for individuals under 21 years of age. No one under the age of 21 is permitted to provide information to or on this website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 21. If you are under 21, please do not use or provide any information on this website, through any of its features, register on the website, make purchases, or provide any personal details about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address.
By using this site, you affirm that you are at least 21 years of age, or that you have reached the age of majority in your state or province of residence, and you consent to any of your minor dependents using this site.
9. Applicability of United States Law
This site is intended for users located within the United States. By submitting your personal information to us from outside the U.S., you consent to the application of U.S. law and to the use and disclosure of your personal information consistent with this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to ascertain whether accessing this site and purchasing our products are legal in your location. You access this site and purchase our products at your own risk, and you are accountable for compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and treaties in your country of residence or where the products are destined.
10. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it regularly. Our policy is to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page (with a notice of the update on the website’s homepage). If we make significant changes to how we handle our users’ personal information, we will notify you via email to the address specified in your account and through a prominent notice on our website’s home page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this Privacy Policy to check for any updates. Changes and clarifications will become effective immediately upon their posting on the website.
11. Questions and Contact Information
If you wish to access, correct, amend, or delete any personal information we hold about you (excluding information automatically generated by your site usage), register a complaint, or simply seek more information, please contact our customer service team at brian@carelesscondition.com.