Our Privacy Committment
Your privacy is very important to Westcoast Firearms, Inc. (“ Westcoast Firearms”), and we take your right to privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices, including what type of information we collect, what we do with that information, and how we protect it. It also describes how you can access and update your information and privacy preferences. This Privacy Policy applies to information about users of our websites, www.Westcoastfirearmsllc.com (The “ Website”), and their on-line features or services, as well as to personal information obtained when you call, email, or otherwise communicate or interact with Westcoast Firearms. Our Website and other services and communications, whether on-line or otherwise, are collectively referred to as “ Services”.
This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use of the Website, and by accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by all of its terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use the Website.
This Privacy Policy may change at any time, so please check it often. Such changes are effective immediately by posting the revised Policy on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after such modifications constitutes your acknowledgment of the modified Policy and your agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Policy.
Children
Neither the Website nor any Services of Westcoast Firearms are intended to be used by children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 is eligible to use the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not: (1) use or provide any information about yourself on the Website, (2) on or through any of its features, register on the Website, or (3) attempt to make any purchases through the Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a person under the age of 18, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us. Many of our products require you to be at least 18 or 21 years of age and if you enter into any online shopping transactions on the Website, you are representing to us that you are of legal age and have all necessary authority to enter into and bind yourself under any agreements made on the Website.
Information We Collect about You
In General. By visiting the Website or using our Services through the Website or otherwise, we may collect personal information about you including your name, your status (such as whether you are a customer, dealer or media professional), mailing address, email address, title or occupation and telephone number. The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the service or interaction that you have with us (see “Personal Information” below for details).
You may also visit the Website without identifying who you are or providing any personally identifiable information about yourself – that is information that specifically identifies a particular individual, such as name, address, or phone number. Many users of the Website will choose not to provide any personally identifiable information; therefore, those individuals are anonymous to us.
When you visit the Website, whether or not you provide personally identifiable information, the Website captures certain common technical information automatically. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and computer operating system, device type, application software, time and date you visit the Website, traffic patterns and usage data such as the pages you access, the address of the third-party website that directed you to our Website or the third-party website you visit when you leave our Website. Westcoast Firearms uses this information to understand patterns of site activity, including aggregated user demographics, and to improve the website so it is more useful to you. Although Westcoast Firearms does not use or maintain any type of network activity or device information in a manner that identifies you, or that relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to you or your household, some of this information may qualify as “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” under applicable law.
Personal Information. In addition to the contact information described above, Westcoast Firearms may collect other personal information depending on the nature of your interaction with Westcoast Firearms through the Website or any Services, including but not limited to:
-
If you are purchasing a product or service, your credit card number, expiration date and security code.
-
If are entering a sweepstake, contest, giveaway or other promotion (each a “Promotion”), your age or birth date.
-
If you are applying for employment, your work authorization information, visa status, desired salary, academic level, employment history including salary, and any other information you include on the resume you upload to the Website. You may also choose to provide optional information such as race, gender, and whether you are disabled or your Veteran status.
-
If you are participating in a survey, we may ask your gender and age, income, ethnicity, family size and marital status.
-
If you are sharing an article or page of the Website with a third party, the third-party email address will also be collected.
-
If you are using a Service, information necessary to provide the Service you have requested.
Location Information. We may collect information about your location when you access or use the Website. We may collect information regarding your general location using your IP address. If you access or use the Website from a mobile device, we may collect more precise geolocation information from your mobile device. This information may be used to customize certain features of the Website and to provide you with location-based services. This information may also be used to send push notifications, which appear on the display of your mobile device in the form of a badge, alert or banner, and allow mobile applications to send information to your mobile device even when the application is not in use.
Use of Information Collected
Westcoast Firearms will not sell, trade, or otherwise share or transfer to third parties your Personal Information except as described below or unless Westcoast Firearms provides advance notice as set out in the Terms of Use:
-
Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Westcoast Firearms may transfer personal information to its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, including future subsidiaries and affiliates.
-
Fulfilling a Business Purpose. Westcoast Firearms may transfer personal information to third parties in order to carry out the purpose or purposes for which you provided the personal information and/or to comply with the laws and regulations governing the business practices of Westcoast Firearms.
-
Consultants and Service Providers. Westcoast Firearms will disclose personal information to third party consultants and service providers (such as providers of hosting, support, maintenance and remedial, repair services, mail delivery services, evaluation data analysis, data cleansing, order fulfillment and shipping, promotion administration and fulfillment, advertising, marketing and promotional activities, fraud protection and risk reduction, and payment processing and authorization) to the extent that they require access to the databases, or the personal information contained in our databases, to provide services to you on behalf of Westcoast Firearms or to Westcoast Firearms
-
Enforcement of Rights/Security. Westcoast Firearms reserves the right to release personal information (i) when Westcoast Firearms is under legal compulsion to do so (e.g. we have received a subpoena) or Westcoast Firearms otherwise believes that the law requires us to do so, (ii) when Westcoast Firearms believes it is necessary to protect and/or enforce the rights, property interests, or safety of Westcoast Firearms, our users or others, or (iii) as Westcoast Firearms deems necessary to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, prevent fraud and otherwise enforce the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
-
Reorganization or Sale of the Company. In the event that Westcoast Firearms is merged with or becomes part of another organization, or in the event that Westcoast Firearms is sold or it sells all or substantially all of its assets or is otherwise reorganized, the personal information Westcoast Firearms collects will be one of the transferred assets to the acquiring or reorganized entity.
-
Third-Party Marketing. Westcoast Firearms may share your personal information with third parties, such as the Federal Firearms License Dealer that you designate, in order to carry out the transaction or purpose for which you provided your personal information. Such third parties designated by you may use your Personal Information for their marketing purposes, and you should refer to their privacy policies and practices to understand and control their use of your Personal Information.
-
Joint Promotion Partners. Westcoast Firearms may conduct joint promotions with third parties. If you register for one of those joint promotions your information may be collected by both Westcoast Firearms and the third party. Or, we may give you the option to have us share your information with the promotion partner. Your information will be used by us and/or by them as described in our respective posted privacy policies.
-
As Otherwise Required or Allowed by Law. Westcoast Firearms may transfer personal information to third parties where we are expressly authorized or required by applicable law to do so.