Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, Use Live Chat or enter information on our site. Provide us with feedback on our products or services. We do not collect credit/debit/prepaid card details as all of our transactions go through PayPal.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products
• To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
How do we protect your information?
We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
In addition, only provide articles and information and we will never ask for credit card numbers.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Keep track of advertisements.
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It won’t affect the user’s experience that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
However, you will still be able to place orders.
Returns & Refunds
You are eligible for returning an item within 14 days from the delivery date. If you want to return a product please contact info@clutchtotebags.com to inform you how to proceed. Return shipping costs are paid by the customer unless the product arrives damaged in which case we will try to identify who is responsible for the damage. If this is the case, the responsibility is on our end and we will cover the shipping costs of return.
If a customer has to to return an item, the item must not have been used and it must be returned back to ClutchToteBags in the same new condition in which it was delivered and it has to include all the items that were in the original package.
In any case if the returned product is missing anything from the original package or the product is damaged during return shipping due to the fact it wasn’t packaged properly, we will deduct the amount of loss and give the customer only a partial refund.
If an order has been shipped and you want to cancel your order, you must deny the delivery and once we receive the package back you will be refunded immediately. Since we are cooperating with multiple suppliers from around the world you might be asked to return the item to our global returns center or directly to the supplier’s location.
For Returns requests please contact us at info@clutchtotebags.com.
Order Processing
After you have placed an order through our website, the average order processing is 3-4 business days.
Estimated Delivery
The estimated delivery for all products is ~ 2-4 weeks after shipment. We are not responsible for any delivery delays that may occur due to increased traffic at postal offices especially during holiday periods around the world.
Customs Duty & Taxes
We are cooperating with a wide variety of suppliers from around the world and occassionaly the items are sent by the suppliers in order to avoid delays. Due to this fact, custom duties and taxes may be imposed on some orders. Customs duty and taxes, which vary from country to country, should be paid by the customers.
Payment Methods
Payments are processed via the secure payment environment provided by PayPal® using any credit, prepaid or debit card: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diner’s Club and EnRoute are accepted.
Shipping Method
All orders are being sent via e-packet.
Newsletters
We may use, with the consent of the User and in accordance with the laws, personal information in order to send promotional and business information in relation to services rendered through our activities, also using automatic electronic communication systems.
Users are entitled to block the use of the personal data for mailing newsletters, using tools provided in the same or giving notice to the Data Controller in the due manner, including through the tools provided in the same email (link at the bottom of email).
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.