Privacy Policy
TORICO Co.,Ltd. (together with its affiliates, “TORICO”) endeavors to protect your personal information. This Privacy Policy informs you about our practices regarding the treatment of information we collect from you online (e.g., through our websites) and offline (e.g., through customer support channels, our retail locations, and in-person promotional activities), the kinds of information we may collect, how that information is used, with whom we share it, and how you can opt-out of a use or correct or change such information.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into TORICO’ Terms of Use by reference, as if set forth fully therein, which must be reviewed and accepted by you.
If you have any questions about our privacy policies, please contact us at privacy@TORICO.com or call us at +1-888-963-8944. By providing your personal information to TORICO, you signify your acceptance of the Terms of Use and agree that TORICO may collect, use, and disclose your personal information as described herein.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information that is processed by TORICO in the course of our business, including via TORICO’ web properties (e.g., TORICO.com) and through any mobile apps, forums, social media accounts, blogs, retail stores, and other online or offline offerings (together with any and all future online and offline offerings, the “Services”).
2. Information We Collect
A. Personally Identifiable Information. The types of personally identifiable information we collect (directly from you or from third party sources) and our privacy practices depend on the nature of the relationship you have with TORICO and the requirements of applicable law. Below is more information on the ways we collect personal information and how we use it.
B. Types of personal information. TORICO collects personal information from its current, prospective, and former customers, visitors, and guests (collectively “Individuals”) through the following channels:
a. Information Provided Directly to Us: When you use the
Services, contact us directly, or engage in certain
activities, such as registering for an account with TORICO,
placing an order on our website, or signing up to receive
emails about our latest products and services, we may ask you
to provide some or all of the following types of information:
your name, email address, mailing address, phone number,
payment information, such as a credit card number, billing
address, and/or other related information required to complete
the purchase (such payment information, “Financial
Information”).
b. Communications: We may collect personal information from
you such as your email address, phone number or mailing
address when you choose to request information about our
Services, visit our retail stores, register to receive
communications over email or text messaging, participate in
promotions, or loyalty programs, or otherwise communicate with
us. Where allowed by applicable law, we may also record and
store customer support calls for training and quality
purposes.
c. Survey and Reviews: We (or third parties acting on our
behalf) may contact you to participate in research, surveys or
beta testing or to provide reviews and testimonials. If you
decide to participate, you may be asked to provide certain
information, which may include personal Information. All
information collected from your participation in our research,
surveys, reviews or testimonial process, or beta testing is
provided by you voluntarily. We may use such information to
improve our products and/or Services, and in any manner
consistent with this Privacy Policy.
d. Sweepstakes and Contests: If we run a sweepstake or
contest, we may ask you to provide contact information (e.g.,
a phone number or an email address) or other personal
information. Your contact information may be used to reach you
about the sweepstakes or contest, and, to the extent permitted
by law, for other promotional, marketing and business
purposes. In compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction, as
a participant you may have the opportunity to opt-out of any
communications that are not related to awarding prizes.
e. Public Posts: We may offer publicly accessible blogs,
social media pages, product review pages, or similar forums.
Please be aware that when you disclose information about
yourself on any public area of the Services or on any public
sites operated by third parties, such content will be
considered “public” and will not be subject to the privacy
protections provided in this Privacy Policy.
f. Information from Third Parties: We may receive information
about you from other sources, including through third party
services and organizations (e.g., Experian), to supplement
information provided by you. This supplemental information
allows us to enhance our ability to provide you with
information about our business, products and Services.
g. Automated Data: We may collect certain information
automatically through our Services and/or other methods of
technical analysis, such as your IP address, cookie
identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising identifiers,
MAC address, IMEI, Advertiser ID, and other device identifiers
that are automatically assigned to your computer or device when
you access the Internet, browser type and language, geo
location information, hardware type, operating system, Internet
service provider, pages that you visit before and after using
the Services, in-store activity through (e.g., through closed
circuit TVs for security monitoring or geofencing to identify
traffic), the date and time of your visit, the amount of time
you spend on each page, information about the links you click
and pages you view within the Services, and other actions taken
through use of the Services (such as preferences).
Please note that if you visit one of our stores, we may collect personal data from you and such data may be linked to information we also collect online or through email and other marketing campaigns.
3. How We Use Your Information
By providing personally identifiable information to us, we are able to perform a number of business functions, such as:
a. Provide Products, Services, or Information Requested.
TORICO may use information about you to fulfill requests for
products, Services or information, including to:
a. Respond to questions, comments, and other requests; b. Provide access to certain features of the Services; c. Personalize product recommendations; d. Communicate with you about logistical matters, including product deliveries and shipping; e. Conduct internal research and development; f. Review and respond to requests for customer support; g. Allow you to register for online profiles or in-person/in-store events.
a. Administrative Purposes. TORICO may use personal
information for administrative purposes, including to:
a. Measure interest in our products and Services; b. Develop new products and Services; c. Ensure quality control; d. Send emails or text messages to the email address or telephone number you provide to us to verify your account and for informational and operational purposes, such as account management, customer service, delivery updates, or system maintenance; e. Process payment(s) for products or services purchased; f. Process applications and transactions; g. Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; h. Maintain and administer our Services; and i. Enforce our Terms of Service
a. Marketing. TORICO may use personal information to provide
you with marketing materials that may be of interest,
including:
a. To notify you about offers, products and Services that may be of interest or about which you have previously expressed an interest (e.g., back-in-stock notifications); b. For other purposes disclosed at the time that you provide personal information; or c. Otherwise with your consent. You may contact us at any time to opt-out of the use of your personal informationfor marketing purposes, as further described in Section 6.
a. Research and Development. TORICO may use personal
information alone or in the aggregate with information obtained
from other sources, in order to help us improve our existing
products and Services or develop new products and Services.
From time to time, TORICO may perform research (online and
offline) via surveys. We may engage third party service
providers to conduct such surveys on our behalf. All survey
responses are voluntary, and the information collected will be
used for research and reporting purposes to help us better
serve Individuals by learning more about their needs and the
quality of the products and services we provide. The survey
responses may be utilized to determine the effectiveness of our
Services, various types of communications, advertising
campaigns and/or promotional activities. If you participate in
a survey, the information given will be used along with that of
other study participants.
a. Direct Mail, Email and Outbound Telemarketing. Individuals
who provide us with personal information, or whose personal
information we obtain from third parties, may, as permitted by
law, receive periodic emails, newsletters, mailings, text
messages or phone calls from us with information on our or our
business partners’ products and services or upcoming special
offers/events that we believe may be of interest. We offer the
option to decline these communications at no cost by following
the instructions in Section 6.
a. Anonymous and Aggregated Information. TORICO may use
personal information and other information about you to create
anonymized and aggregated information, such as de-identified
demographic or psychographic information, information about the
computer or device from which you access the Services or other
analyses we create. Anonymized and aggregated information is
used for a variety of functions, including the measurement of
visitors’ interest in and use of various portions or features
of the Services. Anonymized or aggregated information is not
personal information, and we may use such information in a
number of ways, including research, internal analysis,
analytics and any other legally permissible purposes. We may
also share this information with third parties for our or their
purposes in an anonymized or aggregated form that is designed
to prevent anyone from identifying you.
a. Shared Content. From time to time, we may offer referral
services of features that allow you to forward or share certain
content with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting
your friend to use our Services or purchase product from us.
a. Other. TORICO may use personal information for which we
have a legitimate interest, such as fraud protection or
compliance with legal obligations, or any other purpose
disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information
or with your consent.
4. Cookies, Pixels, and Similar Technologies
We (along with third parties that provide content, advertising or other functionality on our Services), may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through the Services. Technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other devices that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our website, services, applications, messaging and tools, and to recognize you across devices. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our Websites and the purposes for which we use them at TORICO.com/pages/cookies.
Our uses of such Technologies fall into the following general categories:
a. Operational. We may use Technologies that are necessary to
the operation of our Services. This includes Technologies that
allow you access to our websites, Services, applications, and
tools; that are required to identify irregular site behavior,
prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allow
you to make use of functions such as shopping carts, saved
search or similar functions.
a. Performance-Related. We may use Technologies to assess the
performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic
practices to help us understand how our visitors use our
Services, determine if you have interacted with our messaging,
determine whether you have viewed an item or link, or to
improve our website content, applications, services or tools.
a. Functionality-Related. We may use Technologies that allow us
to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our
Services. This may include identifying you when you sign into
the Service or keeping track of your specified preferences,
interests or past items viewed so that we may enhance the
presentation of content.
a. Advertising-Related. We may use first-party or third party
cookies and web beacons to deliver content, including ads
relevant to your interests, on our Services or on third party
sites. This includes using technologies to understand the
usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that has
been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an
advertisement. We may also use third parties to serve targeted
advertisements to people similar to our customer base (e.g., by
uploading a hashed customer list to Facebook Custom Audiences)
or incorporating a pixel from the third-party on our Site. Even
if you have disabled certain cookies, advertisements may still
be displayed to you through these third-party channels.
If you would like to opt-out of the Technologies we employ, you may do so by blocking, deleting or disabling them as your browser or device permits. See Section 6 for additional opt-out options. Please note that blocking, deleting, or disabling these Technologies will affect the functionality of our Services and may prevent you from being able to access certain features.
5. How We Share Your Information
We share information collected through the Services with the following categories of parties:
a. Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any information
we receive with vendors and service providers. The types of
service providers to whom we entrust personal information
include service providers for: (i) order fulfillment and
warehousing; (ii) web hosting, analytics and related services;
(iii) payment processing, fraud protection, and credit risk
reduction; (iv) customer service activities such as inquiries
and shipping; and (v) in connection with the provision of the
Services. TORICO’ policy is to execute appropriate contracts
with service providers that prohibit them from using or sharing
personal information except as necessary to perform the
contracted services on our behalf or to comply with applicable
legal requirements, and this Privacy Policy.
b. Business Partners. TORICO may share personal information
with its business partners and affiliates for our and our
affiliates’ internal business purposes or to provide you with a
product or service that you have requested. TORICO may also
provide personal information to business partners with whom we
may jointly offer products or services, or whose products or
services we believe may be of interest to you. In such cases,
our business partner’s name will appear, along with TORICO.
c. Marketing. TORICO may allow third party advertising
partners to set tracking tools (e.g., cookies) to collect
information regarding your activities on our Services (e.g.,
your IP address, page(s) visited, time of day). We may also
share such de-identified information as well as selected
personal information (such as demographic information and past
purchase history) we have collected with third party
advertising partners. Advertising partners may use this
information (and similar information collected from other
companies) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements
to you when you visit non-TORICO related websites within
their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as
“interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral
advertising”. We may allow access to other data collected by
the Service to facilitate transmittal of information that may
be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you.
d. Professional Advisors: We share personal data with our
legal, financial, insurance and other advisors in connection
with corporate transactions or in connection with the
management of all or part of our business or operations.
e. Legal Disclosure / Law Enforcement. We may access, preserve
and disclose your personal information, other account
information and content if we believe doing so is required or
appropriate: (i) to comply with law enforcement or national
security requests and legal process, such as, a court order or
subpoena; (ii) to respond to your requests; (iii) to protect
yours, ours or others’ rights, property or safety; (iv) to
enforce TORICO policies or contracts; (v) to collect amounts
owed to TORICO; (vi) to comply with records retention
policies; (vii) when we believe access, preservation, or
disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm
or financial loss or in connection with an investigation or
prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (viii)
if we, in good faith, believe that access, preservation, or
disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable. In addition,
from time to time, server logs may be reviewed for security
purposes – e.g., to detect unauthorized activity on the
Services. In such cases, server log data containing IP
addresses may be shared with law enforcement bodies in order to
allow them to identify users in connection with their
investigation of unauthorized activities.
f. Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. If we are involved
in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization,
bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition
of service to another provider, then your information may be
sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted
by law and/or contract. In such event, TORICO will endeavor
to direct the transferee to use personal information in a
manner that is consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at
the time such personal information was collected.
6. Managing Your personal information / Opt-out
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. You have the right to object to and opt-out of certain uses and disclosures of your personal information. Where you have consented to TORICO’ processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and opt-out to further processing by contacting privacy@TORICO.com. Please note that even if you opt-out, we may still collect and use non-personal information regarding your activities on our Service and/or information from the advertisements on third party websites for non-interest based advertising purposes, such as, to determine the effectiveness of the advertisements.
a. Email. You can unsubscribe from email, text and phone
communications at any time. If you would like to opt-out of
receiving marketing via email, click the unsubscribe link on
the footer of marketing emails. We will process your request
within a reasonable time after receipt, in accordance with
applicable laws. TORICO will continue to send you non
promotional, service emails concerning your account, such as
emails relating to available upgrades, billing and payment
information, outstanding balance on your account, and other
emails relating to your account and/or your use of the Site.
a. Direct Mail. If you would like to opt-out of receiving
communication via postal mail, contact privacy@TORICO.com, or
call customer service at +1-888-963-8944. To learn more about
your rights as a consumer and to receive less national
advertising mail, please visit the Direct Marketing Association
at http://www.dmachoice.org.
b. Account. You may review, update, or modify your account
information at any time by logging into your TORICO account.
You may also deactivate or delete your TORICO account by
emailing privacy@TORICO.com.
c. “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference
that users can set in certain web browsers. DNT is a way for
users to inform websites and services that they do not want
certain information about their webpage visits collected over
time and across websites or online services. We do not override
these settings or options. However, in order to access certain
content, features, services, products, or benefits of the
Services, you may be required to provide us with certain
information, including some types of personally identifying
information. If you do not wish to provide such information
through the Service or if you opt to utilize the aforementioned
privacy features of your computer system or web browser, you
may be unable to obtain certain content, features, services,
products, or benefits of the Site.
a. Cookies and Similar Technologies. You may stop or restrict
the placement of cookies on your computer or remove them from
your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. Please
note that cookie-based opt-outs may not be effective on mobile
interfaces. However, on many mobile devices, application users
may opt-out of certain mobile advertisements via their device
settings. The online advertising industry also provides
websites from which you may opt-out of receiving targeted ads
from our data partners and our other advertising partners that
participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these,
and also learn more about targeted advertising and consumer
choice and privacy, at
www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp,
www.youronlinechoices.eu/ or www.youradchoices.ca/, and
www.aboutads.info/choices/. You can also choose not to be
included in Google Analytics
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Please note that
cookie-based opt-outs must be performed on each device and
browser that you wish to have opted-out. For example, if you
have opted-out on your computer browser, that opt-out will not
be effective on your mobile device. You must separately opt-out
on each device. Advertisements on third party websites that
contain the AdChoices link, and that link to this Privacy
Policy, may have been directed to you based on anonymous non
personal information collected by advertising partners over
time and across websites. These advertisements provide a
mechanism to opt-out of the advertising partners’ use of this
information for interest-based advertising purposes.
a. Rights of Access, Rectification, Erasure, and Restriction. Where permitted by applicable law, you may inquire as to whether TORICO is processing personal information about you, request access to personal information, and ask that we correct, amend or delete your personal information where it is inaccurate or has been processed in violation of your rights under data privacy laws that apply in the country where you live. Where otherwise permitted by applicable law, you may send an email to privacy@TORICO.com or use any of the methods set out in this Privacy Policy to request access to, receive, seek rectification, or request erasure of personal information held about you by TORICO. Please include your full name, email address associated with your account and a detailed description of your data request. Such requests will be processed in accordance with local laws. Although TORICO will use good faith efforts to provide Individuals with access to their personal information, there may be circumstances in which TORICO is unable to provide access, including but not limited to where the information contains legal privilege, would compromise others’ privacy or other legitimate rights, where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the Individual’s privacy, in the case in question or where it is commercially proprietary. If we determines that access should be restricted in any particular instance, we will provide you with an explanation of why that determination has been made and a contact point for any further inquiries. To protect your privacy, TORICO will take commercially reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to or making any changes to your personal information.
7. Security & Retention
The security of your personally identifiable information is important to us and TORICO is committed to handling such information carefully. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your personally identifiable information. We use secure socket layer technology to protect the security of your payment information and we encrypt your personally identifiable information when it is sent over the Internet. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. By using the Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Services. If we learn of a security breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Services or sending an email to you. You may have a legal right to receive this notice in writing.
We retain personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements and comply with applicable laws. When we are no longer required to retain your personal information as described above, we will destroy, erase, or de-identify it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law. Legal requirements, however, may require us to retain some or all of the personal information we hold for a period of time that is longer than that for which we might otherwise hold it.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. In addition, you are not permitted to use our Services if you do not meet the minimum age requirement applicable to our Services in your jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you learn that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, you may alert us at privacy@TORICO.com. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child under the age of 13 (or under the age of 16 in certain jurisdictions, such as EU member countries) we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible and terminate the child’s account unless we receive verifiable parental consent.
9. California Residents
California law requires us to disclose certain information related to our privacy practices, as set forth below.
A. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The table below identifies the categories of personal information we have collected over the preceding 12-month period, as well as examples in each category. For more information about the personal information we collect, please see Section 2.
Category
Examples of personal information in this Category
Identifiers
Name, email address, billing address, shipping address, phone
number
Commercial information
Purchase history
Geolocation data
Internet protocol (IP) address, billing address, shipping
address
Internet or other electronic network activity information
IP address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile
advertising identifiers, MAC address, IMEI, Advertiser ID, and
other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to
your computer or device when you access the Internet, browser
type and language, geo-location information, hardware type,
operating system, Internet service provider, pages that you
visit before and after using the Services, the date and time of
your visit, the amount of time you spend on each page,
information about the links you click and pages you view within
the Services, and other actions taken through use of the
Services such as preferences
Financial, medical, or health information
Payment information, such as credit card number
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
Recordings of customer support calls
Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories
Inferences about the type of products you prefer; demographic
and psychographic inferences
The sources of the personal information we collect above include personal information that you directly provide to us (through the Services), personal information we receive from third party partners (for example, certain marketing, research or survey partners), and personal information that we generate internally. Please see Section 2 for additional details.
B. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please see Section 3 of the Privacy Policy.
C. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE
Please see Section 5 of the Privacy Policy for information on the personal information we share with third parties. In the last 12 months, we have disclosed all of the categories of personal information described in Section 2 for business purposes. For example, we may share your IP address with service providers that provide crash monitoring and site optimization services to us. California residents have the right to opt out of our disclosures of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for valuable consideration. What is covered as a “sale” under California law is not yet clear, but we currently do not “sell” your information as we understand it.
D. YOUR RIGHTS
As a resident of California, you have certain rights, such as:
a. Right to access personal information. You may be entitled to
receive the specific pieces of your personal information we
have collected in the 12 months preceding your request.
b. Right to data portability. You may be entitled to receive a
copy of your electronic personal information in a readily
usable format.
c. Right to know. You may be entitled to receive information
regarding the categories of personal information we collected,
the sources from which we collected personal information, the
purposes for which we collected and shared personal
information, the categories of personal information that we
sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal
information was sold, and the categories of personal
information that we disclosed for a business purpose in the 12
months preceding your request.
d. Right to deletion. You may be entitled to request that we
delete the personal information that we have collected from
you. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your
request, in compliance with applicable laws. Please note,
however, that we may need to keep such information, such as for
our legitimate business purposes or as required to comply with
applicable law.
e. Right to opt-out of certain sharing with third parties. You
may be entitled to direct us to stop disclosing your personal
information to third parties for monetary or other valuable
consideration. What is covered as a “sale” under California law
is not yet clear, but we currently do not “sell” your
information as we understand it.
You may freely exercise these rights without fear of being denied goods or services. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise one of your rights, please complete this form. You may also call us at +1-888-963-8944. Please note that California law requires us to verify the requests we receive from you when you exercise certain of the rights listed above. We (or third parties we engage to assist us) may ask you to provide certain information to us in order for us to verify the request.
In addition to these rights, pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who share personal information with us have the right to request and obtain from us once per year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you would like to exercise this right, please use the contact information listed in this section to contact us.
10. Additional Topics
A. Payment Processors. When you make purchases through the Services, we process your payments via a third-party payment processor. In these instances, the third party application may collect certain Financial Information from you to process a payment on behalf of TORICO, including your name, email address, address and other billing information in which case the use and storage of your Financial Information is governed by the third party terms, conditions and privacy policies. If you apply for or otherwise take part in a financing offer through one of our financing partners, you will be asked to provide information (which may include Financial Information) to that financing partner, either directly or through the Services. The use of that information by the financing partner will be subject to the financing partner’s terms, conditions and privacy policies. Our treatment of any Financial Information that we may Process on your behalf, or that we receive from our financing partners or payment processors, is subject to this Privacy Policy. For more information on our use of third party payment processors and financing partners, including the name(s) of the entities that we partner with, please email privacy@TORICO.com.
B. International Data Transfers. You agree that all personal information collected via or by TORICO may be transferred, processed and stored anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States, the European Union, in the cloud, on our servers, on the servers of our affiliates or on the servers of our service providers. By providing information to TORICO, you explicitly consent to the storage of your personal information in these locations.
C. Third-Party Sites and Services. The Service may contain links to other websites and other websites may reference or link to the TORICO website or other Services. These other domains and websites are not controlled by us, and TORICO does not endorse or make any representations about third party websites or social media platforms. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each and every website and application with which you interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. We do not control the use of cookies or the collection of information by these third parties, nor how they manage such information. It is solely your obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these third parties.
11. Updating this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. You should check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be considered your consent to those changes. In the event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns regarding privacy, please send us a detailed message to privacy@TORICO.com; we will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
Last Updated: 1/10/2023
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into TORICO’ Terms of Use by reference, as if set forth fully therein, which must be reviewed and accepted by you.
If you have any questions about our privacy policies, please contact us at privacy@TORICO.com or call us at +1-888-963-8944. By providing your personal information to TORICO, you signify your acceptance of the Terms of Use and agree that TORICO may collect, use, and disclose your personal information as described herein.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information that is processed by TORICO in the course of our business, including via TORICO’ web properties (e.g., TORICO.com) and through any mobile apps, forums, social media accounts, blogs, retail stores, and other online or offline offerings (together with any and all future online and offline offerings, the “Services”).
2. Information We Collect
A. Personally Identifiable Information. The types of personally identifiable information we collect (directly from you or from third party sources) and our privacy practices depend on the nature of the relationship you have with TORICO and the requirements of applicable law. Below is more information on the ways we collect personal information and how we use it.
B. Types of personal information. TORICO collects personal information from its current, prospective, and former customers, visitors, and guests (collectively “Individuals”) through the following channels:
a. Information Provided Directly to Us: When you use the
Services, contact us directly, or engage in certain
activities, such as registering for an account with TORICO,
placing an order on our website, or signing up to receive
emails about our latest products and services, we may ask you
to provide some or all of the following types of information:
your name, email address, mailing address, phone number,
payment information, such as a credit card number, billing
address, and/or other related information required to complete
the purchase (such payment information, “Financial
Information”).
b. Communications: We may collect personal information from
you such as your email address, phone number or mailing
address when you choose to request information about our
Services, visit our retail stores, register to receive
communications over email or text messaging, participate in
promotions, or loyalty programs, or otherwise communicate with
us. Where allowed by applicable law, we may also record and
store customer support calls for training and quality
purposes.
c. Survey and Reviews: We (or third parties acting on our
behalf) may contact you to participate in research, surveys or
beta testing or to provide reviews and testimonials. If you
decide to participate, you may be asked to provide certain
information, which may include personal Information. All
information collected from your participation in our research,
surveys, reviews or testimonial process, or beta testing is
provided by you voluntarily. We may use such information to
improve our products and/or Services, and in any manner
consistent with this Privacy Policy.
d. Sweepstakes and Contests: If we run a sweepstake or
contest, we may ask you to provide contact information (e.g.,
a phone number or an email address) or other personal
information. Your contact information may be used to reach you
about the sweepstakes or contest, and, to the extent permitted
by law, for other promotional, marketing and business
purposes. In compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction, as
a participant you may have the opportunity to opt-out of any
communications that are not related to awarding prizes.
e. Public Posts: We may offer publicly accessible blogs,
social media pages, product review pages, or similar forums.
Please be aware that when you disclose information about
yourself on any public area of the Services or on any public
sites operated by third parties, such content will be
considered “public” and will not be subject to the privacy
protections provided in this Privacy Policy.
f. Information from Third Parties: We may receive information
about you from other sources, including through third party
services and organizations (e.g., Experian), to supplement
information provided by you. This supplemental information
allows us to enhance our ability to provide you with
information about our business, products and Services.
g. Automated Data: We may collect certain information
automatically through our Services and/or other methods of
technical analysis, such as your IP address, cookie
identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising identifiers,
MAC address, IMEI, Advertiser ID, and other device identifiers
that are automatically assigned to your computer or device when
you access the Internet, browser type and language, geo
location information, hardware type, operating system, Internet
service provider, pages that you visit before and after using
the Services, in-store activity through (e.g., through closed
circuit TVs for security monitoring or geofencing to identify
traffic), the date and time of your visit, the amount of time
you spend on each page, information about the links you click
and pages you view within the Services, and other actions taken
through use of the Services (such as preferences).
Please note that if you visit one of our stores, we may collect personal data from you and such data may be linked to information we also collect online or through email and other marketing campaigns.
3. How We Use Your Information
By providing personally identifiable information to us, we are able to perform a number of business functions, such as:
a. Provide Products, Services, or Information Requested.
TORICO may use information about you to fulfill requests for
products, Services or information, including to:
a. Respond to questions, comments, and other requests; b. Provide access to certain features of the Services; c. Personalize product recommendations; d. Communicate with you about logistical matters, including product deliveries and shipping; e. Conduct internal research and development; f. Review and respond to requests for customer support; g. Allow you to register for online profiles or in-person/in-store events.
a. Administrative Purposes. TORICO may use personal
information for administrative purposes, including to:
a. Measure interest in our products and Services; b. Develop new products and Services; c. Ensure quality control; d. Send emails or text messages to the email address or telephone number you provide to us to verify your account and for informational and operational purposes, such as account management, customer service, delivery updates, or system maintenance; e. Process payment(s) for products or services purchased; f. Process applications and transactions; g. Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; h. Maintain and administer our Services; and i. Enforce our Terms of Service
a. Marketing. TORICO may use personal information to provide
you with marketing materials that may be of interest,
including:
a. To notify you about offers, products and Services that may be of interest or about which you have previously expressed an interest (e.g., back-in-stock notifications); b. For other purposes disclosed at the time that you provide personal information; or c. Otherwise with your consent. You may contact us at any time to opt-out of the use of your personal informationfor marketing purposes, as further described in Section 6.
a. Research and Development. TORICO may use personal
information alone or in the aggregate with information obtained
from other sources, in order to help us improve our existing
products and Services or develop new products and Services.
From time to time, TORICO may perform research (online and
offline) via surveys. We may engage third party service
providers to conduct such surveys on our behalf. All survey
responses are voluntary, and the information collected will be
used for research and reporting purposes to help us better
serve Individuals by learning more about their needs and the
quality of the products and services we provide. The survey
responses may be utilized to determine the effectiveness of our
Services, various types of communications, advertising
campaigns and/or promotional activities. If you participate in
a survey, the information given will be used along with that of
other study participants.
a. Direct Mail, Email and Outbound Telemarketing. Individuals
who provide us with personal information, or whose personal
information we obtain from third parties, may, as permitted by
law, receive periodic emails, newsletters, mailings, text
messages or phone calls from us with information on our or our
business partners’ products and services or upcoming special
offers/events that we believe may be of interest. We offer the
option to decline these communications at no cost by following
the instructions in Section 6.
a. Anonymous and Aggregated Information. TORICO may use
personal information and other information about you to create
anonymized and aggregated information, such as de-identified
demographic or psychographic information, information about the
computer or device from which you access the Services or other
analyses we create. Anonymized and aggregated information is
used for a variety of functions, including the measurement of
visitors’ interest in and use of various portions or features
of the Services. Anonymized or aggregated information is not
personal information, and we may use such information in a
number of ways, including research, internal analysis,
analytics and any other legally permissible purposes. We may
also share this information with third parties for our or their
purposes in an anonymized or aggregated form that is designed
to prevent anyone from identifying you.
a. Shared Content. From time to time, we may offer referral
services of features that allow you to forward or share certain
content with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting
your friend to use our Services or purchase product from us.
a. Other. TORICO may use personal information for which we
have a legitimate interest, such as fraud protection or
compliance with legal obligations, or any other purpose
disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information
or with your consent.
4. Cookies, Pixels, and Similar Technologies
We (along with third parties that provide content, advertising or other functionality on our Services), may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through the Services. Technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other devices that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our website, services, applications, messaging and tools, and to recognize you across devices. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our Websites and the purposes for which we use them at TORICO.com/pages/cookies.
Our uses of such Technologies fall into the following general categories:
a. Operational. We may use Technologies that are necessary to
the operation of our Services. This includes Technologies that
allow you access to our websites, Services, applications, and
tools; that are required to identify irregular site behavior,
prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allow
you to make use of functions such as shopping carts, saved
search or similar functions.
a. Performance-Related. We may use Technologies to assess the
performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic
practices to help us understand how our visitors use our
Services, determine if you have interacted with our messaging,
determine whether you have viewed an item or link, or to
improve our website content, applications, services or tools.
a. Functionality-Related. We may use Technologies that allow us
to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our
Services. This may include identifying you when you sign into
the Service or keeping track of your specified preferences,
interests or past items viewed so that we may enhance the
presentation of content.
a. Advertising-Related. We may use first-party or third party
cookies and web beacons to deliver content, including ads
relevant to your interests, on our Services or on third party
sites. This includes using technologies to understand the
usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that has
been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an
advertisement. We may also use third parties to serve targeted
advertisements to people similar to our customer base (e.g., by
uploading a hashed customer list to Facebook Custom Audiences)
or incorporating a pixel from the third-party on our Site. Even
if you have disabled certain cookies, advertisements may still
be displayed to you through these third-party channels.
If you would like to opt-out of the Technologies we employ, you may do so by blocking, deleting or disabling them as your browser or device permits. See Section 6 for additional opt-out options. Please note that blocking, deleting, or disabling these Technologies will affect the functionality of our Services and may prevent you from being able to access certain features.
5. How We Share Your Information
We share information collected through the Services with the following categories of parties:
a. Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any information
we receive with vendors and service providers. The types of
service providers to whom we entrust personal information
include service providers for: (i) order fulfillment and
warehousing; (ii) web hosting, analytics and related services;
(iii) payment processing, fraud protection, and credit risk
reduction; (iv) customer service activities such as inquiries
and shipping; and (v) in connection with the provision of the
Services. TORICO’ policy is to execute appropriate contracts
with service providers that prohibit them from using or sharing
personal information except as necessary to perform the
contracted services on our behalf or to comply with applicable
legal requirements, and this Privacy Policy.
b. Business Partners. TORICO may share personal information
with its business partners and affiliates for our and our
affiliates’ internal business purposes or to provide you with a
product or service that you have requested. TORICO may also
provide personal information to business partners with whom we
may jointly offer products or services, or whose products or
services we believe may be of interest to you. In such cases,
our business partner’s name will appear, along with TORICO.
c. Marketing. TORICO may allow third party advertising
partners to set tracking tools (e.g., cookies) to collect
information regarding your activities on our Services (e.g.,
your IP address, page(s) visited, time of day). We may also
share such de-identified information as well as selected
personal information (such as demographic information and past
purchase history) we have collected with third party
advertising partners. Advertising partners may use this
information (and similar information collected from other
companies) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements
to you when you visit non-TORICO related websites within
their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as
“interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral
advertising”. We may allow access to other data collected by
the Service to facilitate transmittal of information that may
be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you.
d. Professional Advisors: We share personal data with our
legal, financial, insurance and other advisors in connection
with corporate transactions or in connection with the
management of all or part of our business or operations.
e. Legal Disclosure / Law Enforcement. We may access, preserve
and disclose your personal information, other account
information and content if we believe doing so is required or
appropriate: (i) to comply with law enforcement or national
security requests and legal process, such as, a court order or
subpoena; (ii) to respond to your requests; (iii) to protect
yours, ours or others’ rights, property or safety; (iv) to
enforce TORICO policies or contracts; (v) to collect amounts
owed to TORICO; (vi) to comply with records retention
policies; (vii) when we believe access, preservation, or
disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm
or financial loss or in connection with an investigation or
prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (viii)
if we, in good faith, believe that access, preservation, or
disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable. In addition,
from time to time, server logs may be reviewed for security
purposes – e.g., to detect unauthorized activity on the
Services. In such cases, server log data containing IP
addresses may be shared with law enforcement bodies in order to
allow them to identify users in connection with their
investigation of unauthorized activities.
f. Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. If we are involved
in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization,
bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition
of service to another provider, then your information may be
sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted
by law and/or contract. In such event, TORICO will endeavor
to direct the transferee to use personal information in a
manner that is consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at
the time such personal information was collected.
6. Managing Your personal information / Opt-out
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. You have the right to object to and opt-out of certain uses and disclosures of your personal information. Where you have consented to TORICO’ processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and opt-out to further processing by contacting privacy@TORICO.com. Please note that even if you opt-out, we may still collect and use non-personal information regarding your activities on our Service and/or information from the advertisements on third party websites for non-interest based advertising purposes, such as, to determine the effectiveness of the advertisements.
a. Email. You can unsubscribe from email, text and phone
communications at any time. If you would like to opt-out of
receiving marketing via email, click the unsubscribe link on
the footer of marketing emails. We will process your request
within a reasonable time after receipt, in accordance with
applicable laws. TORICO will continue to send you non
promotional, service emails concerning your account, such as
emails relating to available upgrades, billing and payment
information, outstanding balance on your account, and other
emails relating to your account and/or your use of the Site.
a. Direct Mail. If you would like to opt-out of receiving
communication via postal mail, contact privacy@TORICO.com, or
call customer service at +1-888-963-8944. To learn more about
your rights as a consumer and to receive less national
advertising mail, please visit the Direct Marketing Association
at http://www.dmachoice.org.
b. Account. You may review, update, or modify your account
information at any time by logging into your TORICO account.
You may also deactivate or delete your TORICO account by
emailing privacy@TORICO.com.
c. “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference
that users can set in certain web browsers. DNT is a way for
users to inform websites and services that they do not want
certain information about their webpage visits collected over
time and across websites or online services. We do not override
these settings or options. However, in order to access certain
content, features, services, products, or benefits of the
Services, you may be required to provide us with certain
information, including some types of personally identifying
information. If you do not wish to provide such information
through the Service or if you opt to utilize the aforementioned
privacy features of your computer system or web browser, you
may be unable to obtain certain content, features, services,
products, or benefits of the Site.
a. Cookies and Similar Technologies. You may stop or restrict
the placement of cookies on your computer or remove them from
your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. Please
note that cookie-based opt-outs may not be effective on mobile
interfaces. However, on many mobile devices, application users
may opt-out of certain mobile advertisements via their device
settings. The online advertising industry also provides
websites from which you may opt-out of receiving targeted ads
from our data partners and our other advertising partners that
participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these,
and also learn more about targeted advertising and consumer
choice and privacy, at
www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp,
www.youronlinechoices.eu/ or www.youradchoices.ca/, and
www.aboutads.info/choices/. You can also choose not to be
included in Google Analytics
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Please note that
cookie-based opt-outs must be performed on each device and
browser that you wish to have opted-out. For example, if you
have opted-out on your computer browser, that opt-out will not
be effective on your mobile device. You must separately opt-out
on each device. Advertisements on third party websites that
contain the AdChoices link, and that link to this Privacy
Policy, may have been directed to you based on anonymous non
personal information collected by advertising partners over
time and across websites. These advertisements provide a
mechanism to opt-out of the advertising partners’ use of this
information for interest-based advertising purposes.
a. Rights of Access, Rectification, Erasure, and Restriction. Where permitted by applicable law, you may inquire as to whether TORICO is processing personal information about you, request access to personal information, and ask that we correct, amend or delete your personal information where it is inaccurate or has been processed in violation of your rights under data privacy laws that apply in the country where you live. Where otherwise permitted by applicable law, you may send an email to privacy@TORICO.com or use any of the methods set out in this Privacy Policy to request access to, receive, seek rectification, or request erasure of personal information held about you by TORICO. Please include your full name, email address associated with your account and a detailed description of your data request. Such requests will be processed in accordance with local laws. Although TORICO will use good faith efforts to provide Individuals with access to their personal information, there may be circumstances in which TORICO is unable to provide access, including but not limited to where the information contains legal privilege, would compromise others’ privacy or other legitimate rights, where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the Individual’s privacy, in the case in question or where it is commercially proprietary. If we determines that access should be restricted in any particular instance, we will provide you with an explanation of why that determination has been made and a contact point for any further inquiries. To protect your privacy, TORICO will take commercially reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to or making any changes to your personal information.
7. Security & Retention
The security of your personally identifiable information is important to us and TORICO is committed to handling such information carefully. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your personally identifiable information. We use secure socket layer technology to protect the security of your payment information and we encrypt your personally identifiable information when it is sent over the Internet. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. By using the Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Services. If we learn of a security breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Services or sending an email to you. You may have a legal right to receive this notice in writing.
We retain personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements and comply with applicable laws. When we are no longer required to retain your personal information as described above, we will destroy, erase, or de-identify it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law. Legal requirements, however, may require us to retain some or all of the personal information we hold for a period of time that is longer than that for which we might otherwise hold it.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. In addition, you are not permitted to use our Services if you do not meet the minimum age requirement applicable to our Services in your jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you learn that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, you may alert us at privacy@TORICO.com. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child under the age of 13 (or under the age of 16 in certain jurisdictions, such as EU member countries) we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible and terminate the child’s account unless we receive verifiable parental consent.
9. California Residents
California law requires us to disclose certain information related to our privacy practices, as set forth below.
A. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The table below identifies the categories of personal information we have collected over the preceding 12-month period, as well as examples in each category. For more information about the personal information we collect, please see Section 2.
Category
Examples of personal information in this Category
Identifiers
Name, email address, billing address, shipping address, phone
number
Commercial information
Purchase history
Geolocation data
Internet protocol (IP) address, billing address, shipping
address
Internet or other electronic network activity information
IP address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile
advertising identifiers, MAC address, IMEI, Advertiser ID, and
other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to
your computer or device when you access the Internet, browser
type and language, geo-location information, hardware type,
operating system, Internet service provider, pages that you
visit before and after using the Services, the date and time of
your visit, the amount of time you spend on each page,
information about the links you click and pages you view within
the Services, and other actions taken through use of the
Services such as preferences
Financial, medical, or health information
Payment information, such as credit card number
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
Recordings of customer support calls
Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories
Inferences about the type of products you prefer; demographic
and psychographic inferences
The sources of the personal information we collect above include personal information that you directly provide to us (through the Services), personal information we receive from third party partners (for example, certain marketing, research or survey partners), and personal information that we generate internally. Please see Section 2 for additional details.
B. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please see Section 3 of the Privacy Policy.
C. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE
Please see Section 5 of the Privacy Policy for information on the personal information we share with third parties. In the last 12 months, we have disclosed all of the categories of personal information described in Section 2 for business purposes. For example, we may share your IP address with service providers that provide crash monitoring and site optimization services to us. California residents have the right to opt out of our disclosures of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for valuable consideration. What is covered as a “sale” under California law is not yet clear, but we currently do not “sell” your information as we understand it.
D. YOUR RIGHTS
As a resident of California, you have certain rights, such as:
a. Right to access personal information. You may be entitled to
receive the specific pieces of your personal information we
have collected in the 12 months preceding your request.
b. Right to data portability. You may be entitled to receive a
copy of your electronic personal information in a readily
usable format.
c. Right to know. You may be entitled to receive information
regarding the categories of personal information we collected,
the sources from which we collected personal information, the
purposes for which we collected and shared personal
information, the categories of personal information that we
sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal
information was sold, and the categories of personal
information that we disclosed for a business purpose in the 12
months preceding your request.
d. Right to deletion. You may be entitled to request that we
delete the personal information that we have collected from
you. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your
request, in compliance with applicable laws. Please note,
however, that we may need to keep such information, such as for
our legitimate business purposes or as required to comply with
applicable law.
e. Right to opt-out of certain sharing with third parties. You
may be entitled to direct us to stop disclosing your personal
information to third parties for monetary or other valuable
consideration. What is covered as a “sale” under California law
is not yet clear, but we currently do not “sell” your
information as we understand it.
You may freely exercise these rights without fear of being denied goods or services. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise one of your rights, please complete this form. You may also call us at +1-888-963-8944. Please note that California law requires us to verify the requests we receive from you when you exercise certain of the rights listed above. We (or third parties we engage to assist us) may ask you to provide certain information to us in order for us to verify the request.
In addition to these rights, pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who share personal information with us have the right to request and obtain from us once per year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you would like to exercise this right, please use the contact information listed in this section to contact us.
10. Additional Topics
A. Payment Processors. When you make purchases through the Services, we process your payments via a third-party payment processor. In these instances, the third party application may collect certain Financial Information from you to process a payment on behalf of TORICO, including your name, email address, address and other billing information in which case the use and storage of your Financial Information is governed by the third party terms, conditions and privacy policies. If you apply for or otherwise take part in a financing offer through one of our financing partners, you will be asked to provide information (which may include Financial Information) to that financing partner, either directly or through the Services. The use of that information by the financing partner will be subject to the financing partner’s terms, conditions and privacy policies. Our treatment of any Financial Information that we may Process on your behalf, or that we receive from our financing partners or payment processors, is subject to this Privacy Policy. For more information on our use of third party payment processors and financing partners, including the name(s) of the entities that we partner with, please email privacy@TORICO.com.
B. International Data Transfers. You agree that all personal information collected via or by TORICO may be transferred, processed and stored anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States, the European Union, in the cloud, on our servers, on the servers of our affiliates or on the servers of our service providers. By providing information to TORICO, you explicitly consent to the storage of your personal information in these locations.
C. Third-Party Sites and Services. The Service may contain links to other websites and other websites may reference or link to the TORICO website or other Services. These other domains and websites are not controlled by us, and TORICO does not endorse or make any representations about third party websites or social media platforms. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each and every website and application with which you interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. We do not control the use of cookies or the collection of information by these third parties, nor how they manage such information. It is solely your obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these third parties.
11. Updating this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. You should check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be considered your consent to those changes. In the event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns regarding privacy, please send us a detailed message to privacy@TORICO.com; we will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
Last Updated: 1/10/2023