Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated:  August 28, 2020

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Dakota Dixies. (“DD,” “we,” “our” or “us”) in connection with the products and services that DD offers.  This includes information collected online through our websites, branded pages on third party platforms (i.e., social networking services), mobile applications, and through our direct marketing campaigns or other online communications, as well as offline through our Member Services Team, events, and mobile messaging services.

This Privacy Policy explains how information may be used, disclosed, or collected through the Dakota Dixies, how we safeguard it, and how you may access and control its use in connection with our marketing communications and business activities. By using Dakota Dixies, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.  If you do not, please do not use Dakota Dixies services.

This Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into the terms and conditions of use of Dakota Dixies services. By using Dakota Dixies services, you also agree to our Terms and Conditions

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION

When information identifies or is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household, we refer to it as “Personal Information.” This Personal Information includes the following categories: 

   – Identifiers/Contact Information: These include your name, age, postal and email address, phone   number, username, encrypted password, and unique identifiers that may identify your device or   browser but not you by name.

   – Protected Classifications: Your gender and parental status.

   – Geolocation Data: Data about the location of the device you use to access the Dakota Dixies as more fully described below.

   – Commercial Information: Your purchase and usage history, goods and service preferences, payment and account information, wallet balance, and billing dates.

   – Internet/Electronic Activity: Your IP address, web/app browsing and search history related to our services, and information regarding your interaction(s) with Dakota Dixies advertising.

   – Education and Professional Information: Education level and income level.

   – Inferences: The inferences that we draw from the above categories of Personal Information and web activity to create a personalized profile so we can better identify goods and services that may be of interest.

As provided in more detail below, we collect Personal Information from a variety of sources, including from:

   – Internet service providers

   – Data analytics providers

   – Operating systems and platforms

   – Social networks

   – Data Aggregators, and

   – From you directly

Personal Information You Provide To Us. When you use the Dakota Dixies, we may ask you to provide certain Personal Information to obtain our products or use our services.  For example, we may ask for Personal Information when you register to create an account, update your Personal Information, sign up for a membership or subscription, use certain features, access, upload or download content, purchase products or services, enter into sweepstakes or other promotions, register or participate in a competition, fill out a survey, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us.  

We (or our service providers or business partners) may collect Personal Information that relates to you, such as your name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, date of birth, gender, and demographic information.     

Personal Information You Provide When You Participate in an Online Survey or Other Research.  We may also collect Personal Information you provide us in connection with participating in an online survey or as a research panel participant.  This may include, but may not be limited to, information about your shopping habits, lifestyle preferences, interests and hobbies, health, physical or behavioral characteristics, or other demographic information, as well as photos, videos, and other user-generated content. 

Personal Information You Provide When You Make a Purchase. If you make a purchase from us, you will be required to provide a credit/debit card number and related financial information (such as CVV, expiration date, and billing address), or other payment information (such as via PayPal or Apple Pay), depending on the form of payment you choose.

Personal Information You Provide about a Third Party. You may decide to provide us with another person’s information (such as name, email, address, or phone number) so that we may recommend or send products or services to such person, or so that we may facilitate your communication with other people. Local law may require you to seek the consent of your contacts to provide their Personal Information to Dakota Dixies, which may in turn use that information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information You Provide Through Social Media. You may also be given the option to link to your Facebook or other social media accounts through Dakota Dixies. When you do, we may automatically receive certain Personal Information from you based upon your privacy settings on those sites. This may include, but may not be limited to, name, user name, demographic information, updated address or contact information, location, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and online activity.

Personal Information Collected Automatically. Whenever you visit or interact with the Dakota Dixies, Dakota Dixies as well as any third-party advertisers and/or service providers, may use a variety of technologies that automatically or passively collect information about your online activity. This Personal Information may be collected in the following ways:

Usage Information: We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, mobile analytics software, log files, or other technologies to collect certain information about your online activity, and interactions with our emails, online and mobile advertisements, and to allow us to keep track of analytics and certain statistical information which enables Dakota Dixies to improve and provide you with more relevant content and advertising offered by Dakota Dixies.

For example, we may automatically collect certain information from you, including your browser type, mobile device manufacturer, mobile carrier, phone number, operating system, activations, content, products or services you purchase or access, the page served and the preceding page views or websites visited, any mobile device activity and configurations, and email client. We may also automatically collect information about your use of Dakota Dixies, including the date and time you visit Dakota Dixies, use or click through to any of the Dakota Dixies services, the areas or pages of the Dakota Dixies page that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing or using Dakota Dixies, the number of times you return to Dakota Dixies, other click-stream or site usage data, emails that you open, forward or click-through to Dakota Dixies, and other sites that you may visit.

Device Information. We may automatically collect your IP address or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”) for the computer, mobile device, tablet or other device (collectively, “Device”) you use to access Dakota Dixies, including the hardware model and mobile network information. We may use a Device Identifier to, among other things, provide Dakota Dixies, help to diagnose problems with our servers, analyze trends, track users’ web page, email and mobile application movements/activities, help identify or gather broad demographic information for aggregate use, and retarget online and mobile advertisements to you across computers or devices you may use.

Geolocation Information: We may collect information about the location of your Device when you access or use Dakota Dixies. In addition, if you choose to turn on your Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or other geolocation functionality when you use our mobile applications, we may collect and use your geolocation information.

Third Party Service Providers. We may use third party service providers to support Dakota Dixies.  Some of these service providers may use technology such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, or other technologies to receive, collect, and store Personal Information on our behalf.

Third Party Analytic Technologies. We may use third parties’ analytics and tracking tools, such as Google Analytics, Adobe Marketing Cloud services, Facebook Custom Audience and others, to help us track, segment and analyze usage of Dakota Dixies, and to help us or those third parties serve more targeted advertising to you on Dakota Dixies and across the Internet. These tools may use technology such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, Flash cookies, or other technologies to track online activity. They may also combine information they collect from your interaction with Dakota Dixies with information they collect from other sources. We do not have access to, or control over, these third parties’ use of cookies or other tracking technologies.

Personal Information Received from Other Third Parties

We may obtain information about you from other trusted third party sources to update or supplement your Personal Information. This includes, for example, information from public databases or data aggregators or brokers that may include your demographic information, media consumption, previous purchases, shopping habits, loyalty program information or lifestyle preferences. We may also receive Personal Information about you from our partners and service providers (including, for example, business partners, analytics vendors, advertising networks and search information providers).  

We may use this information to help us maintain the accuracy of the information we collect, personalize your experience with Dakota Dixies, target our communications so that we can inform you of products and services or other offers that may be of interest to you, to measure ad quality and responses, and for internal business purposes.

Combination of Personal Information

We may combine the Personal Information we receive from you and about you, including Personal Information you provide to us and Personal Information we automatically collect through Dakota Dixies, as well as Personal Information collected across other computers or devices that you may use, from other online or offline sources, and from third party sources.  This combined Personal Information may be used in any manner detailed in this Privacy Policy.

 2. HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

We may use the Personal Information about you for a variety of business purposes, including for example:

For Customer Service and Transactional Purposes, such as to:

   – respond to your questions or requests and provide customer service;

   – manage your account and registration;

   – troubleshoot issues, bugs or defects related to your account or activities;

   – provide you with access to certain features of Dakota Dixies;

   – validate, confirm, verify, deliver, and track your order (including to arrange for shipping, handle returns and refunds, and contact you about your orders, including by telephone), and send you related information, coupons, products or samples;

   – verify your identity or communicate with you about your activities with respect to Dakota Dixies;

   – to use and disclose your credit, debit, or payment card or other financial information to process payments and prevent fraud;

   – contact you with regard to your use of Dakota Dixies and, in our discretion, changes to any Dakota Dixies policy;

   – develop new products or services and to enhance current products and services; and

   – protect the security or integrity of Dakota Dixies and our business, such as by protecting against and preventing fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities, and managing risk exposure, including by identifying potential hackers and other unauthorized users.

For Commercial Purposes, such as to:

   – perform market research, understand the effectiveness of our competition or promotions and Dakota Dixies analytics and operations;

   – provide you with customized content, advertisements, offers and promotions offered by Dakota Dixies and provide news and other information we think will be of interest to you on or outside of Dakota Dixies, in emails and across third-party websites;

   – link or combine with Personal Information we receive from others to help understand your needs, use for interest-based or targeted advertising or re-targeting on your computers or other devices, and to provide you with better service; and

  – communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners (e.g., through Facebook Custom Audience, Google Customer Match, etc.) for Dakota Dixies marketing and promotional purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us.

We may also use Personal Information you provide to us for other purposes as disclosed at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent.

 3. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

The Personal Information collected or generated through your use of Dakota Dixies may be shared by you or by us as described below.    

Sharing of Personal Information by You

Dakota Dixies offer many ways to find, enjoy, and share content.

Your activity in connection with Dakota Dixies, such as filling out surveys, reviewing and rating products, inquiring about or purchasing products, participation in online communities, “liking” or “sharing” Dakota Dixies content to your social media accounts or pages or otherwise interacting with Dakota Dixies, may be visible to other users of Dakota Dixies and in some cases, publicly available.

Sharing of Personal Information by Us

We may share the Personal Information collected from or about you for the following business purposes:

With Our Affiliates. We may share your Personal Information with our subsidiaries and affiliated companies for internal reasons, primarily for business and operational purposes.  

Third Party Service Providers. We may share your Personal Information with third party service providers that provide business, professional or technical support functions on our behalf. This includes, but may not be limited to, service providers that host or operate Dakota Dixies; process payment; analyze data; provide customer service; provide postal or delivery services, and administer or participate in any promotions.

Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions. If you choose to enter into one of our sweepstakes, contests, or other promotions (a “Promotion”) we may disclose your Personal Information to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion, as required by law, as otherwise permitted by the Promotion’s official rules, or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Legal Disclosures; Safety. Dakota Dixies may transfer and disclose your Personal Information to third parties to comply with a legal obligation; when we believe in good faith that the law requires it; at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce our Terms and Conditions or other applicable policies; to detect and protect against fraud, or any technical or security vulnerabilities; to respond to an emergency; or otherwise to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of third parties, users of Dakota Dixies, or the public.

Aggregate or Anonymous Non-Personal Information. We may also share aggregate or anonymous (de-identified) information with third parties for their marketing or analytics uses.  Such information does not contain personal information. We may also share your information for the following limited commercial marketing purposes:

Other Third Parties. Your Personal Information may also be shared with our sponsors, partners, advertisers, advertising networks, advertising servers, and analytics companies or other third parties in connection with marketing, promotional, and other offers, as well as product information. Your Personal Information may also be shared with third parties we identify at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent.

 4. YOUR CHOICES AND OPT-OUT

Certain parts of Dakota Dixies require cookies. You are free to set your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features through Dakota Dixies or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Please refer to your Web browser’s or operating system’s website or “Help” section for more information on how to delete and/or disable your browser or operating system from receiving cookies or controlling your tracking preferences. On your mobile device, you may also adjust your privacy and advertising settings to control whether you want to receive more relevant advertising.

Our system may not respond to Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers. We may use cookies or other technologies to deliver more relevant advertising and to link data collected across other computers or devices that you may use.  

We, or other parties we do business with, may place or recognize unique cookies or other technologies on your browser when you visit Dakota Dixies to collect information about your use of Dakota Dixies and your other online activities over time and across different websites and apps, and may use that information to serve interest-based advertisements to you as you browse the Internet. To learn more about such interest-based advertising, please review the information below:

Access and Updates to Your Personal Information:

If you wish to verify, correct, or update any of your Personal Information in your Dakota Dixies account, you may visit your Account Page or contact us at the Contact Us page. 

Unsubscribing from Communications by Us:

We provide our customers with the opportunity to opt-out of having their Personal Information used for purposes not directly related to placement, processing, fulfillment, or delivery of a product order or servicing of your product. To opt-out of marketing communications, you may:  

– Send us an e-mail at dakotadixies@gmail.com,  

– Unsubscribe from our marketing email communications at any time by unsubscribing or following the instructions contained within the email.

5. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. We do not direct Dakota Dixies to, nor do we knowingly collect any Personal Information from, children under the age of sixteen.  If Dakota Dixies learns that a child under the age of sixteen has provided Personal Information through Dakota Dixies, we will use reasonable efforts to remove such information from our files.

 6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION 

We use certain reasonable security measures to help protect your Personal Information. However, no electronic data transmission or storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Please note that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You use Dakota Dixies and provide us with your information at your own risk.  If we share information with a third party, as detailed in this privacy policy, we shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that they keep the information secure and only use the information consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

 7. OTHER SITES 

Dakota Dixies may contain links to other sites that we do not own or operate. This includes links from service providers, fulfillment companies, advertisers, sponsors, or other business partners that may use our logo(s) as part of a co-branding agreement. We are not responsible for these sites or their content, products, services or privacy policies or practices. These other web sites may send their own cookies to your Device, they may independently collect data or solicit Personal Information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. You should also independently assess the authenticity of any site which appears or claims that it is one of Dakota Dixies services (including those linked to through an email or social networking page).

 8. CONSENT TO PROCESSING & INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Dakota Dixies is a global business and it, or its service providers, may process, transfer and store information about our users on servers located in a number of countries, including the United States. As a result, your Personal Information may be subject to data protection and other laws that may differ from your country of residence. Your Personal Information may be disclosed in response to inquiries or requests from government authorities or to respond to judicial process in the countries in which we operate. By using Dakota Dixies, or by providing us with any information, you consent to the collection, processing, maintenance and transfer of such information in and to the United States and other applicable territories in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as, or equivalent to, those in the country where you reside and/or are a citizen.

 9. Affiliates

The Dakota Dixies page contains affiliate links, we receive commissions for purchases made through those links, at no cost to you.

 10. CHANGES & OTHER DAKOTA DIXIES PRIVACY POLICIES 

Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree or consent to these updates or changes, do not continue to use Dakota Dixies services. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy, we will provide appropriate notice to you.

In addition to this Privacy Policy, there may be specific campaigns or promotions which will be governed by additional privacy terms or policies. We encourage you to read these additional terms or policies before participating in any such campaigns or promotions as you will be required to comply with them if you participate. Any additional privacy terms or policies will be made prominently available to you. 

11. CONTACT US  

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: