Privacy Policy
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 21, 2023
VanderMeer Interiors Inc. provides design services and home décor (“Services”) via our website at https://www.vandermeerinteriors.com/.
When you visit our website or purchase Services you voluntarily share certain personal information (which may identify you directly or indirectly) with us. When you use the Services, certain information about your devices and Services usage is automatically collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal and technical information and how you can exercise your privacy rights. If you have any questions about the policy, please email us at info@vandermeerinteriors.com.
We use your information to provide and improve the Services. By using the Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. When you use our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This personal information may include, but is not limited to:
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Personal contact information (e.g., email, first and last name, telephone number, email address).​
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Marketing information (e.g., contact preferences).
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Customer support data (e.g., troubleshooting, help query communications).
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Payment information (e.g., billing address).
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We may use your personal information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or the instructions provided in any email we send. We do not sell your personal information.
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Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Services are accessed and used. This usage data may include information such as:​
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Your computer’s Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version
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The pages of our Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
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Email campaign performance.
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Tracking & Cookies Data
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We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and Services. Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or other internet-enabled device that enable the Services’ features and functionality. They allow us to record information when you visit or interact with our website and Services. Other tracking technologies, such as web beacons and pixels work similarly to cookies, placing small data files on your device that monitor your website and Services activity. Examples of Cookies we use are:
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Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our Services. Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
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Security cookies. We use cookies to enable and support our security features, and to help us detect malicious activity.
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Third party cookies. We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services. For example, we use Google Analytics to track and report on website traffic.
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You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services. Our partners may use cookies to provide us with information about your interactions with their products, but use of those third-party cookies would be subject to the service provider’s policies.
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Use of Information
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VanderMeer Interiors Inc. uses your personal information for various purposes:
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To provide, maintain and improve the Services.
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To notify you about changes to the Services.
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To gather analysis or other data so we can improve the Services. To monitor the usage of our Services.
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To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
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To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
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To comply with legal requirements and to enforce compliance.
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Retention of Information
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VanderMeer Interiors Inc. will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. When we no longer need to use your personal information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we will either remove it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can’t identify you.
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Tranfser of Information
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Your information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
Your use of the website and Services followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
VanderMeer Interiors Inc. will not transfer your personal information to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and personal information.
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Information Security
The security of your information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We use reasonable and appropriate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, and destruction.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
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Service Providers
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We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services (“Service Providers“), provide the Services on our behalf, perform Services-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
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Analytics
We may use the following third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
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Payments
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We use third-party services for payment processing.
We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their respective privacy policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processors we work with are:​
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Stripe: Privacy policy at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy
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Paypal/Braintree: Privacy policy at: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
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Links to Other Sites
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Our Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
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Children's Privacy
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Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at info@vandermeerinteriors.com. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website or Services update the “effective date“ at the top of the privacy policy.
You are advised to review this policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
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Contact Us
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If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us by email: info@vandermeerinteriors.com.