Privacy Policy
1. Business Information
Our official business name is Gideon Optics, registered and operating in Pennsylvania, USA. You can reach us at info@gideonoptics.com for any inquiries related to your privacy. Our official website address is: https://gideonoptics.com. Our business phone number is 724-213-9721. Our mailing address is 1052 New Castle Road, Prospect, PA 16052.
2. Information Collection and Usage
We collect personal data you provide during the checkout process, account creation, comment form submissions, and if you upload media. This data includes but is not limited to your name, email address, physical address, phone number, and for comments, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service.
We use this data for various purposes, including order processing, customer support, marketing, and comment moderation. We retain no exclusive rights to your data beyond what is necessary for these operations.
3. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site or log in to your account, we will set cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. These cookies last between two days and a year, depending on their purpose.
4. Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. This embedded content behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
5. Information Sharing
We share your data with shipping fulfillment, ShipStation, and credit card companies solely for the purpose of processing and shipping your orders. In the case of password reset requests, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
6. Data Security Measures
We have SSL encryption and secure servers in place to protect your personal data.
7. Data Breach Procedure
In the event of a data breach, we will respond with immediate notification and resolution.
8. Data Retention and User Rights
We retain your data indefinitely. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
You have the right to access, correct, and object to processing of your data. If you have an account or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, please email our support team at info@gideonoptics.com.
9. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy. Any changes will be posted on this page.
10. Compliance with Laws
Our products are US-specific and we do not sell or advertise outside of the US.