Privacy Policy

Welcome to Halls of Strength. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy outlines how we handle your information in accordance with GDPR and CCPA regulations.

Information Collection and Use

We collect personal data to provide and enhance our services, including operating our store, processing orders, and delivering products. The types of personal information we may collect include:

• Contact Information: Your name, email address, shipping address, and phone number.
• Payment Information: Processed securely through Shopify’s payment gateway. We do not store your credit card information.
• Purchase Information: Details related to products you have ordered from our store, including order history.
• Profile Information: For athletes, coaches, and content creators, we collect information such as gender, date of birth, social media links, personal introduction, sport(s), achievements, and profile picture.
• Usage Data: Collected through Ezoic and Google Ads, which help us optimize website traffic, analyze performance, and provide personalized ad experiences.

We use Shopify as our e-commerce platform. Shopify collects and processes personal data necessary to manage your orders and payments. Additionally, we work with Printful for print-on-demand fulfillment, which requires sharing your order details, including shipping information, to fulfill your orders.

Use of Google Ads and Tracking Technologies

We use Google Ads to serve advertisements on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site or other websites on the internet. These cookies enable personalized ads, improving the relevance of advertisements displayed to you.

Google Ads Data Collection

Google Ads may collect the following types of information:

• Cookie identifiers
• IP addresses
• Device identifiers
• Location data
• Website interaction data for ad targeting and performance measurement

This data is collected and processed by Google in accordance with its privacy policies. For more information, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms site.

Your Rights and Choices

Consent Management: Upon visiting our site, you are prompted to manage your cookie preferences. You can choose to accept or decline cookies for personalized ads or opt out entirely from tracking technologies that facilitate personalized advertising.

Managing Cookies: You can disable personalized ads through Google’s Ads Settings or use browser controls to manage or delete cookies.

Data Sharing and Transfers

Our use of Google Ads may involve data transfer to Google’s servers, which could be located outside of your country of residence. Google uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission to ensure the security and protection of transferred data.

Consent

By signing up for an account or using our services, you agree to the collection and use of your personal data as outlined in this Privacy Policy. You will be prompted to provide explicit consent when creating your account, which must be given before completing registration.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners, Shopify, Printful, and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

Your Rights under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Halls of Strength aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to exercise the following rights:

• The right to access: You can request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To submit any of these requests, please fill out the form on our Privacy Request Form on the bottom of this page. Or contact us at privacy@hallsofstrength.org.

Notification of Data Breaches

In accordance with GDPR, in the event of a data breach that poses a risk to your personal data, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

Your Rights under CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the following data protection rights under the CCPA:

• The right to know: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
• The right to delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by us.
• The right to opt-out: If we sell your personal information, you can direct us to not sell it. Although we do not currently sell any data, this right remains available to you.
• The right to non-discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please use our Privacy Request Form on the bottom of this page. Or email us at privacy@hallsofstrength.org.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us. We use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, including encryption of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in our database. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at privacy@hallsofstrength.org.