Privacy Policy

1. Who Is Collecting Your Personal Data?

Classic Ratings operates classicratings.io and related platforms. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is processed when you interact with the Site and offline. By submitting data, you agree to collection, use, disclosure, retention, and destruction in accordance with this policy and Terms of Use.

2. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

We collect the following categories of personal data:

• Personal identifiers: name, email address, job title, company name, industry, mailing address, telephone numbers, IP address, and communication contents
• Internet/electronic activity information: device type, browser version, browsing history, pages viewed, visit duration, interaction dates/times, and communications metadata
• Geolocation data: IP address and approximate location (postal code, city/state)
• Inferences drawn from collected Personal Data

3. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

Personal identifiers are used for:

• Providing business, product, and service information
• Advising about products, services, offers, promotions, and events
• Monitoring and improving Site content and functionality
• Detecting unauthorized activities and ensuring security
• Engaging in business transactions

4. Sources From Which We Collect Personal Data

Data is collected directly from customers, website users, or representatives of entities with which Classic Ratings does business.

5. Categories of Personal Data We Sell or Share

Through cookies and tracking technologies, Classic Ratings may allow advertising partners to collect data for targeted advertisements. Categories that may be shared for targeted advertising include:

• Personal identifiers (including IP address)
• Internet/electronic activity information and Log Data

We do not "sell" Personal Data for money, but certain activities may constitute selling/sharing under certain privacy laws.

Classic Ratings does not engage in automated processing creating profiles for decisions with legal or significant effects (financial services, housing, insurance, essential goods/services).

6. How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Data?

Data is retained as long as necessary to perform its function, comply with legal obligations, or protect legal rights. After account closure or unsubscription requests, data may be retained for additional periods as permitted by law. Backup/archival copies may persist longer.

7. How Do We Disclose Your Personal Data?

Personal data may be disclosed to service providers for purposes including: verifying interactions and customer information, providing security services, drawing inferences for security purposes, managing customer data, providing customer service, email communications, cloud storage, website hosting, IT functions, advertising, marketing, analytics, and fraud prevention.

Additional disclosures may occur to: parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, law enforcement, judicial/regulatory authorities, third parties for fraud detection, and acquirers in sale/merger scenarios.

8. Legal Basis for Processing Under GDPR

For EEA residents and similar jurisdictions, processing is based on GDPR Article 6(1)(a) (consent) and Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests). Contact information for newsletters and marketing requires prior consent. Additional processing occurs for legal compliance or legitimate interests if not overridden by user rights.

9. European Users and Residents of the EEA and United Kingdom

EEA and UK residents possess the following rights:

• Right of Access: Free access to held personal data in most circumstances
• Right to Rectification: Correcting inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to Erasure: Obtaining deletion under most circumstances
• Right to Object: Objecting to processing based on legitimate interests or consent
• Right to File Complaints: Filing with appropriate supervisory authorities
• Right to Restriction: Obtaining processing restrictions per Article 18, GDPR
• Right to Portability: Receiving data in structured, machine-readable format
• Right to Opt-out: Stopping marketing communications via unsubscribe links or contacting Classic Ratings

10. Financial Incentives

Classic Ratings may offer financial incentives (discounts, services) for providing Personal Data. Participation is optional and voluntary. Users may opt-out by unsubscribing from promotional emails or contacting us.

11. Opt-Out of Email Communications

Personal Data may be used for advertisements, marketing promotions, offers, and surveys via email. Users can unsubscribe by following instructions at promotional email bottoms.

12. Third Party Websites

This Privacy Policy does not govern third-party or social media platform data collection. Classic Ratings is not responsible for their policies or content. Users should contact third parties directly for information.

13. How We Secure Your Personal Data

Security measures include: keeping data current, secure storage/destruction, limiting excessive collection, protecting against loss/misuse/unauthorized access/disclosure/alteration/destruction, and implementing appropriate technical safeguards.

No network, server, database, or Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Users assume transmission risk and should access the Site only through secure environments.

14. Cookies

Classic Ratings uses cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and tracking technologies to automatically collect information. These help identify irregular behavior, prevent fraud, improve security, simplify interactions, save preferences, and understand engagement.

Third parties (such as Google and Meta) may use cookies and tracking technologies to collect interaction information for analytics and targeted advertising.

Browser settings enable cookie notifications. Most browsers allow blocking cookies. Disabling cookies may prevent Site feature use or proper page display.

Classic Ratings does not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

15. Minors

Classic Ratings does not knowingly collect, sell, or share behavioral advertising data from children under 16, nor target products/services to them. Minors should not submit Personal Data through the Site.

16. Data Storage and Retention

Classic Ratings, US-based, may store/process data through third parties worldwide. Upon termination, accounts are deactivated/deleted from databases. Some information may be retained for fraud prevention, troubleshooting, investigations, legal term enforcement, or legal compliance.

When no legitimate business need exists, personal data is promptly deleted or anonymized per legal obligations.

17. Change of Ownership

In event of ownership changes or business transitions (asset sales), Classic Ratings may disclose/transfer Personal Data to third parties who continue collection/use per this Privacy Policy.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Classic Ratings may modify this Privacy Policy. Updates are reflected with modified dates noted above. Material changes notify users via Site notices.

19. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy, privacy practices, or to exercise your rights, please contact us through the Shopify App Store listing.