Overview
At Made for Freedom®, our goal is to protect the privacy and security of your personal information.
To achieve that goal, this Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you, how this information may be used, disclosed and safeguarded, and how you can control its use.
This Privacy Policy governs your experience on this website (and any associated webpages, including use of any of our services through a mobile device, mobile application or otherwise) (the "Website") unless otherwise indicated.
Information Collection
Information You Provide To Us
Made for Freedom® collects information from you when you choose to provide it to us. This includes, but is not limited to, individually identifiable information, such as your full name, a username and password, email address, phone number, physical address, credit card information and other billing information.
Examples of ways in which we may collect such information from you include the following:
- Registration and Ordering: Before using certain parts of this Website or ordering products or services, you must complete a registration form and/or create an account. This will require you to provide certain personal and billing information.
- Marketing Emails: We may send marketing and or promotional emails to the email address you provide to us. You may unsubscribe at any time from receiving these marketing messages by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" link contained in any promotional email or contact us at info@madeforfreedom.com (and put "Unsubscribe" or "Opt Out" in the subject line). (Please note that despite unsubscribing from such marketing communications, we may still contact you in relation to your order(s) or any issues relating any business you conduct with us.)
- Live Support: If you choose to contact us via Live Chat on the Website, we collect your name and e-mail address and any other information you choose to provide to us to help better serve you. Please note that we may store all chat information and transcripts for a period of time, as determined by Made for Freedom®. These transcripts are only accessed by Made for Freedom® for training and customer service purposes.
- Written Reviews: Made for Freedom® will require a valid registered e-mail address and a review name when it comes to completing the review form on the Website in relation to a specific Made for Freedom® product. Following the moderation process, your review, alongside your review name and date, may be posted on the Website.
- You can choose not to provide us with Personal Information, but then you may not be able to fully take advantage of certain features of our Website and we may not be able to provide you with certain products and/or services.
Information We Automatically Collect
We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags or other technologies to automatically collect certain information when you use our Website, or interact with our emails on or from our Website or other websites. This information may include your IP address, browser type, geolocation data, unique user ID, cell phone model, operating system and carrier, and Internet Service Provider. We also may collect information about your use of our services, such as the number of times you return or visit the Website, whether you click-through, open, or forward links, emails, and ads, the URLs and webpages you've visited, sections of or content on pages of the Website on which you click or in which you are interested, the number of times you visit each webpage, what downloads and/or search queries you have made, how long you spent on particular sections of the Website and on the Website generally, and other Website usage data. These technologies (including cookies on the Website) allow us to keep track of your order as you shop on our Website, recognize registered users when they visit, and provide registered customers with information and advertising that is more relevant to them. If you register with or order from us, we may use cookies or other technology to monitor and maintain information about how you use our Website and what you buy. If you do not register with or order from us, we may monitor and maintain information about your use of the Website in order to improve your shopping experience and provide you with more relevant products, content and advertising.
Cookies: Certain parts of our Website require cookies. You may adjust your browser settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Site or take full advantage of our offerings. However, you can still place orders over the telephone by contacting our customer service number at 1.314.722.6070.
Online Behavioral Advertising: We may partner with third party ad network(s) to either display advertising on our Website or to manage our advertising on other websites. Our ad network partner(s) may use cookies and/or web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on our Website and other websites to provide you with targeted advertising based upon your interests. Our system may not respond to Do Not Track requests or headers from some or all browsers.
Information Collected From Other Sources: We may obtain information about you from other sources, including commercially available sources, such as social networks, data aggregators and cooperatives and public databases. This information may include name, demographic information, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and shopping behavior. We may combine the information we receive from and about you, including the information you provide to us, information we receive from third parties, information we automatically collect (as explained above) and information provided or collected offline.
Information Use
We may use the information we collect from and about you for the following purposes:
- To personalize and improve our services, the Website and the Stores, and allow you to set up a user account and profile that can be used to personalize your experience in using our services;
- To provide you with a streamlined checkout experience;
- To process and fulfill your order(s)/purchase(s), contact you concerning the status of an order/purchase, answer questions, respond to your inquiries or requests, or otherwise contact and communicate with you when necessary;
- To provide you with targeted offers and advertising, including on the Website, via direct mail, e-mail, text message, or push notifications, and to contact you about upcoming Made for Freedom® sales, promotions, offers and product information. You may receive these offers in advertising that is directed to you via third party websites and media properties, including in social media;
- To help us learn more about our visitors and customers, and to improve their shopping experience and our business;
- To develop new products and services;
- To research and address any problems with our Website, Stores, business, and our products and services;
- To protect the security or integrity of the Website, Stores and our business; and
- Otherwise, as described to you at the point of collection.
Information Disclosure
We do not share, sell, lease or rent information about our customers to unaffiliated third parties, except in the following circumstances:
- We may share aggregate, anonymous or summary information regarding our customers and their behaviors with partners, advertisers or other third parties. This data is not personal information and so will not identify you personally.
- The information that you provide to us, including information that we automatically collect about you (as explained above) and information we receive from third parties may be used to make Made for Freedom® marketing efforts more efficient.
- We also may share your email address with a third-party, such as a media agency, to send email and other communications, including interest-based advertising to you on our behalf. We may also share aggregated or de-identified information about you, including based on your email address, with our advertising and marketing partners, and third-party media properties, including social media sites, to allow them to send targeted advertising messages on our behalf. If you wish to stop receiving promotional communications from these third parties, please email us at info@madeforfreedom.com with “Opt Out” in the subject line along with your full name, address and email address in the body of the email. In addition, you may be able to opt out of these ads by clicking on an icon in the ad or through the privacy settings in each media property.
- We may share information with companies that provide support services to us, such as a printer, mailing house, fulfillment company, credit card processor, email service provider or web host, amongst others. These parties may need personal information about you in order to perform their functions. However, these parties may not use any personal information we share with them about you for any other purpose other than in connection with performing supporting functions for us.
- We may publicly disclose the name, city, and state of the winner of any sweepstakes and contests.
- We may need to keep records of certain personal information you have provided to us or which we have obtained from you in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law for business or legal purposes.
- We may use your written and/or video reviews on our Website, in Stores and/or within Made for Freedom® for product improvement, product development, customer experience improvement, and possible communication/PR purposes.
- From time to time, we may enable you to send emails, comments and other types of messages to us and to participate in forums, blogs, interactive areas, social media website(s) operated by Made for Freedom® or a partner, in which case your name or other personal information you provide in connection with the communication may be available to the public..
Protecting Your Information
Shopping with Made for Freedom® is easy and we strive to ensure that your information is safe and secure. As a result, Made for Freedom® has implemented certain physical, administrative, and technical security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information you provide.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee our security measures. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures.
When using the Website, you should ensure that there is no unauthorized access to your account information by limiting access to your computer (or other device) and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your account.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you may request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to us at the address below.
Made for Freedom
6059 Clemens Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63112
The Social Enterprise Alliance defines social enterprises as "businesses whose primary purpose is the common good." They use the methods and disciplines of business and the power of the marketplace to advance their social, environmental and human justice agendas.
Three characteristics distinguish a social enterprise from other types of businesses, nonprofits and government agencies:
Made for Freedom is proud to be a social enterprise offering fashion and lifestyle products created by survivors and those at-risk of human trafficking.