WHO WE ARE

"We", "us" or "our" means SMiZE & DREAM, with its principal place of business located at 2653 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington D.C. 20008. We act as the controller for the personal data we gather through your use of our website.

WHAT THIS IS

Your privacy is important to us, so we’ve developed this Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”), which sets out how we collect, disclose, transfer, and otherwise use (collectively, “Process”) the personal data that you share with us. Please take a moment to read through this Policy in its entirety.
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our processing of your personal data or you wish to submit a request to exercise your rights as set out in Section 5, you can do so by contacting us via e-mail: info@smizeanddream.com.
This Privacy Policy was created on July 2, 2024.

HOW WE USE AND COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Identifiable refers to identifiers (such as name, identification number, location data, etc.), that can be used to directly or indirectly identify a natural person.
The personal data we collect is collected and used for the purposes as listed hereunder:

• In the event you use the contact form on our website, we will use your personal data in order to reply to your query via e-mail or telephone.

• In the event you create a profile on our website or you provide us with transaction data, we collect your personal information in order to save such information, to provide you with our services and permit us to receive your information or to contact you.

• In the event you register for our newsletter, your e-mail address will be used in order to send you our newsletters, which may include invites to events, seminars, etc. organized by us.

• We Process your personal data for the purpose of supporting the website, mobile applications, advertising experience, and enhancing your user experience, which includes ensuring the security, availability, performance, capacity, and health of these systems.

• We Process your personal data to enforce or exercise any rights that are available to us based on the applicable law, such as use for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

• We may also use your personal data to fulfill our obligations as set out by the applicable law.

The following categories of personal data can be distinguished:

• Contact data: In the event you make use of the contact form, you will be asked to provide the following information: name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and any personal data that you choose to put in the designated blank field (please do not provide us with any sensitive information, such as health information, information pertaining to criminal convictions, or credit card/account numbers). This is information that is provided directly by you.

• Profile data: If you create an account on our website, we collect the following data: name, telephone number, e-mail address, address, country, company name, job title, industry. This is information that is provided directly by you.

• Newsletter: If you register for our newsletter, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address. This is information provided directly by you.

• Transaction data: We collect personal data relating to transactions that you make through the website, including your “contact data”, payment information, and the goods and/or services purchased. This is personal data provided directly by you.

• Identifiers: Such as name, resources, sales inquiry, partner inquiry, subscription to our newsletter: name, telephone number, e-mail address, address, country. This is personal data provided directly by you.

• Customer Records Information: Such as credit/debit card number used to pay for goods.

• Characteristics of Protected Classifications: Such as age to determine permitted use of our services.

• Commercial Information: Such as your purchase history.

• Internet or other Electronic Network activity information: Such as your Usage Data: We collect personal data regarding your activities on our website: IP address, device ID and type, referral source, language settings, browser type, operating system, geographical location, length of visit, page views, or information about the timing, frequency, and pattern of your service use. This information may be aggregated and used to help us provide more useful information regarding the use of our website. In the event the usage data is completely anonymized (and can therefore not be traced back to you as an individual), this will not be considered personal data for the purpose of this Privacy Policy. This is personal data that is automatically collected through your use of the website.

• Geolocation data: Such as to determine the applicability of regional legislation permitting the purchase of certain products based on your device’s location.

• Professional or employment-related information: Such as employer or workplace to determine any logistical requirements for shipping or delivery.

• Inferences: Such as product flavor or fragrance preference.

 

• We will only collect and Process personal data about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., to deliver the Services you have requested) and “legitimate interests”.Data categories disclosed for business purposes:

• Identifiers: Such as name, shipping address, or billing address. For example, if we use a 3rd party carrier to deliver your order.

• Customer Records Information: Such as credit/debit card number used to pay for goods. For example, if we use a 3rd party payment processor.

• Characteristics of Protected Classifications: Such as age. For example, in some cases, your age may be required to determine permitted use of our services.

• Commercial Information: For example, your order detail will be required for a 3rd party logistics provider to fulfill your order.

• Internet or other Electronic Network activity information: Such as your use of our website in terms of browsing and search history. For example, 3rd party monitoring services may be used to ensure operational effectiveness of our services.

• Geolocation data: For example, location data may be used to determine the applicability of regional legislation.

• Professional or employment-related information: For example, if you place a subscription order for your work, office, etc., we may use employment-related information such as work address for delivery and logistics.

• Inferences: Such as product flavor or fragrance preference.

Where we rely on your consent to Process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object. If you reside in the designated countries and have any questions about the lawful basis upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact info@smizeanddream.com with specific attention to Data Protection Officer. Your personal data will solely be used for the purposes as set out in this section.

RETENTION OF YOUR DATA AND DELETION

Your personal information will not be kept for longer than is necessary for a specific purpose. However, considering it is not possible for us to specify a period in advance, the period of retention will be determined as follows:

• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you;

• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;

• If you pay for Services or Goods using a credit card, we will transmit your credit card data to the appropriate credit card company and/or credit card payment processing company;

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services and Goods, when you choose to do so;

• To contact you about our Services and Goods;

• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information or when we prompt you regarding a new use of information about you; and

• To present content from our Services and Goods in an effective manner for you and for your computer or mobile device.

In the event you withdraw your consent or you object to our use of your personal data, and such objection is successful, we will remove your personal data from our databases. Please note that we will retain the personal data necessary to ensure your preferences are respected in the future.

The foregoing will, however, not prevent us from retaining any personal data if this is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, in order to file a legal claim or defend ourselves against a legal claim, or for evidential purposes.

YOUR RIGHTS

This section lists your principal rights under data protection law. We have tried to summarize them for you in a clear and legible way.

To exercise any of your rights, please send us a written request in accordance with Section 1 of this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in any event within one month of the receipt of the request. In the event of an extension of the term to respond or in the event we do not take action on your request, we will notify you.

The right to access You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we Process your personal data and, in the event we do so, you have the right to access such personal data, together with certain additional information that you also find listed in this Privacy Policy. You have the right to receive from us a copy of your personal data we have in our possession, provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee if you request further copies.

The right to rectification If the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to have this data rectified without undue delay.

The right to erasure (right to be forgotten) In some circumstances, you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include:

• The personal data is no longer needed in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise Processed;

• You withdraw your consent, and no other lawful ground exists;

• The Processing is for direct marketing purposes;

• The personal data have been unlawfully Processed;

• Erasure is necessary for compliance with EU or national law.

However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The exclusions include where Processing is necessary:

• For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;

• For compliance with a legal obligation; or,

• For the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

The right to restrict Processing You have the right to restrict the Processing of your personal data. This means that the data may only be stored by us and used for limited purposes. We can keep enough data about you to make sure we respect your request in the future. You have the right to restrict the Processing of your personal data when:

• You contest the accuracy of the personal data;

• Processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure;

• We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our Processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;

• You have objected to Processing, pending the verification of that objection.

In the event Processing has been restricted on this basis, such personal data will, with the exception of storage, only be Processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest.

The right to object to Processing You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the Processing of your personal data by us, but only to the extent that the lawful basis for the Processing is that the Processing is necessary for:

• The performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us;

• The purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

• In the event you make such an objection, we will cease to Process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the Processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the Processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

You also have the right to object where we Process your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In the event you make such an objection, we will cease to Process your personal data for this purpose.

The right to data portability Where you have provided personal data to us, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit those personal data to a third party without hindrance from us where:

• The Processing is based on consent or on a contract; and

• The Processing is carried out by automated means.

Where technically feasible and legally permissible, you have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller.

The right to withdraw consent To the extent that the legal basis for our Processing of your personal data is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

The right to complain to a supervisory authority If you consider that our Processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection in the EU member state of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

The right to opt out of the sale of personal information We do not sell your personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration.

California Privacy Rights If you are a California resident, California law permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by SMiZE & DREAM to a third party for the third party’s direct marketing purposes within the past year. You may make one request each year by contacting us as specified in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.

SECURITY

We have implemented technical and organizational measures intended to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. Despite these measures, no method of data transmission or storage is fully secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a visitor under the age of 18, we will delete the data from our records.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us at:

• Email: hello@smize.com

• Address: 10960 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024