PRIVACY POLICY

 

This policy describes the personal information Northern Imports Inc. and our brands, which include but are not limited to Work Wear Safety Shoes, Tegopro, Tegopro Black (collectively, “Northern Imports Inc.”) collect about you, why we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties. This policy covers our US stores and online experiences including our websites and mobile apps. Our policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use your information. If our information practices change, we will post an updated policy on our website. You can tell if the policy has changed by checking the revision date that appears above. If we change the policy in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you. You may exercise your choices about how we collect and use your information consistent with this policy at any time. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us.

What Kind Of Information Does Northern Imports Inc. Collect?

We may collect personal information from you, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, credit card number, gender, birthday, personal interests, etc., when you engage in activities such as visiting one of our websites or stores, installing or using our mobile apps, placing an order online or by phone, making an in-store purchase or return, saving your information with us online, contacting us with a question or concern, or participating in a contest, promotion, or survey. We may maintain a record of your product interests and the purchases you make online, through a mobile app, by phone and in our stores. We may combine personal information with information about your online and in-store transactions and other interactions with us, including your purchases. We may also combine your personal information with information we receive from other sources, such as joint marketing partners, public databases, publicly available pages on social media platforms and other third parties. In addition, if you choose to engage in social sharing, such as by connecting your social media account to your customer account or by logging into your customer account from your social media account, the social media site may share information with us about your use of their services, including profile information, information about your contacts and content you have viewed or liked. Please refer to the social media site’s privacy settings to control how your information is shared. If you submit any personal information relating to other people to us or to our service providers, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

How Does Northern Imports Inc. Use My Information?

We may use your personal information to provide products and services and to support our business functions. For example, we may use this information for the following purposes:

• • To process and fulfill your order, including by shipping products to you, or others you designate, and sending emails to you, or others you designate, to confirm your order status and shipment and to process merchandise returns.

• • To communicate with you and to send you information by email, postal mail, telephone, text message, or other means about our products, services, contests, and promotions, including marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you.

• • To communicate with other persons using contact information you provide, such as when you designate another person as the recipient of a refer-a-friend message or a gift.

• • To make your shopping experience easier, more enjoyable and more efficient.

• • To address problems with and improve our products, brands, services and technologies, as well as to develop new products and services.

• • To allow you to use our in-store and online technologies

• • To provide consistent, personalized services across all channels and all of our brands, including to personalize our advertising, marketing communications, shopping experiences and promotional offers.

• • To organize local community events, promotions and in-store experiences.

• • To facilitate social sharing.

• • To allow you to apply for an offer of credit from a payment card provider.

• • To allow you to enroll and participate in a loyalty or customer relationship program.

• • To administer and fulfill our contests and other promotions.

• • To help us learn more about your shopping preferences.

• • To prevent, detect, mitigate and investigate fraud, security breaches and activities that are or potentially may be prohibited or illegal.

• • To enforce our policies.

• • As we believe to be required or appropriate to protect the rights, property, safety and security of Northern Imports Inc. and our employees, customers and others.

• • As we believe to be required or appropriate under applicable law, to respond to requests from government authorities and to comply with legal process.

You always have the choice not to receive marketing information or calls. For instructions on opting out.

How Does Northern Imports Inc. Share My Information?

We may share your personal information, such as in the following ways:

• • Brands – When you provide personal information to one of our Northern Imports Inc. brands, we may share that information with our other Northern Imports Inc. brands.

• • Direct Mail – If you purchase products through our website or by placing a catalog order by phone or mail, we may share your name, postal address, and shopping history with like-minded organizations for their direct mail marketing purposes. We do not share email addresses for such purposes. We also do not share personal information about customers who only browse, email comments, request a catalog, or request email updates, or who purchase only Northern Imports, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Northern Imports Outlet, Northern Imports Factory, Banana Republic Factory or Intermix merchandise. If you would prefer that we not share information about you with other companies, please let us know by contacting us.

• • By You – You may disclose personal information when you post content to our websites, in-store technologies or other public forums, such as our brands’ social media pages, blogs, and online product reviews. Any information that you disclose through these services will become public.

• • Social Sharing – Your personal information may be disclosed in connection with your social sharing activity, such as if you log into your customer account from your social media account. By connecting your customer account and your social media account, you authorize us to share information with your social media account provider, and you understand that the use of the information we share will be governed by the social media site’s privacy policy.

• • Service Providers – We may share your information with our service providers who manage our customer information and perform services on our behalf, such as fulfilling promotions, sending communications to our customers, conducting surveys, etc. We do not authorize any of these service providers to make any other use or disclosure of your information.

• • Third Parties – We may share your information when we team up with another company to offer or provide products, services, contests, or promotions to our customers.

• • Legal Requirements – We may share information about you if necessary or appropriate, in our good faith judgment, to comply with laws or regulations or in response to a valid subpoena, order, or government request, or to protect the operations, privacy, safety, property or rights of Northern Imports Inc. or others.

• • Scrip or Loyalty Programs – If you choose to participate in any third-party scrip, loyalty, or similar program in which a Northern Imports Inc. brand is a participating vendor, and you authorize Northern Imports Inc. or our credit card processor to provide information about your purchases to the company administering the program, we will share your personal information with that program. Scrip programs allow you to instruct us to divert a percentage of the amount you spend on Northern Imports Inc. purchases to participating schools and other non-profit organizations. Loyalty programs allow you to earn “points” on purchases at Northern Imports Inc. brands, which you may then use toward certain rewards offered by the loyalty programs in which you participate. The information you authorize us to disclose to the third-party scrip or loyalty program may include your credit card number and the date and amount of your purchase, and may also include your name and other information you have asked us to provide. Please note that once we disclose this information, the scrip or loyalty company may use and share it with others in accordance with its own privacy policy. You should review these policies carefully, as we have no control over them.

• • Business Transfer – In the unlikely event of a sale or merger of Northern Imports Inc. or any of our businesses, our customers’ personal information and other information we have collected as described in this policy may be among the transferred business asset.

• • Other Disclosures – We also may share information about you as described at the point of collection or otherwise pursuant to your consent.

What Other Information Does Northern Imports Inc. Collect?

We may collect information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual, such as browser and device information; information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies, demographic information and other information provided by you; and aggregated information. We may use and disclose such information for any lawful purpose. If required, we will treat such information as personal information in accordance with this policy. We will also treat such information as personal information to the extent it is combined with personal information. For example, when you use our technologies, we may keep a record of your product interests, the purchases you make and other content you generate (such as adding items to your shopping cart). We may collect information in a variety of ways, including:

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• Your browser or device – Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version, and browser click-through and usage data.

• • • • Mobile applications – When you download and use one of our mobile applications, we may track and collect usage data, such as the date and time the app on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been accessed, viewed and/or downloaded to the app based on your device number or other identifier.

• • • • Cookies – Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using. Our websites, online advertisements, and emails use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies to automatically collect information about your interactions, such as browser type, pages viewed, links clicked, and other actions you take in connection with our websites, online ads, and email. We use the information for a variety of purposes, including to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience, to understand how our websites are used, to market our products and services, to measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and for security purposes. If your browser is set to decline cookies, you may not be able to access your customer account or make a purchase on our websites. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. If you do not accept cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our sites. For example, you may not be able to access your account information or make a purchase on our websites.

• • • • Using pixel tags and other similar technologies – We may use pixel tags to, among other things, track the actions of users of our sites and services (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of our sites and services and response rates.

• • • • Analytics – We use third-party service providers, including Google and Adobe, which use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of our websites and mobile applications and in-store technologies. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can learn about Adobe’s practices and opt out at http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html.

• • • • Adobe Flash – We may use Adobe Flash technology, including Flash Local Shared Objects (“Flash LSOs”), and other similar technologies to collect and store information about your use of our websites and mobile applications. You can adjust your Flash player settings to block Flash LSO storage on your computer using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash LSOs by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash LSOs (referred to as “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without you being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash LSOs that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time). Please note that setting the Flash Player to limit acceptance of Flash LSOs may interfere with the functionality of some Flash applications, including those used in connection with our websites and mobile app.

• • • • IP Address – Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet service provider. An IP address may be identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you access our websites, along with the time of the visit and the pages that were visited. Your IP address may also indicate your approximate physical location. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice and is done automatically by many websites, applications and other technologies. We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels and diagnosing server problem.

• • • • Location Information – When you use our websites, mobile apps, in-store Wi-Fi, and other services, we may use automated technology to collect information indicating the physical location of your device, such as GPS data, cell phone tower data, Wi-Fi signals, or your device’s IP address. We may use and disclose your location information as described in the “How does Northern Imports Inc. use my information?” and “How does Northern Imports Inc. share my information?” sections and as described elsewhere in this notice. For example, we may use your device’s physical location to provide you with personalized location-based services and content, such as by helping you locate our stores or showing or sending you information pertaining to products or offers that are relevant to your location. You may be permitted to allow or deny such uses, but if you do deny them, we may not be able to provide you with a personalized user experience.

• • • • In-Store Technologies – We may provide in-store technologies to help personalize and improve your shopping experience. These technologies may require the collection of certain information about your mobile device, such as your precise location or MAC address or other device identification information. You may also be able to submit personal details for increased levels of personalization, such as your interests, shopping preferences, and sizing information.

• • • • Aggregated information – We may collect and use aggregated personal information, which does not personally identify you. For example, we may calculate the percentage of our site users who have a particular telephone area code.

What If I Allow A Northern Imports Inc. Mobile App To Access Location Information?

If you allow a Northern Imports Inc. mobile app to collect location information, we may receive the precise location of your mobile device, such as your device’s precise GPS coordinates or location within a Northern Imports Inc. store. Typically, you would give your permission to do so through your device’s mobile operating system. If you grant permission, we may collect that information when the app is running in the foreground or background. You may disable the app’s collection of precise location information, or change the manner in which that information is collected, through your device’s mobile operating system settings.

We may use precise location information collected through a Northern Imports Inc. mobile app as described in the “How does Northern Imports Inc. use my information?” section, above. For example, we may use this information to help you find nearby stores or products, enable your use of our Find in Store, Reserve in Store, and Buy Online Pickup in Store services, or personalize in-app advertisements or marketing. We may share precise location information collected through a Northern Imports Inc. mobile app with third parties as described in the “How does Northern Imports Inc. share my information?” section, above. For example, we may share this information with our service providers to personalize and transmit our advertisements or marketing for you, such as through push notifications.

How Does Northern Imports Inc. Protect Kids’ Privacy?

Northern Imports Inc. is concerned about the privacy and safety of children when they use the Internet. We will never knowingly request personally identifiable information online from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. Our websites are general audience sites and are not targeted to or intended for use by children.

 

CONTEST RULES AND DISCLAIMER

 

Work Wear Safety Shoes, its staff, and its owners’ reserve sole and final judgment as to all matters concerning contests and interpretation of contest rules. By entering any contest run by Work Wear Safety Shoes, you agree to abide by the terms listed at workwearboots.com. No Purchase is necessary to enter our contests. Only one (1) contest entry per person, per contest unless otherwise stated. Contestants must be over 18 years of age. You must have a valid email address and/or telephone number. Work Wear Safety Shoe employees and their families are not eligible to participate. Prizes may not be substituted or transferred, and may not receive cash redemption equal to the value of the prize in lieu of the prize. Prizes are offered “as is” with no implied warranty. The odds of winning vary from contest to contest due to the number of entrants and the quality of entries. All drawing winners will be notified by email or telephone. Contest prize sponsors will contact winners to confirm winnings. The decisions made by the judges regarding each contest or drawing are final and binding. If a winner cannot be reached after a reasonable amount of effort has been made to notify the winner of the prize, the winner forfeits his/her rights to the winning prize. If the winner does not get in touch with the prize sponsor(s) within 7 days of winning, the winner forfeits his/her prize. If an email returns undeliverable, the winner forfeits his/her rights to the prize. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use winners name, city, state, and winning entry for promotional and marketing purposes.

 

Work Wear Safety Shoes, its owners, its staff, affiliates, advertisers and its prize donors are not liable or responsible for:
Any claims, damages, losses, injuries, or death including any third party claims, arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, any contest, including entry and participation in any contest and acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes. Entries that do not follow guidelines. Entries and responses to winner notifications that are illegible, incomplete, late, lost, miss-delivered, or marked undeliverable. Or any technical or human errors, malfunctions, failure, etc. resulting in the participation of contests.