Privacy Policy

SECTION 1 - Your information on the site

The site accessible at the URL address https://www.maames.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Store" , “Maames” , “Us’’. )

When you buy something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

Email marketing With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates. 

SECTION 2 - CONSENT

your consent is given to us when you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no. To withdraw your consent; If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at beauty@maames.com.

SECTION 3 - DATA PROTECTION

Under the GDPR, personal data is any information that can reasonably identify a specific living person, either alone or with other information. This broad definition includes traditional personal data—like dates of birth, names, physical addresses, email addresses—and location data, biometric data, financial information, and more.

For more information about what is considered personal data in the EU and UK, please see the information pages of the European Commission and Data Protection Commission of Ireland

Below outlines the measures taken by squarespace, who provides us with this platform, to ensure your data is protected:

What did Squarespace do before the GDPR to ensure compliance?

Over the months leading up to May 2018, Squarespace worked across the company to successfully prepare for the GDPR. This included reviewing how data is stored and used data about our customers and on behalf of our customers.

Specifically, Squarespace:

  • Updated our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to be more transparent about our use and treatment of data.

  • Published a Data Processing Addendum, or DPA, to address how we process data on your behalf.

  • Entered appropriate data processing agreements with vendors that process personal data on our behalf.

  • Trained all employees on our privacy and GDPR obligations.

  • Updated our processes to consider data subject rights introduced under the GDPR.

  • Made product changes to give you more control over data. For example, you can disable Activity Log and Analytics cookies.

  • Added the ability for customers in the EU and UK to opt out of marketing emails at signup. All customers can unsubscribe from these emails from the Account Dashboard.

3 a DISCLOSURE:

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. 

SECTION 4 - SQUARESPACE

Our store is hosted on Squarespace.com. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Squarespace’s data storage, databases and the general Squarespace application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

4 a PURCHASES

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:

  • Billing and shipping address

  • Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

Payment: If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Squarespace stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through a secure Payment Card Industry Data Security system (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted. All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. For more insight, you may also want to read Squarespace’s Terms of Service on https://www.squarespace.com.

SECTION 5 - THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. As an example, if you are located in England and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in France, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under the French legislation. Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

SECTION 6 - SECURITY

We take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 7 - COOKIES

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

7 a ANALYTICS:

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including: Information about your browser, network, and device.Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website. Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including: Clicks, Internal links, Pages visited, Scrolling, Searches, Timestamps.

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

7 b CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS:

If you create a customer account on this website, we collect personal information to improve our checkout experience and customer service.

This information may include your:

  • Billing and shipping address(es)

  • Details about your orders (for example, your shirt size)

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us.

7 C ORDER AND ACCOUNT EMAILS:

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

  • You’ve created a Customer Account

  • Your Customer Account password has been reset or updated

  • You’ve made a purchase

  • Your order has shipped

It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

We share your contact information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can send these emails to you on our behalf.

SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of 18 or above in your place and country of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

SECTION 9 - CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact us at beauty@maames.com