PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated June 08, 2025
This Privacy Notice for Box of Locs (we’, ‘us', or 'our'), describes how and
why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ('process') your
personal information when you use our services ('Services’), including
when you:
· Visit our website at https://box-of-locs.co.uk, or any website of ours
that links to this Privacy Notice.
· Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing,
or events.
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you
understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making
decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not
agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you
still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at sandra@box-of-locs.co.uk.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate
our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you
interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products
and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose
to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the
Information may be considered 'special' or 'sensitive' in certain
jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation,
and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any
information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to
provide, Improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for
security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also
process your information for other purposes with your consent. We
process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal
Information? We may share information in specific situations and with
specific third parties.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organisational
and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal
Information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or
Information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so
we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other
unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and
Improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically,
the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your
personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is
by submitting a data subject access request, or by contacting us. We will
consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data
protection laws.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you
express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and
Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise
when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we
collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the
Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
The personal information we collect may include the following.
· Names
· phone numbers
· email addresses
· mailing addresses
· billing addresses
· debit/credit card numbers
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if
you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number,
and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All
payment data is handled and stored by PayPal. You may find their privacy
notice link(s) here: https://www.paypal.com/uk/legalhub/paypal/privacy-
full.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register
with us using your existing social media account details, like your
Facebook, X, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this
way, we will collect certain profile information about you from the social
media provider, as described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE
YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS? below.
All personal Information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and
accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal
information.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer
our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to
comply with law. We process the personal information for the following
purposes listed below. We may also process your information for other
purposes only with your prior explicit consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending
on how you interact with our Services, including:
· To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process
your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's
vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is:
necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under
applicable law, Like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you
with services to enter into or fulfil our contractual obligations, to protect your
rights, or to fulfil our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to
explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal
Information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process
your personal information:
· Consent. We may process your information if you have given us
permission (Le. consent) to use your personal information for a
specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn
more about withdrawing your consent.
· Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we
believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations,
such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory
agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your
information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
· Vital Interests, we may process your information where we believe it
is necessary to protect your vital Interests or the vital interests of a
third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety
of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission
(i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific
purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (I.e. implied
consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable
law to process your information without your consent, including, for
example:
· If collection is clearly in the interests of an Individual and consent
cannot be obtained in a timely way.
· For investigations and fraud detection and prevention.
· For business transactions provided certain conditions are met.
· If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is
necessary to assess, process, or settle an Insurance claim.
· For Identifying Injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating
with next of kin.
· If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is,
or may be victim of financial abuse.
· If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would
compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and
the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a
breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or
a province.
· If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court
order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records.
· If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment,
business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the
purposes for which the information was produced.
· If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes.
· If the information is publicly available and is specified by the
regulations.
· We may disclose de-identified information for approved research or
statistics projects, subject to ethics oversight and confidentiality
commitments.
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this
section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your personal information in the following
situations:
· Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in
connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of
company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our
business to another company.
· Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which
case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Notice
Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint
venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are
Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint
venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are
under common control with us.
· Business Partners. We may share your information with our
business partners to offer you certain products, services, or
promotions.
5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you
share with third parties that we may link to or who advertise on our Services,
but are not affiliated with, our Services.
The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile
applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not
affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or
applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any
such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused
by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The
Inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application
does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and
privacy of data you provide to any third-party websites. Any data collected
by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Notice. We are not
responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of
any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that
may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of
such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
6. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and
store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons
and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services
Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our
Services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with
basic site functions.
We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking
technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to
help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to your
Interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on
your communication preferences). The third parties and service providers
use their technology to provide advertising about products and services
tailored to your interests which may appear either on our Services or on
other websites.
To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a
'sale'/'sharing' (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the
applicable laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these
online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below
under section 'DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can
refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
7. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social
media account, we may have access to certain Information about you.
Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party
social media account details (like your Facebook or X logins). Where you
choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from
your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary
depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include
your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other
Information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are
described in this Privacy Notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on
the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not
responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party
social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice
to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information,
and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the
purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary
for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention
period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other
legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your
personal information for longer than 2 years.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your
personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information,
or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information
has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your
personal information and isolate it from any further processing until
deletion is possible.
9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of
organisational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and
organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any
personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and
efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the
Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or
other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and
Improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your Information. Although we
will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of
personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You
should only access the Services within a secure environment.
10. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under
18 years of age or the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction.
We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under
18 years of age or the equivalent age as specified by law in your
jurisdiction, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. By using
the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or the equivalent age as
specified by law in your jurisdiction or that you are the parent or guardian of
such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If
we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age or
the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction has been
collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to
promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any
data we may have collected from children under age 18 or the equivalent
age as specified by law in your jurisdiction, please contact us at
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions,
such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK),
Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to
and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or
terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or
state of residence.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have
certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the
right (I) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information,
(ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your
personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be
subject to automated decision-making. If a decision that produces legal or
similarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we will
inform you, explain the main factors, and offer a simple way to request
human review. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to
object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such
a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the
section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable
data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully
processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain
to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection
authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data
Protection and Information Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process
your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent
depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your
consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by
contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW
CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the
processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it
affect the processing of your personal Information conducted in reliance
on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications; You can
unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any
time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying
STOP' or 'UNSUBSCRIBE to the SMS messages that we send, or by
contacting us using the details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU
CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? below. You will then be removed from
the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you - for
example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the
administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or
for other non-marketing purposes.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept
cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your
browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove
cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of
our Services, you may also opt out of interest-based advertising by
advertisers on our Services
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may
email us at sandra@box-of-locs.co.uk.
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile
applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can
activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your
online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no
uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT
signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT
browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates
your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is
adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that
practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser
DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard
for recognising or honouring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at
this time.
13. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details
about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have
processed it, correct Inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal
information, you may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our
processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some
circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have
collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes Illustrative
examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information
we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal
Information we process, please refer to the section 'WHAT INFORMATION
DO WE COLLECT?
Category = CA
Examples = EX
Collected = CO
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CA - A. Identifiers
EX - Contact details, such as real name,
alias, postal address, telephone or
mobile contact number, unique
personal identifier, online identifier,
Internet Protocol address, email
address and account name.
C - NO
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CA - B. Personal information as defined in the
California Customer
Records statute
EX - Name, contact information.
education, employment, employment
history, and financial information.
CO - NO
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CA - C. Protected classification
characteristics under
state or federal law
EX - Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data.
CO - NO
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CA - D. Commercial
information
EX - Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment Information.
CO - NO
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CA - E. Biometric information
EX - Fingerprints and voiceprints.
CO - NO
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CA - F. Internet or other
similar network activity
EX - Browsing history, search history, online behaviour, Interest data, and Interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements.
CO - NO
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CA - G. Geolocation data
EX - Device location
CO - NO
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CA - H. Audio, electronic,
sensory, or similar
Information
EX - Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities.
CO - NO
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CA - I. Professional or employment-related
Information
EX - Business contact details in order to
provide you our Services at a
business level or job title, work
history, and professional
qualifications if you apply for a job with us.
CO - NO
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CA - J. Education Information
EX - Student records and directory Information
CO - NO
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CA - K. Inferences drawn
from collected personal information
EX - Inferences drawn from any of the
collected personal information listed
above to create a profile or summary
about, for example, an individual's
preferences and characteristics
CO - NO
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CA - L. Sensitive personal
Information.
EX - /
CO - NO
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We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories
through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone
or mail in the context of:
· Receiving help through our customer support channels.
· Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
. Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your
inquiries.
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to
provide the Services or for:
· Category H - 1 year
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal Information we collect in 'WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
How We Use and Share Personal Information
Learn more about how we use your personal information in the section,
'HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers
pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn
more about how we disclose personal information to in the section, 'WHEN
AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes,
such as for undertaking internal research for technological development
and demonstration. This is not considered to be 'selling' of your personal
information.
We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third
parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12)
months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future
belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your Rights
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However,
these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your
request as permitted by law. These rights Include:
· Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
· Right to access your personal data.
· Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data.
· Right to request the deletion of your personal data.
· Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared
with us.
· Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights.
· Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used
for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California's
privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of
decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
('profiling)
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following
rights:
· Right to access the categories of personal data being processed (as
permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota)
· Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we
have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law,
Including the privacy law in California, Delaware, and Maryland).
· Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have
disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including
the privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon)
· Right to review, understand, question, and correct how personal data
has been profiled (as permitted by applicable law, including the
privacy law in Minnesota).
· Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as
permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California).
· Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data
collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition
feature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in
Florida).
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a data subject
access request, by emailing us at sandra@box-of-locs.co.uk, or by referring
to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an
authorised agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request
from an authorised agent that does not submit proof that they have been
validly authorised to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to
determine you are the same person about whom we have the information
in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your
request to verify your Identity or authority to make the request. However, if
we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by
us, we may request that you provide additional information for the
purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention
purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorised agent, we may need to
collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your
request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission
from you to submit such request on your behalf.
Appeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action
regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at
sandra@box-of-locs.co.uk. We will inform you in writing of any action taken
or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of
the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a
complaint to your state attorney general.
California 'Shine The Light' Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light"
law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain
from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of
personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct
marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with
which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding
calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a
request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact
details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS
NOTICE?'
14. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with
relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version
will be indicated by an updated "Revised' date at the top of this Privacy
Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify
you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly
sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice
frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at
sandra@box-of-locs.co.uk or contact us by post at:
Box of Locs
The Warren
7b Glebe Fields,
Bentworth,
Alton, Hampshire. GU34 5QU.
United Kingdom.
16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE
DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the
US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information
we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct
Inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the
right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal
Information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by
applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal
information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.