Welcome to www.bagavie.com (the “Website”) which is operated by Bag-a-Vie, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company (“BaV”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) is intended to inform you about how BaV collects and uses your personally identifiable information (“PII”) and other information in operating the Website.

How does the Website Work?

Generally, you may browse the Website without providing any personally identifiable information. However, to fully utilize the Website and/or make purchases of our products, we may ask you to provide personally identifiable information at various times and places on this Website.

By using the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your PII and other information by BaV as described in this Privacy Policy.

How can the terms of the Privacy Policy be modified?

We reserve the right to change how we handle the information we collect and process through the Website, and to modify the Privacy Policy, at any time. You agree to review the Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of any such modifications.

What type of PII does BaV collect from you and how do we use it?

Users of the Website may need to provide us with certain PII in order to use certain Website functionality and purchase our products through the Website, including without limitation a name and email address, and payment information. For users that subscribe to our SMS notification option, we do not share their mobile numbers and message frequency. By providing users phone number, they agree to receive text messages from BaV. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Users can reply HELP for help STOP to cancel. We may also ask you for general statistical, non-PII about you and your interests.

BaV may also provide your PII to individuals or entities who work on our behalf or with us. These individuals or entities may use your PII to help fulfill your requests in connection with the Website and to help us communicate with you about different services or resources offered as part of the Website. For example, we may transfer certain of your PII or other information to service providers and other third parties who assist us in operating the Website. We additionally may share your PII with our e-commerce provider in order to fulfill purchases made by you through the Website.

Under what other circumstances may we release PII?

We may release your PII if we believe such release is necessary to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization) or a court order, to protect our rights or property, to protect you from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the Website, or if we reasonably believe that a danger to any person or property requires disclosure of such PII.

What other information does BaV collect?

BaV may also collect anonymous and aggregate information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website by using cookies, action tags and other methods. Cookies are small text files that identify your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor Website usage, customize Website features, identify your computer operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time that such webpage was viewed. Action tags may be associated with cookie information. We may also use such anonymous and aggregate information for promotional purposes.

Do I have the ability not to be identified by BaV?

Yes. If you do not want to be identified by us, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also adjust the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies. If you do not want us to have any of your PII, please do not submit any of your PII to us. Please keep in mind that if you refuse cookies you may not be able to use certain Website functionality, including without limitation purchasing products through the Website.

How do we store and safeguard information?

BaV takes steps consistent with commercially reasonable industry standards to secure PII collected from you from loss, misuse, unauthorized access and destruction while under our control. However, please note that despite our efforts to protect PII provided to us, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

Does BaV provide links to other websites?

BaV may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you. The collection and use of your PII and other information by such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not those contained in the Privacy Policy.

Children’s privacy

Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. Our Website is a general audience site. We do not collect or maintain information from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Website is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also do not send email correspondence to anyone who tells us that they are under the age of 13 without their parent’s consent.

Children under the age of 13 should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children’s online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children’s access to the web.