This Privacy Policy describes how Battle Born Peptides LLC (the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from battlebornresearch.com (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
Collecting Personal Information
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as "Personal Information". See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.
Device Information
• Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
• Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
• Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Wix.
Order and Payment Information
• Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers only for the purpose of payment processing), email address, and phone number.
• Purpose of collection: to provide products or Services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, work with payment processor(s) on payments, returns and or chargebacks, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, comply with legal obligations and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or Services.
• Source of collection: collected from you.
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with third-party payment processor(s), Authorize.net and our processor Wix.
Customer Support Information
• Examples of Personal Information collected: name, email address, and phone number.
• Purpose of collection: Communication with you including, customer support, responding to your inquiries, confirmation of yourself, and comply with legal obligations.
• Source of collection: collected from you.
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Wix.
Sharing Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our Services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:
• We use Wix to power our online store. You can read more about how Wix uses your Personal Information here: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy
• We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
• We may share your Personal Information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf such as payment processing and data analysis.
Behavioural Advertising
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:
• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).
For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt-out of targeted advertising by:
• FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
• GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt-out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Using Personal Information
We use your Personal Information to provide our Services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, Services, and offers.
Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:
• Your consent;
• The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
• Compliance with our legal obligations;
• To protect your vital interests;
• To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
• For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.


Security Measures:
We employ industry-standard security measures, including encryption and secure storage, to protect your payment information. Our payment processors are PCI-DSS compliant, ensuring that your payment data is handled securely.
Automatic Decision-Making
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.
We DO NOT engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
• Right to Access: Consumers can confirm whether a controller is processing their personal data and access such data.
• Right to Correct: Consumers can request corrections to their personal data.
• Right to Delete: Consumers can request the deletion of their personal data.
• Right to Data Portability: Consumers can obtain a copy of their data in a portable and readily usable format.
• Right to Opt-Out: Consumers can opt-out of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, and profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
GDPR
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information below.
CCPA / CPRA
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information below.
If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address below.
Third Party Websites and Links
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. These links are provided for your convenience only. If you follow links to sites NOT affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the services.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance, whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.
Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.
Do Not Track
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we DO NOT knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Effective Date” and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
Contact
For more information about our data or privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected], attention Data Privacy Officer (DPO).
Last updated: 07/24/2024
If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint from us, depending on where you live, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority in your jurisdictions. Some examples below are:

United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Address: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580
Phone: 1-877-382-4357
Website: www.ftc.gov
Additionally, for California residents:

California Attorney General's Office
Address: 1300 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 1-800-952-5225
Website: oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

For General Data Privacy Issues:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Address: 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 1-888-225-5322
Website: www.fcc.gov

For Financial Data Privacy:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Address: 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20552
Phone: 1-855-411-2372
Website: www.consumerfinance.gov