Who we are
Universe Kogaku America, 116 Audrey Avenue Oyster Bay, NY 11771 USA
Our website address is: https://universeoptics.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Contact forms
We keep contact form submissions and the data provided on the forms for customer service purposes, but we do not share the information submitted through them to third parties for marketing purposes. In common with other websites, log files are stored on the web server saving details such as the visitor’s IP address, browser type, referring page and time of visit. Where registration is required, the visitor’s email and a username will be stored on the server.
Cookies (View our Cookie Policy)
Cookies are small digital signature files that are stored by your web browser that allow your preferences to be recorded when visiting the website. Also they may be used to track your return visits to the website. 3rd party advertising companies may also use cookies for tracking purposes.
Cookies may be used to remember visitor preferences when interacting with the website.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order.
- We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
- When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password.
Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
- If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us analyze our website usage and improve our site experience for our users. Here’s the information on Google Analytics and their privacy policy. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to sites they visit on the Internet. Website visitors may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Anti-Spam/Security:
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Web Security cookies may use your IP address to confirm your IP address is not blacklisted for security purposes.
Who we share your data with
Your data may be shared with third party companies retained by us to help with processing information or with analyzing data. We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example marketing and analytics companies and shipping suppliers, and third party embeds. It will not be used to market any information for any other company other than Universe Kogaku. The information is used to enhance the visitor’s experience when using the website to display personalized content and possibly advertising. E-mail addresses will not be sold, rented or leased to 3rd parties. E-mail may be sent to inform you of news of our services or offers by us or our affiliates.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Your data may be used by our third-party companies to send marketing information via Emma. Here is the Emma privacy notice: https://myemma.com/legal/privacy-notice
Who on our team has access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access: Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information. Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, fill out a contact form, or request a quote, the info can be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you have subscribed to one of our services, you may unsubscribe by following the instructions which are included in e-mail that you receive. You may be able to block cookies via your browser settings but this may prevent you from access to certain features of the website.
Our contact information
Privacy concerns should be addressed to: Privacy Compliance, Universe Kogaku America, 116 Audrey Avenue Oyster Bay, NY 11771 USA. Phone: 516-624-2444. Email: info@universeoptics.com
Additional information
How we protect your data
We have taken measures to protect our users’ data, including technical measures such as encryption; security measures such as two factor authentication; and measures such as staff training in data protection.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We have procedures in place to deal with data breaches, either potential or real, such as internal reporting systems, and contact mechanisms.