Updated: 5 July 2024
Scope of Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how PBT (collectively, "PBT", "we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and shares information about you ("you", "your", or "user") when you use our website with a homepage located at "pbtstore.com", any applications we may provide (including mobile applications), together with all products and services we may offer from time to time via our website and/or related applications, our related social media websites such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or otherwise through your interactions with us (our website, applications, products, services, and social media pages, collectively, the "Services"). This Privacy Policy also describes your and our legal rights and responsibilities with respect to information which identifies you or which could be used to identify you such as your name and contact details, or your user account information, which we call "Personal Information" in the text below. "Personal Information" also may include information about how you use our website. PBT takes very seriously its responsibility to protect the safety and security of your Personal Information that we process and is committed to respecting your privacy rights.
Applicability of PBT's Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Use that governs your access to and use of our Services. We will refer to access, use, transmission, and exchanges of information, availability, or utilization of features, functions, or activities, simply as "use" in the material below.
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information that we collect from or about you through the methods described below (see "Information We Collect" and "How We Use Your Information") to provide the Services.This Privacy Policy applies regardless of the means used to access or provide the Services. This Privacy Policy also applies to our targeted content, including online offers and advertisements for products and services, which you may see on third-party websites, platforms, and applications ("Offer Sites") based on your online activity. These Offer Sites may have their own privacy policies and terms and conditions. We encourage you to read them before using those Offer Sites.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information from or about you collected by third parties such as PBT's service providers, including, but not limited to, Shopify, Inc. (that hosts our e-commerce website), PayPal, Inc. (that processes payments on our behalf), and social media pages. The collection and use of your information by such third parties is governed by the relevant third party's privacy policies, statements, and practices and under no circumstances are we responsible or liable for any third party's compliance therewith.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites that link to PBT's website or websites that may be accessed through the Services. We may provide links to other websites that contain information that we believe may be useful to you or that you will find valuable. However, we have not investigated the security of those linked websites and you should not assume those sites have a privacy policy equivalent to ours. If you access such a third-party website through a link we provide, you will be subject to the privacy policy of the new site. PBT is not responsible for the contents of any linked webpages referenced from our website. If you have any questions regarding the privacy, security, or content of those sites, you should contact the appropriate contact(s) at those websites directly.
PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) is a trading name of PBT Fit Pty Ltd.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By using PBT's Services, including our website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use PBT's Services. Your continued use of PBT's Services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept those changes.
Age of Consent
By accessing PBT's Services, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use the Services.
Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you use our website, shop in our stores, call us on the phone, create an online account, sign up to receive our emails, participate in a giveaway sweepstakes, contest, promotion, or survey, communicate with us via third-party social media sites such as Facebook or Instagram, reserve a PBT yoga class, request customer support, apply for a job, or otherwise communicate with us. Providing your Personal Information to us is voluntary, however, if you do not provide some or all of the information we request, we may not be able to provide you with certain products, services, or information.
The types of information you may provide directly to us include, but are not limited to your name, shipping address, billing address, zip or postal code, telephone number, email address, birth date, credit card or payment information, product and communication preferences, family members, demographic information, or any other information that could be used to contact you or any other information that you may choose to disclose to PBT.
In some cases, we may also collect information you provide about others, such as when you schedule a PBT class, purchase a gift card for someone and request that we deliver it electronically, create and share a "wishlist" or decide to purchase and ship products to someone. We will use this information to fulfil your requests and will not send marketing communications to your contacts unless they separately opt in to receive communications from us.
Information We Collect Automatically
In order to improve the overall quality of your online experience, PBT, its partners, and/or vendors automatically collect certain information about you when you access or use our website or Offer Sites, interact with our emails or online advertisements, or when you transact business with us. Information we automatically collect includes:
- Log File Information: We collect information about your use of our website, such as the type of browser you use, access date/times, pages viewed, your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, and the referring link through which you accessed our websites. An IP address is a number that automatically identifies the computer or device you use to access the Internet. The IP address enables our server to send you the web pages that you want to visit, and it may disclose the server owned by your Internet Service Provider. We track and aggregate certain information about the visits to our website to analyse trends and statistics such as general traffic flow and feature usage related to PBT's website. We compile traffic-based statistics that show the numbers and frequency of visitors to our website and its individual pages. These are an aggregated statistical report that we use internally to better understand our website traffic, manage our website, and help diagnose any problems. PBT may also aggregate such information and make it available to others as part of its business; however, we will not identify you when providing such information or make it possible to identify you by others in providing this information.
- Cookies: Our website, online advertisements, and emails use first and third-party "cookies", pixel tags, and other technologies to automatically collect information about you such as browser type, pages viewed, links clicked, and other actions you take in connection with our websites, online advertisements, and email. A cookie is data sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored directly on your computer hard drive. Cookies and similar technologies within a web browser allow us to collect and store data as you navigate our website. We use this information for various purposes, including to facilitate web page navigation, display information more effectively, personalise your online experience, to understand how our websites are used by users, market our products and services, measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and for security purposes.
Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse all cookies or to inform you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive. However, certain features of PBT's website may not work properly and you may be required to re-enter certain information each time you use our website. For example, to use our shopping cart feature, you must have cookies enabled. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, please see our Cookie Policy.
Where we use Google Analytics, we have set up the service to anonymise your IP address as soon as data is received by the Analytics Collection Network, before any storage or processing takes place. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit Google Analytics Opt-out.
When you purchase or return a product, we collect information about the transaction, such as product details and the date and location of the purchase/return.
When you access our website from a mobile or smartphone device, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, such as unique device identifiers.
We also receive information about you from other sources, including service providers such as Shopify, PayPal, and Google, and through your interactions with us on social media websites, and we add it to the information we associate with your account.
Information We Do Not Intend To Collect
When you create an account on our website, you may provide us information such as your first and last name, e-mail address, password, birthdate, and other info you provide. PBT does not intend to collect and retain records of any sensitive personal information, data regarding minority status, or data received from third parties that are not expressly contemplated by this agreement or contractually authorised.