Who We Are
At BLACQ, we prioritize your privacy and trust. We are a premium minimalist fashion brand based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Our website address is: https://blacqemporium.com.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Orders & Billing Information
When you purchase from our store, we collect the information necessary to process and deliver your order, including:
- Identity Data: Your name and username.
- Contact Data: Billing address, shipping address, email address, and telephone number.
- Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
- Note on Payments: We currently process payments via bank transfer. We do not store sensitive payment card details on our servers.
Comments & Reviews
When visitors leave comments or product reviews on the site, we collect the data shown in the forms, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment or review, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website (for example, in product reviews), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
To improve your shopping experience, we use cookies to keep track of your cart contents while you browse our site.
- Account Cookies: 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.
- Login Cookies: 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.
- Review Cookies: If you leave a comment or review on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or product descriptions 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.
Who We Share Your Data
With We respect your privacy and do not sell your data. We share your data only with trusted third parties essential to providing our services:
- Logistics Partners: We share your name, phone number, and delivery address with our delivery partners solely for the purpose of delivering your order.
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Order Information: We retain order information for administrative, legal, and tax purposes.
- Accounts: For users that register on our website, we 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.
- Comments/Reviews: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
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.
Contact Us
For any privacy-specific concerns, please contact us at blacqemporium@gmail.com.