Privacy Policy

SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

Advertising & Analytics: We also collect information about your interactions with our site for marketing and advertising purposes. This includes data collected through tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Meta Advertising (e.g. Facebook Pixel) to help us understand user behavior and display relevant ads.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

SECTION 2 – CONSENT

How do you get my consent?

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent? 
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at info@nightingalemedical.ca or mailing us at:

Nightingale Medical Supplies
125-408 East Kent Ave. South Vancouver British Columbia CA V5X 2X7

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 – SHOPIFY

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases, and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.

SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.

Advertising & Analytics Partners

We use third-party services to help us understand user behavior, improve the user experience, and deliver targeted advertisements. These services include but are not limited to:

• Google Analytics – to collect data about website traffic and user interactions.

• Google Ads – for creating and delivering personalized ads based on your interaction with our site.

• Meta Advertising (Facebook & Instagram) – including Facebook Pixel, to measure ad effectiveness and deliver personalized advertising.

These services may use cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect data such as IP addresses, device information, and browsing behavior. This information helps us optimize marketing efforts and provide content relevant to your interests.

You can manage your ad preferences and opt-out of certain types of tracking through your browser settings or by visiting opt-out pages such as:

• Google Ads Settings

• Facebook Ad Preferences

• Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out

Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

SECTION 6 – SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 7 – COOKIES

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you can decide if you want to opt-out of cookies or not:

• _shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits

• _shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.

• cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.

• _secure_session_id, unique token, sessional.

• storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite. If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.

• _shopify_m, used to manage customer privacy settings.

• _shopify_tm, used to manage customer privacy settings (temporary).

• _shopify_tw, used to manage customer privacy settings (short-lived).

• _tracking_consent, used to store a visitor’s preferences if they opt in or out of tracking.

• _landing_page, tracks landing pages.

• _orig_referrer, tracks landing pages.

• _s, Shopify analytics.

• _shopify_sa_p, Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

• _shopify_sa_t, Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

• _y, Shopify analytics.

• _shopify_y, Shopify analytics.

SECTION 8 – AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, 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 this site.

SECTION 9 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at info@nightingalemedical.ca or by mail at:

Nightingale Medical Supplies

[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]

125-408 East Kent Ave. South

Vancouver British Columbia CA V5X 2X7