At e-shoppy, we take your privacy as seriously as you take your vehicle’s performance. This policy explains how we handle your data when you browse our automotive catalog, buy parts, or interact with our community.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://e-shoppy.ca. We are dedicated to providing high-quality vehicle electronics, safety gear, and maintenance essentials to drivers and enthusiasts worldwide.
Community Comments
When you leave a review or comment on a product (like sharing your experience with a new Dash Cam), we collect the data shown in the comments form. To keep our community safe from spam, we also track your IP address and browser user agent string.
- An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be shared with the Gravatar service to see if you use it.
- Their privacy policy is here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your review.
Media & Uploads
We love seeing your car upgrades! However, if you upload images to our site (e.g., in a product review), please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download these images and extract your location data, so it’s best to strip that info before sharing.
Cookies & Your Experience
To make your shopping journey smoother, we use cookies:
- Form Convenience: If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to saving your name and email in cookies. This is just to save you time so you don’t have to re-type your details for your next review. These last for one year.
- Login Security: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts them (no personal data here; it’s deleted when you close the browser).
- Account Persistence: When you log in, we set up cookies to remember your info and screen choices. Login cookies last two days, but if you click “Remember Me”, you’ll stay logged in for two weeks.
Embedded Content
Our blog posts or guides may include embedded content (like YouTube installation videos or technical diagrams). This content behaves exactly as if you visited the original website. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with that content.
Data Sharing & Security
We don’t sell your data to third parties. We only share info when it’s essential:
- Security: If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the email to prevent unauthorized access.
- Fulfillment: We share your address with our shipping partners to ensure your automotive gear reaches your doorstep.
How Long We Keep Your Info
- Comments: Reviews and comments are kept indefinitely so we can recognize and approve your future comments automatically.
- Registered Users: For those who create an account, we store the personal info provided in your profile. You can see, edit, or delete your info at any time (except your username). Our admins can also see this to help with order support.
Your Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can ask for an exported file of the data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase your personal data. Please note, we must retain certain data for legal, administrative, or security purposes (like your purchase history for tax reasons).
Where Your Data Goes
To maintain a high-quality experience, visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service.
