Privacy Policy

Sammann Company, Inc. d/b/a Peepers by PeepersSpecs (collectively “Peepers,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to the protection of our customers’ and partners’ privacy and to keeping any personal information provided to us secure.

The purpose of our privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform you about the types of personal information we gather about you, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the rights and choices you have regarding that information. The phrase “personal information” means any information from which you can be identified or are identifiable, either directly or indirectly, such as your name, address, telephone number, device and browsing information, etc.

By using our Website or using our Services, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, which is part of Peepers’ Terms of Service. You consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please discontinue use of our Services immediately. By accessing and continuing to use our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS
2. DATA CONTROLLER, DATA PROTECTION OFFICER, AND REPRESENTATIVE
3. INFORMATION COLLECTION
4. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
5. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
6. HOW WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO OTHERS
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
8. EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS
9. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
10. VIRTUAL TRY-ON
11. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
12. LOCATION OF PROCESSING
13. SECURITY AND YOUR ACCOUNT
14. USERS OF THIS WEBSITE UNDER AGE 16
15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
16. CONTACT US

1. WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through:

Our “Services”

• Our website located at https://www.peepers.com (the "Website”)
• Email, telephone, and other electronic messages between you and us
• Workshops, demonstrations, tradeshows, conferences, and other events
• Promotions, product reviews, surveys, sweepstakes/contest entries, and when you otherwise voluntarily provide us information
• Perfect Pair Finder that captures frame likes and frame shape data
• Virtual Try-on

This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal information collected by:

Parties other than Peepers

• Including any third party, through any website, application, or content (such as advertising), that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

2. DATA CONTROLLER, DATA PROTECTION OFFICER, AND REPRESENTATIVE

Peepers is the Data Controller of the Personal Data (as defined by the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation or its respective successor) you provide through the Services.

At this time, Peepers is not required to appoint a Data Protection Officer or a representative in the EU, and has elected not to do so. Peepers may be contacted in any manner set forth below in the “Contact Us” Section of this Privacy Policy.

3. INFORMATION COLLECTION

Peepers collects the following categories of personal information, including in the preceding twelve months, when you provide it directly to us and when you use the Services. This information includes both personally identifiable information and information which does not directly identify you:

• Browsing Information
• Comment and Opinion Information
• Commercial Information
• Contact Information
• Financial Information
• Geolocation Information
• Sensory and Electronic Information
• Social Media Data
• User Account Information

Sensitive Information.

• Peepers does not collect, use, process, sell, or share personal information which is classified as sensitive information

We may also collect non-personally identifiable, aggregated information.

• We may collect aggregated information, such as Website usage data.
• This data is collected in the aggregate only but may include or be combined with other user information that users have voluntarily submitted.
• We maintain and use such data in a de-identified, aggregate form and do not attempt to re-identify this data.

When do we collect personal information?

• We collect this information when you take certain actions like interacting with our Services, submitting a form to contact us, and becoming one of our vendors or customers.
• We collect information automatically when you browse our Website.
• Peepers collects information when we interact with individuals such as customers and vendors at events, tradeshows, conferences, or through contests.

How long do we keep personal information?

• Peepers uses several criteria to determine how long we should keep categories of personal information.
• We keep data until you close or deactivate your account, until we no longer have a business purpose for the data, or until we no longer have an obligation to keep it.
• Please understand that residual copies of the personal information can be stored in locations or formats that make complete erasure extremely difficult.
• The best way to ensure you control your information is to give us only the personal information that you are completely comfortable sharing with us.

4. SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Peepers collects information from a variety of sources, including:

You

• When you provide such information directly to us
• When you create an account or use our interactive tools and Services.
• When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or through responses to surveys or questionnaires.
• When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.
• When you use the Services and such information is collected automatically
• Through cookies and other tracking technology.
• If you download our mobile application or use a location-enabled browser, we may receive information about your location and mobile device, as applicable.
• If you download and install certain applications and software we make available, we may receive and collect information transmitted from your computing device for the purpose of providing you the relevant Services, such as information regarding when you are logged on and available to receive updates or alert notices.

Third Parties

• Vendors and Service Providers
• We may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
• We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles.
• Advertising Partners
• We receive information about you from some of our vendors who assist us with marketing or promotional services related to how you interact with our Website, applications, products, Services, advertisements, or communications.
• Data Brokers
• We sometimes obtain data sets for direct mailing purposes from suppliers and retailers of datasets.
• Social Networks
• If you provide your social network account credentials to us or otherwise sign in to the Services through a third-party site or service, some content and/or information in those accounts may be transmitted into your account with us.

5. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Peepers uses personal information for a variety of business purposes. When you share personal information with us, we may use it for several purposes. For example, we use the information we obtain about you to:

• Provide, Customize, and Improve the Services
• Creating and managing your account or other user profiles.
• Processing orders or other transactions; billing.
• Providing you with the products, services, or information you request.
• Meeting or fulfilling the reason you provided the information to us.
• Allowing you to try on our products in a virtual environment.
• Providing support and assistance for the Services.
• Improving the Services, including testing, research, internal analytics, and product development.
• Personalizing the Services, website content, and communications based on your preferences.
• Doing fraud protection, security, and debugging.
• Carrying out other business purposes stated when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in applicable data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).
• Marketing the Services
• Marketing and selling the Services.
• Advertising our products and services; measuring and improving the effectiveness of advertisements
• Correspond with You
• Responding to correspondence that we receive from you, contacting you when necessary or requested, and sending you information about Peepers or the Services.
• Sending emails and other communications according to your preferences or that display content that we think will interest you including reports, new features and promotional offers.
• Meet Legal Requirements and Enforce Legal Terms
• Fulfilling our legal obligations under applicable law, regulation, court order, or other legal process, such as preventing, detecting, and investigating security incidents and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.
• Protecting the rights, property or safety of you, Peepers, or another party.
• Enforcing any agreements with you.
• Responding to claims that any posting or other content violates third-party rights.
• Resolving disputes.

6. HOW WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO OTHERS

• Selling and Sharing.

• Peepers does not sell your personal information
• Nor have we done so in the last twelve months.
• We do share your information
• By ‘share,’ we mean making personal information available to another party for cross-site or interest-based advertising.
• We share information with analytics service providers, such as Google.
• Those parties may combine your browsing information, including information from your use of our Website, to generate interest-based advertisements.

We disclose your information to parties we work with.

• Service Providers: These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They are required by contract or law to only use or disclose the information as necessary to perform the business function on our behalf or as otherwise required by law. They process your voluntarily-provided payment card information necessary to process your payment.
• Please see our payment providers’ terms of service and privacy policy for information on each processor’s use and storage of your Personal Data.
• Analytics Partners: These parties provide analytics on web traffic or usage of the Services. They include:
• Companies that track how users found or were referred to the Services.
• Companies that track how users interact with the Services.
• Advertising Partners: These parties help us market our services and provide you with other offers that may be of interest to you. They include:
• Ad networks.
• Marketing Providers.
• Parties You Authorize, Access, or Authenticate
• Third parties you access through the Services.
• Social media services.
• Other users.
• We currently work with the following third parties:
• Stamped - https://stamped.io/privacy
• Fairing Surveys - https://fairing.co/privacy
• Loop Returns - https://www.loopreturns.com/privacy-policy/
• Statlas - https://statlas.io/legal/privacy-policy
• Gorgias - https://www.gorgias.com/privacy/privacy
• 460 Instagram App - https://foursixty.com/460/privacy

We disclose information under other circumstances and to other parties.

• When you consent.
• Out of respect for your privacy, Peepers will not disclose your personal information to others without your consent, except as specified in this Privacy Policy.
• To our affiliates and companies in the same group of companies as us.
• Our affiliates and subsidiaries (i.e., any organization or brand we own or control) or our ultimate holding company Sammann Company Inc., (i.e., any organization that owns or controls us) and any subsidiaries it owns.
• We may disclose the personal information that we collect to other Peepers companies, subsidiaries, and related affiliates.
• These companies may use your personal information in the same way as we can under this Privacy Policy.
• To the public.
• When you provide feedback or post user content on our Service.
• For example, if you post a product review on our Website or a comment on our social media sites, your personal information, such as your first name, last initial, state of residence, or your comments, on our social media pages.
• To purchasers and third parties in connection with a business transaction.
• Personal information may be disclosed to third parties in connection with a Peepers-related transaction, such as a merger, sale of Peepers assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another Peepers or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy or related or similar proceedings.
• When law enforcement, regulators, and other parties request information for legal reasons.
• We may provide personal information without your consent to third parties as required by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to:
• Comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement;
• To enforce our Terms of Service or to protect the security or integrity of our Service; and/or
• To exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Peepers, our visitors, or others.

7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Certain laws like the California Privacy Rights Act, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, and the Colorado Privacy Act, grant you rights to control your personal information. Consistent with these laws, Peepers gives you options to access, edit, or remove certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you. Although some of these rights apply generally, certain rights will only apply to limited individuals or circumstances.

• Right to Know and Access Information.
• Note that much of the information you are entitled to know or access is disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
• With this said, you have the right to know about our information practices.
• You also have the right to access the categories of data we collect, with whom we share or sell that information, and, in some cases, what specific personal information we associate with you or your account.

• Right to Data Portability.
• If you request a copy of specific information we have about you then we will provide it in an easily accessible format.
• Right to Deletion or Erasure.
• You may request that we delete the personal information we have collected about you.
• Depending on the applicable law, in some cases we are required or permitted to retain that information, even if you validly requested we delete or erase it.
• Right to Correct Information.

• You may request we correct or rectify inaccurate information we associate with you or your account.
• Right to Universal Opt Out.

• You may limit certain ways we use your personal information (also called “opting-out” or a “request to opt out”). You may opt out of:
• [The sale of your personal information.]
• The sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising purposes.
• [The disclosure of your sensitive personal information.]
• [Our use of your personal information for building a profile about you.]
• [Our use of your personal information to make guesses or inferences about your characteristics, attributes, or behaviors.]

• Right to Withdraw Consent.
• You may withdraw your consent to our data privacy practices.
• Right to Non-Discrimination.
• You have the right to not experience discrimination from us for exercising the rights listed in this section.
• What we mean by discrimination is denying you access to our Services or limiting the quality of our Services.
• However, limiting use of, or deleting, your personal information may restrict the purposes or uses that rely on that information.
• If you need further assistance, you can contact Peepers through one of the channels listed below under “Contact.”

8. EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS

To exercise any of your privacy rights, either:

• Call us toll-free at 800-348-2508.

OR

• · Email us at privacy@peepers.com.

• Please include your email address, full name, and your specific information about your request(s) and, if applicable, specifically what information you do not want to receive.
• If you would like to update or correct your email address, street address, or other personal information with us, please include specific details about the information you wish to have updated or corrected.
• If you are appealing a decision please provide information about the denied request.

Peepers’ process to fulfill a privacy rights request:

First, we acknowledge your request.

• Peepers will first send you a message acknowledging receipt of your request.

Next, we ensure that you are the person making the request.

• In general, when you make a request Peepers will take steps to verify your identity.
• Verification steps may include asking you for personal information, such as your name, address, or other information we maintain about you or your child.
• If we are unable to verify your identity with the degree of certainty required, we will not be able to respond to the request. In that case, we will notify you to explain the basis of the denial.

Finally, we provide a response.

• We will either honor your request or tell you why we denied it.

Your agent can submit requests for you.

• You may also designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf.
• If you do so, you will be required to verify your identity by providing us with certain personal information as described above.
• Additionally, we will also require written proof the agent has permission to act on your behalf.
• We will deny your request if the agent is unable to submit proof to us that you have authorized them to act on your behalf.

How long will it take?

• Peepers will either fulfill or reject your request as soon as we can, generally within 45 days from when we receive your request (or less, if required by law).
• But we may be allowed to take longer to process your request under certain circumstances.
• We will let you know if we expect your request will take us longer than normal to fulfill.

What if my request is denied?

• You may appeal your denial if you feel we have made a mistake.
• To submit an appeal please use the same method of contact listed above.
• If you are still not satisfied with our response then, under certain circumstances, you may contact your state privacy enforcement agency.

9. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES

Messaging and newsletter communications.

• You may control how you receive certain types of communications by unsubscribing within the body of the communication.
• Note that some messages are required, service-related messages like transaction confirmation messages, legal notices, or updates.
• If you no longer wish to use our Services or the website, or receive optional communications then you may submit requests to delete your account and your personal information to privacy@peepers.com.

Cookies and web tracking technologies.

What we use on the Services.

• We use cookies and other embedded tracking technology like web beacons and pixels which automatically collect users’ browsing information when they use our Website.

Third-Party Cookies.

• You will find other parties’ trackers on our Website. Other parties like our analytics and advertising partners place code with cookies or web beacons embedded in them. Some third-party cookies are used to track a particular user’s activity across the Internet.

Limiting Google’s Tracking and Data Collection Through Cookies.

• You may limit the automatic collection of information by Google, including the collection of personal information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services, by opting-out of such collection. Download the opt-out browser extension, located here, to opt-out of the automatic collection of browsing and device data.

Opt out of cross-site and interest-based advertising.

First, this is not a universal opt out request you submit to us.

• Submitting a request to opt out of cross-site advertising using the methods below is not the same as opting out of the way we use your personal information.
• We do not receive your opt out of cross-site advertising.
• For more details on limiting how we use your information, see the section above regarding Your Privacy Rights.

What happens when I opt out of cross-site advertising?

• When you opt out, your selection is stored on a cookie on your device.
• If you delete the cookie from that device or sign in from a different device, you will need to opt out again.

Does opting out of cross-site advertising stop all data collection?

• Because the data used for interest-based advertising is also used for other necessary purposes (including providing our Service, for authentication, and security purposes), opting out of interest-based advertising does not stop the data from being collected nor reduce the number of advertisements you will see.
• However, the data will not be used for interest-based advertising, which means the advertisements you do see may be less relevant to you.

Is my mobile device included when I opt out of cross-site advertising?

• When using a mobile application, you may receive interest-based in-application advertisements.
• Depending on your device, you may be able to reset your mobile device’s advertising identifier at any time by accessing the privacy settings on your device.
• In addition, each operating system (e.g., iOS for Apple devices, Android for Android devices and Windows for Microsoft devices) provides its own instructions on how to prevent the delivery of interest-based in-application advertisements.
• You may review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating system in order to opt-out of interest-based in-application advertisements.
• For any other devices and/or operating systems, please visit the privacy settings for the applicable device or contact (or review the applicable privacy web page of) the applicable platform operator

Limit the automatic collection of information by any participating third-party advertisers.

• To submit your request to opt-out of that automatic collection of browsing data, visit:
• The Digital Advertising Alliance page, or
• The Network Advertising Initiative page.

10. Virtual Try-on

Virtual Try-on (“VTO”) is a service that allows you to see how certain Peepers’ products will fit you from the comfort of your home or office.

Who operates VTO?

• VTO and their optional add-on is published by FITTINGBOX.
• Peepers is not responsible for the data privacy and protection practices of FITTINGBOX.

How does it work?

• When you use these VTO solutions, FITTINGBOX will operate a scan or a reconstruction in the appearance of your face but will not disclose or store your image.
• Your image is processed live, only for the duration of the virtual try-on experience.

What permissions and data are needed?

• VTO will need access to your webcam to provide the service.
• Cookies may be stored locally on your device when you use VTO

What happens to that data?

• If FITTINGBOX ever were to come into the possession of personal information, biometric information, or identifiers as part of the VTO process, it would permanently destroy any such information when the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining such information has been satisfied or within 30 days of an individual’s last interaction with the service, whichever occurs first.

11. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

This Privacy Policy applies only to our Services, including our Website.

• Our Services may contain links to other websites including those that permit online transactions.
• We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors, or other third parties we link to from our website.
• Peepers does not endorse, approve, or certify these other websites, and we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of the information contained on those websites.
• You should check the applicable privacy policy of the website sponsor when linking to other websites.

12. LOCATION OF PROCESSING

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed by the recipients indicated in “How We Disclose Information to Others” section of this Privacy Policy. Some of these recipients may be located in a country outside the one where you reside, and which may not offer similar levels of data protection by law.

Those parties may be located both within and outside the European Union or European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland.

When your information is moved from your home country to another country, the laws and rules that protect your personal data in the country to which your information is transferred may be different from those in the country in which you live. For example, the circumstances in which law enforcement can access personal data may vary from country to country. In particular, if your information is in the United States, it may be accessed by government authorities in accordance with U.S. law.

Please be advised that information Peepers collects about you via the Services may be transferred, processed and/or accessed by us in the United States, or another country where we, or our service providers operate. Please be aware that the privacy laws and standards in certain countries, including the rights of authorities to access your personal data, may differ from those that apply in the country in which you reside.

13. SECURITY AND YOUR ACCOUNT

Peepers will take steps to protect your personal information that you transmit to us and to protect such information from loss or misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no internet transmission is ever fully secure, and we cannot guarantee that information transmitted via our Website will remain confidential at all times. When we collect information, it is stored in an area to which the general public does not have access. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to ensure that personal information is stored and processed responsibly.

In the event that any use of the Website involves log-in credentials, please bear in mind that anyone you provide with your log-in information will also have access to your account and personal information. If you use our Website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any log-in credentials associated with the Website.

14. USERS OF THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE AGE OF 16

You must be the age of majority to use our Services. Peepers takes children’s privacy seriously. Peepers does not have actual knowledge of any personal information about individuals under the age of 16 whose information has been collected through our Services. If we become aware that a person submitting information to us through any part of our Services is a minor, we delete the information as soon as we discover it and do not use it for any purpose nor disclose it to third parties.

15. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

Peepers recognizes that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, so we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting revisions on our Website. Updates to our Privacy Policy will occur when we modify or alter any of our data practices, such as using data for other purposes or disclosing data to other categories of parties not mentioned in this version of this Privacy Policy. Peepers will update the effective date of this Privacy Policy when changes are made, so please check this page periodically for changes.

16. CONTACT US

You may contact us with any inquiries related to our use of your personal information disclosed in this Privacy Policy or to exercise your privacy rights by:

Calling PEEPERS at: 219-872-4413
Emailing PEEPERS at: privacy@peepers.com

PEEPERS Headquarters Address:
9935 E US HWY 12 Michigan City, Indiana US 46360