Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 24, 2026

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for rudecosmetics.com. This policy applies solely to information collected by this website and will notify you of what personally identifiable information is collected, how it is used, your choices regarding your data, and our security procedures.

1. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, registration forms, or other direct contact.

Categories of Information Collected: In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers: Name, shipping/billing address, IP address, email address, and account usernames.

  • Commercial Information: Records of products purchased, obtained, or considered.

  • Financial Information: Payment card numbers and billing details (processed securely via encrypted gateways).

  • Internet Activity: Browsing history, search history, and interactions with our website/advertisements.

  • Geolocation Data: General location derived from your IP address.

How We Use Your Information: We use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us, to fulfill orders (e.g., shipping), and to improve our services. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products, or changes to this policy.

Sharing and Selling: We will not sell or rent your information to anyone for monetary gain. However, we may "share" identifiers and internet activity with third-party service providers (like Google or Meta) for targeted advertising purposes. You have the right to opt-out of this sharing (see Section 2).

2. Your Access to and Control Over Information

Depending on your state of residence (including CA, VA, CO, CT, and UT), you have specific rights regarding your data. You may exercise these at any time by contacting us via info@rudecosmetics.com:

  • Right to Know/Access: See what specific data we have collected about you.

  • Right to Delete: Request that we delete any personal data we have collected.

  • Right to Correct: Change or correct any inaccurate data we have.

  • Right to Opt-Out: Request that we do not "sell" or "share" your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not deny you goods or services for exercising your privacy rights.

3. SMS/MMS Mobile Marketing

We respect your privacy. We will only use information provided through our Mobile Program to transmit messages and respond to you. This includes sharing info with platform providers and phone companies to deliver messages.

WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, LOAN, TRADE, LEASE, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER FOR PROFIT ANY PHONE NUMBERS COLLECTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

Text Marketing and Notifications: By entering your phone number in the checkout and initializing a purchase, you agree to receive text notifications (order updates, abandoned cart reminders) and marketing offers. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Message frequency varies. Reply STOP to unsubscribe. Message and data rates may apply.

4. Security

We take precautions to protect your information both online and offline.

  • Online: Sensitive information (like credit card data) is encrypted and transmitted via HTTPS. You can verify this by looking for the lock icon in your browser address bar.

  • Offline: Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our servers are kept in a secure, restricted environment.

5. Cookies, Registration, and Orders

  • Cookies: We use cookies to improve access and identify repeat visitors. This allows you to stay logged in and maintain your shopping cart between visits. Usage of a cookie is not linked to personally identifiable information on our site. Some business partners (advertisers) may use cookies; we have no access to or control over these.

  • Registration: To use certain features, users must register with a name and email. This is used to contact you about products/services of interest.

  • Orders: We request contact and financial info on our order form. This is used strictly for billing and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we use this info to contact you.

6. Children’s Privacy

Rudecosmetics.com is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately for deletion.

7. Links, Surveys, and Contests

  • Links: This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites.

  • Surveys/Contests: Participation is completely voluntary. Information requested (like zip code or age) is used to notify winners and improve site satisfaction.

8. Updates and Mergers

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time; all updates will be posted here. 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.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via email at info@rudecosmetics.com.

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