Privacy Policy

Effective April 1, 2020

Your privacy is important to Defense Soap, LLC (Defense Soap). To better protect your privacy, we are providing this notice explaining our online information practices and what choices you have about the way your information is collected and used.

Our privacy policy explains:

  • Who we are
  • The information we collect
  • How we use the information we collect
  • How we protect your information and data retention
  • If and when we share your information, and why
  • How you can exercise your privacy rights
  • Other useful information

If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact us.

About Us

Defense Soap is a Vermilion, OH-based skincare brand focused on high-quality, natural products . Our mission is to help everyone achieve a new level of clean skin. 

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.

When ordering or registering on our website, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information.

Additionally, when visiting our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage of our products and services. This is common data collection information and helps us provide a better experience for you.

Additionally, we use cookies to collect some of this information. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers’ systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. Note, however, there is no industry consensus as to what site and app operators should do with regard to these signals. Accordingly, unless and until the law is interpreted to require us to do so, we do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals.

The categories of information we collect and have collected, including in the last 12 months, are as follows:

  • Identifiers, including name, email address, IP address, and an ID or number assigned to your account.
  • Other individual records such as phone number, billing address, or credit or debit card information.
  • Demographics, such as your age or gender.
  • Commercial information, including purchases and engagement with the site.
  • Internet activity, including your interactions with our Services and what led you to our Services.
  • Geolocation data provided through location enabled services such as WiFi and GPS.
  • Inferences, including information about your interests, preferences and favorites.

How do we use the information we collect?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways where in our legitimate business interests:

  • To personalize and continually improve your shopping experience; to provide support; to update our records and generally maintain your accounts with us; to improve our store and platform; to enable third parties to carry out technical, logistical, or other functions on our behalf; and for day-to-day running and management of the business.
  • To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
  • To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
  • To process transactions
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
  • To send periodic emails (The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.)

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How do we protect your information and data retention?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

All traffic to and submitted on Defensesoap.com is transmitted via industry standard, bank-level, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2048-bit encryption. Examples of this traffic includes login credentials, order forms, contact forms, and normal webpage views. All credit card and other payment details are secured in the same way, and is neither stored by Defense Soap, nor directly accessible by their employees.

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of processing your orders, delivering the purchased product or service requested or otherwise facilitating your use of our website or products.

We will retain your Personal Data for as long as you maintain an account or as otherwise necessary to provide the Services. We will also retain your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Where we no longer need to process your Personal data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will delete your Personal Data from our systems.

If you have questions about our data retention practices, please contact us through our Support Team.

Do we share any information with outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, facilitating transactions with us for you or otherwise servicing you. Defensesoap.com uses a variety of third-party service providers to help us provide services related to the Defensesoap.com Platforms(s) and our services. Service providers may be located inside or outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”. For example, services provided may help us: (i) conduct fraud prevention and risk assessments; (ii) perform product development, maintenance, and debugging; (iii) provide customer service, advertising, payment, and transactional services; (iv) help us track website analytics, such as conversion and traffic metrics; and (v) verify information against public databases. We only share your information with trusted third parties that agree to keep it confidential and comply with privacy obligations. Examples of such third parties are payment gateways and warehouse programs used in the shipping of orders. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. In certain situations, we may also be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Your options and privacy rights under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

  • Limiting use of, or deleting, your personal information may impact features and uses that rely on that information. However, we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights, including otherwise denying you goods or services, providing you with a different level or quality of services, or charging you different prices or rates for services.
  • Defense Soap does not sell personal information to third parties for monetary value. However, the term “sale” is defined broadly under the California Consumer Privacy Act. To the extent that “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to include interest based advertising or other data uses described in the “How do we use the information we collect?” and “Do we share any information with outside parties?” Sections above, we will comply with applicable law as to those activities. Defense Soap discloses the following categories of information for commercial purposes:
    • Commercial Information;
    • Demographic Data;
    • Location Data;
    • Identifiers;
    • Inferences; and
    • Internet activity.
  • Opting out. If you have consented to receive information from us, you can always opt out or unsubscribe. 
  • Accessing your information. You have the right to request a copy of the information we have collected about you. If you would like to request a copy of some or all of your information, please contact us at customerservice@defensesoap.com and we will assist you with your request.
  • Correct, update or request deletion. You may contact us directly at customerservice@defensesoap.com to manage your account information or correct, update or request deletion of any of your personal information.
  • Cookies: If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by contacting customer service. For more information about cookies and how to remove them from your browser you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • Issue a complaint. You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about the collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. Information regarding data protection authorities in the EEA is available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
  • Concerns. Additional questions and concerns regarding the information in this policy can be directed to customerservice@defensesoap.com

Other useful information

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data without parental consent, please contact us through our Support Team. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Data without parental consent, we will take steps to remove the data and cancel the child’s account.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our website, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below. Any change will be effective as of the date posted to our website, and we have no obligation to notify you of such changes.

This policy was last modified on April 1, 2020.

Defense Soap Subscription Terms and Conditions

These Subscription Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are between you and Defense Soap, Llc. and govern our respective rights and obligations. Please note that your use of the Defensesoap.com website is also governed by our website Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, as well as all other applicable terms, conditions, limitations, and requirements on the Defensesoap.com website, all of which (as changed over time) are incorporated into these Terms. If you sign up for a Defense Soap subscription, you accept these Terms, conditions, limitations, and requirements.

Subscription Benefit

The subscription discount is 15% off MSRP of certain products when choosing a recurring rebill frequency, and is outlined on the Defensesoap.com product webpage and in the cart during checkout. The subscription discount does not “stack” on top of sale pricing — nor can coupons or rewards be used when a subscription item is your shopping cart at checkout. Subscription product pricing at rebill will apply the standard subscription 15% discount off product MSRP. Applicable taxes and normal shipping rates and rules apply.

Subscription Cancellation

Your Defense Soap subscription will continue until canceled. You may cancel or modify your Defense Soap subscriptions at any time by using the Cancel Subscription or by visiting your Account Dashboard.

Other Limitations
  • We reserve the right to accept or refuse your subscription at our discretion.
  • You may not transfer or assign any Defense Soap subscription.
  • Defense Soap subscribers are not permitted to subscribe for the purpose of resale, rental, or to ship to their customers or potential customers using their Defense Soap subscription.
  • Only certain products are eligible for Defense Soap subscriptions and are noted on the Defensesoap.com product webpage.
  • We reserve the right to not ship you a Defense Soap subscription (some or all products) for one or more subscription periods as necessary, which may affect shipping rates including free shipping eligibility. 
Renewal

Applicable taxes, and normal shipping rates and rules apply to all subscriptions. We will attempt to honor your preferred shipping method of your Defense Soap subscription, but as necessary, we reserve the right to process your subscription order using the next most economical shipping method.

If all eligible payment methods we have on record for you are declined for payment of your subscription fee, you must provide us a new eligible payment method promptly or your subscription will be canceled.

If you provide us with a new eligible payment method and are successfully charged, your new subscription period will vary depending on your chosen subscription. Visit your Account Dashboard and Subscription Orders to see renewal dates for your subscription.

UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US BEFORE YOUR RENEWAL DATE THAT YOU WANT TO CANCEL, YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR DEFENSE SOAP SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUE, AND YOU AUTHORIZE US (WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU, UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TO COLLECT THE THEN-APPLICABLE SUBSCRIPTION FEES, INCLUDING ANY APPLICABLE TAXES AND SHIPPING FEES, USING ANY SAVED PAYMENT METHOD WE HAVE ON RECORD FOR YOU.

Agreement Changes

We may, in our sole discretion, change these Terms in accordance with the Conditions of Use

Termination by Us

We may terminate your Defense Soap subscription at our discretion without notice. If we do so after you have been charged a subscription fee but prior to our shipment of the subscription order, your subscription will be canceled and we will give you a refund of the applicable subscription fee. However, we will not give any refund for termination related to conduct that we determine, in our discretion, violates these Terms or any applicable law, involves fraud or misuse of any Defense Soap subscription, or is harmful to our interests or another user. Our failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights.

Returns

All returns of Defense Soap subscriptions are subject to the Defensesoap.com Returns & Refunds Policy.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

https://www.defensesoap.com/

Defense Soap LLC.

3390 Liberty Ave.

Vermilion, Oh. 44089 USA

customerservice@defensesoap.com