Informativa sulla privacy

Privacy Policy: Updated May 30, 2024 

OVERVIEW: This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT OUR ONLINE STORE? When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.

If you are a Designer, in addition to the information above, South Loop Loft may collect the following information when you set-up and/or update your Designer page and/or profile:

  • Information about your business, such as the legal business name, business phone number, and business address, your Resale Certificate or a copy of your business license + your state's applicable Resale Form. 

  • Your Social Media Platform usernames and/or handles.

  • Your photo, biographical information, portfolio work, qualifications, licenses, specialties, and any other information you decide to share to your public profile.

WHEN DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION? We collect information from you when you register on our site, submit an application for a Trade Membership, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION? We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

Depending on how you use South Loop Loft products and services, we use your personal information in the following instances:

  • To host and provide the Site and Marketplace, and perform our Services to you and other visitors/customers;

  • To deliver direct marketing communications regarding our products and services that we may think are of interest to you;

  • To ship and deliver Products you have purchased from us through the Site;

  • To conduct and administer a Promotion if you have chosen to participate;

  • To respond to your queries and requests, or otherwise communicate directly with you;

  • To detect any fraudulent or illegal activity against you, our other users, and/or South Loop Loft ;

  • To perform system maintenance and upgrades, and enable new features;

  • To enforce and/or protect our rights and the rights of others;

  • To comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (for example, keeping records of our sales for tax compliance); and

  • To provide information to regulatory bodies when legally required

In addition, we may use Usage Information for the following purposes:

  • To compile statistics and analytics about your use of and interaction with South Loop Loft Services, including details about how and where South Loop Loft Service is accessed, how often you visit or use South Loop Loft Service, the date and time of your visits, your actions on the Site and/or Marketplace, and other similar traffic, usage, and trend data, which allow us to better understand the functionality of our Site and Marketplace on your device and gain insights about how South Loop Loft Service is used in order to improve your experience;

  • To gather important functionality, testing, and performance data about the Site and Marketplace, including performance data related to the Site, such as networking activity, CPU load, and resource usage, among other relevant data;

  • To moderate user behavior on the Site, such as protecting against fraud and other inappropriate activities;

  • To gather demographic information about our user base;

  • To provide you with notifications, recommendations, and information about specific Products and/or features of South Loop Loft Service and/or additional products, services, or features we believe may be of interest to you; and

Aside from disclosing your information to those of our personnel who are authorized to process the information in order to provide South Loop Loft Service and who are committed to confidentiality, we disclose your personal information only to the third parties as described below.

  1. Third-Party Service Providers/Sub-Processors
    We share personal information with third parties that provide services to us that help us in the operation, provision, administration and management of South Loop Loft Service (“Service Providers”), and to otherwise operate our business. Depending on how you use South Loop Loft Service, the following categories of third parties collect data on our behalf or receive personal information:

    • Hosting services providers,

    • Analytics providers,

    • Payment processing providers (currently Shopify Payments);

    • Shipping providers and carriers;

    • Merchants and/or vendors of the Products we make available through the Marketplace (but excluding Trade Vendors, which are not our Service Providers as described below);

    • Providers of our Delivery Services;

    • Advertising and marketing partners,

    • Providers of business operations and communication tools,

    • Other third-party service providers that help us provide features and functions for South Loop Loft Service (e.g., customer support providers), and

    • Professional service providers, such as auditors, lawyers, consultants, accountants and insurers.

  2. For a list of all Service Providers we use, please contact us. 

Business Transfers
We may also share data with third parties to whom we choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal information in the same way as set out in this Privacy Notice.

Affiliates and Subsidiaries
Personal information that we collect may be shared with the employees, contractors, and agents of South Loop Loft and our affiliated and subsidiary entities (“Affiliates”) who are involved in providing or improving South Loop Loft Service and/or other products and/or services that we offer. We obligate the employees, contractors and agents of South Loop Loft and our Affiliates to ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal information and to act on that personal information only in a manner consistent with this Privacy Notice.

Legal Obligations and Security
Regulatory and Government Bodies – Compliance with Law
We may disclose your information to regulatory agencies and official government bodies, as required to comply with or satisfy any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to South Loop Loft .

Required Disclosures – Responding to Legal Orders
If we are required to disclose personal information by law, such as pursuant to a subpoena, warrant or other judicial or administrative order, our policy is to respond to requests that are properly issued by law enforcement within the United States. Under such circumstances, unless prohibited by applicable law, we will attempt to provide you with prior notice that a request for your personal information has been made in order to give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure. We will attempt to provide this notice by email, if you have given us an email address. However, government requests may include a court-granted non-disclosure order, which prohibits us from giving notice to the affected individual. In cases where we receive a non-disclosure order, we will notify you when it has expired or once we are authorized to do so.

Exigent Circumstances & Enforcement/Protection of Our Rights
Your information, including the contents of all of your online communications in our Services and between you and South Loop Loft may be accessed and monitored as needed to provide our Services and may be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory agencies, official government bodies, and other third parties, as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate:

  • To enforce our rights under our Terms of Service (including, any applicable Additional Terms, guidelines, policies, and/or rules incorporated or referenced therein), and/or other agreements, terms, and/or policies we enter into with our users, customers, clients, and/or Designers and/or that are applicable to the use of South Loop Loft;

  • In connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful activity or activity that may expose us or our affiliates, partners and/or agents to legal liability; and/or

  • If we receive information that provides us with a good faith belief that there is an exigent emergency involving the danger of death or serious physical injury to a person.

With your Consent
There may be situations where you are asked to consent to share personal information with third parties for additional reasons not included in this Privacy Notice. In such event, we will only share such personal information if we have received your prior consent and only for the purposes as listed in the request to share such information.

Payment and Transaction Information

In certain circumstances, we may collect certain payment information, such as your credit card, bank account information, when you purchase any Products, Commissions or  Delivery Services, or if you are Designer, your taxpayer identification information (e.g., your employer identification number or social security number).

Note that we do not directly collect or store any payment and/or billing information. Payment transaction information is processed through our third-party PCI-compliant payment processors (currently, Shopify Payments ), on our behalf in order to collect fees payable by you in connection with any Services, Consultations and/or Products purchased by you.

The information provided to South Loop Loft only includes partial payment or credit card information, and limited transaction information via our payment processors’ portals. Please review the following Privacy Policies of our current payment providers to learn more about how they collect, process and protect your personal information:


HOW DO WE PROTECT VISITOR INFORMATION? We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards. We do not use Malware Scanning. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

DO WE USE ‘COOKIES’? Yes. 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 site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

  • Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.

  • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.

  • Keep track of advertisements.

  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

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. You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled. It won’t affect the user’s experience that makes your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders.

THIRD PARTY DISCLOSURE: We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. 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.

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.

On or through the Site, we provide third-party “share” buttons which enable you to share certain content via social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn). These “share” buttons may function as web beacons when you interact with the button. Please note that when you “share” using the buttons, you may send to the third party provider of the “share” button the information that you are viewing. If you are not logged into your account with the third party provider, then the third party may not know your identity. If you are logged in to your account with the third party, then the third party may be able to link information or actions about your interactions with the Site to your account with the applicable third party provider. Please refer to each third party’s privacy policies to learn more about its data practices.


CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT: CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy.

ACCORDING TO CALOPPA WE AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING: Users can visit our site anonymously. Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or at a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’, and can be easily found on the page specified above. Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes: On our Privacy Policy Page Users are able to change their personal information: By logging into their account


California Privacy Rights - Shine the Light

California residents who have provided us with personal information have the right (under California Civil Code§ 1798.83) to request and obtain from us, once each year, the details of any personal information we shared with a third party for that third party’s direct marketing purposes during the prior calendar year. The details would include the categories of personal information and the names and addresses of the third party with which it was shared.

To request information about this sharing, you may submit a request with "Your California Privacy Rights" in the subject line, along with your first and last name, and complete mailing address (including street address, city, state, and zip code) by either: sending an email message or writing to us at the email and/or mailing address specified in the Contact Us Section.

If you do not submit and send your request with complete information as set forth above, we will not be able to process it.


Nevada Privacy Rights

Under Nevada law, certain Nevada residents may opt out of the sale of covered personal information (which includes first and last name, address, email address, phone number, Social Security Number, or an identifier that allows a specific person to be contacted either physically or online) to a person for that person to license or sell such information to additional persons.

South Loop Loft does not currently sell your covered information as defined under applicable Nevada law; however, you may submit an opt-out request, which we will honor as required by Nevada law should we engage in such a sale in the future.

You may submit an opt-out request by sending an email message or writing to us at the email and/or mailing address specified in the Contact Us section; along with your full name, any user name, and complete mailing address (including street address, city, state, and zip code), email address (so that we can contact you, if needed, in connection with the request) and confirmation that you are a Nevada resident.

You must provide us with information reasonably requested by us to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request. We typically process these requests within 60 days from the day we receive it (and will notify you within that period if we need an additional 30 days to do so).


International Transfers

South Loop Loft is based in the United States. The personal information that we collect are sent to and stored on servers located in the United States. Such storage is necessary in order to process the information. South Loop Loft may transfer the personal data that we collect from you to our other offices and/or to the third parties mentioned in the circumstances described above, which may be situated outside of your country or regional area, and may be processed by staff operating outside of your country or regional area. In particular, information provided to us or collected by us likely will be transferred to and processed in the United States by us or our Affiliates and our respective agents and contractors.


In such a case personal data of a User in the European Union is transferred, we transfer your personal data with appropriate safeguards in place to protect your personal data, such as standard contract clauses or binding internal company rules. Regardless of the country in which your personal data is processed, the Controller takes reasonable technical, legal and organizational measures to ensure that the level of protection is the same as in the European Union, United Kingdom, and the European Economic Area.


HOW DOES OUR SITE HANDLE DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS? We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

DOES OUR SITE ALLOW THIRD PARTY BEHAVIORAL TRACKING? It’s also important to note that we do not allow third party behavioral tracking

COPPA (CHILDREN ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT): When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under 13.

FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES: The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

IN ORDER TO BE IN LINE WITH FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES WE WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIVE ACTION, SHOULD A DATA BREACH OCCUR: We will notify the users via email within 7 business days. We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM ACT: The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. We collect your email address in order to:

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.

  • We may also send you additional information related to your product and/or service.

  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM we agree to the following:

  • NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses.

  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.

  • Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can: Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

 

South Loop Loft  – Text/SMS Service Terms and Conditions

Last updated: May 30, 2023

 

South Loop Loft  Inc. (“South Loop Loft ”, “we”, “our,” or “us”) provides a mobile message service through which we (or others on our behalf) deliver certain service-related communications and marketing and promotion communications (the "Text Service"). Use of the Text Service is governed by these Text Service terms and conditions (these “Text Service T&Cs”). These Text Service T&Cs are incorporated into and a part of South Loop Loft ’s Terms and Conditions. . These Text Service T&Cs will control over any conflicting terms in our Terms of Service but solely with respect to the subject matter covered herein. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined will have the meanings given in our Terms of Service 

​1. Changes these Text Service T&Cs

We may modify, suspend, or cancel the Text Service or any of its features, at any time, with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, South Loop Loft  will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or cancelation of the Text Service (or any part thereof).

In addition, we may also modify these Text Service T&Cs at any time. Except as stated below with respect to material changes, all modifications to these Text Service T&Cs will be effective from the day they are posted online at www.thesouthlooploft.com/If we make any material changes to these Text Service T&Cs, we will post a prominent notice of the changes on our website located athttps://southlooploft.com/policies/terms-of-service (the “Site”) and/or by sending a Message to your mobile number if you are currently opted-in to the Text Service at the time of the modification. In addition, if we have an email address on file for you, we may notify you of these changes by sending a notification to such email address. Material changes to these Text Service T&Cs will become effective on the date set forth in the notice. It is your responsibility to regularly visit and review these Text Service T&Cs for modifications. If you do not agree to any modifications to these Text Service T&Cs, do not use or access the Text Service and, if you are currently opted-in to the Text Service, opt-out as set forth below. Your continued use of the Text Service following the effective date of any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes.

​2. Overview of the Text Service; Costs

If you opt-in to the Text Service, South Loop Loft , and our applicable service providers on our behalf, will send you notifications via OTT/SMS/MMS text messages (collectively, “Messages”) to provide you with service-related communications regarding your use of South Loop Loft  Service (e.g., order updates, account alerts, etc.), and/or promotional and or marketing communications (e.g., cart reminders, special offers, discounts, price drops, etc. Please note that once you opt-in, you are agreeing to, and will, receive Messages from and on behalf of South Loop Loft  through your wireless provider to the mobile number you provided to sign-up for the Text Service, even if your mobile number is registered on any state or federal Do Not Call list. Messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system (“Auto-dialer”) or other similar technology; provided that, the foregoing shall not be interpreted to suggest or imply that any or all of our Messages are sent using an Auto-dialer or similar technology.

Any personally identifiable information provided by you in connection with the Text Service shall be used only for the purposes of providing you the Text Service and as described in our Privacy Notice.

Participation in the Text Service is optional and consent to receive Messages from us is not required to use our Site, South Loop Loft  Service, Consultations and/or to purchase any Products.

You agree that you will not use the Text Service for any illegal or unlawful purposes.

The number of Messages that you receive as part of the Text Service will vary depending on your activity and your communication with South Loop Loft .

We do not charge for the Text Service, however, communications via text messaging may make use of the data network operated by your telephone, internet and/or wireless service provider to send both text messages and/or data, and you expressly acknowledge and agree that you, and not us, are solely responsible for any fees or charges incurred in connection with your receipt and/or sending of any Messages in connection with your use of the Text Service, including, without limitation, any telephone and/or mobile phone provider charges for SMS/MMS, text, or data usage or services, and/or any service charges for the use of any OTT messaging services. Check your mobile plan and contact your wireless provider for details.

​3. How to Opt-In and Opt-Out of the Text Service

You must affirmatively consent to opt-in to the Text Service through an online registration from (e.g., by submitting your phone number for the express purpose of signing up for the Text Service, or clicking a box to expressly opt-in to the Text Service during account registration or when submitted a purchase order). BY OPTING IN TO THE TEXT SERVICE, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE AND CONSENT TO RECEIVE MESSAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES) FROM US AND OTHERS TEXTING ON OUR BEHALF, INCLUDING TEXT MESSAGES MADE WITH AN AUTO-DIALER OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY, AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER(S) YOU PROVIDE TO US AT THE TIME OF OPT-IN (OR ANY SUBSEQUENT NUMBER YOU PROVIDE TO US TO RECEIVE MESSAGES AS PART OF THE TEXT SERVICE). IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES UNDER THE TEXT SERVICE, INCLUDING TEXT MESSAGES MADE WITH AN AUTO-DIALER, DO NOT OPT-IN TO THE TEXT SERVICE.

You may opt-out of the Text Service at any time by texting the single keyword command STOP to the number from which you are receiving the applicable Messages or, where available, clicking the unsubscribe link in the applicable Message. You'll receive a one-time opt-out confirmation Message, after which, no further Messages will be sent to your mobile device, unless initiate respond to any previous Message or re-opt-in to the Text Service. If you have subscribed to other South Loop Loft  Inc. mobile message programs and wish to cancel, except where applicable law requires otherwise, you will need to opt out separately from those programs by following the instructions provided in their respective Text Service T&Cs.

​4. Changes to the Text Service

We may change any short code or telephone number we use to operate the Text Service at any time and will notify you of these changes. You acknowledge that any Messages, including any STOP or HELP requests, you send to a short code or telephone number we have changed may not be received and we will not be responsible for honoring requests made in such Messages.

In addition, we may modify, suspend, or cancel the Text Service or any of its features, at any time, with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, South Loop Loft  will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or cancelation of the Text Service (or any part thereof).

​5. Support

For support or assistance regarding the Text Service, text HELP to the applicable number you are receiving Messages from or email info@thesouthlooploft.com

​6. Duty to Inform and Indemnify

You certify, warrant and represent that (a) the telephone and/or mobile numbers that you have provided to us are your numbers and not someone else's, and (b) you are permitted to receive Messages at each mobile and/or phone number provided. You are responsible for notifying South Loop Loft  immediately if you change your mobile telephone number by contacting us at info@thesouthlooploft.com. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY South Loop Loft  IN FULL FOR ALL CLAIMS, EXPENSES, AND DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL CLAIMS, EXPENSES, AND DAMAGES RELATED TO OR ARISING UNDER THE TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM AND/OR CAUSED BY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, YOUR BREACH OF ANY THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND/OR OBLIGATIONS TO NOTIFY South Loop Loft  IF YOU CHANGE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.

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7. Access or Delivery to Mobile Network is Not Guaranteed

The wireless carriers supported by the Service are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Delivery of information and content to a mobile device may fail due to a variety of circumstances or conditions, including, without limitation, lapse or termination of your mobile telephone service and/or messaging service, failures in network services, prohibitions or restriction by carriers and/or service providers of certain mobile and/or messaging features, and/or incompatibility of certain mobile and/or messaging features with your carrier or mobile device and/or messaging service. You understand and acknowledge that the effective delivery and transmission of Messages is outside of South Loop Loft ’s control, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery, or receipt by you, of the Messages (including, without limitation, any issues arising from the circumstances above) and/or of any information sent through the Text Service, any errors in such information, and/or any action you may or may not take in reliance on the information or the Text Service.

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8. Questions

If you have any questions about these Text Service T&Cs, please email us at info@thesouthlooploft.com

CONTACT US If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below:

South Loop Loft

info@thesouthlooploft.com

685 N Milwaukee Avenue

Chicago, IL 60642

312-291-8479

Cookie Policy

Effective May 30, 2024

South Loop Loft, Inc. (“South Loop Loft,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to transparency with respect to its data collection and use practices. This Cookie Policy (“Cookie Policy”) explains how we use cookies and related technologies throughout South Loop Loft Service and your related choices.  Our Policy is provided as a statement about privacy and South Loop Loft's use of cookies and similar technologies. 

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1. “Cookies” Explained and Why They are Used

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your computer or device in order to remember information about you, such as your IP address, device identifier, language and/or currency preference or login information. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu.

We also use a range of similar technologies that are deployed when you visit a website, and/or may be embedded in the web pages and/or emails you receive, and typically stored on your computer, device and/or web browser, including, “web beacons” and/or “tracking tags” which are small graphics, which may be invisible to you, that have a unique identifier and are embedded in the web pages you visit and/or email message you receive, and “embedded scripts” which are programming codes that are designed to collect information about your interactions with South Loop Loft Service, such as the links you click on.

We’ll use the term “cookie” throughout this Cookie Policy to cover all of these technologies, but we’ll make sure we provide you with clear details about them all so that you can make informed choices about your cookie settings. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent prior to setting cookies (except for strictly necessary cookies).

Cookies may be used for many different purposes. For example, cookies can be used to show that you have previously visited and/or used a feature of South Loop Loft Service and to identify which parts of South Loop Loft Service you might be most interested in. Cookies can also improve your online experience by storing your preferences during your visit and/or use of South Loop Loft Service. Cookies can also be used for security, fraud detection and authentication purposes.

Types of Cookies

Session and Persistent Cookies

  • Session Cookies - these are cookies which expire once you close your web browser; and

  • Persistent Cookies - these are cookies which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them.

First and Third Party Cookies

  • First-party cookies - First-party cookies are directly stored by the website (or domain) you visit. These cookies allow website owners to collect analytics data, remember language settings, and perform other useful functions that provide a good user experience;

  • Third-party cookies - Third-party cookies are created by domains that are not the website (or domain) that you are visiting. These are usually used for online-advertising purposes and placed on a website through adding scripts or tags. A third-party cookie is accessible on any website that loads the third-party server’s code.

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2 . The Categories of Cookies Used 

South Loop Loft, or our service providers acting on our behalf, uses the types of cookies identified above in the following ways:

Strictly Necessary – These cookies are necessary for South Loop Loft Service to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set or placed in response to actions made by you, which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. For example, Strictly Necessary cookies are used by us to:

  • Remember information that you fill in when performing certain activities while accessing or using South Loop Loft Service.

  • Pass information from one page to the next, for example when filling out support forms or surveys.

  • Read your browser and device settings to optimize the display of the Site and Marketplace.

  • Locate and identify misuse of South Loop Loft Service.

  • Load the Site and Marketplace uniformly to maintain accessibility.

  • Fraud prevention and authentication.

Functionality Cookies - These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. For example, we use Functionality cookies to:

  • Remember information that you fill in when performing certain activities in connection with your use of South Loop Loft Service.

  • Store your preferences such as language and location.

_Performance/Analytics Cookies - _These cookies collect information about how visitors use South Loop Loft Service, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages or in interactions with South Loop Loft Service. These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how South Loop Loft Service performs. Web analytics that use cookies to gather data to enhance the performance of a website fall into this category. This category does not include cookies used for behavioral/targeted advertising networks. For example, Performance/Analytics cookies are used by us to:

  • Maintain, operate, and continually improve South Loop Loft Service.

  • Keep track of the number of visitors to the pages within the Site and/or Marketplace.

  • Keep track of the length of time that each visitor spends on the pages within the Site and/or the features of the Site and/or South Loop Loft Service.

  • Determine the order in which a visitor visits the various pages within the Site and/or features of South Loop Loft Service.

  • Determine the website a visitor was at before navigating to the Site and the website a visitor is going to immediately after leaving the Site.

  • Identify performance issues with South Loop Loft Service (or any component or feature thereof).

  • Assess which parts of South Loop Loft Service (or any component thereof) need improvement.

  • Obtain information from our email newsletters or other communications we send to you, including whether you opened or forwarded a newsletter or clicked on any of its content, which tells us about our newsletters' effectiveness and helps us ensure that we're delivering information that you find interesting.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies – These cookies are designed to gather information from you and used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Targeting or advertising cookies are almost always third party cookies, which means, the cookies follow the user as they visit other websites. For example, Targeting/Advertising cookies are used by us to:

  • Advertise South Loop Loft and our products and services across the Internet.

  • Track the performance and efficacy of our advertisement campaigns.

  • Keep track of how many visitors click on an advertisement.

  • Keep track of which advertisements you have already been shown so that you are not always shown the same ones.

  • Tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.

Third Party Analytics Providers, Tools and Advertising Partners

We use certain third party analytics providers, tools and/or advertising partners that may use Performance/Analytics and/or Targeting/Advertising cookies. For more information on how these technologies are used by the third party analytics tools and advertising partners, please refer to the policies linked below of the applicable third party analytic tools and/or advertising partners:


​3. How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences

Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent prior to setting cookies (except for strictly necessary cookies). While tracking is widespread over the internet, there are things you can do to minimize these activities with respect to browser cookies.

 

Browser Settings

Most web and mobile device browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set.

In order to manage your cookie preferences, you may alter the cookie settings in your browser settings at any time. In addition, depending on your location, we may provide additional methods for you to manage your cookie preferences. If you do disable certain cookies, you may find that certain features and/or functionality of South Loop Loft Service do not work.

To learn more about cookies, including how to manage cookies and opt-out of cookies being placed on your device, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.

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Do Not Track Settings

  • You may turn on the Do Not Track (“DNT”) setting in your browser, which will enable your browser to send a special signal to websites, analytics companies, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing to stop tracking your activity. To turn on your DNT signal, please visit https://allaboutdnt.com/#adjust-settings. Please note that not all companies will respond to or honor DNT signals.

  • Note that South Loop Loft does not process or respond to web browsers' "do not track" signals or other similar transmissions that indicate a request to disable online tracking of users who use the Site.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

Please note that even if you opt out of targeting/advertising cookies, advertisements may still be visible to you when using the Site.

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Google Analytics Opt-Out

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South Loop Loft reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time and without notice. The updated and amended Cookie Policy will be effective upon posting. When we make material changes to this Cookie Policy, we’ll provide you with prominent notice e.g., by displaying a prominent notice on the Site. If you do not agree to the revised Cookie Policy, you should alter your preferences, or consider ceasing use of South Loop Loft Service. By continuing to access or make use of South Loop Loft Service after the changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Cookie Policy.