Your Privacy at VATA Brasil™

We value the trust you place in VATA Brasil™, and we want you to be aware of the safeguards we have in place to respect your privacy.  The below policy tells you about the information we gather about you and how we use it.  If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at info@vatabrasil.com.

Types of personal information we may gather

VATA Brasil™ gathers personal information from you in order to provide superior service, communicate offers on merchandise and services which we believe will be of interest to you, customize our communications to you, administer our business, and improve your shopping experience.  The following are examples of the personal information we gather from you.

• Purchases — When you place an order, you give us your name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address plus payment information.
• Non-Purchases — There may be instances when you are not making a purchase at VATA Brasil™ and you give us your name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address, and where applicable, payment information, or when somebody else gives us your name, address, phone number and/or e-mail address, and where applicable, payment information.  Some situations when this may occur are when you return or exchange merchandise, receive a gift from VATA Brasil™ or enter a contest or participate in a promotion or survey sponsored by VATA Brasil™.
• Personal Shopping Account – If you create a Personal Shopping Account with us so that you may place orders more conveniently, you authorize us to store your name and shipping address(es), and payment information.
• Information  requests — We need your name and address in order to mail you a response.  We also require a phone number or e-mail address so that we can contact you in the unlikely event there is an error in your address or other delivery problem. To stop receiving certain information, simply call 1-888-512-8282 or e-mail retail@vatabrasil.com and please write “stop” in your subject line.
• E-mail updates — When you subscribe to receive VATA Brasil™ e-mail updates featuring exclusive offers (like free shipping), product news, special discounts, contest announcements and more, we require your e-mail address. You can unsubscribe by sending an e-mail to retail@vatabrasil.com and please write “stop” in your subject line.
• Online services — Several of our optional services involve storing personal information.

How we use personal information

 We ask you for certain kinds of personal information in order to provide you with the services you request and to process and deliver your order.  We also may use your personal information to provide you with customized communications and keep you updated on the latest promotions or products that may interest you.

In addition, our site utilizes “cookies.” Cookies do not gather any of your personally identifiable information. They do allow us to provide you with a more personalized shopping experience and enable you to fully interact with and complete your transaction on our site.

VATA Brasil™ shares its customer information with its affiliated companies, including VATA Enterprises Inc.  We also may share your information with our business partners, and Besos Inc. (LP studio line™ by VATA Brasil™) in order to provide you with certain services.  Finally, we may make our mailing list available to carefully screened companies whose products or services might interest you. If you prefer to have your name withheld, please send an e-mail to retail@vatabrasil.com

In addition, VATA Brasil™ cooperates in advertising member networks with other consumer entities where we may communicate your personal information so that select members may inform you about products or services that might interest you.  If you prefer to have your name withheld, please send an e-mail to retail@vatabrasil.com

For more about your privacy at VATA Brasil™, please call us toll-free at 1-888-512-8282 or e-mail us, including your name and mailing address, at info@vatabrasil.com. 

Along with respecting your privacy, VATA Brasil™ diligently strives to keep your personal information safe and secure. (Please see our  security policy.  (below)

What are cookies?

“Cookies” are small data files that one of our servers sends to your computer via your Web browser when you connect with our Web site. Their primary function is to help us remember you by tracking your browsing sessions, which enables us to collect non-personally identifiable information (such as your IP address, browser type, and domain name, etc.), and provide you with a more relevant shopping experience.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to help process your order through our website and to provide you with a personalized shopping experience.  To place an order and complete your transaction on VATABrasil™.com, you must have “cookies” enabled on your Web browser. (If you don’t want to enable cookies but would like to place an order, please call us toll free at 1-888-512-8282.)  You must also have cookies turned on in order to create a personal account on vatabrasil.com and to access that online account, and to use several of our personalized services which are forthcoming.
 
Cookies also help us:
 • determine which features and tools you use, and which pages you visit on vatabrasil.com
 • remember which items you’ve placed in your shopping bag
 • enable you to checkout faster if you’ve created an account with us

In addition, we use cookies to provide you with advertisements and promotions across various other websites from VATA Brasil™ based on your web browsing behaviour and to similarly allow other entities, in which you may be interested, to provide you with their advertisements and promotions across various other websites

 If you have any concerns about leaving cookies on your computer for extended periods, you can delete them using your browser preferences or privacy menus.

Our Business Partners

In order to ship and track merchandise, we make your name and address available to certain companies that help us provide you with those services such as CANADA Post.

Mailing List Preference

If you do not want to have your name shared with non-affiliated companies, or if you no longer wish to receive VATA Brasil™ newsletters or e-mails, please call 1-888-512-8282. You can also contact us via e-mail at info@vatabrasil.com. Please include your name and mailing address in the message.  If you would like to no longer receive e-mails from VATA Brasil™, please unsubscribe or click on the “unsubscribe” link included in all e-mails sent by VATA Brasil™.

Children’s Privacy at VATA Brasil™

VATA Brasil™ does not sell products for purchase by children.  We sell Women’s products for purchase by adults.  If you are under 18, you may use our website with the involvement of a parent or guardian.  Moreover, VATA Brasil™ is concerned about the safety of children.  Occasionally, VATA Brasil™ may conduct promotions or contests that allow young persons under the age of 18 to participate.  In those instances, we will use reasonable efforts to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information from these participants.  Rest assured that VATA Brasil™ will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without making reasonable efforts to obtain verifiable parental consent.  In addition, VATA Brasil™ will not condition a child’s participation in an event on the provision of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity, and VATA Brasil™ will not sell that information and will only use that information in the manner that we disclose in the promotion or contest.  In those instances where VATA Brasil™ collects personal information from a child, that child’s parents or guardians will have the ability to review the information provided by their child by sending an e-mail message to VATA Brasil™ or to the e-mail address listed on the vatabrasil.com Web page that collected their child's information.  Parents or guardians may also request that VATA Brasil™ not make contact with their child. If such a parental request is received, VATA Brasil™ will make all reasonable efforts to make sure that no communications are sent to the child.

Security

Your Information is Secure at VATA Brasil™

We go to great lengths to keep your financial information private and safe. All credit card transactions occur in a secure area of our site, to protect you from any loss, misuse or alteration of information collected. If that security were ever breached, it would cost you nothing — so you can buy online with confidence.

If you have additional questions regarding security at VATA Brasil™ , please call us toll-free at 1-888-512-8282 or e-mail us, including your name and mailing address, at info@vatabrasil.com.

Your financial information is safe

We use Secure Socket Layers (SSL), the industry standard in transferring information to process your orders. The SSL encrypts, or translates, your order information into a highly difficult to decipher code, which is processed immediately. In addition, we employ an outside company  (PayPal) to process all transactions, thus making sure it is trustworthy.

Your transactions are secure

When you've finished shopping and begin the checkout process, you will move into the secure area of our site. A warning window may pop up to notify you that you are entering this "safe" area. Once you've entered, the page address (URL) will change from http to https, to let you know you are in a secure area. Also, a key or a closed lock will appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen to notify you of this change. You will remain in this secure zone for the entire checkout process.  In addition, you may consult the rules established by your browser to learn about other possible features that indicate that you are on a secure internet page.

Your transactions are guaranteed

We guarantee that your transactions are secure when you place an order through the VATA Brasil™  site.  In the unlikely event that anything happened with your credit card transaction, you would have no liability for any charges relating to that transaction.  Here’s how it works:  The Fair Credit Act states that your credit card company can only hold you liable for up to $50 in fraudulent charges to your credit card account. With Pay Pal it's about any and all online purchase using Pay Pal on VATABrasil.com

You were charged for something you didn't buy

As a fraud-prevention measure, we send an email confirmation for every online PayPal payment that you make. If you receive an email confirmation for a transaction that you didn't approve, contact us immediately and we'll work to quickly resolve the issue — you won't be responsible for any unauthorized charges.

What you bought never showed up

Regardless of where you shop online, PayPal's Buyer Complaint Policy lets you submit a dispute for an item you don't receive. You have the opportunity to resolve your dispute directly with the Seller or escalate to a claim. See eligibility

What you bought was very different from what you actually got

PayPal's Buyer Complaint Policy lets you submit a dispute for an item that is significantly not as described. By doing so, you have the opportunity to resolve your dispute directly with the seller. Visit the PayPal Resolution Center to file a dispute. See eligibility

.  Remember to promptly notify us and your credit card company of any fraudulent charges and follow the procedures relating to fraudulent charges outlined in your credit card agreement in order to get this protection.  We'll work with your card company to minimize hassle for you. It's Guaranteed. Period.

Terms of Use

By accessing or using any features on vatabrasil.com, you agree to be bound by these terms of service.  We may periodically change these terms without providing prior notice.  So, we recommend that you read these terms carefully each time you use this website.

Disputes

Applicable Law

Any dispute relating to the vatabrasil.com website or use or inability to use the vatabrasil.com website (collectively, “Dispute”) will be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, without regard to (i) its conflict of law provisions, (ii) the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, or (iii) any provision of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act as it may be enacted in B.C. or any other jurisdiction.  VATA Brasil™ will not be liable for and you may not recover consequential, punitive, special, incidental, and/or indirect damages from any claim relating to your use of the vatabrasil.com website. 

Mandatory Arbitration

Any Dispute shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Vancouver, British Columbia, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or any other appropriate relief in any Provincial, state or federal court in the Province of British Columbia, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.  Arbitration of any and all Disputes shall be conducted in accordance with the Arbitrators Association of British Columbia rules with a three judge panel.  The arbitration award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. 

No Class Actions

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these terms shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these terms, whether through class arbitration or otherwise.