Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your private information. This privacy policy is for those concerned over how their personal information [Personally Identifiable Information, PII] is used online by us. Please read the following documents carefully to understand how we collect, use, protect, and handle your personal information. We are committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for our users.

Clarification

For the purpose of this agreement, “Service” refers to the company’s service, which can be accessed through our website at www.vikingbarns.com. Through this service, users can buy metal carports and other metal buildings.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to our Company – Viking Barns.
“You” refers to you as a user of the service or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service.
“Account” refers to a unique account created for you to access our services or parts of our services.
“Cookies” refers to the small files placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
“Device” refers to any device a user can use to access our services, like a computer, smartphone, or digital tablet.
By accepting our Privacy Policy, you consent to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Our Commitment

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information to help you make informed decisions when using our services.

Information We Collect

While using our services, we may ask you to provide Us with certain personal information that can be used to contact or identify you. The PII may include, but is not limited to:

Personal Information

Email address
First name & last name
Phone number
Address, state, province, zip code, city

Non-Personal Information

Non-personal information or usage data is collected automatically when using our service. It may include information such as:

Your device’s Internet Protocol address [IP address]
Browser type
Browser version
Page of our service that you are visiting
Time and date of your visit
Time spend on those pages
Unique device identifiers
Other diagnostic data

When you access our service using a mobile device, we may collect specific information automatically, but not limited to:

Type of mobile device you use
Your mobile device’s unique ID
IP address of your mobile device
Your mobile operating system [OS]
Type of mobile internet browser you use
Unique device identifiers
Other diagnostic data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies & Cookies

We use cookies and other similar tracking technologies [such as beacons, tags, and scripts] to track the activity of our service and store specific information. The technologies we may use include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies: It is a small file on your device that you can instruct your browser to refuse all or inform you when a cookie is sent. However, if you refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service.

Web Beacons: Some sections of our services or email may contain small electronic files known as web beacons [also called clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs] that permit the company, for e.g., to count users who have visited those pages, opened an email, and for other related website statistics like recording a popularity of a certain section and verifying system & server integrity.

These cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device/ personal computer when you go offline, while Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

We use both persistent and session cookies for the following purposes:

a) Necessary/ Essential Cookies

These are a type of session cookie.
These are administered by us.
Purpose: These are used to provide you with services available through the website and enable you to use some of its features. These cookies help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.
We only use these cookies to provide you with the services you have asked for.

b) Cookies Policy/ Notice Acceptance Cookies

These are a type of persistent cookies.
These are administered by us.
Purpose: This helps to identify if users have accepted the cookies on the website.

c) Functional Cookies

These are a type of persistent cookies.
These are administered by us.
Purpose: These allow us to remember your choices when you visit our website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. These cookies help provide a more personal experience and help to avoid re-entering your preferences every time you use the website.

How We Use Your Information

The company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

Processing Orders

To manage your requests.
For the performance of a contract, the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the service.

Marketing & Promotions

To contact you via email, call, SMS, push notifications, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
To keep you informed about news, special offers, and general information about goods & services and events that we offer similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about.
You can opt out of not receiving such information.

Improving Our Services

To provide and maintain our service, including monitoring the use of our service to enhance user experience.
To manage your account and services.

Business Transfers

We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as an ongoing bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our service users is among the assets transferred.

Other Purposes

We may use your information for purposes like data analysis, identifying use trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our services, products, services, and user experience.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following cases:

Service Providers: We may share your information to monitor and analyze the use of our service so that we can contact you.

Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer certain products, services, or promotions.

Other Users: We may share your information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users. Such information may be publically viewed and distributed outside.

Affiliates: Affiliates include our parent company, any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or are under common control with us. We may share your information with our affiliates, who will be required to honor this Privacy Policy.

Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Legal Requirements: In compliance with US federal and state laws, we may be required to share your personal information in specific situations, including legal requests, complying with court orders, or cooperating with government investigations. We will always notify you if we are legally required to share your information unless prohibited by law.

Data Security

We value the security of your personal data. However, we must acknowledge that there is no method of data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage which is 100% secure. We strive to protect your personal data but cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Security Measures

We implement necessary security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access. Your account is password protected, and we highly recommend you not disclose your password and log out of your account after each use.

We implement certain technologies for secure measures, including encryption, firewalls, and secure socket layer technology. Note that this measure protects your data but does not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of such firewalls or secure server software.

Children’s Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent/ guardian and know that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on the website’s Privacy Policy page, or you will be notified via email and/or prominent notice on our service before the change becomes effective.

We advise you to review our Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.