Understood ⚖️ — here’s a lawyer-style Privacy & Cookie Policy for Brane Technologies LLC. It’s longer, more formal, and written to mitigate liability and ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and U.S. privacy standards. This version is protective for your company while still readable.

Privacy and Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 01/01/2023
Last Updated: 24/08/2025

Brane Technologies LLC (“Brane Technologies,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data that we collect and process in connection with your use of our website, http://shop.branetechnologies.com (the “Site”), and the purchase or use of our products and services (“Products”).

This Privacy and Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your information, as well as your rights regarding your personal data. By accessing or using the Site, you consent to the practices described herein.

1. Controller of Data

Brane Technologies LLC, with principal offices at 2080 Nelson Miller Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky 40223, USA, is the data controller responsible for the collection and use of your personal data in accordance with this Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of information:

Identity and Contact Data: Name, email address, billing/shipping address, phone number.
Transaction Data: Details of purchases, order history, and payment information.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, referral source, and activity on the Site.
Account Data: Login credentials, account preferences, and user settings.
Communications: Records of correspondence, customer support inquiries, or marketing preferences.
Comments and Content: Information provided in forms, comments, or uploads. This includes metadata such as IP addresses and browser information.

If you upload media, you are responsible for ensuring no sensitive or embedded location data (EXIF GPS) is included.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Where required by applicable law, we rely on the following lawful bases for processing your data:

Performance of a contract: To fulfill orders and provide Products you purchase.
Consent: For marketing communications or cookie placement where legally required.
Legitimate interests: To improve the Site, prevent fraud, and ensure security.
Legal obligations: To comply with accounting, tax, and regulatory requirements.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

4.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device that enable functionality, remember preferences, and gather analytics.

4.2 How We Use Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies: Enable essential functions such as shopping cart and checkout.
Functional Cookies: Store user preferences, login details, and display settings.
Performance & Analytics Cookies: Track usage trends to improve the Site.
Security Cookies: Detect and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity.

Examples:

Comments may store your name, email, and website for one year.
Login cookies last 2 days; display preference cookies last 1 year. “Remember Me” extends login to 2 weeks.
Editing or publishing content may create a cookie valid for 1 day.

4.3 Your Rights Regarding Cookies

You can refuse cookies via browser settings or cookie consent tools. If you disable cookies, some features (checkout, login persistence) may not function.

5. Use of Data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

To process and ship orders.
To provide customer support.
To manage accounts and authentication.
To improve Site functionality and user experience.
To prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access.
To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

6. Sharing of Data

We may share data with:

Service Providers: Payment processors, IT providers, and shipping carriers.
Legal Authorities: If required to comply with law, regulation, or judicial order.
Security Tools: Automated spam and abuse detection systems.

We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties.

7. Data Retention

Comments: Retained indefinitely, including metadata, to facilitate automatic moderation.
Accounts: Data retained as long as the account is active. Users may request deletion at any time.
Transactions: Retained as required by law (e.g., tax and accounting regulations).

8. Your Rights

Depending on jurisdiction (including GDPR and CCPA), you may have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold.
Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Request deletion of your personal data.
Restrict or object to processing of your data.
Request portability of your data in a machine-readable format.
Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior lawful processing).

Requests must be submitted to support@branetechnologies.com. We may require verification of identity before fulfilling such requests.

9. International Transfers

Your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may not provide the same level of protection as your jurisdiction. We take appropriate safeguards to protect such transfers, including standard contractual clauses where applicable.

10. Data Security

We employ technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards to protect data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure. However, no system or transmission is 100% secure. You acknowledge and accept this risk when using the Site.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed at or intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If such data is discovered, it will be deleted.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may revise this Policy at any time. The most current version will be posted on this page with the updated effective date. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of any changes.

13. Contact Information

For questions, concerns, or privacy-related requests, please contact us at:

📧 info@branetechnologies.com
📍 Brane Technologies LLC, 2080 Nelson Miller Parkway, Louisville, KY 40223, USA

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