Privacy Policy
Who we are.
We are based in Los Angeles, California.
Our website address is https://www.buyatestkit.com.
Address: 3151 Cahuenga Blvd W Ste 106, Los Angeles, CA 90068
Tel: (323) 489-8378 This is a ‘Message Service Only’ Leave your message and we will return your call.
Comments.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
We only collect your personal data purely for administration purposes, such as delivering confirmations for orders via email and processing shipping for your order.
Personal data is not just created by a user’s interactions with our site. Personal data is also generated from technical processes such as contact forms, comments, cookies, analytics, and third-party embeds. By default, we do not collect any personal data about visitors and only collect the data shown on the User Profile screen from registered users.
Media.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to our website can download and extract any location data from pictures on the website.
Cookies.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
We will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices when you log in. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies continue for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics.
Like most retailers, as you visit our websites, we are collecting information about that visit. We receive this information to improve our delivery of information and services to you. To obtain this information, we utilize technology from third-party companies like Google. For example, we utilize Google Analytics to aid in website measurement. This software is employed to evaluate how people use the Buy a Test Kit website- anonymously and in aggregate.
This software provides information about your device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone), the type of browser (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox), and operating system (e.g., Windows, Macintosh, Android, iOS). We gather this information to make sure the websites are optimized based on the technologies most people are using to access our sites.
Who we share your data with.
Your Privacy and Security are a Top Priority at Buy a Test Kit. We will never rent or sell any customer information to any other party and never will. However, we send shipping addresses and email addresses to third-party shippers with the sole purpose of executing your order.
Your contact information.
When you submit personal information on our website, we will protect your information both online and offline.
We use various security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure once we receive it. For example, we store your personal information on computer systems located in limited access, secured facilities. Buy a Test Kit employees are trained and kept up-to-date on our security procedures.
If you opted to register with us, you established a password for your account, in which case your password will protect your online account information. We suggest that you do not share or disclose your password to anyone. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your account and password and are entirely responsible for all activities that occur under your account and password. We suggest creating challenging passwords such as those with alphanumeric combinations.
How long we retain your data.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely; this is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data.
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also ask that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How we protect your data.
When you submit personal information on our website, your information is protected both online and offline. We can only access your credit card (but not your actual credit card information) to issue credits, never for charges. Only you can make a charge by placing an order in your password-protected account.
While on a secure page, such as our order form hosted in a secure data facility, the lock icon on the bottom of web browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge become locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing.’
When you submit sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and protected with the encryption software which meets or exceeds industry standards – (Secure Socket Layer).
What data breach procedures we have in place.
Buy a Test Kit takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized disclosure or access. However, no data transmitted over the internet or stored on a server can ever be 100% secured. Therefore, while we strive to protect your privacy and personal information, we cannot guarantee any information transmitted or disclosed to us online. We are not responsible for the disclosure, destruction, or theft of your personal information. If we become aware of a data breach at any time, we will notify you immediately via email.
What third parties we receive data from.
We do not receive data from third parties.
Additional Information.
BuyaTestKit.com will make all reasonable efforts to maintain the private information of our consumers, test donors, and sample collectors (from now on, “Confidential Testing Information”). Confidential Testing Information may consist of consumer/donor/collector names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, employment information; test or specimen ID #, test dates, test times, test results, the reason for the test, type of test, test conditions, the identity of the testing laboratory, or identity of the person requesting test.
Except as set forth herein, Buy a Test Kit will not intentionally disclose Confidential Testing Information to any third party and will make reasonable efforts to protect Confidential Testing Information from disclosure to third parties. You may authorize, in writing, the release of your testing results to third parties, and Buy a Test Kit assumes no liability resulting from such authorized release of information.
In the event of a lawful subpoena or other order of any court of competent jurisdiction for Confidential Testing Information, Buy a Test Kit will comply with such court order, and Customer at this moment acknowledges that under such circumstances, Confidential Testing Information may be disclosed by Buy a Test Kit. The customer further acknowledges that BuyaTestKit.com may contract with third-party laboratories to conduct testing of samples and that such third-party laboratories may maintain records of such tests. The customer acknowledges BuyaTestKit.com has no control over the conduct or omissions of such third-party laboratories. BuyaTestKit.com at this moment disclaims any liabilities for any disclosure by such third-party laboratories of Confidential Testing Information.”
We collect information about you during the checkout process in our store.
What we collect and store.
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently seen
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes of estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
We’ll ask you to provide information when you purchase from us, including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details, and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email, and phone number, which will populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes we collect and use, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for six years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address, and billing and shipping addresses.
We will also store comments or reviews if you choose to leave them.
Who on our team has access?
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
- Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds, and support you.
Payments.
We accept payments through PayPal. Some of your data will be passed to PayPal when processing payments, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.
Caching.
This site utilizes caching to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary.
What we share with others.
We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you, for example, FedEx, USPS, UPS, and our third-party shippers.
Sharing.
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Data Used: When sharing content via email, the following information is used: sharing party’s name and email address (if the user is logged in, this information will be pulled directly from their account), IP address (for spam checking), user agent (for spam checking), and email body/content. This content will be sent to Akismet so that a spam check can be performed.