Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2026-08
Information BZees Shoes Collects About You
We gather information in three ways when you interact with our site—through forms you fill out, automatically via your device, and from the affiliate and analytics partners we work with to bring you the best washable footwear shopping experience.
Information You Provide Directly
When you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us through our forms, you share details like your name and email address. This lets us send you updates about new sandal releases, care tips for machine-washable shoes, and exclusive offers on styles you might love.
Information Collected Automatically
Your browser and device share technical information with us automatically—IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and time zone. We also track which pages you visit, how long you spend browsing our sandals collection versus our sneakers, and which product links you click. This usage data helps us understand which footwear categories resonate most and how people navigate our site.
Information from Third Parties
As an Amazon Associates participant, we receive tracking data when you click affiliate links and make purchases on Amazon. This includes order confirmation (not specific product details) and commission information. Google Analytics shares aggregated visitor behavior metrics. These third-party insights help us refine which styles we feature and how we organize our collections.
How BZees Shoes Uses Your Information
Every piece of data we collect serves a specific purpose in making your footwear shopping experience better. We use your information to send newsletters you’ve requested, respond to questions about washability or sizing, analyze which boot styles get the most attention, improve site navigation based on actual browsing patterns, maintain security and prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.
When you sign up for our email list, you’re opting in to hear about new arrivals in categories like slip-resistant slip-ons or versatile boots that work from fall through spring. We don’t sell your email to other brands or flood your inbox—just relevant updates about the washable footwear you’re already interested in.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies at BZees Shoes
We use cookies—small text files stored on your device—to remember your preferences, understand how you navigate our site, and deliver relevant product recommendations. Here’s what each type does and how you can control them.
Essential Cookies
These keep the site functioning properly—maintaining your session as you browse from our homepage to specific product pages, remembering items in your comparison list, and ensuring secure connections. You can’t disable these without breaking core functionality.
Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics tracks aggregate visitor behavior—how many people visit our wedge sandals page versus our athletic sneakers, which search terms bring people to the site, and where visitors tend to leave. This data is anonymized and helps us identify which footwear categories deserve more attention or better imagery.
Advertising and Affiliate Cookies
When you click an Amazon affiliate link, a cookie tracks that referral so we earn commission if you complete a purchase. Amazon sets its own cookies on its site—we don’t control those, and their privacy policy governs how they’re used. We don’t run display advertising ourselves, so you won’t see retargeting banners from BZees Shoes following you around the internet.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings menu. Disabling cookies will limit some site features—for instance, we won’t remember that you prefer to view sandals sorted by color. If you want to opt out of Google Analytics specifically, install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
How We Share Your Information
We don’t sell your personal information to data brokers or marketing lists. The only times your data leaves our direct control are when we work with service providers who help run the site, when required by law, or when you actively click through to Amazon.
Service Providers and Partners
Our email platform (for newsletter delivery), web hosting provider (to keep the site online), and analytics tools (Google Analytics) access data as needed to perform their services. Each operates under strict data protection agreements and can only use your information for the specific tasks we’ve hired them to do—not for their own marketing or other purposes.
Amazon as Our Affiliate Partner
When you click a product link and land on Amazon, you leave our site and enter Amazon’s ecosystem. Amazon tracks your activity there under its own privacy policy. We receive confirmation that a sale occurred and earn commission, but Amazon doesn’t share personally identifiable details about what you bought or your shipping address—just aggregated transaction data.
Legal Requirements and Business Transfers
We’ll disclose information if legally required—responding to subpoenas, court orders, or government requests—or to protect our rights and safety. If BZees Shoes were ever acquired or merged with another company, your information would transfer to the new owner under the same privacy commitments outlined here.
Data Security Measures at BZees Shoes
We protect your information using industry-standard security measures—HTTPS encryption for data in transit, secure server configurations, regular security audits, and restricted access controls so only authorized personnel can view personal data. Our email service provider uses encrypted storage and two-factor authentication.
No system is completely impervious to attack, and we can’t guarantee absolute security. What we can promise is that we prioritize protection, respond quickly to any suspected breaches, and never store sensitive payment information ourselves—Amazon handles all transactions on its own secure platform when you buy through affiliate links.
Your Privacy Rights and How to Exercise Them
Depending on where you live, you have specific rights over your personal information. Here’s what you can request and how BZees Shoes responds to each type of request.
Rights Available to All Visitors
No matter your location, you can unsubscribe from our email list at any time using the link in every newsletter, request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct inaccurate information, or request deletion of your data. We process these requests within 30 to 45 days depending on complexity.
GDPR Rights (European Union Visitors)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, EU visitors have the right to access their personal data and receive it in a portable format, correct inaccurate information or complete incomplete records, delete data when it’s no longer necessary or was unlawfully processed, restrict processing in certain situations (we’ll store it but not actively use it), object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time if processing was consent-based.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we’ve mishandled your information. We take GDPR obligations seriously and respond to requests through the designated process outlined below.
CCPA and CPRA Rights (California Residents)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act and its 2023 amendment (CPRA), California residents can know what personal information we collect, how we use it, and who we share it with, access specific pieces of data we hold about them (up to twice in a twelve-month period), request deletion of personal information subject to certain exceptions, opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (we don’t sell data, but you can opt out of analytics tracking), and correct inaccurate personal information.
California residents also have the right to non-discrimination—we won’t deny service, charge different prices, or provide lower-quality experiences because you exercised your privacy rights. The CPRA added the right to limit use of sensitive personal information, though we don’t collect categories CPRA defines as sensitive (Social Security numbers, financial account details, precise geolocation).
State Privacy Law Rights (Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah)
Residents of Virginia (VCDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), and Utah (UCPA) have rights largely aligned with CCPA: access personal data we hold, correct inaccuracies, delete personal information, obtain a copy in a portable format where technically feasible, and opt out of targeted advertising (we don’t run targeted ads) or the sale of personal information (we don’t sell data).
Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut residents can also appeal our decision if we deny a privacy request. We’ll respond to the appeal within 60 days and explain our reasoning if we uphold the denial.
How to Submit a Privacy Request
Email your request to the contact address listed at the bottom of this policy. Include your full name, the email address associated with your account or subscription (if applicable), and a specific description of what you’re requesting—access, correction, deletion, or opt-out.
We’ll verify your identity by asking you to confirm details about your interaction with our site (when you subscribed, which pages you visited) or by sending a confirmation link to the email on file. Once verified, we process most requests within 30 days. More complex requests (like exporting years of browsing data) can take up to 45 days, and we’ll notify you if we need extra time.
You can designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf. The agent must provide written authorization signed by you, and we may still ask you to verify your identity directly to prevent fraud.
Children’s Privacy Protection
BZees Shoes is not directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone under that age. Our footwear content is aimed at adult shoppers making their own purchasing decisions or parents shopping for themselves.
If we discover we’ve inadvertently collected information from a child under 13—say, through a newsletter signup that didn’t include age verification—we delete it immediately upon discovery. Parents who believe their child has provided information to us can contact us using the details at the end of this policy, and we’ll remove the data within 48 hours.
This policy complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which governs data collection from minors in the United States.
Third-Party Links and External Platforms
Our site includes links to Amazon product pages (as part of our affiliate relationship) and potentially other external resources like sizing guides hosted on third-party platforms or social media profiles. Once you click a link and leave BZees Shoes, you’re subject to that site’s privacy policy, not ours.
Amazon, for instance, has its own comprehensive privacy practices covering how it handles your browsing, purchases, payment information, and shipping details. We don’t control Amazon’s policies and can’t be responsible for how they use your data—though we chose to partner with them specifically because they maintain strong security standards and transparent privacy disclosures.
Before providing personal information on any external site, we recommend reading its privacy policy so you understand how your data will be used. If you have questions about how a third party handles information, contact them directly.
International Data Transfers and Storage
BZees Shoes operates primarily within the United States, and the servers hosting our site are located in U.S. data centers. If you access our site from outside the United States—whether you’re browsing from Europe, Canada, Australia, or elsewhere—your information is transferred to and stored on servers in the U.S.
U.S. privacy laws differ from those in some other countries, particularly the European Union under GDPR. By using our site, you consent to this transfer and acknowledge that U.S. law governs how we handle your data. We still honor the privacy rights outlined in this policy regardless of where you’re located, including GDPR-specific rights for EU visitors.
For EU visitors specifically, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) when transferring data to service providers outside the EU, ensuring they provide adequate protection equivalent to GDPR standards.
Data Retention Practices
We keep your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or comply with legal requirements. Here’s how retention works for different data types.
Newsletter subscriber data: We retain your email address and subscription preferences until you unsubscribe. After unsubscribe, we keep a suppression record (your email marked “do not contact”) to honor your opt-out permanently, but we delete associated preference data like which product categories you were interested in.
Contact form inquiries: We keep correspondence for up to two years to reference if you follow up with related questions or if the inquiry involved a customer service issue we need to track. After that period, we delete the data unless legally required to retain it longer.
Analytics data: Google Analytics retains data for 26 months by default, after which it’s automatically deleted. We don’t export or archive this data beyond that window.
Affiliate tracking cookies: Amazon’s cookies typically expire after 24 hours (the standard Associates tracking window) or when you clear your browser cookies, whichever comes first.
If you request deletion of your data, we process that request as described in the Your Privacy Rights section and remove information from active systems within 30 to 45 days. Backup copies may persist in archived systems for an additional 90 days before being purged completely.
Email Communications from BZees Shoes
When you subscribe to our newsletter, you’re opting in to receive occasional emails about new sandal releases, seasonal boot recommendations, care tips for washable footwear, and exclusive offers on styles we think fit your interests based on which categories you’ve browsed.
We don’t send daily emails or bombard your inbox. Most subscribers hear from us once or twice per month, timed around new product arrivals or major seasonal transitions. Every email includes a clear unsubscribe link at the bottom—one click and you’re removed from the list immediately, no confirmation emails or “are you sure?” loops.
If you unsubscribe, we suppress your email to ensure you don’t get re-added accidentally if you later interact with the site (like submitting a contact form). You can always resubscribe through the signup form on our homepage if you change your mind.
We don’t share your email with other brands or include you in partner promotions unless you’ve given explicit additional consent for that specific purpose—something we don’t currently do.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting that sends a signal to websites requesting they not track your activity. Currently, there’s no industry-wide standard for how sites should respond to DNT signals, and different browsers implement it inconsistently.
BZees Shoes does not alter its tracking practices in response to DNT signals. Our site uses cookies and analytics as described in this policy regardless of whether your browser sends a DNT header. If you want to limit tracking, use the cookie management options outlined in the Cookies and Tracking Technologies section—blocking cookies or installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on will actually prevent tracking, whereas the DNT signal alone doesn’t change our site’s behavior.
We support the development of a universal DNT standard and will update our practices if and when a clear, legally binding framework emerges.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We update this privacy policy periodically to reflect changes in our data practices, new legal requirements (like when additional states pass comprehensive privacy laws), or adjustments to the services we use. When we make material changes—like adding a new third-party analytics provider or changing how we use newsletter subscriber data—we’ll update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page and notify active email subscribers.
For minor updates (clarifying existing language, fixing typos, adding examples), we change the date but don’t send notifications. We recommend reviewing this policy once or twice a year if you’re a regular visitor to stay informed about how we handle your information.
Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy. If you disagree with a change, you can stop using the site and request deletion of your data as described in the Your Privacy Rights section.
Contact BZees Shoes About Privacy
If you have questions about this privacy policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or need to report a data concern, reach out to us at the address below. We respond to most inquiries within 48 hours and process formal privacy requests within 30 to 45 days as outlined earlier.
Mailing Address:
BZees Shoes
2847 Harbor Ridge Dr, Suite 312
San Diego, CA 92101
United States
For privacy-specific requests (access, deletion, correction), include “Privacy Request” in your subject line and provide enough detail for us to locate your information—email address on file, approximate date you subscribed or contacted us, and the specific right you’re exercising.
BZees builds washable, lightweight footwear that refuses to choose between comfort and style. Every sandal, sneaker, and boot pairs Cloud Technology® cushioning with machine-washable materials—because your shoes should keep up with how you actually live.