Last updated: December 18, 2025
Effectus operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services"). Effectus is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de-identified, so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you.
We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:
Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.
Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.
We may collect personal information from the following sources:
Directly from you including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;
Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;
From our service providers including when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;
From our partners or other third parties.
Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:
We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchases.
We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites.
We use your personal information to authenticate your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity, and secure our Services.
We use your personal information to provide customer support and maintain our business relationship with you.
We use your personal information to comply with applicable law, respond to legal requests, enforce our terms and policies, and protect our rights and the rights of others.
We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
With Shopify, vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g. payment processing, analytics, fulfillment, shipping, IT services).
With business and marketing partners for advertising and promotional purposes, in accordance with their own privacy policies.
When you direct or consent to such disclosures.
With our affiliates or within our corporate group.
In connection with a business transaction, legal obligation, or to protect our rights and the rights of others.
The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information to provide and improve the Services. Information submitted may be transferred to countries outside your residence. Shopify may process personal information to provide enhanced features and personalized advertising. Shopify is responsible for responding to requests related to these uses. More information is available in the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy and Shopify Privacy Portal.
The Services may include links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of these third parties.
The Services are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of majority. We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
No security measures are perfect. We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, delete, correct, or transfer your personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising. You may also manage communication preferences and withdraw consent where applicable.
If you have complaints about our data practices, you may contact us or lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
We may transfer your personal information internationally and rely on appropriate legal safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses where required.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this website with a revised “Last updated” date.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, contact us at:
Email: theeffectus@gmail.com
Address: Rua das Figueiras, Marinha Grande, PT-10, 2430-187, PT
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, Effectus is the data controller of your personal information.