Privacy policy

Last updated: September 11, 2026

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Buyofia (the “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Contact

After reviewing this Privacy Policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email:

Email: contact@buyofia.com

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.

In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual, including the information described below, as “Personal Information”.

See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

Device Information

Purpose of collection:
To load the Site accurately for you and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

Source of collection:
Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, pixels, or similar technologies.

Disclosure for a business purpose:
Shared with our service providers and processors, including Shopify, as applicable.

Personal Information collected:
Version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, information about the sites or products you view, search terms, and information about how you interact with the Site.

Order Information

Purpose of collection:
To provide products or services to you and fulfill our contract with you, process your payment information, arrange for shipping and delivery, provide invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and, where consistent with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

Source of collection:
Collected directly from you.

Disclosure for a business purpose:
Shared with our service providers and processors, including Shopify and relevant payment, shipping, delivery, and order-fulfillment partners, as applicable.

Personal Information collected:
Name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, payment information, including relevant credit/debit card or UPI information, and information relating to your purchase or order.

Customer Support Information

Purpose of collection:
To provide customer support, respond to your enquiries, resolve issues and assist you with your orders.

Source of collection:
Collected from you through the website, email, phone, or other customer-support channels.

Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers and business partners to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above.

For example:

  • We use Shopify to power our online store. Shopify may process your Personal Information as necessary to provide its services.

  • We may share your Personal Information when necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to a subpoena, search warrant, legal request for information, or otherwise protect our rights, property, customers, or business.

  • We may share relevant order and delivery details with our courier, shipping, logistics, and delivery partners to provide our services. This may include your name, email address, phone number and shipping address.

  • We may share information with payment processors and other service providers where necessary to process payments, fulfill orders, prevent fraud, provide customer support, or operate our Site.

Behavioral Advertising

As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you, subject to applicable law and your preferences.

For example:

  • We may use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site and to improve our website and services.

  • We may use advertising and marketing tools provided by third parties, including platforms that help us measure advertising performance, reach potential customers, or provide relevant advertisements.

  • Where applicable, we may use Shopify-related advertising or audience tools to help us show advertisements to customers or potential customers who may be interested in our products or services.

You may be able to control certain advertising preferences through the relevant advertising platform or your browser/device settings.

Using Personal Information

We use your Personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes:

  • Offering products for sale;

  • Processing payments;

  • Processing and fulfilling your orders;

  • Arranging shipping and delivery;

  • Providing invoices and order confirmations;

  • Communicating with you regarding your orders;

  • Providing customer support;

  • Detecting and preventing fraud or potentially unauthorized transactions;

  • Improving our website, products and services;

  • Understanding how customers use our Site;

  • Providing relevant marketing and advertising;

  • Sending information about new products, services, offers and promotions where permitted; and

  • Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that is downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site.

We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, analytics, social media, and content cookies.

Cookies help make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences, such as login information, shopping cart information, currency or region selection, and other settings.

This means you do not have to re-enter certain information each time you return to the Site or browse from one page to another.

Cookies also provide information about how people use our website, such as whether it is their first time visiting or whether they are a returning visitor.

We use cookies and similar technologies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name Function Duration
_ab Used in connection with access to admin. 2 years
_secure_session_id Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. 24 hours
_shopify_country Used in connection with checkout. Session
_shopify_m Used for managing customer privacy settings. 1 year
_shopify_tm Used for managing customer privacy settings. 30 minutes
_shopify_tw Used for managing customer privacy settings. 2 weeks
_storefront_u Used to facilitate updating customer account information. 1 minute
_tracking_consent Used for tracking preferences. 1 year
c Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
cart Used in connection with the shopping cart. 2 weeks
cart_currency Used in connection with the shopping cart. 2 weeks
cart_sig Used in connection with checkout. 2 weeks
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout. 2 weeks
cart_ver Used in connection with the shopping cart. 2 weeks
checkout Used in connection with checkout. 4 weeks
checkout_token Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart Used in connection with checkout. 30 minutes
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout Used in connection with checkout. Session
keep_alive Used in connection with buyer localization. 2 weeks
master_device_id Used in connection with merchant login. 2 years
previous_step Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
remember_me Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
secure_customer_sig Used in connection with customer login. 20 years
shopify_pay Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
shopify_pay_redirect Used in connection with checkout. 30 minutes, 3 weeks or 1 year depending on value
storefront_digest Used in connection with customer login. 2 years
tracked_start_checkout Used in connection with checkout. 1 year
checkout_one_experiment Used in connection with checkout. Session
checkout_session_lookup Used in connection with checkout. 3 weeks
checkout_session_token-<<token>> Used in connection with checkout. 3 weeks
identity-state Used in connection with customer authentication. 24 hours
identity-state-<<token>> Used in connection with customer authentication. 24 hours
identity_customer_account_number Used in connection with customer authentication. 12 weeks

Reporting and Analytics

Name Function Duration
_landing_page Tracks landing pages. 2 weeks
_orig_referrer Tracks landing pages/referrals. 2 weeks
_s Shopify analytics. 30 minutes
_shopify_d Shopify analytics. Session
_shopify_s Shopify analytics. 30 minutes
_shopify_sa_p Shopify analytics relating to marketing and referrals. 30 minutes
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics relating to marketing and referrals. 30 minutes
_shopify_y Shopify analytics. 1 year
_y Shopify analytics. 1 year
_shopify_evids Shopify analytics. Session
_shopify_ga Shopify and Google Analytics. Session
customer_auth_provider Shopify analytics. Session
customer_auth_session_created_at Shopify analytics. Session

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie.

Session cookies last until you stop browsing, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted.

Most of the cookies we use are persistent and may expire between approximately 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies may negatively impact your user experience and some parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser's “Tools”, “Settings” or “Preferences” menu.

For more information about modifying your browser settings or blocking, managing or filtering cookies, please refer to your browser's help documentation.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising or analytics partners.

To exercise your rights or opt out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the relevant instructions provided by the applicable third-party service.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices, services, business operations, legal requirements, or regulatory requirements.

When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we may update the “Last Updated” date or otherwise post the revised policy on this page.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we collect, use and protect your Personal Information.

Complaints

If you would like to make a complaint about our privacy practices or have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email using the details provided below.

Email: contact@buyofia.com

We will review and address your complaint or enquiry in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.