Modmopolitan Data Map
Modmopolitan.co is industry-certified PCI-compliant for data handling, including sensitive payment information. We use state-of-the-art TLS web encryption exclusively for all website traffic. Modmopolitan never stores plain-text passwords, nor delivers any password information to third parties. Personally identifying information is handled internally on a need-to-know basis, with a permissions system that takes into account the type of data accessed, and which functions or data our internal users are allowed to access.
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Data |
Sources |
Reason |
Storage & Transmission |
Disposal |
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Email Address Name (First, Last) |
- Registration Form - Email Contact Forms - Special Giveaways |
- Transactional identification of users for orders - Send transactional emails - Send marketing emails |
- Stored in our main databases - Stored in our email subprocessor - Sent to delivery shippers - Potentially sent to magazine subprocessor |
- Upon Request |
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Email Address Name (First, Last, Nickname) Review Data (text and ratings) |
- Create a Review via email response or on www.modmopolitan.co |
- Identify a customer leaving a review |
- Stored in our reviews subprocessor (TurnTo) |
- Upon Request |
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Name and Email Address |
- Contact Us form |
- Identify a customer creating a help ticket |
- Stored in our main database - Sent to MailChimp help subprocessor |
- Upon Request |
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Mailing Address |
- Cart Checkout |
- Ship Orders - Become Verified Seller - Send Modmopolitan magazines |
- Stored in our main databases - Sent to delivery shippers - Potentially sent to magazine subprocessor |
- Upon Request |
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Screen Name |
- Registration Form - Account Settings |
- Identify Sellers to other users - Identify users socially (following, comments, etc) |
- Stored in our main databases - SEM/SEO for sellers, exposed to web search engines - Third-party marketplaces for Sellers |
- Upon Request |
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IP Address |
- Obtained from browser connections |
- Help identify unique users - Help with anti-fraud measures - Geo-locate users to provide regional features |
- Stored in our main databases |
- Upon Request |
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Browser Headers |
- Obtained from browser connections |
- Help with anti-fraud measures - Provide per-user preferences for non-logged-in users - Identify user browser choices for browser support list - Debugging per-browser issues |
- Stored in our main databases |
- Upon Request |
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Passwords |
- Registration Form (encrypted for Internet transit) - Reset Password function (encrypted for Internet transit) |
- Provide user login security |
- Plaintext passwords are never stored - Encrypted password hashes only are stored in our main databases - Plaintext or encrypted hashes are never sent to third parties |
- Upon Request |
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Paypal Redemption Email Address |
- Account Settings |
- Payout to sellers via PayPal |
- Stored in our main databases |
- Upon Request |
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Facebook User ID |
- None currently - Previously collected via Facebook Login |
- Allow Facebook Login, not applicable anymore |
- Stored in our main databases |
- Upon Request |
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VAT Number |
- Cart Checkout |
- Exempt users with a VAT number from being charged VAT |
- Stored in our main databases |
- Upon Request |
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Stripe account link |
- Cart Checkout |
- Allow stored payment credentials in Stripe for checkouts |
- Opaque ID stored in our main databases - Payment and personal information stored in Stripe payment processor |
- Upon Request |
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User-generated content - Comments - Collections - Favorites - Social Connections - User-to-user messages |
- Various pages on Modmopolitan.com |
- Allow more social interactions - Allow saved design collections for later use or sharing - Give feedback to other users of Modmopolitan - Influence search results on Modmopolitan.com |
- Stored in our main databases - Used by internal search functionality |
- Upon Request - Self-edit by feature |
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Search Phrases |
- Search bars on Modmopolitan.com |
- Identify top searches - Influence search results on Modmopolitan.com - Data is only anonymously exposed, cannot be tied to specific users |
- Stored in our main databases - Used by internal search functionality |
- Upon Request - Expires after 60 days |
Abbreviations
- CDN = Content Delivery Network
- SEM = Search Engine Marketing
- SEO = Search Engine Optimization
- S3 = Simple Storage Service from Amazon, Inc.
- US = United States
- URL = Uniform Resource Locator (web address)
- IRS = Internal Revenue Service (United States Agency)
- VAT = Value Added Tax
- TLS = Transport Layer Security (a world-wide web security standard)