This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 20, 2021.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how Black Bear Wellness, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, (“Company” or “us” or “we” or “our”) collects, stores and uses personal information of users of this Company website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile application or mobile website related or connected thereto (“Site”), and the services supplied by or on behalf of us through this Site (“Services”). By purchasing our products (“Products”) from us, you engage in our Services and agree to be bound by the following Privacy Policy. By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Site, you agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your information, as described in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Services.
The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, and you should regularly check this Privacy Policy for any amendments. The date that we last updated the Privacy Policy can be found above.
Our Services are not intended for children. Children under the age of 18 are not allowed to use our Services, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a user is under age 18, we will promptly delete any personal information in that user’s account. Please contact us at jesse@blackbeardispensary.com or 724-748-6051 if you have concerns regarding the potential collection of your child’s information.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly, or indirectly, with a particular individual or household. Personal information does not include publicly available information.
Information You Give Us. When you contact us, create an account on the Site, utilize our Services, make a purchase or register to receive alerts or other information via email, text or instant message, we may collect your name, age, address, email address, phone number, payment information as well as other information that you directly give us.
Information Automatically Collected. We and our third-party partners may automatically log information about you and your computer. For example, when visiting our Site, we may log your device operating system type, browser type, IP address, geolocation information, referring website from which you accessed the Site, pages you viewed on the Site, how long you spent on a page on the Site, access times and information about your use of and actions on our Site. We may collect device information about your mobile device that you use to access the Site.
The categories of personal information that we collect are:
Personal or government identifiers, such as your first and last name, alias or previous name, postal address, telephone number, facsimile number or unique personal identifier.
Device and online identifiers and related information, such as Internet Protocol address; email address; account user name; cellular, mobile or wireless number; social media profile; unique device identifier and serial number; or device information.
Demographic information, such as your date of birth, gender, physical characteristics or description.
Financial information, such as your credit or debit card information, bank account number or other financial information.
Protected characteristics, such as your gender, race, sexual orientation, age or any other protected classifications under applicable law.
Internet, application or network activity information, such as search history; clickstream/online website tracking information; data related to user activity, e.g., browser visits; or cookies or other similar technologies.
Commercial information, such as purchase and browsing histories or other purchasing or consumption histories or tendencies.
Professional or employment-related information, such as occupation or employment history.
Education information, such as schools attended and academic record.
Geolocation data, such as current location, address and location history.
Communications, such as call logs or emails that you send to us, poll or survey answers, reviews or information you may share when you contact us with questions or feedback.
Inferences drawn from personal information, such as a profile reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, condition, attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes.
Sources of personal information. We collect the personal information described above from the following categories of sources:
Other parts of our business, including our parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates, some of which do not share our name or branding;
Our service providers, such as payment processors;
Data brokers
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
Maintain and improve the Site and Services, functionality and overall user experience;
Verify customer information, process your payment and deliver our Products and Services to you;
Better cater and market to our customers, as well as learn about purchasing habits;
Respond to your customer service requests, comments and questions;
Send periodic emails regarding our products and Services;
Follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries);
Communicate about our partners’ products and services;
Detect security incidents; protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for such activity;
Troubleshoot technical difficulties and errors;
Link or combine user information with other personal information;
As permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements; and
For any additional purposes for which we have obtained your consent.
We disclose the following categories of information for our or our service providers’ operational purposes, or other notified purposes:
Personal or government identifiers
Device and online identifiers and related information
Demographic information
Financial information
Protected characteristics
Internet, application, or network activity information
Commercial information
Sensory information
Professional or employment-related information
Education information
Geolocation data
Communications
Household information
Inferences drawn from personal information
We may also disclose the following categories of information for commercial purposes:
Personal or government identifiers
Device and online identifiers and related information
Demographic information
Financial information
Protected characteristics
Internet, application, or network activity information
Commercial information
Professional or employment-related information
Education information
Geolocation data
Communications
Household information
Inferences drawn from personal information
We may share your personal information for the following purposes:
If you opt-in to receiving our marketing materials. For example, we may share personal information with third-party partners and others for their own marketing uses. Those uses will be subject to their privacy policies.
With vendors, service providers, contractors and agents in connection with the performance of Services on our behalf.
As part of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which we sell all or part of our assets.
If we believe it is necessary in order to detect, investigate, prevent or take action against illegal activities, fraud or situations involving potential threats to the rights, property or personal safety of any person. This includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers or any person.
To comply with laws or as permitted by laws.
To respond to lawful requests and legal processes.
To establish, protect or exercise the rights of the Company, our agents, customers and others or to defend against legal claims or demands. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies and Terms of Service.
For our legitimate business purposes, to the extent permitted by law.
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:
Other companies and brands owned or controlled by the Company including our subsidiaries.
Our service providers.
Our employees, contractors, consultants, affiliates and other parties who require such information to assist us with managing our relationship with you, including trusted third parties that provide services, including services to process your payments, to us or on our behalf. For example, we may share your personal information from time to time with our third-party information technology, data processing, and call center service providers so that we may operate our business. Finally, we may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others for their own uses.
We may use cookies from time to time. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your device through your browser (if you allow) that enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We may use cookies to:
Understand and save users’ preferences for future visits; and
Compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interactions in order to offer better Site experiences and tools in the future.
We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your device warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Because each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s “Help Menu” to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your Site experience more efficient may not function properly or otherwise be available to you.
Some content or applications on the Site may be provided by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, analytics companies and application providers. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Site. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different sites and other online services. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions, you should contact the responsible provider directly. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Site.
One of the third-party services the Site uses is Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how individuals use the Site. For more information about how Google collects and uses information, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, or any other URL Google may provide from time to time. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all sites visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Our Site may offer links to other websites operated by third parties for your convenience. Such third-party sites may have information, policies and practices different from our Site. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy policies, practices and/or content of such third-party sites. Please contact such third-party sites directly for information regarding such websites.
We take the security of your personal information seriously and use reasonable technical, administrative and physical measures to protect it from loss, theft, alteration or misuse. However, please be advised that even the best security measures cannot fully eliminate all risks. We cannot guarantee that only authorized persons will view your information. We are not responsible for third-party circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures.
We are dedicated to protecting all personal information as is necessary. However, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your personal information by keeping your password confidential. You should change your password immediately if you believe someone has gained unauthorized access to it or your account. If you learn of any incident involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information that is in our custody, you should notify us immediately.
Black Bear Hemp Dispensary
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to