Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information SamplePact collects, how we use it and the choices you have. SamplePact is operated by Capital Shell Limited Liability Company, 9 S Elmhurst Road, PO Box #39, Prospect Heights, IL 60070.

What we collect

When you sign up as a shopper

• Profile: first and last name, email address, ZIP code, state and age range.
• Gender, if you choose to give it.
• The product categories you want to test.
• The review types you're willing to do.
• Whether you create content for social media and, if you do, which platforms. Your rough follower count, if you choose to give it.
• Instagram and TikTok handles, if you choose to give them.
• Your confirmations that you're 18 or older and that you understand the card-on-file rule.

When you request early access as a brand

• Company name, your name, work email and website.
• Your ecommerce platform, review app and product details, including category and retail value.
• Campaign preferences: samples per campaign, where you ship, target customer, approval mode, review window and review types.
• Any notes you add.

When you nominate a brand

The brand's name and category, and your email address if you choose to give it. If you name brands during sign-up, we keep those names alongside your sign-up email.

When you contact us

Your name, email address, topic and message.

Automatically

• If analytics is turned on, Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, device and browser type, and approximate location, using cookies.
• Our hosting provider logs technical data such as IP address, browser and request times.
• We use your IP address briefly to limit repeated form submissions. We don't store it with your sign-up.

We don't collect payment card details today. When the card on file launches, cards will be handled by a payment processor, and we'll update this policy before that happens.

How we use it

• To run the early-access list and send you a confirmation and updates about SamplePact.
• To match shoppers with brand campaigns once campaigns start.
• To answer your questions.
• To protect the site against spam and abuse.
• To understand how people use the site and improve it.

How we share it

We don't sell your personal information. We share it only in these cases:

• With service providers that run the site for us, such as website hosting, our database host, our email delivery provider (Amazon Web Services) and analytics (Google). They may use it only to provide their services to us.
• With brands, once campaigns start, and only what a brand needs to pick reviewers and ship products. Brands choosing reviewers see your reviewer profile, which is your first name and last initial, the categories and review formats you chose, whether you create social content and on which platforms, and how many brands you've reviewed through SamplePact. Brands never see your ratings or whether your reviews were positive or negative, and they don't see your follower count. A brand that ships to you also gets your shipping details. Before launch, we don't share shopper details with brands, and we'll update this policy before campaigns begin if anything here changes.
• When the law requires it, or to protect our rights, our users or the public.
• As part of a merger, sale or transfer of our business, subject to this policy.

Cookies and analytics

When Google Analytics is turned on, we load it through Google Tag Manager, and it sets cookies to measure site use. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we turn off advertising uses, which means Google won't set advertising cookies or use data from your visit for ads or ad personalization. You can block cookies in your browser settings, or install Google's opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Emails

Every email we send to shoppers and brands includes an unsubscribe link, and once you use it, we stop sending you emails. You can also write to hello@samplepact.com and we'll take you off the list.

How long we keep it

We keep your information while the early-access list is active, or until you ask us to delete it. We may keep some records longer when the law requires it.

Your choices

You can ask us to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you by emailing hello@samplepact.com from the address you signed up with. Depending on where you live, you may have other rights under local law, and we'll respond to requests as that law requires.

Security

We use reasonable measures to protect your information, such as encrypted connections. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.

Children

SamplePact is for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you think someone under 18 has signed up, write to us and we'll delete it.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time, and when we do, we'll change the "last updated" date above.

Governing law

This policy is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, as described in our terms of use.

Contact

Capital Shell Limited Liability Company
9 S Elmhurst Road, PO Box #39, Prospect Heights, IL 60070
hello@samplepact.com