PRIVACY POLICY or PRIVACY NOTICE

At Vans, we understand that you care how information about you is collected, used, and shared. This Privacy Statement describes information we may collect about you directly or indirectly; how and why we may collect, use, and share your information; and the choices you have regarding your information. As more fully described below, we collect, use and share your information to better serve you and to improve our own business processes.

This Privacy Statement applies to all of our consumers in the United States and Canada, and it describes the ways we handle personal information in different contexts, such as when consumers use our websites, mobile applications, or facilities, buy our products, participate in our promotions and events, or provide information to us in other ways.

In the United States, Vans is a division of VF Outdoor LLC, a subsidiary of VF Corporation, and in Canada, Vans is a division of VF Outdoor Canada Co., also a subsidiary of VF Corporation. For purposes of this Privacy Statement, when we use the terms “we,” “us” and “our,” or similar terms, we are referring to VF Outdoor, LLC in the United States or VF Outdoor Canada Co. in Canada.

Categories of Information We Collect
In order to help us better understand you so that we can give you an excellent customer experience, we collect information that identifies you or that we can associate with you (your “personal information”) as well as information that does not identify you (e.g., anonymous, deidentified, or aggregated data). We may also collect various categories of information directly (from you), or indirectly (from others), as more fully described below. The categories of personal information that we or our service providers collect (or have collected during the preceding 12 months) may include the following:

Identifiers (such as your name, nickname, account name, unique personal identifier, online identifier/screenname, IP address, driver’s license number, or signature);
Contact Information (such as your physical or mailing address, telephone number, or email address);
Profile information that we collect or that is inferred (such as commercial information and inferences, including products or services purchased or considered, purchasing histories or tendencies, interactions with us, preferences, psychological traits/ predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, or abilities/aptitudes, some of which may be assigned by probabilistic methods);
Education information (such as your education status or history);
Employment information (such as your employment status or history, or your professional information);
Internet activity (such as browsing history, search history, clicks, interactions with websites, applications and advertisements, or social media information);
Demographic information (such as your age, date of birth, sex or gender, race, or ethnicity);
Physical characteristics or biometric information (such as your size, height, weight, or other information relevant to your footwear and apparel preferences);
Financial information (such as your bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, other payment information); and
Location data (such as the geographical location information indicated by your mobile device or computer).

How Information About You Is Collected
When you interact with us, we may collect information about you directly. Examples of direct interaction with us include when you visit our websites, shop in our stores, communicate with our customer service representatives, attend our events, use our mobile applications, participate in our marketing efforts (including contests sweepstakes and virtual events), participate in our customer loyalty programs, or any other way you interact directly with us. When we collect information about you directly, we may ask you to affirmatively furnish the information to us (such as when we ask you for your telephone number), or we may collect the information from your electronic device (such as when you download and use our mobile applications or visit our websites) or by observing your activity (such as when you visit our stores). We and some of our service providers, contractors and advertising networks collect identifiers matched to your mobile or other devices, which can be used to deliver customized ads or content via the Internet, across different devices or browsers (sometimes called “cross-device tracking”). In some cases, we may engage service providers to help us operate our business, and they may collect data on our behalf in the course of the services they provide to us. In other cases, where permitted by applicable law, third parties may obtain information about you independently, and we may acquire that data (for example, by purchasing the data).

The following list describes the sources from which we or our service providers may collect various categories of personal information directly (from consumers like you) or indirectly (from third parties):

Identifiers may be collected directly from consumers; public records; consumer data resellers/ brokers; advertising networks; operating systems and platforms; social networks/ social media.
Contact information may be collected directly from consumers; public records; consumer data resellers/ brokers; or social networks/ social media.
Profile information may be collected directly from consumers; consumer data resellers/ brokers; advertising networks; operating systems and platforms; or social networks/ social media.
Education information may be collected directly from consumers; or consumer data resellers/ brokers.
Employment information may be collected directly from consumers; or consumer data resellers/ brokers.
Internet activity may be collected directly from consumers; consumer data resellers/ brokers; advertising networks; internet service providers; operating systems and platforms; or social networks/ social media.
Demographic information may be collected directly from consumers; or consumer data resellers/ brokers.
Physical characteristics or biometric information may be collected directly from consumers; or consumer data resellers/ brokers.
Financial information may be collected directly from consumers.
Location data may be collected directly from consumers; consumer data resellers/ brokers; advertising networks; internet service providers; operating systems and platforms; or social networks/ social media.

Why Your Information Is Collected and Used
We use the personal information we collect directly and indirectly to conduct our business, to communicate with you, and to provide better products, services, and experiences, as further described below. The specific purposes for which we or our service providers may collect and use information about you are (1) to provide the products and services that you have ordered or requested, and to communicate about your orders; (2) to enable and improve our customer service; (3) to address your comments, questions or complaints; (4) to personalize your experiences; (5) to understand your opinions, preferences and shopping habits; (6) to analyze trends and statistics; (7) to administer and fulfill our contests and other promotions, including special discounts for professionals, military personnel, students and first responders; (8) to analyze and improve our websites, mobile applications, facilities, products and services; (9) to market our products and services to you, including by sending you marketing communications and other information regarding our products, services, or special events, and to improve our marketing efforts; (10) to share reviews, testimonials, or other user-generated content; (11) to facilitate our merger or acquisition activities; (12) to secure and protect our information and technology systems, as well as information about you and other consumers; (13) to facilitate internal audits, dispute resolution or investigations; (14) to evaluate new technology for our businesses; (15) to conduct market research; (16) to formulate our business strategies; (17) to analyze information about organizations to which you may belong; (18) to enable us to monitor and evaluate our third party service providers and their activities; (19) to manage our gift card programs, loyalty programs, other stored value programs; (20) to keep records of transactions; (21) to comply with our contractual obligations; (22) to detect and address actual or potential fraud; (23) to establish and maintain data back-ups for our business continuity and disaster recovery; and (24) to comply with various legal obligations or other rules to which we are subject. The following list describes in detail the purposes for which we and our service providers collect and use each category of personal information (each number corresponds to a specific purpose above):

Identifiers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Contact information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Profile information may be collected: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24.
Education information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24.
Employment information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Internet activity: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Demographic information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24.
Physical characteristics or biometric information: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 2

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