Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 21st, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to store.colefekert.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website store.colefekert.com, leave comments, create an account, or make purchases from our online store.

By accessing or using our website, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information

When you interact with our website, we may collect the following personal information:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Mailing and shipping address
  • Payment information (handled securely by our third-party payment processor, Stripe)
  • IP address and browser user agent string

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:

  • Data shown in the comments form
  • Visitor’s IP address
  • Browser user agent string (to help spam detection)

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Automatically Collected Information

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Pages you visit on our site
  • Time and date of your visit
  • Time spent on those pages
  • Other diagnostic data

This information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies provided by our website platform (WordPress) and plugins (such as WooCommerce and Yoast SEO).

3. Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect for purposes including:

  • Order Processing: To process and fulfill your orders, including shipping and handling through our printing partner, Printify.
  • Communication: To contact you with updates, order confirmations, and customer service inquiries.
  • Improvement of Services: To analyze website usage to enhance our offerings.
  • Spam Detection: Information from comments is used to detect and prevent spam.
  • Legal Obligations: To comply with legal requirements and protect our legal rights.

4. Sharing Your Information

We share your personal information only as described in this Privacy Policy:

  • Service Providers:
    • Stripe: Processes payments securely. Your payment details are handled by Stripe and are not stored on our servers.
    • Printify: Handles printing and shipping of your orders. Receives necessary information like your name and shipping address.
    • Spam Detection Services: Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
  • Gravatar Service: If you use Gravatar, an anonymized hash of your email may be provided to Gravatar to display your profile picture.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent.

Types of Cookies We Use:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for website operation.
  • Functionality Cookies: Remember your preferences and settings.
  • Analytics Cookies: Help us understand website usage (provided by services like Yoast SEO).

Specific Cookie Uses:

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • Login: When you log in, cookies save your login information and screen display choices:
    • Login cookies last for two days.
    • Screen options cookies last for a year.
    • Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks.
    • Logging out removes login cookies.
  • Editing/Publishing: Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie indicating the post ID of the article. Expires after one day.

6. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other website:

  • These websites may collect data about you.
  • They may use cookies and additional third-party tracking.
  • Your interaction with embedded content may be tracked if you’re logged in to that website.

7. Data Security

We implement measures to protect your personal information:

  • SSL Encryption: Our site uses SSL to encrypt data between your browser and our server.
  • Secure Payment Processing: Payments are securely processed by Stripe; we do not store payment information.
  • Access Control: Personal data access is limited to authorized personnel for specified purposes.

8. Retention of Your Data

  • Comments: Retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • User Accounts: For registered users, we store personal information provided in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

9. Your Rights and Choices

  • Access and Correction: Access and update your personal information by logging into your account or contacting us at himself@colefekert.com.
  • Account Deletion: Request account deletion by contacting us. We will erase your personal data upon request, excluding data we’re obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
  • Data Export: Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Opt-Out of Communications: Currently, we do not send marketing emails. Should this change, you will have the option to opt-in or opt-out.

10. International Data Transfers

By using our services, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to and processed in servers located outside your state or country, where data protection laws may differ.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us to remove it.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.

13. Contact Us

For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: himself@colefekert.com

14. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

15. Password Reset Requests

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.