Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 9, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website, read our blog, or make a purchase from our WooCommerce store.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information directly from you and automatically through your interaction with our site.
Information You Provide Voluntarily:
- Account & Order Data: Name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone number when you register or buy a product.
- Communication Data: Information you provide when leaving comments on blog posts or filling out a contact form.
- Marketing Data: Your email address when you explicitly opt-in to receive our newsletter and promotional emails.
Information Collected Automatically:
- Device & Usage Data: IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, and referring URLs.
- Cookies: Small data files used to track your shopping cart contents while you browse and to analyze site traffic.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal data to power your experience on our website, including:
- Fulfilling orders, processing payments, and arranging shipping.
- Sending tracking updates and order confirmations.
- Displaying your public comments on our blog posts.
- Sending newsletters and promotional emails about new products or blog updates (only if you have opted in).
3. How We Share Your Data
We do not sell your personal data. We do not share your information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We only share data with essential third-party service providers (processors) required to run our store and blog:
- Payment Gateways: Credit card transactions are securely processed through Stripe or PayPal. We do not store or see your full financial credentials.
- Hosting & Analytics: Our server infrastructure and website analytics tracking tools.
- Email Marketing Providers: The service we use to securely manage and deploy our email newsletters.
- Legal Compliance: If required by law, subpoena, or to protect our legal rights.
4. International Data Transfers (GDPR & Global Users)
Because we sell internationally, your data may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries outside of your home country (including the United States). By using our site, you consent to these transfers. We ensure that our third-party processors utilize appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses, to protect your data.
5. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Know: You can request a list of the personal data categories we collect and disclose.
- Right to Delete: You can request that we delete the personal data we have collected from you.
- Right to Correct: You can request that we fix inaccurate personal information.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not sell your data or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
- Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the email address provided below.
6. Email Marketing & Your Choices
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email to send you promotional updates. You can opt-out of these marketing messages at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link found at the bottom of any email we send.
7. Data Retention
We keep your order information for our internal accounting, tax, and legal obligations. Blog comments and associated metadata are retained indefinitely to approve follow-up comments automatically. Marketing email data is kept until you unsubscribe.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or want to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at:
Email: doug@noernbergstamps.com
Website: www.NoernbergStamps.com