PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: December 5, 2025

1. Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, Rory Kramer (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for support or interact with our content or social media integrations.

“Personal Information” refers to any information that can uniquely identify an individual. Below is what we collect and why:

Device Information

Examples of information collected:

• Web browser version

• IP address

• Time zone

• Cookie data

• Pages or products viewed

• Search terms

• Site interaction behavior

Purpose

• To ensure the Site loads properly

• To perform analytics and improve site performance

Source

• Automatically collected via cookies, log files, tags, web beacons, and pixels
  

Disclosure

• Shared with our processor Shopify & Squarespace

Order Information

Examples of information collected:

• Name

• Billing address

• Shipping address

• Payment information (including credit card numbers)

• Email address

• Phone number

Purpose

• To fulfill orders and provide services

• To process payments

• To manage shipping and confirmations

• To communicate with you

• To screen for fraud

• To send updates or marketing if permitted

Source

• Collected directly from you

Disclosure:

• Shared with our processor Shopify & Squarespace

Customer Support Information

Examples of information collected:

• Contact details

• Order history

• Communication logs

• Device information

Purpose

• To provide customer support and resolve issues

Source

• Collected directly from you

2. Additional Information We Collect

User-Generated Content

If you provide comments, reviews, survey responses, or social media interactions, we may collect such content to improve services or feature customer feedback.

Social Media Information

If you interact with social media buttons or embedded content, those platforms may collect your information. We receive limited analytics—never full profile data.

Email Marketing & Subscriptions

If you sign up for marketing communications, we collect your:

• Name

• Email address

• Marketing preferences

You may opt out at any time.

3. Sharing Personal Information

We share Personal Information with third-party providers to help us deliver services and fulfill orders:

• Shopify hosts our store. You can read Shopify’s privacy practices here: www.shopify.com/legal/privacy

• Squarespace hosts our site. You can read Squarespaces’ privacy practices here: www.squarespace.com/privacy

• Your information may be accessible to the owner of the Rory Kramer trademarks as a condition of the licensing relationship.

• We may disclose information to comply with legal obligations (subpoenas, court orders, fraud prevention).

We do not sell Personal Information.

4. Using Personal Information

We use your information to:

• Process and fulfill orders

• Manage payments and fraud screening

• Ship products

• Communicate with you

• Provide updates, marketing, and promotions (only with your consent)

• Analyze site performance and improve functionality

• Enforce our rights and protect intellectual property

5. Intellectual Property & Image Protection

Because this website includes original photography, artwork, and digital media created by Rory Kramer, we may process IP-related data to protect copyrighted works.

This may include monitoring:

• Unauthorized downloads

• Automated scraping

• Suspicious IP activity

• AI-related misuse indicators

These processes help prevent infringement and protect Rory’s creative assets.

6. AI Usage & Data Protection

We do not permit:

• Use of our content (photos, videos, text, or any media) in AI training datasets

• Automated scraping to collect our imagery or IP

• Uploading our content to AI tools or machine learning systems

• Derivative AI generations based on our copyrighted material

We may use device data, access logs, or analytics to detect and prevent automated misuse of the Site.

7. Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR – EEA Residents)

We process Personal Information under the following lawful bases:

• Consent

• Performance of a contract

• Compliance with legal obligations

• Vital interests

• Public interest

• Legitimate interests (that do not override your rights)

8. Retention

We retain Personal Information unless and until you request its deletion. To request deletion, see “Your Rights” below.

9. Automatic Decision-Making

We do not engage in automated decision-making that significantly affects users.

Shopify & Squarespace may use limited automated fraud-prevention tools, including:

• Temporary IP denylist

• Temporary credit card denylist

These measures do not have a legal or significant effect on you.

10. Your Rights

GDPR (EEA)

Residents of the European Economic Area may request to:

• Access Personal Information

• Correct or update data

• Port data to a new service

• Request deletion (“Right to be Forgotten”)

• Object to certain processing

• Restrict processing under specific circumstances

CCPA (California)

California residents may request to:

• Know what personal data we collect

• Access their data

• Request deletion

• Correct inaccuracies

• Request data portability

• Opt out of certain data uses (we do not sell data)

Authorized agents may submit requests on your behalf with proper documentation.

11. Cookies

We use cookies for functionality, analytics, security, and improving user experience.
Details remain as previously listed, including persistence periods and your control options.

12. Do Not Track

We currently do not modify data practices in response to Do Not Track signals due to industry inconsistencies.

13. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16.
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors.

If we learn that we have unintentionally collected data from a minor, we will delete it promptly.
Parents or guardians may contact us to request removal.

14. Behavioral Advertising & Analytics

We may use anonymized or aggregated data to understand user behavior, including:

• Marketing performance

• Referral tracking

• On-site browsing patterns

You can opt out of interest-based advertising through your browser settings or by adjusting cookie preferences.

15. Security Measures

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your Personal Information, including:

• Encrypted payment processing

• Secure hosting via Shopify & Squarespace

• Limited-access data controls

• Fraud monitoring systems

However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.

16. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

17. Contact Information

If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about privacy practices, please contact us: shop@rorykramer.life

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact your applicable data protection authority.