Privacy Policy
Draft. Not yet reviewed by a lawyer.
Effective [EFFECTIVE DATE].
The Rad Dog by Rad Fam Gear is a trade name of [BUSINESS NAME], [ADDRESS] ("we", "us"). This policy says what we collect when you use theraddog.com, why, who receives it, and what you can ask us to do. It is short because we collect little.
LAWYER CHECK 1: the legal name, the address, and whether both trade names should be listed.
1. The short version
- We collect what we need to take your order and send it to you: your name, delivery address and email.
- Your card details go straight to Square. We never see or store your full card number.
- We don't sell your information, and we don't share it for advertising.
- We set no cookies and load no analytics or advertising trackers. The payment form on the checkout page is Square's own (section 4).
- There are no accounts. Your cart lives in your own browser.
2. What we collect, and why
| When | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You place an order | Your name, delivery address and email address; what you ordered; the amounts for goods, shipping and sales tax; the brand and last four digits of your card, which Square sends us after you pay; Square's and Printful's reference numbers for the order | To take payment, print and ship your order, answer you about it, and keep the sales and tax records the law requires |
| You ask to be told when a design is available | Your email address and which design, garment and color you asked about | To send you a notice that it is available, and for nothing else |
| You email us | Your email address and whatever you write, including any photo you send | To answer you and fix a problem with an order |
| You visit the site | The requests your browser makes reach our server, as they do on any website. They include your internet (IP) address, which we use for a short time in memory to stop abuse of our forms. | To run the site and keep it safe |
We don't ask for a phone number or a date of birth. We don't create a profile of you.
LAWYER CHECK 2: the last row. Tonight the application writes no IP address to its own logs. A web server or proxy placed in front of it at go-live will usually keep access logs with IP addresses. Confirm what the live host keeps and for how long, and say so here.
3. What is stored in your browser
- Your cart (which designs, sizes and quantities) is kept in your browser's local storage, not on our server, until you empty it or clear your browser's site data.
- Your checkout in progress and your last order (name, delivery address, email and the last four digits of your card) are kept in your browser's session storage so the confirmation page can show them. They are removed when you close the tab.
- We set no cookies.
On a shared computer, close the tab when you're done.
4. Who receives your information
We share your information only with the companies that help us fill your order, and only what each needs.
| Who | What they receive | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Square (Block, Inc.), our payment processor | Your card details, typed into Square's own fields on our checkout page; your name, delivery address, email and order | To take your payment and to prevent fraud. Square's code runs on our checkout page and nowhere else on the site. Square handles what it collects under its own privacy notice. |
| Printful, which prints and ships your order | Your name, delivery address and email; what to print | To make and send your order |
| The delivery carrier | Your name and delivery address | To deliver your order |
| The Washington State Department of Revenue | For Washington delivery addresses only: the street, city and ZIP code. Not your name or email. | Its service tells us the correct sales tax rate for your address |
| [HOSTING PROVIDER] and [BACKUP PROVIDER] | The order and sign-up records on our server, and their backups | To host the site and keep our records safe |
| [EMAIL PROVIDER] | Your email address and our messages to you | To exchange email with you |
| Authorities and advisers | What the law requires, or what our accountant and lawyer need | Tax filings, legal duties, and protecting our rights |
We don't sell your personal information. We don't share it with anyone for their own marketing or for advertising to you on other sites.
LAWYER CHECK 3: the names and roles of the hosting, backup and email providers once chosen; the wording about Square as an independent recipient; whether "sell" and "share" should be defined by reference to California law; whether a link to Square's and Printful's privacy notices should be added.
5. Tracking
The site loads no analytics and no advertising trackers, and no other company tracks you across sites through our pages. Because we don't track you across sites, we don't change how the site behaves when your browser sends a "Do Not Track" signal.
If this changes, we will change this policy first.
LAWYER CHECK 4: California's online privacy law asks for a "do not track" statement and a statement about third-party tracking; confirm this wording meets it. Square's code on the checkout page contacts Square's own services, including an error-reporting service Square uses; confirm that is correctly described as part of Square in section 4 and not as tracking here.
6. How long we keep it
- Order records: six years after the end of the year in which you ordered. Tax law requires us to keep sales records for years; after that we delete them.
- "Tell me when it's available" requests: until we have sent you the notice, or for 12 months, whichever comes first. Then we delete your address from that list.
- Emails with us: up to three years after our last message about that matter.
- Backups keep copies for a limited time after we delete something from our working records.
LAWYER CHECK 5: the periods. Washington requires tax records for five years; six years is this draft's choice (decision L7 in LAUNCH_RISKS.md) and the accountant may change it. State the backup period once the backup exists.
7. Your choices
- See, correct or delete. Email [CONTACT EMAIL] and tell us what you'd like. We will answer within 30 days. We may need to keep order records for the period in section 6 where the law requires it, and we'll tell you if so.
- Stop an availability notice. Email us, or use the unsubscribe link in the notice, and we'll remove your address.
- Marketing email. We send none today. If we start, we will ask you first, and every message will have an unsubscribe link.
- We won't treat you differently for asking any of this.
Some states give their residents specific privacy rights. We aim to honor a reasonable request from anyone, wherever you live.
LAWYER CHECK 6: whether any state law gives rights that apply to a shop this size and need their own wording (California's "Shine the Light" law and Nevada's opt-out law are the two to check); the 30-day answer time; how to confirm that a request really comes from the customer.
8. How we protect it
Your card details are handled by Square and never reach our server. Our order records are kept on a server that only we and our hosting provider can reach, and they are not published or sent anywhere except as section 4 says. No method is perfectly secure. If something goes wrong that affects your information, we will tell you as the law requires.
LAWYER CHECK 7: do not promise more than is done. The Security and Privacy Reviewer confirms access to the data/ folder and whether backups are encrypted before this section is final.
9. Children
This shop is for adults. We don't sell children's sizes, the site is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has given us information, email [CONTACT EMAIL] and we will delete it.
10. Where your information is kept
We are in the United States and ship only to US addresses. Your information is processed in the United States. Printful and Square operate in other countries as well and describe that in their own notices.
LAWYER CHECK 8: whether anything more is needed about processing outside the United States, given US-only delivery.
11. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy we will post the new version here with a new effective date. If a change affects how we use information we already have about you in a way you would not expect, we will email you first where we have your address.
12. Contact
[BUSINESS NAME], trading as The Rad Dog by Rad Fam Gear
[ADDRESS]
[CONTACT EMAIL]