AnimalThreadsStudio

Privacy Policy – Animal Lover Threads

Your privacy is important to Animal Lover Threads. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from our Etsy shop.

1. Information We Collect
To fulfill your order, you must provide certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to us), such as:

Name

Email address

Postal address

Payment information

Details of the product you’re ordering
You may also provide additional personal information if you contact us directly.

2. Why We Need Your Information
We rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

As needed to provide our services (fulfill orders, settle disputes, provide customer support)

When you have provided your affirmative consent

If necessary to comply with legal obligations or court orders

As necessary for our legitimate interests (such as improving our shop and services)

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure
Customer information is important to our business. We share your personal information only for very limited reasons:

Etsy: We share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you our services and comply with Etsy’s Seller Policy and Terms of Use.

Service providers: We may engage trusted third parties (such as Printify, Printful, or shipping carriers) to perform functions and provide services. We share your personal information only to the extent necessary for these services.

Legal compliance: We may collect, use, retain, and share your information if required to respond to legal process or government requests, enforce our agreements, or prevent fraud.

4. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services and as described in this Privacy Policy. However, we may also be required to retain this information to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

5. Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, change, or delete your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us through Etsy messages.

6. How to Contact Us
For purposes of EU data protection law, Animal Lover Threads is the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via Etsy Messages.