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📜 Privacy Policy – The Market Chapter

This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item, contact me, or use my services through Etsy.com or related sites and services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, including Etsy itself. You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more.

1. Information I Collect

To fulfill your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product you’re ordering.
You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for example, for a custom request) if you contact me directly.

2. Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It

I rely on several legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

As needed to provide my services — to fulfill your order, settle disputes, or provide customer support.

If you have provided your affirmative consent (which you may revoke at any time), such as subscribing to a mailing list.

If necessary to comply with a legal obligation, court order, or legal claim (such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law).

As necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests (such as improving my services, or compliance with Etsy’s policies).

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information about my customers is important to my business. I only share your personal information for very limited reasons and circumstances, such as:

Etsy: as necessary to provide my services and comply with Etsy policies.

Service providers: such as delivery companies, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

Business transfers: if I sell or merge my business, I may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.

Legal compliance: if I believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, enforce agreements, or protect rights and safety.

4. Data Retention

I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in this Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
I generally keep your data for 4 years.

5. Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EU

I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US or other jurisdictions. As a result, I may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your own.
If I transfer information outside of the EU, I rely on Privacy Shield–certified providers (such as Etsy’s or Google’s cloud services) as the legal basis for the transfer.

6. Your Rights

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have rights regarding your personal information, such as:

Access: you may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you.

Change, restrict, delete: you may have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information (except where I am required to store data for legal reasons).

Object: you can object to my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and receiving marketing messages after providing your consent.

Complain: if you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information, you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

7. How to Contact Me

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, The Market Chapter, am the data controller of your personal information.
If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at:
📧 info@markedchapter.com