Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://whouwear.com.
What Data We Collect and Why (E-commerce Data)
When you place an order, we collect essential personal data to fulfill your purchase.
- Order Data: We collect your name, shipping address, email address, and phone number to process your order, provide tracking, and manage customer service.
- Payment Data: Payment information is processed securely by our trusted third-party payment processor [e.g., Stripe or PayPal]. We do not store or have access to your full credit card details.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser information. This helps us detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to display your profile picture. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website (e.g., for reviews), you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Comment Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for [one year].
- Login & Security: When you visit a login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for [two days], and screen options cookies last for [one year]. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for [two weeks].
- Editing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved that indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after [1 day].
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles from external sources). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.
Who We Share Your Data With
We share your data only as necessary to provide services and fulfill your order:
- Fulfillment Partners: We share your name, shipping address, and product details with our Print-on-Demand partners [e.g., Printify] so they can manufacture and ship your order.
- Payment Processors: We share payment details with our payment processors [e.g., Stripe/PayPal] to complete your transaction.
- Security: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments & Metadata: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Order & User Data: For users who register or place an order, we store the personal information provided. We retain this information for as long as necessary to comply with administrative, legal, and tax obligations. All registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes (e.g., order history for tax records).
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
