privacy policy

Effective Date: May 23, 2025

Last Updated: May 23, 2025

1. Introduction

Kurtis Cummings (“I”, "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information in compliance with our website provider, Squarespace, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) of British Columbia.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our website or services, such as when you:

  • Fill out a contact form

  • Sign up for our newsletter

  • Make a purchase

  • Book a service

  • Communicate with us via email or other channels

The types of personal information we may collect include:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Billing and shipping address

  • Payment information (processed securely through third-party payment processors)

  • IP address and browser information

We also automatically collect non-personal information through cookies and similar technologies (see “Cookies” below).

Purpose of Information Collection

We collect personal information for the following purposes:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services

  • To process transactions and deliver products or services.

  • To communicate with you regarding your orders, inquiries, or customer service requests.

  • To improve our website and services.

  • To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

 

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

·       Information about your browser, network, and device

·       Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

·       Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

·       Clicks

·       Internal links

·       Pages visited

·       Scrolling

·       Searches

·       Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

·       These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

·       These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

·       Information about your browser, network and device

·       Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

·       Web pages you view while on this website

·       Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Website Customers

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:

·       Billing and shipping address

·       Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

·       Email address

·       Name

·       Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

When you make a purchase from us on this website, we use Squarespace Payments and Stripe as our payment processors. Squarespace Payments is a fully integrated, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third-party service providers which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:

·       Stripe - payment processing services. You can read Stripe’s privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy

·       Sift - fraud monitoring and detection services. You can read Sift’s privacy policy at https://sift.com/service-privacy

As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

·       You’ve created a customer account

·       Your customer account password has been reset or updated

·       You’ve made a purchase

·       Your order has shipped

It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data with:

  • Service providers (e.g., Squarespace, payment processors, email platforms) to help operate our business

  • Legal authorities when required by law or to protect our legal rights

  • Business transfers in the event of a merger or sale

These third parties are required to protect your personal information in a manner consistent with this policy and applicable laws.

Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

·       Information about your browser, network, or device

·       Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

·       Your IP address

 

3. Consent

By providing your personal information to us, you consent to its collection, use, and disclosure as described in this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.

4. Limiting Collection

We will only collect personal information that is necessary for the identified purposes and will do so by fair and lawful means.

5. Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention

We will use and disclose your personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected, unless you consent otherwise or as required by law. We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the identified purposes, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

6. Accuracy

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, and up to date.

7. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information using administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. However, no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure.

8. Openness

We are committed to being transparent about our privacy practices. This Privacy Policy is available on our website, and we will provide information about our policies and practices upon request.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Under PIPEDA and PIPA, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal information

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Withdraw consent for certain uses

  • Request deletion of your information (subject to legal obligations)

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.

 

10. Challenging Compliance

If you have concerns about our compliance with this Privacy Policy or applicable privacy laws, please contact us at [Insert Contact Information]. We will investigate and respond to your concerns in a timely manner.

11. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those external sites, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites.

12. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 19. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:

Kurtis Cummings
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Email: theguywiththebigglasses@gmail.com