PRIVACY POLICY
**Privacy Policy for Doodle Mama Designs**
**Effective Date:** May 6, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Doodle Mama Designs ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares personal information of users ("you") of our website [Insert Website Address Here] (the "Site"). This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
**1. Information We Collect**
We collect the following categories of personal information:
* **Contact Information:** This includes your name and email address. We collect this information when you subscribe to our newsletter, create an account, place an order, or contact us through our website.
* **Usage Data:** We collect information about how you interact with our Site. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits.
* **Order Information:** If you make a purchase, we collect information necessary to process your order, including your billing and shipping address, payment information (processed securely through third-party payment processors, and we do not store your full credit card details), and order details.
* **Marketing Data:** We collect data related to your preferences for receiving marketing communications from us and your interactions with our marketing emails.
**2. How We Collect Information**
We collect information in the following ways:
* **Directly from You:** We collect information you provide to us when you fill out forms on our Site, create an account, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us.
* **Automatically:** We collect usage data automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
* **From Third Parties:** We may receive information from third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, as described in Section 5.
**3. Purpose of Data Collection and Use**
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
* **Marketing:** To send you newsletters, promotional emails, and other marketing communications about our products and services, where you have consented to receive such communications.
* **Analytics:** To analyze how users interact with our Site, improve our Site's functionality, and personalize your experience. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
* **Order Fulfillment:** To process and fulfill your orders, including shipping products and providing customer support.
* **Account Management:** To create and manage your account on our Site.
* **Communication:** To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
* **Legal Compliance:** To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
* **Security:** To protect the security and integrity of our Site and your information.
* **Personalization:** To personalize your experience on our Site and provide you with relevant content and recommendations.
**4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)**
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for processing your personal information is as follows:
* **Consent:** We rely on your consent to send you marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Contractual Necessity:** We process your personal information when it is necessary to fulfill a contract with you, such as processing your order.
* **Legitimate Interests:** We process your personal information when it is in our legitimate interests to do so, such as for analytics, security, and communication purposes, provided that your rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
* **Legal Obligation:** We process your personal information when required to comply with a legal obligation.
**5. Third-Party Services**
We use the following third-party services that may collect and process your personal information:
* **Google Analytics:** We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze usage data about our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track your activity on our Site. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Google's privacy policy can be found here: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).
* **Payment Processors:** We use third-party payment processors to process your payments. We do not store your full credit card details. The privacy policies of our payment processors will govern the processing of your payment information.
* **Email Marketing Platform:** We use an email marketing platform to manage and send our marketing emails. The privacy policy of our email marketing platform will govern the processing of your email address and related information.
We will only share your personal data with third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. We require third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
**6. Data Retention**
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
* **Contact Information:** We will retain your contact information for as long as you are subscribed to our newsletter or have an account with us. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter or close your account at any time.
* **Usage Data:** We will retain usage data for as long as necessary to analyze and improve our Site.
* **Order Information:** We will retain order information for as long as necessary to process your order, provide customer support, and comply with applicable laws.
**7. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)**
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
* **Right to Access:** You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
* **Right to Rectification:** You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
* **Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten):** You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
* **Right to Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
* **Right to Data Portability:** You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
* **Right to Object:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, including for marketing purposes.
* **Right to Withdraw Consent:** If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Right to Non-Discrimination (CCPA):** You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights.
* **Right to Know (CCPA):** You have the right to request to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
* **Right to Opt-Out of Sale (CCPA):** We do not sell your personal information, so this right does not apply.
**8. Exercising Your Rights**
To exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:
Email: hello@doodlemamadesigns.com
We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
**9. Security**
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:
* **Encryption:** We use encryption to protect your personal information during transmission.
* **Access Controls:** We restrict access to your personal information to authorized personnel only.
* **Security Monitoring:** We monitor our systems for security vulnerabilities.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
**10. International Data Transfers**
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including countries that may not have data protection laws that are as comprehensive as those in your country. We will take appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. If transferring data out of the EEA, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
**11. Children's Privacy**
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 16, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
**12. Changes to this Privacy Policy**
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our Site and update the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of our Site after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
**13. Contact Us**
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Doodle Mama Designs
Email: hello@doodlemamadesigns.com