Privacy policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 29, 2026
Gary Boards operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the “Services”).
Gary Boards is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, make a purchase or other transaction using the Services, or otherwise communicate with us.
If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described below.
Personal Information We Collect or Process
When we use the term “personal information,” we mean information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person.
Personal information does not include information collected anonymously or that has been de-identified so that it cannot reasonably be linked to you.
Depending on how you interact with Gary Boards, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process:
- Contact information, including your name, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
- Financial information, including payment card information, transaction details, payment method, and payment confirmation.
- Account information, including your username, password, preferences, and settings.
- Transaction information, including products you view, add to your cart, purchase, return, exchange, or cancel.
- Communications with us, including information you provide when contacting Gary Boards for customer support.
- Device information, including information about your device, browser, network connection, IP address, and similar identifiers.
- Usage information, including information about how and when you interact with our website and Services.
Personal Information Sources
We may collect personal information:
- Directly from you when you place an order, create an account, use the Services, contact us, or otherwise provide information to us.
- Automatically through the Services, including through your device, cookies, and similar technologies.
- From service providers that help us operate our website, process payments, fulfill orders, provide shipping, or perform other business functions.
- From business partners or other third parties where permitted by law.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Depending on how you interact with Gary Boards, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
Providing and Improving Our Services
We may use your information to:
- Process payments.
- Fulfill and ship orders.
- Process returns or exchanges.
- Manage customer accounts.
- Provide order and shipping notifications.
- Remember your preferences.
- Provide customer support.
- Improve our website, products, and overall shopping experience.
- Enable customers to submit reviews.
Marketing and Advertising
We may use personal information to send marketing or promotional communications by email, text message, or other permitted methods.
We may also use information about your interactions with our store to show you advertisements that may be relevant to you, subject to applicable law and your available privacy choices.
Security and Fraud Prevention
We may use personal information to:
- Authenticate accounts.
- Provide a secure shopping and payment experience.
- Detect and investigate suspected fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity.
- Protect Gary Boards, our customers, and our Services.
If you create an account, you are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure.
Communicating With You
We may use your information to respond to questions, provide customer support, communicate about orders, and maintain our customer relationship with you.
Legal Reasons
We may use personal information when necessary to:
- Comply with applicable laws.
- Respond to valid legal requests.
- Protect our legal rights.
- Enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.
- Investigate potential violations or disputes.
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose personal information to third parties for legitimate business purposes.
This may include:
- Shopify and service providers that assist with website hosting, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, fulfillment, shipping, cloud storage, and other business operations.
- Business and marketing partners that provide advertising or marketing services.
- Shipping providers when necessary to deliver your order.
- Third parties when you specifically request or consent to the disclosure.
- Affiliates or entities within our corporate group, if applicable.
- Parties involved in a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or bankruptcy.
- Government agencies or other parties where required to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights and the rights of others.
Relationship With Shopify
Gary Boards is powered by Shopify.
Shopify collects and processes certain personal information about your access to and use of our Services in order to provide and improve Shopify's services.
Information submitted through our store may be transmitted to Shopify and other service providers, including providers located outside the country where you live.
Shopify may also process information collected from your interactions with Gary Boards and other Shopify merchants for certain enhanced Shopify services.
Where Shopify independently determines how personal information is processed, Shopify is responsible for that processing and for responding to applicable privacy requests relating to those activities.
Third-Party Websites and Links
Our Services may contain links to websites or online platforms operated by third parties.
If you follow a link to a third-party website, you should review that website's privacy policy, security practices, and terms.
Gary Boards is not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, or reliability of third-party websites or services.
The inclusion of a third-party link does not necessarily mean that Gary Boards endorses that third party.
Children's Data
The Services are not intended for children under the applicable age of majority in their jurisdiction.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where prohibited by applicable law.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to Gary Boards, please contact us using the information below.
Security and Retention of Your Information
We take reasonable measures designed to protect personal information.
However, no security system or method of transmitting information over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
How long we retain personal information depends on factors including whether the information is needed to:
- Maintain your account.
- Fulfill or support your orders.
- Provide our Services.
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Resolve disputes.
- Enforce agreements and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include:
Right to Access or Know
You may have the right to request information about the personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Delete
You may have the right to request deletion of certain personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct
You may have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information.
Right to Portability
You may have the right to receive a copy of certain personal information and, in some circumstances, request that it be transferred to another party.
Marketing Preferences
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in those messages.
Even after unsubscribing from promotional communications, we may continue sending non-promotional communications relating to your orders, account, or customer service requests.
You may exercise applicable rights by contacting us using the information provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests, as permitted or required by law.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.
Complaints
If you have a complaint about how Gary Boards processes your personal information, please contact us using the information below.
Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to contact or lodge a complaint with your local privacy or data protection authority.
International Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred, stored, or processed outside the country in which you live.
Where required by applicable law, recognized legal mechanisms may be used to protect information transferred internationally.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Gary Boards may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, legal requirements, technologies, or other operational reasons.
When changes are made, we may update the “Last updated” date shown at the top of this Privacy Policy and provide additional notice where required by law.
Contact
If you have questions about our privacy practices, this Privacy Policy, or would like to exercise any privacy rights available to you, please contact:
Gary Boards
📧 garyboards@outlook.com