# Privacy Policy - Weirdo Swarm
**Last updated: October 27, 2025**
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
## Interpretation and Definitions
### Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
### Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- **Account** means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
- **Company** (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Tetrachrome LLC.
- **Cookies** are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- **Country** refers to: Georgia, United States
- **Device** means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
- **Personal Data** is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- **Service** refers to the Website.
- **Service Provider** means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
- **Usage Data** refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- **Website** refers to Weirdo Swarm, accessible from https://weirdoswarm.org
- **You** means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
## Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
### Types of Data Collected
#### Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- Usage Data
#### Payment and Shipping Information
When you make a purchase through our Service, we collect:
**Shipping Address:**
- Full name
- Street address
- City, State/Province, ZIP/Postal Code
- Country
- Phone number (if provided)
**Order Information:**
- Products purchased
- Quantity and price
- Order date and order number
- Shipping preferences
- Customer notes or special instructions
**Payment Information:**
We do NOT store your credit card or payment information on our servers. All payment processing is handled by Stripe, Inc. ("Stripe"), our third-party payment processor. Stripe collects and processes your payment information directly. We only store:
- Transaction IDs from Stripe
- Payment status (completed, failed, refunded)
- Order total amounts
For information on how Stripe handles your payment data, please review Stripe's Privacy Policy at https://stripe.com/privacy
#### Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
### Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
- **Cookies or Browser Cookies.** A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
- **Web Beacons.** Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
**Necessary / Essential Cookies**
- Type: Session Cookies
- Administered by: Us
- Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
**Functionality Cookies**
- Type: Persistent Cookies
- Administered by: Us
- Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
## Third-Party Service Providers
We employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to Your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
### Payment Processing
We use Stripe for payment processing. Stripe may collect and process the following information:
- Credit card or payment method information
- Billing address
- Transaction details
- Device information
Stripe's use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy at https://stripe.com/privacy. We do not have access to your complete credit card information. Stripe is certified as a PCI Service Provider Level 1, the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry.
### Email Service
We use Resend to send transactional emails including:
- Order confirmations
- Shipping notifications
- Account-related communications
Resend's use of your email address is governed by their Privacy Policy.
### Cloud Storage
We use Vercel Blob Storage and Cloudflare R2 to store:
- Product images
- User-uploaded content
- Profile images
## Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- **To provide and maintain our Service,** including to monitor the usage of our Service.
- **To manage Your Account:** to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
- **To contact You:** To contact You by email, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
- **To process transactions:** To process your purchases, manage orders, send order confirmations, and provide customer support regarding your orders.
- **To fulfill orders:** To arrange for shipping and delivery of products you have purchased, including sharing your shipping address with shipping carriers.
- **To send transactional emails:** To send you order confirmations, shipping updates, and other transaction-related communications.
- **To prevent fraud:** To detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and protect against abuse of our Service.
## Sharing Your Personal Information
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
- **With payment processors:** We share your payment information with Stripe to process your purchases. Stripe handles your payment data according to their Privacy Policy and PCI DSS standards.
- **With shipping providers:** We may share your name and shipping address with shipping carriers (such as USPS, UPS, FedEx) to deliver your orders.
- **With other users:** when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. (For Example, if your profile is set to public instead of private).
- **For business transactions:** If We are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your order history and Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- **For legal requirements:** We may disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency), including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- **With Your consent:** We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
## Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
**Order Data:** We retain your order information, including shipping addresses and purchase history, for as long as necessary to fulfill orders, provide customer support, comply with tax and accounting requirements (typically 7 years), and resolve disputes. You may request deletion of your order data after these obligations are fulfilled, though we may retain certain information as required by law.
## Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
## Your Privacy Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal data:
**Access:** You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, including your order history and shipping addresses.
**Correction:** You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate personal data we hold about you. You can update your shipping address and profile information directly in your account settings.
**Deletion:** You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions (such as data we must retain for legal, tax, or accounting purposes). To request deletion, contact us at [email protected].
**Data Portability:** You have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
**Opt-Out:** You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email. Note that we will still send transactional emails related to your orders.
**California Residents:** If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal data we collect and how we use it, and the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal data. We do not sell your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
## Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by contacting Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
## Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data:
- **Payment Security:** We use Stripe for payment processing, which is PCI DSS Level 1 certified. We never store credit card numbers, CVV codes, or complete payment information on our servers.
- **Data Encryption:** Your personal data is stored in encrypted databases (MongoDB with encryption at rest). Data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using SSL/TLS.
- **Access Controls:** Access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel who need it to perform their job functions.
While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we continuously work to improve our security practices.
If we become aware of a data breach that affects your personal data, we will notify you in accordance with applicable laws.
## Sales Tax Information
We automatically calculate and collect applicable sales tax at the time of purchase based on your shipping address. Sales tax collection is handled by Stripe Tax, our payment processor, which determines the correct tax rate for your location.
The sales tax collected is remitted to the appropriate tax authorities as required by law. Sales tax rates vary by location and are subject to change. The total amount including tax will be displayed before you complete your purchase.
For questions about sales tax on your order, please contact us at [email protected] with your order number.
## Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
## Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
## Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
## Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
**By email:** [email protected]
**For Order-Related Inquiries:**
If you have questions about an order, please include your order number in your email for faster assistance.
**For Data Privacy Requests:**
To exercise your privacy rights (access, deletion, correction), please email [email protected] with "Privacy Request" in the subject line.