Privacy Policy - Litte black heart designs

Effective Date: 5/16/2025
Last Updated: 5/20/2025

Introduction

Welcome to Little Black Heart Designs. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and make purchases.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

Register on our website
Place an order
Subscribe to our newsletter
Contact our customer service
Participate in promotions or surveys

This information may include:

Name
Email address
Phone number
Billing and shipping address
Payment information (credit card numbers, PayPal email, etc.)
Order history

1.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

IP address
Browser type
Operating system
Device information
Pages visited
Time and date of your visit
Referring website
Click patterns

1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. These technologies help us analyze website traffic, customize content, and improve your experience.

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

2.1 To Process Transactions

Fulfill and manage your orders
Process payments
Arrange for shipping
Provide invoices and/or order confirmations

2.2 To Improve Our Services

Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience

2.3 To Communicate with You

Send you marketing and promotional communications (with your consent)
Respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests
Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, including:

3.1 E-commerce and Website Services

WooCommerce (for processing orders and payments)
WordPress (our website platform)

3.2 Print-on-Demand Partners

Printify
CustomCat
Printful
Awkward Styles
Ink Joy

3.3 Payment Processors

PayPal
Stripe
Other payment gateways

3.4 Analytics and Advertising

Google Analytics
Google AdSense

Each of these third parties has their own privacy policies that govern how they use your information. We recommend you review their privacy policies as well.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly
Preference cookies: Enable the website to remember your preferences
Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
Marketing cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements

4.2 Your Cookie Choices
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

Delete cookies from your browser
Block cookies by activating the setting on your browser
Allow cookies from specific websites

4.3 Google Analytics and AdSense

We use Google Analytics to analyze how visitors use our site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site.

We also use Google AdSense to display personalized advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only 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. For tax and accounting purposes, we typically retain order information for a minimum of 7 years.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

7.1 For European Economic Area (EEA) Residents (GDPR)

Right to access personal data we hold about you
Right to rectification of inaccurate personal data
Right to erasure of your personal data
Right to restrict processing of your personal data
Right to data portability
Right to object to processing of your personal data
Right to withdraw consent

7.2 For California Residents (CCPA)

Right to know what personal information is collected
Right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed
Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
Right to access personal information
Right to equal service and price

7.3 Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [your email address]. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.

International Data Transfers

Your 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 from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there. Your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

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 and updating the “Last Updated” date.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website before any material changes become effective and impact the way we use your personal data.

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Little Black Heart Designs
Email: hello@lbhdesigns.com
Website: lbhdesigns.biz

By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy.