Last updated: June 25, 2026

Blades & Bookmarks 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"). Blades & Bookmarks 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, or 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 in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:

• Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
• Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
• Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
• Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.
• Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
• Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
• Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.

Personal Information Sources

• Directly from you including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;
• Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;
• From our service providers including when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;
• From our partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information

• Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you.
• Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites.
• Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, to provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and to secure our services.
• Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support, to be responsive to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
• Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies.

How We Disclose Personal Information

• With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
• With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. You can exercise your rights to opt out of those uses on our Your Privacy Choices page.
• When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties.
• With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
• In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with legal obligations, to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information, you can visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy at shopify.com/legal/privacy/app-users, and exercise certain rights at privacy.shopify.com/en.

Third Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, contact us using the details below to request that it be deleted.

Security and Retention of Your Information

No security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us. How long we retain your personal information depends on factors such as whether we need it to maintain your account, provide Services, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights including: Right to Access/Know, Right to Delete, Right to Correct, Right of Portability, and Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing for Targeted Advertising (see our Your Privacy Choices page). We may send you promotional emails; you can opt out any time via the unsubscribe link.

If you reside in the UK or European Economic Area, you may also exercise rights to Object to Processing/Restriction of Processing and Withdrawal of Consent.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the details below. For the EEA, you can find a list of responsible data protection supervisory authorities at edpb.europa.eu.

International Transfers

We may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in, relying on recognised transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses where required.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised policy on this website and update the "Last updated" date.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please email us at contact@bladesandbookmarks.com or call 0485 756 872. For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller of your personal information.