Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from the-handshop-katana.com (the “Site”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

“Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.
“Log files” track actions occurring on the Site and may collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
“Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone number, and payment information necessary to process your order.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about both Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site, including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations.

Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When consistent with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud and to improve and optimize our Site. This includes understanding how customers browse and interact with the Site and assessing the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising campaigns.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third-party service providers that help us operate our business and provide our services.

For example, we use Shopify to power our online store and process orders.

We may also use Google Ads to advertise our products and measure the performance of our advertising campaigns.

We use Omnisend to manage email marketing and customer communications. Omnisend may process information such as your name, email address, purchase information, and website activity as necessary to provide its services.

We may also share your Personal Information when required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to lawful requests for information, or to otherwise protect our rights, customers, and business.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that may be relevant to you.

We may use Google Ads to help us promote our products and measure advertising performance.

You may have the ability to manage or limit certain advertising preferences through your browser, device settings, or applicable advertising platform controls.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not currently alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we detect a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Information, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your Personal Information.

If you would like to exercise any applicable privacy rights or have questions about how we handle your information, please contact us using the contact information below.

If you are a European resident, you may have additional rights under applicable data protection laws, including rights to access, correct, update, or delete your Personal Information.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

CHANGES

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, services, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.