Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 5, 2026

PeaceStepsCo operates this store and website, including all information, content, features, tools, products, and related services, to provide you, as a customer, with a personalized shopping experience (hereinafter the “Services”). PeaceStepsCo is a Shopify-powered store, which enables us to provide the Services. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you access the Services, use them, make a purchase or any other transaction, or communicate with us by any other means. In the event of any conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy shall prevail regarding the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand how your information is collected, used, and disclosed as described herein.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term “personal information,” we mean information that identifies you or can reasonably be linked to you or another individual. Personal information does not include information collected anonymously or rendered non-identifiable so that it cannot identify you or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from such personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, your place of residence, and to the extent permitted or required by applicable law:

  • Contact Information: including your name, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.

  • Financial Information: including credit card, debit card, and bank account numbers, payment card information, bank account details, transaction details, payment method, payment confirmation, and other payment-related information.

  • Account Information: including your username, password, security questions, preferences, and settings.

  • Transaction Information: including items you view, add to your cart, add to a wishlist, purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your past transactions.

  • Communications with Us: including information you provide in your communications with us, for example when you contact customer support.

  • 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, such as how and when you access or interact with the Services.

Sources of Personal Information

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you: including when you create an account, access or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide personal information.

  • Automatically via the Services: including from your device when you use our products or services or access our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies.

  • From our service providers: including when we use them to implement certain technologies 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

Depending on how you interact with us or the Services you use, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  1. Providing, personalizing, and improving the Services: We use your personal information to provide the Services, including to execute our contract with you, process your payments, manage your orders, remember your preferences and items of interest, send account-related notifications, handle purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, create and manage your account, arrange shipments, enable reviews, and create a personalized shopping experience (e.g., recommending products based on your purchases).

  2. Marketing and advertising: We may use your personal information for marketing purposes, including sending marketing, promotional, or advertising communications by email, SMS, or postal mail, and displaying online ads about products or services on the Services or other websites, based on items you previously purchased, added to your cart, or your other activity on the Services.

  3. Security and fraud prevention: We use your personal information to authenticate your account, provide a secure shopping experience, detect, investigate, or respond to fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and secure our Services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.

  4. Communication: We use your personal information to provide customer support, respond to inquiries, offer effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you.

  5. Legal reasons: We may use your personal information to comply with applicable laws or respond to valid legal processes, including law enforcement requests, participate in civil proceedings, enforce our terms or policies, or investigate possible violations.

How We Share Personal Information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes as described in this Privacy Policy. These circumstances may include:

  • With Shopify, service providers, and other third parties providing services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer service, cloud storage, fulfillment).

  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and deliver advertisements. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising through third-party services based on your online activity across merchants and websites.

  • With affiliates or within our group of companies.

  • In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with legal obligations, enforce terms or policies, or protect the Services, our rights, and the rights of users or third parties.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information regarding your access to and use of the Services to provide and improve the Services. Information you submit through the Services will be transmitted and shared with Shopify and third parties located outside your country as needed to provide and improve the Services. Shopify may use personal information to provide enhanced features that integrate data from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. For more information on Shopify’s privacy practices and your rights, visit Shopify Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Websites and Links

The Services may contain links to websites or online platforms operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of such sites. Please review their privacy policies before sharing any personal information.

Children’s Data

The Services are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. Parents or guardians may contact us to request the removal of such information.

Security and Retention of Your Information

No security measure is perfect or impenetrable. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your personal information. Personal information is retained only as long as necessary to manage your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce contracts or policies.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your place of residence, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you.

  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information.

  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.

  • Portability: Receive a copy of your personal information and request its transfer to a third party.

  • Communication preferences: Opt out of marketing emails using the unsubscribe link; non-promotional emails (e.g., order notifications) may still be sent.

  • Consent withdrawal: Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

You can exercise these rights through the Services or by contacting us at the details below. We may require verification of your identity before processing requests.

Complaints

You may contact us to file a complaint regarding the processing of your personal information. You may also lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in your region. For EEA residents, see the list of relevant authorities here.

International Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred, stored, and processed outside your country of residence. Transfers outside the EEA or the UK are based on recognized mechanisms, such as European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this website, the “Last Updated” date will be revised, and notice will be provided as required by law.

Contact

For questions about our privacy practices or to exercise your rights, contact us:

PeaceStepsCo is the data controller for your personal information under applicable data protection law.