Last updated: June 30, 2025
Giving Good News 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"). Giving Good News 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.
When we use the term "personal information," we mean information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you. This does not include data that is aggregated or de-identified. Depending on how you interact with us, where you live, and applicable law, we may collect:
Contact details such as your name, billing and shipping address, phone number, and email address.
Financial information including your payment card details, transaction data, and related payment information.
Account information like your username, password, security questions, preferences, and settings.
Transaction information such as items you view, add to your cart, wishlist, purchase, return, or exchange, and your purchase history.
Communications with us, including customer support inquiries and any other messages.
Device information including details about your device, browser, IP address, and other unique identifiers.
Usage information related to how you interact with and navigate our Services.
We may collect your personal information from:
Direct interactions: When you create an account, make a purchase, fill out forms, or communicate with us.
Automatic technologies: As you use our Services, we collect device and usage data through cookies, pixels, and similar technologies.
Service providers: When we engage them to power certain features or process data on our behalf.
Partners or other third parties.
We use your personal information to:
Provide, tailor, and improve the Services: To process your orders, payments, shipping, returns, maintain your account, send related notifications, and create a personalized shopping experience.
Marketing and advertising: To send you promotional emails, texts, or mail and show you online ads based on your interactions with our Services and other websites.
Security and fraud prevention: To authenticate accounts, monitor for fraud or illegal activity, protect public safety, and secure our Services. You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials.
Communicating with you: To provide customer support and maintain our relationship with you.
Legal obligations: To comply with applicable laws, legal processes, or enforce our rights.
We may share your information with:
Shopify, vendors, and service providers who perform services for us like payment processing, fulfillment, customer support, data storage, or marketing.
Business and marketing partners to help deliver personalized advertising. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of this (see below).
When you request or consent to sharing, for example through social logins or integrations.
Our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate family.
In connection with business transactions like mergers, acquisitions, or bankruptcy, or to comply with law, enforce our terms, or protect rights.
Our Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information to operate and improve its platform. This may include combining data about your interactions with our store and other merchants on Shopify. Shopify is responsible for certain processing and responding to requests about that data. To learn more or exercise related rights, visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy or the Shopify Privacy Portal.
We use cookies and similar technologies to help operate our Services, understand usage, remember preferences, and show you more relevant ads. You can adjust your browser settings to manage cookies.
For more about targeted advertising or to opt out, visit:
We do not sell your personal information for money. However, we may share information with third parties for advertising purposes that could be considered a "sale," "sharing," or "targeted advertising" under certain U.S. state privacy laws.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of these practices. To exercise this right, please email us at hello@givinggoodnews.com with the subject line “Privacy Request,” or enable Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser, which we honor as an opt-out signal for the device and browser you use to visit our site.
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in some cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to the personal information that we hold about you.
Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing for Targeted Advertising. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to opt out of the "sale" or "share" of your personal information or processing for purposes considered targeted advertising.
No Sale or Sharing of Children’s Personal Information. As of the date of this Privacy Policy, we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. Before fulfilling your request, we may need to verify your identity or confirm authority to act on someone else’s behalf.
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the details below. Depending on your location, you may also have the right to appeal our decision or lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
We may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside of your country. For data transferred from the EEA or UK, we rely on safeguards like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent UK contracts.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We will post updates here and change the "Last updated" date. Please review it regularly.
For questions, or to exercise your privacy rights, please email us at hello@givinggoodnews.com or write to us at:
Giving Good News
120 S Main St. #157
Summitville, IN, 46070
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