Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 30, 2024

Your privacy is important to us. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information through our website, www.erinjeannemcdowell.com ("the Site"), which is hosted on Squarespace, with our online store hosted separately on Shopify. By accessing or using the Site, you consent to this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to improve your experience and provide our services, including:

  • Personal Information: When you subscribe, submit a form, or make a purchase, we may collect your name, email, address, and other information you provide.

  • Automatically Collected Data: This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

    • Information about your browser, IP address, network, and device

    • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

    • This information may also include details about your use of this website, including: clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

2. Analytics

We use analytics tools to better understand our visitors' interactions on the Site, including:

  • Information Collected: Browser type, device, network information, previous web pages visited, and IP address.

  • Usage Data: Clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling behavior, searches, and timestamps.

We share this information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, to monitor site activity and traffic. Additionally, we use Google Analytics, which gathers and anonymizes data to analyze traffic trends.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and track traffic. These include:

  • Necessary and Required Cookies: Squarespace requires these cookies to securely serve the website to you.

  • Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

You may manage cookies in your browser settings. For more on cookies used by Squarespace, please visit The Cookies Squarespace Uses.

4. Visitor Data on Shopify Store

When you make a purchase through our Shopify store, we collect necessary information to fulfill your order, including:

  • Personal Details: Name, email, phone number, and billing/shipping address.

  • Order Information: Product details, such as size or type.

We share this information with Shopify, which hosts our online store. Shopify manages the security of this data to provide website and e-commerce services.

Our payment processor is Shopify Payments, Powered by Stripe, collect payment details directly. You can view Stripe's Privacy Policy here.

For your convenience, this site may auto-complete your address at checkout by interacting with the Google Places API, which will suggest addresses based on your input.

5. Form Block Submissions

When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

6. Customer Accounts

If you create a customer account on our Shopify store, we collect your information to improve the checkout process and customer service, including:

  • Contact Information: Name, email, address, and phone number.

  • Order Details: Product information and order history.

We share this data with Shopify to manage your account and purchase history securely.

7. Communications

  • Abandoned Cart Emails: If you abandon your cart on our Shopify store after entering your email or logging into your account, you may receive a reminder email to complete your purchase. You can unsubscribe from these emails at any time.

  • Marketing Emails: If you subscribe, we may send promotional emails. You can unsubscribe using the link in each message. Squarespace helps us manage and send these emails.

  • Order & Account Notifications: We may email you for account updates or order information (e.g., order confirmations). These are transactional emails and cannot be unsubscribed from.

8. Payments and Security

When you make a purchase, Shopify securely processes payment information using third-party services:

  • Stripe: Handles payment information. Stripe’s Privacy Policy.

  • Other Payment Providers: May be used based on your chosen payment method. Payment details are handled securely by Shopify.

We implement security measures to safeguard your data, but please note that no online service is entirely secure.

9. Google Analytics and AdSense

We use Google Analytics to understand our audience, with data aggregated and anonymized. Additionally, Google AdSense serves ads based on your activity, using cookies to personalize ads. You may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page.

Our Site may use Google’s remarketing or similar audience features to display our ads on third-party sites across the Internet. This means Google may serve ads based on your visits to our website. You may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

10. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at erin.j.mcdowell@gmail.com.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically. The "Last Updated" date will reflect any changes. We encourage you to review this policy occasionally.

12. Contact Us

For any questions regarding this privacy policy, please reach out to us at:

Erin Jeanne McDowell
, erin.j.mcdowell@gmail.com