Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 9, 2026

Wentzville Hobby respects your privacy and protects your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and share your information, along with your remedies.

⚙️ WooCommerce Platform

We host our online store using WooCommerce.

  • Data Collected: WooCommerce processes your IP address, browser type, and shopping cart contents.
  • Purpose: This tracking ensures proper site functionality and maintains your active shopping session.
  • Storage: Your account details and order history remain securely stored in our website database.

🍪 Cookie Usage

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing and shopping experience.

  • Essential Cookies: These remember items in your cart and keep you logged into your account.
  • Performance Cookies: These analyze site traffic to help us improve store navigation and layouts.
  • Management Remedy: You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings, though some store features may stop working.

💳 PayPal Payments

We process all online payments securely through PayPal.

  • Information Shared: We send your order total, billing address, and name to PayPal.
  • Financial Security: Wentzville Hobby never sees, collects, or stores your credit card numbers or bank details.
  • External Policy: PayPal handles your payment data according to the PayPal Privacy Statement.

📦 Third-Party Shipping

We share your delivery details with third-party shipping carriers (such as USPS, UPS, or FedEx) to fulfill orders.

  • Information Shared: We provide the carrier with your name, shipping address, phone number, and email.
  • Purpose: This data allows carriers to deliver packages and send automated tracking updates.

📧 Email Communications

We use your email address strictly for transactional and promotional communications.

  • Order Updates: You will receive automated emails regarding order confirmations, receipts, and tracking info.
  • Marketing: If you opt-in, we may send newsletters or promotional offers.
  • Opt-Out Remedy: You can click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any marketing email to opt out instantly.

🔌 External Extensions and Services

Our website utilizes various WooCommerce extensions to optimize performance, security, and features.

  • Data Transfer: These extensions may connect to external APIs or third-party servers.
  • Information Shared: Shared data is limited to technical identifiers, like your IP address or basic order structure.
  • Purpose: This connection assists with automated tax calculations, anti-spam protection, and live shipping rates.

🔞 Age Restrictions

Our website and products are intended solely for adult shoppers and supervised hobbyists.

  • Minimum Age: We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 13.
  • Parental Remedy: If a child has provided us with personal data, parents can contact us immediately to have it deleted.

⏳ Data Retention Limits

We only store your information for as long as necessary to fulfill business operations and legal obligations.

  • Order Records: We retain transactional data (invoices, tax history) for 7 years to comply with tax laws.
  • Account Profiles: Customer accounts remain active until you request deletion or after 3 years of total inactivity.

🛠️ Remedies and Data Rights

You hold full control over your personal information. You have the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of all personal data we hold about you.
  • Correction: Ask us to update or fix inaccurate account information.
  • Deletion: Request that we permanently erase your personal data from our systems, except for data we must keep for legal or tax purposes.

📬 Questions and Support

If you have questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact our support team.

  • Email: admin@wentzvillehobby.com
  • Response Time: We strive to respond to all privacy inquiries within 48 business hours.

Would you like to add specific state-level compliance language, such as a CCPA notice for California residents, or should we create a separate Terms of Service document next?