Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Romans 8:28 Clothing Store (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.


Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at customer-service@romans828store.com or through our Contact Us page.


Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and the information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.

Device information

  • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

  • Source of collection: collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

  • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor.

  • Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

Order information

  • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you, fulfill our contract, process your payment information, arrange for shipping, provide invoices and/or confirmations, communicate with you, screen orders for potential risk or fraud, and, when in line with your preferences, provide information or advertising relating to our products or services.

  • Source of collection: collected from you.

  • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor.

  • Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.


Minors

Our Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us to request deletion.


Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you. For example:

  • We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

  • We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws, respond to lawful requests, or protect our rights.

We only share information with trusted third-party partners necessary to operate our store (such as Shopify, payment processors, and shipping carriers). We do not sell your Personal Information to unrelated third parties.


Behavioural Advertising

We may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. This may include remarketing ads, social media ads, or email campaigns. You can opt out of targeted advertising at any time.

Additionally, you can opt out of some services through the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal: https://optout.aboutads.info/.


Using Personal Information

We use your Personal Information to provide our services to you, including:

  • Offering products for sale

  • Processing payments

  • Shipping and fulfilling your order

  • Communicating with you about your order

  • Keeping you updated on new products, services, and offers


Lawful Basis (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent

  • The performance of the contract between you and the Site

  • Compliance with legal obligations

  • To protect your vital interests

  • To perform a task carried out in the public interest

  • For our legitimate interests


Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete it.


Automated Decision-Making

Our processor Shopify uses limited automated decision-making (such as fraud prevention). This does not have a legal or significant effect on you.

Examples include:

  • Temporary blacklist of IP addresses associated with failed transactions

  • Temporary blacklist of credit cards associated with blacklisted IP addresses


CCPA – California Residents

If you are a resident of California, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). These include the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect, use, and share

  • Request access to the personal information we hold about you

  • Request deletion of your personal information

  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information

  • Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information as defined by California law

Romans 8:28 Clothing Store does not sell your personal information in exchange for money. However, we may share information with trusted service providers and advertising partners (such as Shopify, Google, or Facebook) to help us operate the store, process payments, fulfill orders, prevent fraud, and show you relevant ads. California law may define some of this sharing as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.

If you would like to exercise your rights under CCPA/CPRA — including opting out of such sharing — please contact us at customer-service@romans828store.com.


GDPR – European Residents

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us at the details above.

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States, for storage and further processing. For more information, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.


Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to give you the best shopping experience possible. Cookies help us:

  • Remember your login and shopping cart

  • Understand how people use our site so we can improve it

  • Show you relevant products and ads (if you’ve opted in to marketing)

  • Keep our store secure and running smoothly

You can manage cookies in your browser settings at any time. Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can choose to block or delete them. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how the site functions.

For transparency, below is a detailed list of cookies our store uses, including their function and duration:

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name Function Duration
_ab Used in connection with access to admin. 2y
_secure_session_id Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. 24h
_shopify_country Used in connection with checkout. session
_shopify_m Used for managing customer privacy settings. 1y
_shopify_tm Used for managing customer privacy settings. 30min
_shopify_tw Used for managing customer privacy settings. 2w
_storefront_u Used to facilitate updating customer account information. 1min
_tracking_consent Tracking preferences. 1y
c Used in connection with checkout. 1y
cart Used in connection with shopping cart. 2w
cart_currency Used in connection with shopping cart. 2w
cart_sig Used in connection with checkout. 2w
cart_ts Used in connection with checkout. 2w
cart_ver Used in connection with shopping cart. 2w
checkout Used in connection with checkout. 4w
checkout_token Used in connection with checkout. 1y
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart Used in connection with checkout. 30min
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout Used in connection with checkout. session
keep_alive Used in connection with buyer localization. 2w
master_device_id Used in connection with merchant login. 2y
previous_step Used in connection with checkout. 1y
remember_me Used in connection with checkout. 1y
secure_customer_sig Used in connection with customer login. 20y
shopify_pay Used in connection with checkout. 1y
shopify_pay_redirect Used in connection with checkout. 30 minutes, 3w or 1y depending on value
storefront_digest Used in connection with customer login. 2y
tracked_start_checkout Used in connection with checkout. 1y
checkout_one_experiment Used in connection with checkout. session
checkout_session_lookup Used in connection with checkout. 3w
checkout_session_token_<<token>> Used in connection with checkout. 3w
identity-state Used in connection with customer authentication. 24h
identity-state-<<token>> Used in connection with customer authentication. 24h
identity_customer_account_number Used in connection with customer authentication. 12w

Reporting and Analytics

Name Function Duration
_landing_page Track landing pages. 2w
_orig_referrer Track landing pages. 2w
_s Shopify analytics. 30min
_shopify_d Shopify analytics. session
_shopify_s Shopify analytics. 30min
_shopify_sa_p Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. 30min
_shopify_sa_t Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. 30min
_shopify_y Shopify analytics. 1y
_y Shopify analytics. 1y
_shopify_ga Shopify and Google Analytics. session
customer_auth_provider Shopify analytics. session
customer_auth_session_created_at Shopify analytics. session

 

The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on whether it is a “session” or “persistent” cookie. Session cookies last until you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are first downloaded.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can choose to block or delete them. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may negatively impact your browsing experience, and some parts of our website may no longer function properly.

For more information about managing cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the Behavioural Advertising section above.


Do Not Track

Because there is no consistent industry standard for responding to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.


Changes

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


Complaints

If you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at customer-service@romans828store.com.
If you are located in the European Union, you may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. California residents may contact the California Attorney General’s office.