Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Aevolen (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We operate the e-commerce store at aevolen.com, based in Michigan, United States. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and what rights you have over your data.
2. Information We Collect
Information you give us directly
- Order information: Name, email address, billing and shipping address, and phone number.
- Payment information: We do not store full card details. Payments are processed by third-party processors (see Section 4). We may retain a transaction reference ID and last four digits for order records.
- Communications: Records of any correspondence you send us.
Information collected automatically
- Browsing and device data: IP address, browser type, OS, referring URLs, pages viewed, and timestamps.
- Cookies: See Section 5.
- Purchase history: Items browsed, carted, or purchased.
3. How We Use Your Information
- Fulfilling orders — processing payment, arranging delivery, sending confirmations and tracking updates, handling returns.
- Customer service — responding to questions and requests.
- Improving the Site — analyzing usage to fix problems and develop new features.
- Marketing — sending promotional emails only if you have opted in. Unsubscribe at any time via the link in any marketing email.
- Legal and compliance — meeting our legal obligations and enforcing our agreements.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share data only in these limited circumstances:
- Payment processors: Stripe, WooPay, Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, Google Pay, and Amazon Pay each handle payment data under their own privacy policies.
- Shipping partners: Your name and address are shared with carriers to fulfill your order.
- Analytics providers: We may use Google Analytics or similar services. Data is anonymized or aggregated. You can opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Platform providers: WordPress and WooCommerce hosting and infrastructure providers may process your data to deliver the Site.
- Legal requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights or safety of Aevolen or others.
- Business transfers: If Aevolen is acquired or merges, your data may transfer. We will notify you before it becomes subject to a different policy.
5. Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use them to keep the store functioning and to understand site usage.
WooCommerce and WordPress cookies
- wordpress_logged_in_[hash]: Keeps you logged in during a session.
- woocommerce_cart_hash / woocommerce_items_in_cart: Tracks your shopping cart contents.
- wp_woocommerce_session_[hash]: Stores session data so the store works correctly.
- woocommerce_recently_viewed: Remembers recently viewed products.
Analytics cookies
Third-party analytics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics) track Site usage in aggregate and do not identify you personally.
Controlling cookies
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect Site functionality such as the shopping cart. Learn more at allaboutcookies.org.
6. Your Privacy Rights
All customers
- Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
- Correction: Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
- Deletion: Ask us to delete your data, subject to legal retention requirements.
- Objection / Restriction: Ask us to stop or limit certain processing, such as direct marketing.
- Data portability: Request your data in a structured, portable format.
- Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent for marketing at any time.
GDPR (EU / UK visitors)
You have the rights above under GDPR and the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
CCPA (California residents)
- Know what personal information we collect, use, and share.
- Request deletion of your personal information (with certain exceptions).
- Opt out of the sale of your data. We do not sell your personal information.
- Non-discrimination for exercising your rights.
To submit a CCPA request, contact us at [contact@aevolen.com]. We will respond within 45 days.
7. Data Retention
- Order data: Retained for at least seven (7) years for tax and accounting compliance.
- Account data: Retained until you request deletion or close your account.
- Marketing data: Retained until you unsubscribe.
- Analytics data: Aggregated and anonymized data may be retained indefinitely.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Site may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies before sharing personal information.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. Contact us immediately if you believe we have done so.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy periodically. Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance.
11. Contact Us
- Email: [contact@aevolen.com]
- Website: aevolen.com
- Location: Michigan, United States
We aim to respond to all privacy requests within 30 days.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.