Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 25, 2026
At OriginalMagazines.com (“Original Magazines”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, make a purchase, or interact with our services.
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. (“Shopify”). Shopify provides the ecommerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your personal information is stored and processed through Shopify’s systems and is subject to their security standards and data practices.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide to us directly, and information that is collected automatically when you use the Site.
1.1 Information You Provide to Us
- Account and Order Information: When you place an order, create an account, or sign up for our newsletter, we collect information such as your name, email address, shipping address, billing address, and phone number.
- Payment Information: When you make a purchase, your payment information (such as credit card details) is collected and processed by Shopify and/or our payment processors. We do not store your full payment card details on our own servers.
- Communications: If you contact us (for example, by email, contact form, or social media), we may collect your name, email address, and the content of your message, as well as any other information you choose to provide.
1.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit or use our Site, certain information is collected automatically by Shopify and by us, including:
- IP address;
- Browser type and version;
- Device type, operating system, and platform;
- Usage data such as pages viewed, time spent on pages, products viewed or searched for, referring/exit pages, and clickstream data;
- Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies (see Cookies and Tracking Technologies below).
1.3 Information from Third Parties
We may receive limited information about you from third-party services (for example, payment processors, shipping carriers, marketing tools, or social media platforms), such as confirmation of payment, delivery status, or basic profile information if you interact with us through social media.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Process and Fulfill Orders: To process your payments, provide order confirmations, ship products, provide tracking information, and handle returns or exchanges.
- To Provide and Improve Our Services: To operate, maintain, and improve our website, products, and services; to analyze how visitors use the Site; and to develop new features or offerings.
- To Communicate with You: To respond to your questions, requests, or customer service inquiries; to send service-related messages such as order updates and policy notices.
- Marketing and Promotions: With your consent where required, to send you newsletters, special offers, promotions, and other marketing communications. You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.
- Security and Fraud Prevention: To help protect the Site, our customers, and our business from fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and other harmful activity.
- Legal and Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.
3. How Shopify Handles Your Information
Our store is hosted on Shopify. They provide the online ecommerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases, and the general Shopify application.
Shopify stores your data on secure servers behind a firewall and uses industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information. Your payment information is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) when processing payment.
For detailed information on how Shopify collects, uses, and protects your personal data, please review Shopify’s own Privacy Policy on their website.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We and Shopify use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to operate the Site, understand how it is used, and improve your experience.
Cookies may be used for purposes including:
- Keeping you signed in to your account;
- Remembering items in your cart or wishlist;
- Analyzing Site traffic and performance;
- Understanding which products and pages are most popular;
- Measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings, including disabling some or all cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Site and your ability to use certain features.
5. Information Sharing
We do not sell or trade your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in the limited circumstances described below:
- Service Providers: We share information with trusted service providers who help us operate our business and the Site, including Shopify, payment processors, shipping carriers, email service providers, analytics providers, and other operational partners. These service providers are given access to your information only as needed to perform their services for us and are expected to protect your information.
- Legal Requirements and Protection: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests (such as a subpoena, court order, or government demand), or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the rights, property, or safety of our customers or others.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction, your information may be transferred as part of the business assets. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure the new entity honors this Privacy Policy or provides notice of any material changes.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, for tax, accounting, or legal compliance purposes).
When we no longer need your personal information, we will delete it or take steps to anonymize it, unless we are required to keep it longer.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:
- Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: You can request that we correct or update any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information, subject to our need to retain certain data for legal or legitimate business purposes.
- Restriction: You may request that we restrict certain processing of your information in some circumstances.
- Marketing Opt-Out: You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email we send or by contacting us. Please note that you may still receive service-related emails (such as order confirmations, shipping updates, or policy notices).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the Contact Us section below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
If you are located in a region with specific privacy laws (such as the European Union, United Kingdom, or certain U.S. states), you may have additional rights under those laws. We will handle requests in line with applicable legal requirements.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not controlled by Original Magazines. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
9. Affiliate Disclosure & Data Collection
OriginalMagazines.com is a participant in the eBay Partner Network, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to eBay.com. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. As part of this program, eBay may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your browsing activity to track referrals and sales.
10. Security Measures
We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement commercially reasonable safeguards designed to protect it from unauthorized access, use, loss, or disclosure. These measures include SSL encryption for data transmitted between your browser and our Site, and the use of secure payment gateways through Shopify and our payment processors.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the details below.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, our use of Shopify or other service providers, or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. In some cases, we may provide additional notice (for example, by posting a notice on the Site or sending an email).
Your continued use of the Site after we post any changes to this Privacy Policy means that you accept those changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us through the contact form on the Site or at: