Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Thornton Sumner ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website (the "Site").

1. Information We Collect

Analytics & Technical Data

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity to power site analytics and improve performance, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

  • Interactions with the Site (clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps)

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

E-Commerce & Customer Accounts

When you place an order, create a customer account, or purchase a membership on the Site, we collect personal information to fulfill your request and manage our customer relationship. This includes:

  • Name

  • Billing and shipping address

  • Email address and phone number

  • Order details, purchase history, and subscription information

Webforms, Communications & Bookings

When you submit a contact form, schedule an appointment, or sign an agreement, we collect the details you provide (e.g., name, email address, phone number, project scope, uploaded files) to track and respond to your submissions.

2. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies:

  • Necessary Cookies: Always active to allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

  • Analytics Cookies: Used only when you acknowledge and accept our cookie banner to help us understand site traffic and activity.

For more details on specific cookies, please review The cookies Squarespace uses.

3. How We Share Your Information

We share personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating the Site and conducting our business:

  • Hosting & Platform:Squarespace hosts our website, customer accounts, and invoicing platform.

  • Order Fulfillment: We use Printful for custom merchandise orders. Order and shipping details are automatically transmitted to Printful for production and delivery. You can view Printful's Privacy Policyfor details.

  • Payment Processing: Payments are processed securely using Squarespace Payments powered by Stripe and Sift for fraud detection.

  • Tax Calculations: Automated tax calculations during checkout are powered by Stripe.

  • Address Autocomplete: Checkout address suggestions use the Google Places API.

  • Fonts & Embedded Media: This site loads fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts, which may process your IP address and device details.

4. Email Communications

  • Abandoned Cart Reminders: If you add items to your cart and leave without purchasing while logged in or after entering your email, you may receive an automated reminder within 24 hours. You can unsubscribe at the bottom of these emails.

  • Marketing Emails: If you opt in, we may send you newsletters or promotional updates. You can unsubscribe anytime using the link at the bottom of any email.

  • Transactional Emails: We will send non-promotional emails regarding account activity, order confirmations, or shipping status. Unsubscribing from transactional emails is not supported as they are required to fulfill services.

5. Comments, Likes & Social Sharing

  • Comments & Likes: When you leave a comment or "like" a post, we collect your display name, optional email address, URL, and device IP address to prevent misuse.

  • Social Sharing: Sharing content via embedded social media buttons may transmit your IP address and browsing data to third-party platforms.

6. Your Rights & Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as under the GDPR or CCPA/CPRA), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Correction & Deletion: Request that we update, correct, or delete your personal information.

  • Opt-Out: Opt out of non-essential cookies via our cookie banner or unsubscribe from marketing communications.

We do not sell your personal data or share it for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:

  • Email: thorntonsumner.batu@gmail.com

  • Contact Form: Contact Page