{"page":{"id":3,"title":"Privacy Policy","handle":"privacy-policy","url":"https://kitwave.shop/privacy-policy/","body_html":"<p class=\"policy-updated\">Last updated: <time datetime=\"2026-11-09\">November 9, 2026</time></p>\n<section class=\"policy-summary\">\n<h2>Your data, straight talk</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We collect what it takes to print your kit, ship it and answer your emails. Nothing more on purpose.</li>\n<li>We never sell your personal information.</li>\n<li>Photos you send us about a problem are deleted 30 days after delivery.</li>\n<li>You can ask to see, fix or delete your data at any time by email.</li>\n<li>Questions go to support@kitwave.shop; we reply within 24 hours on business days.</li>\n</ul>\n</section>\n<p>This Privacy Policy explains how Kitwave, 5317 Panorama Terrace, Panora, IA 50216, US (&#8220;Kitwave&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8221;, &#8220;us&#8221;) handles personal information when you visit kitwave.shop, place an order, or email us. It covers the website and our email support. It does not cover other websites you reach through links on our pages; those sites have their own policies.</p>\n<p>By using kitwave.shop you agree to the practices described here. If something on this page does not sit right with you, email us before you share anything, and we will answer your question.</p>\n<h2>1. What we collect</h2>\n<h3>1.1 What you give us directly</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order details:</strong> your name, shipping address, billing address, email address and, if you enter one, a phone number for the carrier.</li>\n<li><strong>Personalisation:</strong> the name (up to 12 letters) and number (0–99) you type for your jersey, reversible kit or shooting shirt, and whether you ticked the optional front number. If you type a real person&#8217;s name, such as a teammate&#8217;s, please make sure they are fine with it.</li>\n<li><strong>Size and product choices:</strong> sizes S to 5XL, sock sizes, colours and the items in your cart.</li>\n<li><strong>Support emails:</strong> anything you write to support@kitwave.shop, plus attachments such as photos of a damaged item.</li>\n<li><strong>Account details:</strong> if you create an account, your login email and password (stored in encrypted form; we cannot see your password) and your order history.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>1.2 What is collected automatically</h3>\n<p>When you browse the site, your browser sends technical information: IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, the page that sent you to us, and the time of your visit. Our website software also uses cookies to keep your cart working between pages and to remember that you are signed in. See section 4.</p>\n<h3>1.3 What we receive from others</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Payment provider:</strong> when you pay, the payment provider handles your payment details. We receive confirmation that the payment went through, the amount, and limited details such as your name and billing address. We do not receive or store full card numbers.</li>\n<li><strong>Carriers:</strong> tracking events for your parcel, such as &#8220;in transit&#8221; and &#8220;delivered&#8221;.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>2. Why we use it</h2>\n<table class=\"policy-table\">\n<caption>How each type of information is used</caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Information</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">What we use it for</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Name, address, email</td>\n<td>Processing your order, shipping it, emailing your confirmation and tracking link</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Personalisation fields</td>\n<td>Printing your name and number exactly as typed; checking that no team, league, player or brand names or logos are requested</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Payment confirmation</td>\n<td>Confirming the order is paid, issuing refunds to the original payment method, handling disputes</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support emails and photos</td>\n<td>Answering your questions, handling returns, replacements and refunds</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Technical and cookie data</td>\n<td>Keeping the cart and checkout working, keeping the site secure, understanding which pages people use</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Order history</td>\n<td>Showing you past orders, handling returns inside the 60-day window, keeping records the law requires</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>We also use information to protect the store and our customers: spotting fraudulent orders, blocking abuse of the site, and enforcing our <a href=\"/terms-of-service/\">Terms of Service</a>.</p>\n<h3>2.1 Marketing emails</h3>\n<p>If you sign up for news from us, we use your email address to send it. Every marketing email has an unsubscribe link, and you can also email us to stop them. Order emails such as confirmations and tracking links are not marketing; you will still receive those while you have an order with us.</p>\n<h2>3. Who we share it with</h2>\n<p>We do not sell personal information, and we do not rent our customer list to anyone. We share information only with the parties that help us run the store, and only what each one needs:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Production and fulfilment partners</strong> who print and pack your order receive your personalisation, size and shipping details.</li>\n<li><strong>Carriers</strong> receive your name, shipping address and, where provided, phone number, so they can deliver.</li>\n<li><strong>Payment providers</strong> process your payment and handle refunds under their own privacy policies.</li>\n<li><strong>Hosting, email and website software providers</strong> store and deliver our site and our emails.</li>\n<li><strong>Authorities</strong>, when the law requires it, for example customs paperwork for parcels going to Canada, Australia or New Zealand, or a valid legal request.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If the business were ever sold or merged, customer information could transfer to the new owner, who would have to respect this policy or tell you about changes.</p>\n<h2>4. Cookies</h2>\n<p>Cookies are small text files a site stores in your browser. Kitwave uses:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Essential cookies</strong> that keep your cart, checkout and login working. The store cannot function without these.</li>\n<li><strong>Preference cookies</strong> that remember simple choices such as recently viewed items.</li>\n<li><strong>Analytics cookies</strong>, if enabled, that tell us in aggregate which pages are visited, so we can improve the site.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block essential cookies, the cart and checkout may not work. Where the law requires your consent for non-essential cookies, we ask for it first.</p>\n<h2>5. How long we keep it</h2>\n<table class=\"policy-table\">\n<caption>Retention periods</caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Data</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">How long</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Photos you send about a problem</td>\n<td>Deleted 30 days after delivery</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Order records</td>\n<td>As long as needed for returns, refunds, disputes, and accounting and tax records required by law</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support emails</td>\n<td>As long as needed to resolve your request and keep a record of it</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Account details</td>\n<td>Until you ask us to delete your account</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marketing email address</td>\n<td>Until you unsubscribe</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>When information is no longer needed, we delete it or make it anonymous.</p>\n<h2>6. How we protect it</h2>\n<p>Our site runs over an encrypted HTTPS connection, so information you send at checkout is encrypted in transit. Payments are handled by the payment provider, not stored on our servers. Access to order information is limited to what is needed to fulfil and support orders. No system is completely secure, but we work to keep your information safe and will tell you as the law requires if a breach affects you. You can help: use a strong, unique password for your account and do not share it.</p>\n<h2>7. Your choices and rights</h2>\n<p>Wherever you live, you can email us to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>ask what personal information we hold about you,</li>\n<li>correct information that is wrong, such as an address,</li>\n<li>ask us to delete your information, except what we must keep for legal or accounting reasons,</li>\n<li>stop marketing emails,</li>\n<li>ask for a copy of your information in a common format.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Depending on where you live, such as California in the United States, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, local privacy laws may give you further rights, including the right to complain to a privacy regulator. We will not treat you differently for using any of these rights. To protect your account, we may ask you to confirm a request from the email address used on your order. We aim to respond within the time your local law sets.</p>\n<h3>7.1 Do Not Track and similar signals</h3>\n<p>Browsers handle &#8220;Do Not Track&#8221; and similar privacy signals in different ways, and there is no single standard for how websites should respond. Where the law in your location requires us to honour a specific browser signal for opting out of certain data uses, we will. You can always limit cookies through your browser settings, as described in section 4, and you can email us to opt out of marketing at any time.</p>\n<h3>7.2 Who can make a request</h3>\n<p>You can make a request for yourself, or someone you authorise can make it for you, as allowed by your local law. We will ask for reasonable proof that the request really comes from you or your authorised agent before sharing or deleting anything.</p>\n<h2>8. Kids</h2>\n<p>Kitwave sells adult sizes, S to 5XL, and the site is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Parents and coaches often buy jerseys for younger players; in that case the adult places the order with their own details. If you believe a child has given us personal information, email us and we will delete it.</p>\n<h2>9. Visitors outside the United States</h2>\n<p>Kitwave is based in Iowa, United States, and ships to the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. If you visit from outside the United States, your information is processed in the United States, where privacy rules may differ from those in your country. By using the site, you understand that your information will be handled in the United States as described here.</p>\n<h2>10. Personalisation and other people&#8217;s names</h2>\n<p>Custom jerseys are personal by design. The name on the back is often your own, but it can also be a teammate&#8217;s, a child&#8217;s or a nickname. A few things to know:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We use the text you type only to print your order and to check it against our printing rules. We do not publish customer names or numbers, and we do not use them in advertising.</li>\n<li>If you order for a whole team, you are sharing your players&#8217; names with us. Please only do so with their agreement, or their parent&#8217;s agreement for younger players.</li>\n<li>The personalisation stays attached to your order record, so we can handle a return or a reprint inside the 60-day window.</li>\n<li>If you want a name removed from our records after your order is complete, email us and we will remove what we are not required to keep.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>10.1 Photos you send us</h3>\n<p>When something arrives damaged or misprinted, we ask for photos. Please photograph the item only, not people or anything personal in the background. We use the photos to decide on a replacement or refund and, where needed, to raise the issue with a carrier or production partner. They are deleted 30 days after delivery.</p>\n<h2>11. Emails we send and how to read them safely</h2>\n<p>Kitwave emails only ever come from an address ending in @kitwave.shop. We will never ask you by email for your card number, your bank login or your account password. If you receive a message claiming to be from us that asks for any of those, do not reply or click its links. Forward it to <!--email_off--><a href=\"mailto:support@kitwave.shop\">support@kitwave.shop</a><!--/email_off--> so we can warn other customers. Tracking links we send point to the carrier&#8217;s site; if a link looks wrong, sign in to your account on kitwave.shop or email us instead.</p>\n<h2>12. Updates to this page</h2>\n<p>We may update this policy when our practices or the law change. The date at the top of the page shows the latest version. If a change is significant, we will make it clear on the site or by email to customers with active orders.</p>\n<h2>13. Privacy questions</h2>\n<p>Email is our only support channel, and we reply within 24 hours on business days. Use the subject line &#8220;Privacy request&#8221; so it is routed quickly.</p>\n<p>Email: <!--email_off--><a href=\"mailto:support@kitwave.shop\">support@kitwave.shop</a><!--/email_off--><br />\nKitwave, 5317 Panorama Terrace, Panora, IA 50216, US</p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"/terms-of-service/\">Terms of Service</a>, <a href=\"/refund-policy/\">Refund Policy</a>, <a href=\"/contact-us/\">Contact Us</a> and <a href=\"/help-center/\">Help Center</a>.</p>\n","visible_characters":10775,"meta_description":"How Kitwave collects, uses and protects your data when you order custom basketball jerseys: no selling of data, photo deletion, and your privacy rights.","parent":null,"published_at":"2026-11-09T01:15:19+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-09T03:03:51+00:00"}}