Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Pickly Pickly's Shoebox World is an independent children's book published by Dean B. Xeros / The Shoebox Imagination Company, based in Richardson, Texas. This policy explains what personal information we collect when you visit picklypickly.com or place an order, and how we use it.

2. Information We Collect

• Email address — when you sign up for our launch notification list or place an order.
• Name & shipping address — when you place an order, so we can ship your book to you.
• Child's name— only if you order a Personalized & Signed edition, so the author can write the dedication.
• Payment information — collected directly by Stripe, our payment processor. We never see or store your credit card details.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To fulfill and ship your order.
• To send you an order confirmation and shipping notification email.
• To send you a launch announcement email if you signed up for our notify list (you can unsubscribe at any time).
• To respond to questions or support requests you send us.

We do not use your information for advertising or sell it to any third party — ever.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following trusted services to operate this site:

• Stripe — payment processing. Stripe handles all credit card data under their own Privacy Policy.
• Resend — email delivery for order confirmations and announcements.
• Supabase — secure database hosting for order records.
• Vercel — website hosting.

Each of these services processes data only as necessary to provide their service and is contractually prohibited from using your data for other purposes.

5. Data Retention

Order information is retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the order and comply with applicable tax and accounting requirements (typically 7 years). Email addresses on the notify list are kept until you unsubscribe.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
• Ask us to delete your data (subject to legal retention requirements).
• Unsubscribe from our email list at any time using the link in any email we send.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at dbxeros@gmail.com.

7. Cookies

This site uses only essential cookies required for secure checkout and admin authentication. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

8. Children's Privacy

While our book is written for young readers, this website is intended for use by adults. All purchases and email sign-ups are made by parents, grandparents, or guardians — not children. The child's name provided for a Personalized edition is supplied by the purchasing adult and is used solely to write the book dedication. We do not knowingly collect any personal information directly from children.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Email us at dbxeros@gmail.com.