This Privacy Policy describes how The Curator’s Bazaar LLC ("The Curator’s Bazaar LLC", "the Bazaar", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or interact with our website and online pages (the "Site"), purchase or subscribe to our products, or otherwise use our services (collectively, the "Services").
We believe in discretion, clarity, and control. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked with you ("Personal Information"). The categories we collect depend on how you interact with us.
When you use the Site, we and our service providers automatically collect:
To personalize your curation and improve our Services, we may create inferences about your tastes and interests from the information described above (e.g., preferred genres, pacing, themes, or scent tolerance where you’ve told us about it).
We do not request medical records or diagnoses. If you choose to share limited allergy or sensitivity information (e.g., fragrance sensitivities or ingredient/material avoidance), we treat it as sensitive and use it solely to tailor curation and avoid potential irritants. Please do not send detailed medical information.
We use your information to:
We process Personal Information under one or more lawful bases (where applicable): contract (to provide the Services), consent (e.g., for certain marketing cookies), legitimate interests (e.g., to improve and secure our Services), and legal obligations.
We disclose Personal Information as needed to operate the Services, and otherwise with your consent or as required by law. Typical recipients include:
We do not sell Personal Information for money. We may "share" (as defined by certain U.S. state laws) identifiers and internet activity with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising, where permitted and subject to your choices. See Your Privacy Choices.
Where permitted by law and your settings, we may use cookies and similar technologies to help us and our partners show you relevant ads and measure their effectiveness.
Your Privacy Choices (U.S.): If you are in a U.S. state with "Do Not Sell or Share" rights (e.g., California), you can opt out of cross-context behavioral advertising by (1) adjusting preferences in our cookie banner or click here, and (2) sending us a request using the contact methods below. We honor opt-out preference signals where required by law.
We keep Personal Information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, including providing the Services, complying with legal, tax, and accounting obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. If you request deletion, we will also retain the minimum necessary records to document compliance and for legitimate business purposes, as permitted by law.
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect Personal Information. No system is perfectly secure; please use caution when transmitting information over the internet.
Our Services are directed to residents of the United States and we do not accept international orders. If you access the Site from outside the U.S., you do so at your own initiative, and any information you provide will be processed in the United States by us and our service providers.
We do not make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you based solely on automated processing. Our payment processor(s) may use limited automated tools (e.g., temporary risk-based checks or deny-listing) to prevent fraud.
Your rights vary by jurisdiction. We will honor requests consistent with applicable U.S. law.
A. U.S. State Privacy Rights (including CA, CO, CT, UT, VA)
Depending on your state, you may have the right to know/access, correct, delete, port, and opt out of certain processing (e.g., targeted advertising, sale, and profiling). You also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising these rights.
Our Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us to request deletion.
Our boxes may include stationery with links or QR codes to third-party playlists (e.g., Spotify) or author sites. Our Site may also link to third-party websites. We do not control those sites’ privacy practices. Please review their policies before engaging with them
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA), we provide the following summary of our practices over the past 12 months:
Financial Incentives: If we offer a discount or perk in exchange for your email or participation in a referral program, we will describe the material terms at the time of the offer. Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time.
There is no consistent industry standard for responding to "Do Not Track" signals. Accordingly, we do not respond to DNT signals at this time.
We may update this Policy to reflect changes to our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The updated version will be indicated by an updated Effective Date and will be effective when posted. Material changes will be highlighted where appropriate.
If you have questions, requests, or complaints about this Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at:
Email: greetings@thecuratorsbazaar.com
Postal Mail: PO Box 4151, Beaufort, SC 29903
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your state attorney general or other applicable authority.
If you choose to share your Goodreads/StoryGraph profile link or export with us, we will use it solely to improve your curation (e.g., avoid duplicates, align genres, and tailor themes). We will not access your account without your explicit action, and we do not request your login credentials. You can ask us to delete any reading-profile data you’ve provided at any time.
This Policy applies to all offerings, including any limited-edition or secondhand drops (e.g., "Past Lives Archive").
