Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 25, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from our store.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit or interact with our website, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the site, and information necessary to process your purchases.

Personal Data You Provide Directly

  • Order Information: When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase, we collect information including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers or crypto payment details), email address, and phone number.
  • Account Information: If you register an account, we store your username, encrypted password, and account preferences.
  • Customer Support: If you contact us for assistance, we collect your communications and any details provided to resolve your inquiry.

Data Collected Automatically

  • Device Details: IP address, browser type, operating system, time zone, and language settings.
  • Usage Data: Pages viewed, products searched for, referral sources, and interaction patterns on the store.
  • Cookies & Tracking: We use standard cookies and tracking technologies to maintain shopping cart contents, recognize returning visitors, and analyze overall site traffic.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to fulfill the core operations of our store, including:

  • Fulfilling Orders: Processing payments, arranging shipping, generating order confirmations, and providing tracking updates.
  • Customer Care: Assisting with order inquiries, shipping issues, or technical support.
  • Site Optimization & Security: Monitoring for potential fraud or security risks, improving navigation, and maintaining store functionality.
  • Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Maintaining required business records, tax documentation, and verifying compliance with age or purchasing requirements.

3. Sharing Your Information

We share your Personal Information with third parties solely to assist us in operating our store and serving you, as described below:

  • E-Commerce Infrastructure: Our store platform processes customer order data to manage store operations and inventory safely.
  • Payment Processors: Payment details are handled securely by third-party payment gateways. We do not store full credit card details on our local servers.
  • Shipping & Logistics: Addresses and contact details are shared with logistics and shipping carriers to ensure accurate package delivery.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required to do so by law, regulation, subpoena, or government request, or to protect our legal rights.

4. Data Security & Retention

  • Security Measures: We use industry-standard encryption (SSL/TLS) to protect data transmitted during checkout and site navigation.
  • Data Retention: When you place an order, we maintain your Order Information for our record-keeping requirements (such as tax compliance and order verification) unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

5. Age Restrictions & Compliance

Our products are intended strictly for laboratory and analytical research by qualified individuals. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18 or 21 (depending on local jurisdiction). If you are under the legal age requirement, do not use or submit information on this website.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal information, such as:

  • The right to access or inspect the personal data we hold about you.
  • The right to request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • The right to request the deletion of your personal data, subject to legal and regulatory retention obligations.

To make a privacy request or ask questions about our data practices, please contact our support team.

7. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, operational needs, or legal obligations. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.”

Who we are

Our website address is: http://forgedeliteshop.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.