Privacy policy

Last updated: February 26, 2026

Affiliate Ecom LLC (operating as ArticBear) operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services"). ArticBear is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de-identified, so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services and as permitted or required by applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it applies in Belgium:

  • Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.

  • Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.

  • Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.

  • Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.

  • Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.

  • Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.

  • Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.

Personal Information Sources

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;

  • Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;

  • From our service providers including when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;

  • From our partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you.

     

  • Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites.

     

  • Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, to provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, and to secure our services.

  • Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and to maintain our business relationship with you.

  • Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies.

     

How We Disclose Personal Information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

 

  • With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).

  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services. You can exercise your rights to opt-out of those uses by contacting us at contact@articbear-be.com.

  • When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties.

  • With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.

  • In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations, and to protect or defend the Services and our rights.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. Information you submit to the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify as well as third parties that may be located in countries other than Belgium, in order to provide and improve the Services for you. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information, you can visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy. You may exercise certain rights with respect to your personal information via the Shopify Privacy Portal.

Third Party Websites and Links

Our website, articbear-be.com, may provide links to websites operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in Belgium. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us at contact@articbear-be.com to request that it be deleted.

Security and Retention of Your Information

We implement security measures designed to protect your information. However, no security measures are perfect. How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide you with Services, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes.

Your Rights and Choices

As you reside in the European Economic Area (Belgium), you have the following rights under the GDPR in relation to your personal information:

  • Right to Access / Know. You have the right to request access to personal information that we hold about you.

  • Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.

  • Right to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information.

  • Right of Portability. You have the right to receive a copy of your personal information and request its transfer to a third party.

  • Right to Opt out of Targeted Advertising. You may opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising". You can exercise your rights by contacting us at contact@articbear-be.com.

  • Objection to Processing and Restriction of Processing. You have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information for certain purposes.

  • Withdrawal of Consent. Where we rely on consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.

You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us at contact@articbear-be.com. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to verify your identity before processing your requests.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us at contact@articbear-be.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. For Belgium, the responsible authority is:

Autorité de Protection des Données (APD-GBA) Rue de la Presse, 35 1000 Bruxelles Email: contact@apd-gba.be Website: www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside of Belgium and the EEA, notably to the United States. If we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, articbear-be.com, and update the "Last updated" date.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please email us at contact@articbear-be.com or contact us at:

Affiliate Ecom LLC 5830 E 2nd St, Ste E 7000 Casper, WY 82609 United States of America

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, Affiliate Ecom LLC is the data controller of your personal information.