THE THRIFTY SHOPPE PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: March 23, 2025

INTRODUCTION

Hey there! This Privacy Policy explains how The Wilder Shoppe, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use The Thrifty Shoppe website, join our membership program, purchase our digital products, or otherwise engage with our services (collectively, the “Services”).

We’ve written this policy in plain English because we believe you should actually be able to understand how your data is being used. That said, privacy matters are still serious business, so please read this carefully.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1.1 Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, password, and other contact or identification information.
• Payment Information: When you make a purchase, we collect payment information, billing address, and other details necessary to process your payment. Note that we use trusted third-party payment processors, and we do not store complete credit card information on our servers.
• Profile Information: Information you add to your profile, such as a profile picture, business information, website URL, and social media handles.
• Communications: Information you provide when you participate in surveys, contests, promotions, or when you contact us with questions or feedback.
• Content Contributions: Any content you contribute to our community forums, comments, or other interactive features.

1.2 Information We Collect Automatically

When you use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:

• Log Information: We record certain information when you use our Services, such as your IP address, device information, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps, and clickstream data.
• Usage Information: We collect information about how you interact with our Services, including the pages you visit, the links you click, and the time spent on each page.
• Cookie Information: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, gather information about users and visitors to our websites, and track activity across our Services. For more information, please see the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below.

1.3 Information We Receive from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as business partners, marketing agencies, and social media platforms. This might include demographic information, interest data, or additional contact information.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Services
• Process transactions and send related information
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
• Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and events
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Personalize your experience and deliver content relevant to your interests
• Facilitate your participation in our community features
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected

3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We may share information about you as follows:

3.1 With Service Providers

We share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf, such as hosting providers, email service providers, analytics companies, and payment processors.

3.2 For Business Transfers

If we’re involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

3.3 For Legal Reasons

We may disclose information if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or government request; to protect the safety, rights, or property of The Wilder Shoppe, our users, or the public; and to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.

3.4 With Your Consent

We may share information with third parties when you give us your consent to do so.

3.5 Aggregated or De-identified Information

We may share information that has been aggregated or de-identified so that it can no longer reasonably be used to identify you.

4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

4.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements. We use cookies and similar technologies (like web beacons and pixels) for several reasons:

• To keep you logged in to your account
• To remember your preferences
• To authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use
• To understand how you navigate through and interact with our Services
• To analyze the performance of our Services
• To personalize your experience

4.2 Your Choices

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

5. DATA RETENTION

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.

6. DATA SECURITY

We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems or your information.

7. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

7.1 Account Information

You may update, correct, or delete information about you at any time by logging into your online account or emailing us at privacy@thewildershoppe.com. Note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

7.2 Marketing Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

7.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

As described above, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject cookies.

7.4 Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signal. We currently do not respond to DNT signals.

7.5 Additional Rights for Certain Regions

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to:

• Access and receive a copy of your personal information
• Rectify inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Restrict or object to certain processing activities
• Data portability
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@thewildershoppe.com.

8. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

We are based in the United States and process information on servers located in the United States and potentially other countries. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that information we collect may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions.

9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Services are not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 16, we will delete this information as quickly as possible. If you believe a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services to stay informed about our information practices.

11. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

The Wilder Shoppe, LLC
Email: privacy@thewildershoppe.com
Website: www.thewildershoppe.com

By using The Thrifty Shoppe services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.