Legal Notice & Privacy Notice

Overview

Protectstar Inc. respects privacy and designs its websites, products, and services with data minimization in mind.

This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information in connection with our websites, online shop, MY.PROTECTSTAR account functions, newsletter, support, business communications, product downloads, and related online services.

This notice is intended for visitors and customers worldwide. Depending on your location, additional rights may apply under local privacy laws.

Who We Are

For privacy-related requests, you may also contact .

Protectstar Inc. is the controller or responsible business for the personal information described in this Privacy Notice, unless a product-specific notice or third-party platform notice states otherwise.

Scope

This Privacy Notice applies to personal information processed through:

• our main website;
• our online shop;
• MY.PROTECTSTAR account functions;
• newsletter signup forms;
• support and contact forms;
• business, reseller, press, and customer communications;
• website downloads and product information pages; and
• related web-based services.

This Privacy Notice does not replace product-specific privacy notices, app disclosures, app store notices, end user license agreements, or third-party platform policies.

For app-specific information, please also review the applicable product privacy notice, app disclosure, app store privacy label, end user license agreement, and product documentation.

Personal Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you provide directly, such as:

• name;
• email address;
• phone number;
• billing address;
• shipping address, if applicable;
• company or organization name;
• job title or role;
• country, state, or region;
• account registration information;
• login credentials;
• order information;
• license information;
• support requests;
• messages, comments, and attachments you send us;
• newsletter signup information;
• reseller, business, government, or press inquiry details; and
• any other information you choose to provide.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use our websites or online services, we may automatically collect limited technical information, such as:

• IP address;
• date and time of access;
• browser type and version;
• operating system;
• device type;
• referring URL;
• pages visited;
• files requested or downloaded;
• language settings;
• approximate location derived from IP address;
• error logs;
• security logs;
• session identifiers;
• fraud-prevention signals; and
• other technical information necessary to operate, secure, and improve our services.

Information From Third Parties

We may receive limited information from third parties, such as:

• Shopify;
• Shopify Payments;
• Shop Pay;
• payment processors;
• app stores;
• Kit;
• Google Analytics, if analytics consent was provided where consent is required;
• license and account systems;
• support providers;
• fraud-prevention and security providers;
• business partners;
• resellers;
• public sources; and
• users who refer, forward, or share information with us.

Categories of Personal Information

For transparency, the categories of personal information we may process include:

We do not intentionally collect Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, government identification numbers, precise geolocation, biometric identifiers, health information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, union membership, sexual orientation, or similar highly sensitive information through our websites.

Sensitive Personal Information

Some information may be considered sensitive under certain privacy laws, such as account login credentials or payment-related information processed through checkout providers.

We use sensitive personal information only for purposes reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain account security, process transactions, prevent fraud, comply with law, or protect our rights.

We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information for advertising, profiling, sale, data brokerage, or cross-context behavioral advertising.

How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

• to operate and secure our websites;
• to create and manage user accounts;
• to process orders and payments;
• to provide digital products, licenses, downloads, updates, and product access;
• to manage product activations and license status;
• to provide customer support;
• to respond to inquiries;
• to send transactional and service-related messages;
• to send newsletters and marketing communications if you subscribe;
• to process newsletter unsubscribes;
• to perform consent-based website analytics;
• to prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and unauthorized access;
• to detect and respond to security incidents;
• to troubleshoot errors and improve service reliability;
• to maintain business records;
• to comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, and contractual obligations;
• to enforce our rights, terms, and policies;
• to respond to lawful requests from public authorities;
• to support business, reseller, press, and partner communications;
• to improve our websites, services, and user experience; and
• to protect the rights, safety, and security of Protectstar, our users, and others.

Legal Bases (EEA, UK, Switzerland)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process personal data on the following legal bases, where applicable:

• performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract, including orders, licenses, accounts, product access, and support;
• compliance with legal obligations, including tax, accounting, recordkeeping, consumer protection, and regulatory requirements;
• legitimate interests, including IT security, fraud prevention, service reliability, customer communication, business operations, legal defense, and improvement of our services;
• consent, including newsletter subscriptions and analytics cookies or similar technologies;
• protection of vital interests, where strictly necessary; and
• establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Website Logs and Security

When you visit our websites, we process technical log data to deliver the site, maintain security, prevent abuse, diagnose errors, and protect our infrastructure.

Website logs may include:

• IP address;
• date and time of access;
• requested pages or files;
• browser and device information;
• operating system;
• referrer information;
• language settings;
• error messages; and
• security events.

Website logs are generally retained for a limited period, typically up to 30 days, unless longer retention is necessary for security, fraud prevention, incident investigation, legal compliance, or defense of legal claims.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our websites may use cookies, local storage, session storage, and similar technologies. We use two categories of technologies:

Technically Necessary Technologies

These technologies are necessary to operate our websites, shop, checkout, account functions, support functions, security features, and privacy preferences. They may be used to:

• maintain website functionality;
• remember language or region settings;
• secure forms;
• protect against fraud and abuse;
• manage login sessions;
• operate account functions;
• support cart and checkout functionality;
• process payments;
• maintain privacy and consent preferences; and
• ensure technical reliability.

Our shop and checkout may use cookies and similar technologies provided by Shopify, Shopify Payments, Shop Pay, or payment-related service providers to operate the store, process payments, prevent fraud, maintain security, and complete transactions.

Analytics Technologies

We use Google Analytics 4 in a minimal, consent-based configuration to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our content, usability, performance, and reliability.

Google Analytics is loaded only after you have consented to analytics technologies, where consent is required. If you do not consent, Google Analytics is not used for your visit.

Analytics cookies may include:

We configure analytics cookies to expire no later than 90 days and not to be renewed on each page load.

We do not use cookies or similar technologies to sell personal information, share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, create advertising profiles, or deliver targeted advertising.

You can change or withdraw your analytics consent at any time through our Cookie Settings. The Cookie Settings page itself is not measured with Google Analytics.

Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 in a minimal, privacy-conscious configuration.

Provider for users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland:

Google services may also involve:

Google Analytics helps us understand, in aggregated and pseudonymous form, how visitors use our website. We use this information to improve website content, navigation, performance, reliability, and user experience.

Processed Data

Google Analytics may process information such as:

• pages viewed;
• date and time of access;
• referring website or source;
• browser type and version;
• operating system;
• device type;
• language settings;
• approximate location derived from technical information;
• interactions with website content;
• session information;
• pseudonymous cookie identifiers; and
• technical event data.

We do not send names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, license keys, customer numbers, payment data, support messages, or other directly identifying information to Google Analytics.

Our Google Analytics Configuration

Our Google Analytics configuration is limited as follows:

• Google Analytics 4 only;
• no Universal Analytics;
• no Google Ads integration;
• no Google Ads linking;
• no advertising integrations;
• no Google Signals;
• no advertising features;
• no advertising personalization signals;
• no remarketing;
• no targeted advertising;
• no use of Google Analytics data for ad profiles;
• no User-ID feature;
• no custom dimensions containing personally identifying information;
• user-level and event-level data retention set to 2 months;
• reset of user data on new activity disabled;
• analytics cookies configured to expire no later than 90 days;
• analytics cookies not renewed on each page load;
• Google Analytics loaded only after analytics consent, where consent is required; and
• the Cookie Settings page itself is excluded from Google Analytics measurement.

IP Addresses

Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses from EU users. For EU-based traffic, Google states that IP addresses are used only to derive coarse location information before being discarded.

Legal Basis

For users in jurisdictions where consent is required, the legal basis for Google Analytics is your consent. For users in the European Economic Area, Germany, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the legal basis is consent under applicable privacy and cookie laws, including Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR where applicable and, in Germany, Section 25(1) TDDDG for access to or storage of information on your device.

Withdrawing Consent

You can withdraw or change your analytics consent at any time through our Cookie Settings. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.

You may also use Google's browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

No Ads, No Data Brokerage, No Sale, No Advertising Sharing

We do not use ads integrations on our main website.

We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, remarketing, Google Signals, Google Ads audiences, advertising personalization, or targeted advertising.

We do not sell personal information.

We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We do not use personal information for targeted advertising.

We do not act as a data broker.

We do not authorize service providers to use personal information for their own advertising, resale, or data brokerage purposes.

Because we do not sell personal information, share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use personal information for targeted advertising, we do not maintain a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" opt-out link.

We may still disclose personal information to service providers, processors, contractors, payment providers, checkout providers, hosting providers, analytics providers, security providers, and other operational partners when necessary to operate our business, provide services, process transactions, understand website performance, comply with law, or protect our rights.

Shopify, Shopify Payments, and Shop Pay

Our online shop is operated through Shopify.

We use Shopify, Shopify Payments, and Shop Pay to operate our store, process transactions, support checkout, manage orders, prevent fraud, and provide a secure purchasing experience.

Depending on how you interact with our shop, Shopify, Shopify Payments, and Shop Pay may process information such as:

• name;
• email address;
• billing address;
• shipping address, if applicable;
• payment-related information;
• order details;
• transaction details;
• device and browser information;
• merchant-site activity related to checkout or purchase;
• fraud-prevention signals;
• customer account or checkout preferences; and
• privacy preferences.

We do not store full credit card numbers when payment information is processed directly by Shopify Payments, Shop Pay, card networks, banks, or other payment service providers.

Shopify, Shopify Payments, and Shop Pay may process personal information as our service provider or processor for certain merchant-related functions. Shopify may also process certain information independently where required for its own services, legal obligations, fraud prevention, security, platform integrity, or Shop/Shop Pay functions.

If your privacy request relates to a purchase from our shop, you may contact us at or .

If your request relates specifically to your Shop Pay account, Shop account, or Shopify-controlled consumer profile, you may also need to contact Shopify directly through Shopify's privacy controls.

Shop, Orders, Payments, and Digital Products

When you purchase products, licenses, upgrades, subscriptions, or digital content, we process information necessary to complete the transaction. This may include:

• name;
• email address;
• billing address;
• shipping address, if applicable;
• order number;
• product purchased;
• license information;
• payment status;
• transaction metadata;
• tax information;
• fraud-prevention information;
• account information; and
• customer support information.

We use this information to:

• process orders;
• deliver digital products;
• provide licenses and activation;
• manage subscriptions or renewals;
• prevent fraud;
• provide support;
• comply with tax and accounting obligations;
• maintain business records; and
• enforce our rights and terms.

Order, payment, tax, accounting, and licensing records may be retained for as long as required or permitted by applicable law.

MY.PROTECTSTAR Account

If you create or use a MY.PROTECTSTAR account, we process information needed to operate and secure your account. This may include:

• name;
• email address;
• login credentials;
• customer ID;
• license keys;
• product assignments;
• activation status;
• purchase history;
• account settings;
• security events;
• support history; and
• technical information necessary for account and license management.

We use this information to:

• create and manage your account;
• authenticate you;
• manage licenses;
• provide product access;
• provide support;
• prevent unauthorized access;
• detect abuse or fraud;
• maintain security; and
• comply with legal and contractual obligations.

Support and Contact Requests

When you contact us for support or submit a contact form, we process the information necessary to respond. This may include:

• name;
• email address;
• phone number;
• product name;
• license information;
• order number;
• operating system;
• device or app version;
• error descriptions;
• screenshots or attachments you provide;
• message contents;
• support history; and
• technical metadata.

Please do not send us passwords, private keys, recovery codes, confidential files, health information, financial account credentials, or other sensitive information unless we specifically request it and it is necessary for your support case.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we process your email address and related subscription information to send you cybersecurity, privacy, product, update, company, educational, and promotional content.

Newsletter data may include:

• email address;
• signup date and time;
• signup source;
• IP address at signup;
• confirmation status;
• subscription preferences;
• unsubscribe status;
• delivery information; and
• email engagement information, such as opens or clicks, if enabled and legally permitted.

Where required or appropriate, we may use a confirmation process to verify newsletter subscriptions.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us at or .

We may retain your email address in a suppression list after you unsubscribe to ensure that we do not send you further marketing emails.

Transactional or service-related emails, such as order confirmations, account notices, product security notices, license information, and support communications, may still be sent where necessary to provide services or communicate about your account, purchase, license, or product.

Newsletter Service Provider: Kit

We use Kit to manage and send newsletters.

Provider:

Kit helps us manage newsletter signups, email delivery, unsubscribe requests, subscription preferences, suppression lists, and related technical functions.

Kit may process newsletter subscriber data on our behalf, including:

• email address;
• subscription status;
• signup source;
• confirmation information;
• delivery information;
• unsubscribe information; and
• engagement information, if enabled.

We do not authorize Kit to sell newsletter subscriber personal information, share newsletter subscriber personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use newsletter subscriber personal information for data brokerage.

Commercial Email Compliance

Our marketing emails are intended to comply with applicable commercial email rules. Marketing emails will include:

• accurate sender information;
• a valid mailing address;
• a clear way to unsubscribe; and
• no deceptive subject lines.

We process unsubscribe requests as required by applicable law.

Business, Reseller, Government, and Press Inquiries

If you contact us as a business customer, reseller, government agency, enterprise customer, journalist, analyst, researcher, or partner, we may process business contact information. This may include:

• name;
• business email address;
• phone number;
• company or organization;
• job title;
• country or state;
• inquiry details;
• proposal or project information;
• communication history; and
• related business records.

We use this information to communicate with you, evaluate opportunities, prepare offers, provide support, manage business relationships, respond to press inquiries, and maintain records.

Reviews, Testimonials, and Public Content

If you provide a review, testimonial, quote, case study, or public feedback, we may use it with your permission or as permitted by the platform on which you submitted it.

We may display limited information such as your name, initials, company, role, product used, review text, or public rating, depending on the context and permission granted.

App Stores and Third-Party Platforms

Protectstar products may be available through third-party platforms such as Google Play, Apple App Store, Mac App Store, Shopify, payment providers, marketplaces, or resellers.

Those platforms process personal information under their own privacy policies and terms. We may receive limited information from those platforms, such as purchase status, transaction identifiers, app store account information, aggregate analytics, refund status, or license-related data.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party platforms.

App-Specific Privacy Practices

Many Protectstar products are designed to minimize data collection and process security functions locally on your device.

However, app-specific data practices may differ depending on product, platform, operating system, license model, app store, feature, and user settings.

For app-specific information, please review the applicable product privacy notice, app disclosure, app store privacy label, end user license agreement, and product documentation.

Aggregated, De-Identified, or Anonymous Information

We may process aggregated, de-identified, or anonymous information for security, analytics, business reporting, product improvement, research, or operational purposes.

Where information is truly anonymous or de-identified under applicable law, it is not treated as personal information.

We do not attempt to re-identify information that has been de-identified, except where permitted or required by law, such as to test and maintain de-identification safeguards.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients when necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice:

• hosting and infrastructure providers;
• security and fraud-prevention providers;
• Shopify;
• Shopify Payments;
• Shop Pay;
• payment processors;
• card networks and banks;
• app stores and marketplaces;
• Kit;
• Google Analytics, if you consent to analytics where consent is required;
• customer support providers;
• email delivery providers;
• diagnostics providers, if enabled and disclosed;
• business operations providers;
• professional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants, tax advisors, and auditors;
• law enforcement, regulators, courts, or public authorities where legally required;
• successors or prospective successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, bankruptcy, or sale of assets; and
• other recipients with your direction or consent.

We require service providers and contractors to process personal information only for permitted business purposes and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.

We do not disclose personal information for sale, data brokerage, cross-context behavioral advertising, or targeted advertising.

International Processing and Transfers

Protectstar Inc. is based in the United States.

If you access our services from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States and in other countries where we or our service providers operate.

Service providers such as Shopify, Shopify Payments, Shop Pay, Kit, Google Analytics, hosting providers, security providers, support providers, and payment-related providers may process personal information in countries other than your country of residence.

Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws of your location.

Where required by applicable law, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information. These safeguards may include:

• standard contractual clauses;
• data processing agreements;
• adequacy decisions;
• certifications under recognized data privacy frameworks, where applicable;
• contractual, technical, and organizational safeguards;
• necessity for performance of a contract;
• consent, where legally appropriate; or
• other transfer mechanisms permitted by applicable law.

Service providers such as Shopify, Kit, and Google may maintain their own international transfer mechanisms, privacy programs, and data processing terms.

Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

Typical retention periods include:

• Website logs: usually up to 30 days, unless needed longer for security, fraud prevention, incident investigation, or legal reasons.
• Google Analytics user-level and event-level data: 2 months.
• Google Analytics cookies: up to 90 days.
• Cookie and consent preferences: until you change your preferences or until the applicable preference record expires.
• Account information: for as long as your account exists and as needed for account security, license management, support, legal compliance, or dispute resolution.
• Order, license, payment, tax, and accounting records: for as long as needed to complete transactions and comply with tax, accounting, audit, and legal obligations, typically up to 7 to 10 years depending on applicable law.
• Support communications: for as long as needed to resolve the request and maintain reasonable business records.
• Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent, or the newsletter is discontinued; suppression records may be retained to honor your opt-out.
• Business communications: for as long as needed to manage the relationship and maintain business records.
• Legal and compliance records: for as long as necessary to comply with law, enforce rights, resolve disputes, or respond to legal process.

When personal information is no longer needed, we delete, de-identify, anonymize, or securely retain it in accordance with applicable law and our business needs.

Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction, loss, misuse, and abuse.

These safeguards may include:

• encryption in transit;
• access controls;
• authentication measures;
• security monitoring;
• least-privilege access;
• logging of security events;
• fraud detection;
• secure development and maintenance practices;
• vendor review;
• contractual confidentiality obligations; and
• internal security procedures.

No website, online service, software system, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Breach Notification

If we discover a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate and take appropriate action.

Where required by applicable law, we will notify affected individuals, regulators, or other parties.

Children's Privacy

Our websites and online services are not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

Where a higher age threshold applies under local law, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children below that threshold without legally required consent.

Parents or guardians may contact us at .

Your Privacy Choices

You may have choices regarding your personal information, including:

• accessing or updating account information;
• unsubscribing from newsletters;
• granting, refusing, changing, or withdrawing analytics consent;
• requesting deletion of certain information;
• requesting correction of inaccurate information;
• limiting certain communications;
• managing browser cookies;
• using privacy controls provided by app stores, Shopify, Shop Pay, or other third-party platforms;
• contacting us with a privacy request.

You can manage analytics consent through our Cookie Settings.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at . Alternatively, contact us at .

Please include enough information for us to verify and process your request.

Rights for Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have the following rights, subject to applicable law:

You also have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise your rights, contact us at . We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

U.S. State Privacy Rights

Depending on your U.S. state of residence and subject to applicable law, you may have rights such as:

• the right to know whether we process personal information about you;
• the right to access personal information;
• the right to receive a portable copy of certain personal information;
• the right to correct inaccurate personal information;
• the right to delete personal information;
• the right to opt out of the sale of personal information;
• the right to opt out of sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
• the right to opt out of targeted advertising;
• the right to opt out of certain profiling;
• the right to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information;
• the right to appeal a denied privacy request; and
• the right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

We do not sell personal information, share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use personal information for targeted advertising.

We will honor applicable privacy rights where required by law. We may also honor certain requests voluntarily, even where not legally required, when reasonable and feasible.

To exercise your rights, contact us at or by phone at +1 561 246 3351.

California Privacy Notice

This section supplements the rest of this Privacy Notice for California residents.

Categories Collected

In the past 12 months, we may have collected the categories of personal information listed in Section 5 above.

Sources

We may collect personal information from:

• you;
• your device or browser;
• your account activity;
• support and contact forms;
• Shopify;
• Shopify Payments;
• Shop Pay;
• Kit;
• Google Analytics, if analytics consent was provided where consent is required;
• payment processors;
• app stores;
• service providers;
• resellers or business partners;
• public sources; and
• security or fraud-prevention providers.

Purposes

We use personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, including website operation, account management, order processing, license management, support, newsletter delivery, consent-based website analytics, security, fraud prevention, business communication, legal compliance, and recordkeeping.

Disclosure for Business Purposes

In the past 12 months, we may have disclosed personal information for business purposes to:

• service providers;
• contractors;
• Shopify, Shopify Payments, and Shop Pay;
• payment processors;
• app stores;
• Kit;
• Google Analytics, if analytics consent was provided where consent is required;
• hosting and infrastructure providers;
• security providers;
• support providers;
• professional advisors; and
• public authorities where required by law.

Sale or Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not use personal information for targeted advertising.

We do not maintain a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link because we do not engage in those activities.

Sensitive Personal Information

We may process limited sensitive personal information, such as account login credentials or payment-related information processed by payment providers. We use such information only for permitted purposes, such as account access, security, payment processing, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.

We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.

California Rights

California residents may have the right to:

• know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share;
• access personal information;
• delete personal information;
• correct inaccurate personal information;
• opt out of sale or sharing;
• limit certain uses of sensitive personal information;
• use an authorized agent; and
• not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, contact us at or by phone at +1 561 246 3351.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. If you use an authorized agent, we may require proof of authorization and may also require you to verify your identity directly with us.

California "Shine the Light"

California residents may request information about certain disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes without your consent.

Requests may be sent to .

Nevada Privacy Rights

Nevada residents may have the right to opt out of certain sales of covered information.

We do not currently sell covered information as defined by Nevada privacy law.

Nevada privacy requests may be sent to .

Appeals

If you submit a privacy request and we deny it, residents of certain jurisdictions may have the right to appeal.

To appeal a decision, email us at and write "Privacy Appeal" in the subject line. Please explain why you believe the decision should be reviewed.

We will respond to appeals as required by applicable law.

Verification of Privacy Requests

To protect your information, we may verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy requests.

Verification may include matching information you provide with information we maintain, requesting confirmation through your account or email address, or requesting additional information if necessary.

We will use verification information only to verify and process your request.

Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights.

However, some information may be necessary to provide certain products, services, accounts, licenses, support, or transactions. If you ask us to delete or restrict information that is necessary to provide a service, we may not be able to continue providing that service.

Financial Incentives

We do not offer financial incentives or price or service differences in exchange for personal information.

If we offer a program in the future that qualifies as a financial incentive under applicable privacy law, we will provide the required notice and obtain any required consent.

Global Privacy Control and Opt-Out Preference Signals

Because we do not sell personal information, share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use personal information for targeted advertising, Global Privacy Control signals do not change our sale, sharing, or targeted advertising practices.

We do not use Global Privacy Control signals as a replacement for analytics consent settings. Analytics consent can be managed through our Cookie Settings.

If we implement activities that require recognition of opt-out preference signals under applicable law, we will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals where required.

For our Shopify shop, privacy choices may also be managed through Shopify-supported privacy controls where available.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer "Do Not Track" signals. There is no uniform industry standard for responding to these signals.

We do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals. We handle Global Privacy Control and other opt-out preference signals as described in this Privacy Notice.

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not use personal information for automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not use personal information collected on our main website for advertising profiling.

Security and fraud-prevention systems may identify suspicious patterns to protect our users, our services, and our infrastructure.

Legal Requests and Compliance

We may disclose personal information if we believe disclosure is necessary to:

• comply with law;
• respond to lawful requests;
• cooperate with law enforcement or regulators;
• enforce our terms;
• protect our rights;
• protect user safety;
• investigate fraud or abuse;
• prevent security incidents;
• resolve disputes; or
• protect against legal liability.

Business Transfers

If Protectstar Inc. is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred or disclosed as part of that transaction.

We will handle such information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time.

When we make changes, we will revise the "Last Updated" date above. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice where required by law.

Your continued use of our websites or services after an updated Privacy Notice becomes effective means that the updated notice applies to your use of the services.

Contact Us

For questions, privacy requests, support requests, or legal inquiries, contact us at: