Effective Date: September 22, 2026
Ink & Consequences LLC (“Ink & Consequences,” “I & C,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, purchase products, subscribe to I & C Stories, or otherwise interact with us online, as well as how we use and protect that information.
By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Purchase merchandise from the Supporter’s Shop;
- Purchase a subscription to I & C Stories;
- Contact us through our website or by email;
- Submit information through forms available on our website; or
- Otherwise communicate directly with Ink & Consequences.
Depending on how you interact with us, this information may include your name, email address, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, order information, and other information you choose to provide.
Payment Information
Payments for products and subscriptions are processed through Stripe. Ink & Consequences does not directly store complete credit or debit card numbers.
Stripe may collect and process payment and transaction information in accordance with its own privacy practices.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically. This may include information such as your browser type, device type, operating system, approximate geographic location, referring pages, pages visited, and information about how you interact with the website.
Our website is currently hosted through Netlify. With your permission, we use Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and visitor activity.
How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through the website to:
- Process and fulfill merchandise orders;
- Process and administer subscriptions;
- Deliver digital issues of I & C Stories to subscribers;
- Send order confirmations, shipping notices, subscription communications, and other transactional messages;
- Respond to questions, requests, or customer-service inquiries;
- Maintain business and transaction records;
- Detect or prevent fraud, misuse, or security problems;
- Understand how visitors use our website and improve its functionality and content;
- Meet applicable legal, accounting, tax, and regulatory obligations; and
- Protect the rights, property, and security of Ink & Consequences, our customers, contributors, and others.
Purchasing merchandise or subscribing to I & C Stories does not currently enroll you in a marketing newsletter or promotional email list.
Cookies and Analytics
Our website and the services used to operate it may use cookies and similar technologies.
With your permission, we use Google Analytics to better understand how visitors interact with the Ink & Consequences website. If you accept Analytics, Google Analytics may collect information about your browser, device, website activity, approximate location, and interactions with our pages. If you decline Analytics, Google Analytics is not loaded by our website.
Our Ecwid-powered storefront may also use cookies and similar technologies necessary to provide shopping-cart functionality, maintain preferences, and operate the online store.
Visitors may accept or decline Google Analytics through our website’s cookie controls and may revisit that choice through the Cookie Settings link. The Ecwid-powered Supporter’s Shop provides separate controls for cookies and tracking used within the storefront.
You can also control certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some portions of the website or Supporter’s Shop.
Orders and Shipping
Physical merchandise purchased through the Supporter’s Shop is fulfilled directly by Ink & Consequences.
Products are ordered in batches, delivered to Ink & Consequences, and then packaged and shipped to individual customers. Customer shipping information is not provided to our merchandise manufacturers for fulfillment purposes.
We may provide the information necessary to deliver your package to shipping and postal service providers. This may include your name, mailing address, and other information required to complete delivery.
Digital Subscriptions
Subscribers to I & C Stories provide an email address so that we can deliver subscription benefits, including the downloadable monthly issue.
We may also use that email address for communications necessary to administer the subscription, including payment, renewal, cancellation, or service-related notices.
Subscription contact information is not currently used to automatically enroll subscribers in general marketing communications.
Service Providers
We use third-party companies and services to operate portions of our website and business.
These currently include services for:
- Website hosting;
- Website analytics;
- E-commerce functionality;
- Payment processing; and
- Shipping and postal delivery.
These providers may process information as necessary to perform their services for us and may maintain their own privacy policies governing their handling of information.
Our current website, e-commerce, analytics, and payment service providers include Netlify, Google Analytics, Ecwid, and Stripe. We also use postal or shipping providers as necessary to deliver physical orders.
How We Share Information
Ink & Consequences does not sell your personal information.
We may disclose information:
- To service providers when necessary to operate our website, process transactions, or provide requested services;
- To postal or shipping providers when necessary to deliver an order;
- When required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other valid legal process;
- When reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, users, customers, or others; or
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or other transfer involving all or part of Ink & Consequences.
We do not provide customer information to merchandise manufacturers for direct fulfillment because Supporter’s Shop orders are fulfilled by Ink & Consequences.
Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain appropriate business and transaction records, meet tax, accounting, and legal requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods depending on why the information was collected and any applicable legal requirements.
Data Security
Ink & Consequences takes reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Choices and Privacy Rights
You may contact Ink & Consequences to ask questions about personal information you have provided to us or to request that information be corrected or deleted where applicable.
Some information may need to be retained despite a deletion request when necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, transaction-record, fraud-prevention, or other legitimate business obligations.
You may also manage cookies and similar technologies through available website controls or your browser settings.
Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide additional rights regarding your personal information.
Children's Privacy
The Ink & Consequences website, Supporter’s Shop, and I & C Stories subscription service are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. Ink & Consequences does not control the privacy practices of those third parties.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services, business practices, or legal obligations change.
When material changes are made, we will update the effective date shown at the top of this policy. Continued use of the website after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
Contact Us
Questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices may be directed to:
Ink & Consequences LLC
Email: operations@inkandconsequences.org
Website: https://inkandconsequences.org/