{"page":{"id":3,"title":"Privacy Policy","handle":"privacy-policy","url":"https://mugmellow.shop/privacy-policy/","body_html":"<p class=\"policy-updated\">Last updated: <time datetime=\"2026-10-31\">October 31, 2026</time></p>\n<p>This Privacy Policy explains what personal information Mug Mellow collects when you visit mugmellow.shop or place an order, why we need it, who it is shared with, how long we keep it and what choices you have. A personalised mug shop handles a little more than most stores: names of the people you love, dates that matter to you and sometimes photos of your family or pets. We treat those with care, use them only to make your order, and delete photos 30 days after delivery.</p>\n<section class=\"policy-summary\">\n<h2>Your privacy in brief</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Who we are:</strong> Mug Mellow, 8 Willard Drive, Uxbridge, MA 01569, US. Contact: <a href=\"mailto:support@mugmellow.shop\">support@mugmellow.shop</a>.</li>\n<li><strong>What we collect:</strong> contact and shipping details, your order and Order notes, photos you email us, payment confirmations and basic technical data.</li>\n<li><strong>Why:</strong> to make, ship and support your order, to answer messages and to keep the site working and secure.</li>\n<li><strong>Photos:</strong> used only for your order and deleted 30 days after delivery.</li>\n<li><strong>Selling data:</strong> we never sell your personal information.</li>\n<li><strong>Your choices:</strong> ask us to see, correct or delete your information by email.</li>\n</ul>\n</section>\n<h2>1. Who is responsible for your information</h2>\n<p>Mug Mellow, 8 Willard Drive, Uxbridge, MA 01569, US, operates mugmellow.shop and is responsible for the personal information described here. We support customers by email only, at <a href=\"mailto:support@mugmellow.shop\">support@mugmellow.shop</a>, and reply within 24 hours on business days. Questions about this policy or requests about your information go to the same address.</p>\n<h2>2. What we collect and where it comes from</h2>\n<h3>2.1 Information you give us at checkout</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your name, email address and billing address.</li>\n<li>The shipping name and address, which may be the recipient&#8217;s if you are sending a gift.</li>\n<li>The products you choose, including size and colour.</li>\n<li>Your Order notes: the names, dates, titles and short lines you want printed, which may include other people&#8217;s names (a grandchild, a teacher, a pet).</li>\n<li>An account password, if you choose to create an account. Passwords are stored in encrypted form; we cannot read them.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>2.2 Photos you send us</h3>\n<p>For photo mugs, pet portrait mugs, the heat-reveal mug, the photo travel mug and the pet photo tumbler, you reply to your order confirmation email with a picture. That picture may show you, your family, friends or pets. We use it only to print your order and to answer your questions about it.</p>\n<h3>2.3 Messages</h3>\n<p>When you email us, we keep the message and our reply so we can help you and keep a record of what was agreed, for example a confirmed change to the spelling of a name.</p>\n<h3>2.4 Payment information</h3>\n<p>Payments are processed by the payment provider shown at checkout. Mug Mellow does not receive or store full card numbers. We receive a confirmation that payment was approved, the amount, and a reference or partial details that help us match refunds and answer questions.</p>\n<h3>2.5 Technical information</h3>\n<p>Like any website, our servers and the services that protect and deliver the site record basic technical information when you visit: your IP address, browser type, the pages requested and the time of the request. This is used to keep the site running, secure and fast, and to understand errors.</p>\n<h2>3. How we use it</h2>\n<table>\n<caption>Purposes and the information used</caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Purpose</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Information used</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Printing your personalised items</td>\n<td>Products chosen, Order notes, photos you send</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shipping and tracking</td>\n<td>Shipping name and address, email, order contents</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Payments, refunds and store credit</td>\n<td>Payment confirmation, amounts, order history</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Customer support</td>\n<td>Your messages, order details, photos you send of a damaged item</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Order emails (confirmation, shipping, refund)</td>\n<td>Email address and order details</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Security and preventing fraud</td>\n<td>Technical information, order and payment patterns</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal and accounting records</td>\n<td>Order and payment records</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>We do not send marketing newsletters. We do not use your Order notes or photos for advertising, for examples in our shop, or for anything other than your order.</p>\n<h2>4. Who we share it with</h2>\n<p>We share personal information only with services that help us run the shop, and only what each one needs:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Printing and fulfilment:</strong> the details needed to print and pack your mug (design, Order notes, photo, shipping label details).</li>\n<li><strong>Carriers:</strong> the recipient&#8217;s name and shipping address, and sometimes an email for delivery updates, so the parcel can be delivered.</li>\n<li><strong>Payment provider:</strong> the information needed to process the payment you choose at checkout.</li>\n<li><strong>Website hosting, security and delivery services:</strong> the companies that host the site and protect it from attacks process technical data when you visit.</li>\n<li><strong>Email services:</strong> used to send and receive order and support emails.</li>\n<li><strong>Authorities:</strong> when the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of customers and the business.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We never sell your personal information and we never share it with others for their own marketing.</p>\n<h2>5. How long we keep it</h2>\n<table>\n<caption>Retention periods</caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Information</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">How long</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Photos you send for an order</td>\n<td>Deleted 30 days after delivery</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Order records and Order notes</td>\n<td>As long as needed for support, returns, refunds, accounting and legal obligations</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support emails</td>\n<td>As long as needed to help you and keep a record of agreed changes</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Account details</td>\n<td>Until you ask us to close the account, apart from order records we must keep</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Technical logs</td>\n<td>For a limited period needed for security and troubleshooting</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>The 30-day photo period gives time for a return or a print question after delivery. After that, the photo is deleted from our order files and mailbox copies used for the order.</p>\n<h2>6. Cookies</h2>\n<p>Our site uses cookies and similar storage that are needed for it to work: to keep items in your cart, to remember that you are signed in, to complete checkout securely and to protect the site from abuse. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but the cart and checkout may not work without them. We do not use cookies to show you advertising from other companies.</p>\n<h2>7. Your choices and rights</h2>\n<p>Wherever you live, you can ask us to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>tell you what personal information we hold about you;</li>\n<li>correct information that is wrong, such as an email address or saved address;</li>\n<li>delete your information, except order records we must keep for legal or accounting reasons;</li>\n<li>delete a photo you sent before the 30-day period ends, once your order is complete;</li>\n<li>close your account.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Email <a href=\"mailto:support@mugmellow.shop\">support@mugmellow.shop</a> from the address linked to your order or account. We may ask a simple question to confirm it is you before we act. We reply within 24 hours on business days and complete requests as soon as we reasonably can. Residents of some places, including certain US states, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have specific rights under local privacy laws; we honour those rights through the same email process.</p>\n<h2>8. Information about other people</h2>\n<p>Personalised mugs often include someone else&#8217;s name, a date that matters to them or their photo. When you send us that information, please make sure you are comfortable sharing it for the purpose of a gift. We use it only to make the item and handle your order.</p>\n<h2>9. Children</h2>\n<p>Our site is for adults. Kids cups carry a child&#8217;s first name, but they are ordered by a parent, grandparent or other adult. We do not knowingly collect information directly from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.</p>\n<h2>10. Keeping it secure</h2>\n<p>The site uses an encrypted connection (https). Access to order information is limited to what is needed to run the shop. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information, and we would tell you if a problem affected your data where the law requires it.</p>\n<h2>11. International transfers</h2>\n<p>Mug Mellow is based in the United States, and our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. If you order from Canada, Australia or New Zealand, your information is transferred to and handled in the United States to fulfil your order.</p>\n<h2>12. Practical examples</h2>\n<p>A few everyday situations show how this policy works in practice.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A pet portrait mug:</strong> you email a photo of Biscuit the golden retriever. We use it to print the mug, keep it while you might still have a question or a return, and delete it 30 days after the mug is delivered.</li>\n<li><strong>A gift to grandma in Ontario:</strong> you enter her name and address for shipping. We share them with the carrier so the parcel can be delivered, and use them for nothing else. The order emails go only to you.</li>\n<li><strong>A team order of teacher mugs:</strong> you list eight teachers&#8217; names in the Order notes. Those names are used to print the mugs and are kept with the order record for support and accounting, not for marketing.</li>\n<li><strong>A damaged glass can:</strong> you email photos of the broken glass and the box. We use them to approve a reprint or refund and keep them with your support conversation.</li>\n<li><strong>A deletion request:</strong> you ask us to delete your account. We close it and delete the information we do not need to keep, and keep order and payment records only as long as the law requires.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>13. What we do not do</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We do not sell, rent or trade personal information.</li>\n<li>We do not send marketing emails or newsletters.</li>\n<li>We do not use your photos or Order notes in our shop, on social media or in advertising.</li>\n<li>We do not ask for passwords or full card numbers by email.</li>\n<li>We do not use third-party advertising cookies to follow you around the web.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you ever notice something on our site or in an email from us that seems to go against this policy, please tell us. We would rather hear about it and fix it than have you wonder.</p>\n<p>Some browsers send a &#8220;do not track&#8221; or global privacy signal. Because we do not use advertising trackers or sell personal information, there is no advertising tracking for that signal to switch off; the essential cookies described above still work so your cart and checkout function.</p>\n<p>When you write to us about privacy, please include the email address you used for your order and tell us which order or photo your request is about. That lets us act quickly and makes sure we change or delete the right information, and only yours.</p>\n<h2>14. Changes to this policy</h2>\n<p>If we change how we handle personal information, we update this page and the date at the top. For important changes, we will make the update clear on the site.</p>\n<h2>15. Contact</h2>\n<p>Questions or requests: <a href=\"mailto:support@mugmellow.shop\">support@mugmellow.shop</a>. Mug Mellow, 8 Willard Drive, Uxbridge, MA 01569, US. Related pages: <a href=\"/terms-of-service/\">Terms of Service</a>, <a href=\"/intellectual-property-policy/\">Intellectual Property Policy</a>, <a href=\"/contact-us/\">Contact Us</a>.</p>\n","visible_characters":10316,"meta_description":"How Mug Mellow uses your details, Order notes and photos to make and ship your mug. Photos are deleted 30 days after delivery and data is never sold.","parent":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T22:09:20+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T23:30:51+00:00"}}