Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Gryffon’s Lair respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, place an order, create an account, leave a comment, or contact the business.

This policy applies to https://thegryffonslair.com.

Who We Are

Gryffon’s Lair is an art, merchandise, and fossil-preparation-related business operated through this website. The site may include artwork, product listings, print-on-demand merchandise, contact forms, customer accounts, checkout features, and informational pages.

If you have questions about this policy, you may contact us at:

Email: info@thegryffonslair.com

Information We Collect

We may collect information in the following ways.

Information You Provide

When you use this website, you may voluntarily provide information such as:

• Name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Billing address

• Shipping address

• Order details

• Account login information

• Messages sent through contact forms or email

• Comments submitted on the website

• Custom order or project information you choose to provide

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the site, some technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Device information

• Pages visited

• Referring website

• Date and time of visit

• Cookies and similar tracking technologies

This information may be collected through WordPress, WooCommerce, website hosting tools, security tools, analytics tools, spam-prevention tools, or similar website services.

Orders, Payments, and Checkout

If you place an order through the website, we collect the information needed to process the order, accept payment, fulfill the product, provide customer support, and maintain business records.

Payment information is processed through third-party payment processors. Gryffon’s Lair does not intentionally store full credit card numbers on this website.

Order, payment, shipping, and fulfillment information may be shared with service providers only as needed to complete your order, process payment, ship products, prevent fraud, provide customer support, or comply with legal and tax obligations.

Print-on-Demand, Shipping, and Fulfillment

Some products may be produced or fulfilled by third-party print-on-demand, manufacturing, shipping, or logistics providers. When necessary, customer order information such as name, shipping address, product ordered, and contact information may be shared with those providers so they can produce and deliver the order.

Each third-party provider may have its own privacy practices.

Comments

If visitors leave comments on the site, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After a comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data, including EXIF GPS data. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from uploaded images.

Cookies

This website may use cookies to support basic website functions, customer accounts, shopping cart features, checkout, comments, analytics, security, and user preferences.

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details the next time you comment. These cookies may last for one year.

If you visit the login page, the site may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you log in, the site may set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies may last for two days, and screen option cookies may last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, login cookies are removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article edited. It expires after one day.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect site features such as account login, cart, checkout, or saved preferences.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Pages or posts on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, social media posts, articles, maps, or other third-party content. Embedded content from another website behaves as if you visited that website directly.

Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account with that website and are logged in.

How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

• Process and fulfill orders

• Accept payments

• Ship products

• Respond to messages or customer service requests

• Maintain customer accounts

• Prevent fraud, spam, or abuse

• Improve website performance and usability

• Maintain business, tax, and accounting records

• Comply with legal obligations

• Protect the security of the website and business

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell customer lists or order information to data brokers.

We may share information only when necessary with service providers who help operate the website or business, including:

• Website hosting providers

• Payment processors

• Shipping providers

• Print-on-demand or fulfillment providers

• Email or contact form services

• Analytics providers

• Spam prevention or security services

• Tax, accounting, or legal service providers when needed

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to comply with legal obligations, to protect our rights, or to prevent fraud or security threats.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely so the site can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

If you create an account on the website, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they may not be able to change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Order records may be retained as needed for customer service, tax, accounting, fraud prevention, legal compliance, and business recordkeeping.

Contact form submissions and email messages may be retained as long as needed to respond to the request and maintain appropriate business records.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, have left comments, placed an order, or contacted us, you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we correct or delete personal data we hold about you.

This does not include data we are required or permitted to keep for administrative, legal, tax, accounting, security, fraud-prevention, or order-recordkeeping purposes.

To make a request, contact:

Email: info@thegryffonslair.com

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Order, checkout, payment, shipping, analytics, and website security information may be processed by third-party services used to operate the website, complete transactions, deliver products, and protect the site.

Security

We use reasonable measures to protect information submitted through the website. However, no website, payment system, email system, or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the site, contact us so we can review and delete it if appropriate.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:

Gryffon’s Lair
Email: info@thegryffonslair.com