PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: December 12, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Kildare Comics LLC collects, uses, and shares information when you use our website, purchase our products, or otherwise interact with us.

Who We Are

Kildare Comics is a small, independent comic book publishing company based in New York, USA.

Our website address is: https://kildarecomics.com.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect personal data to operate our website, fulfill orders, manage accounts, and engage with our community.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is 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 (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

We collect information submitted through contact forms for the purpose of responding to customer service inquiries, fulfilling requests (e.g., signing up for a newsletter or promotional emails), and generally communicating with you.

Fan Mail: We also provide a Fan Mail contact form to gauge the popularity and favorability of our hosted and published content.

  • Data Collected: When submitting Fan Mail, we collect your name, sex, and age group to better understand the audience demographics for specific content.
  • Data Use and Sharing: Fan Mail comments may be shared with the relevant content creators (writers, artists, etc.).
  • Promotional Use: Fan Mail comments may be used in advertisements and promotional material only if you explicitly agree to this use by selecting the relevant option on the Fan Mail form.

Purchases and Transactions

When you purchase a comic book, merchandise, or a subscription from our online store, we collect personal data necessary to complete the transaction and ship your order. This data may include your name, billing and shipping address, email address, phone number, and payment information. We do not store sensitive payment information (like full credit card numbers); this is processed securely by third-party payment processors.

Contests and Promotions

If you participate in any contests, sweepstakes, or promotions we host, we collect the information required for entry, such as your name, email address, and potentially a mailing address to deliver prizes. This information is used solely for the purpose of managing the promotion.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles from our social media feeds, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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

Analytics

We use web analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to track and analyze traffic, site usage, and user behavior to help us improve our content and the overall user experience. This data is generally non-personal and anonymized, such as browser type, operating system, and pages visited.

Who We Share Your Data With

We share data with third-party service providers only as necessary to operate our business and provide services to you, including:

  • Payment Processors: To securely handle payment transactions for purchases.
  • Fulfillment & Shipping Partners: To print, package, and deliver physical products and merchandise.
  • Analytics Providers: To help us understand website usage.
  • Anti-Spam Services: To detect and prevent spam comments.
  • Legal Compliance: If required by law, subpoena, or governmental request.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any) or make a purchase, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile or transaction history. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. We retain transaction data for as long as required by tax and accounting laws.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the following rights:

  1. Right of Access and Portability: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
  2. Right to Rectification: You can request to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
  3. Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes (e.g., sales records).

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in the “Your contact information” section below.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data collected via the website and for order fulfillment is processed and stored on servers located within the United States.

Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Our services and websites are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Age-Gating Enforcement: Our Fan Mail and registration forms are designed for users aged 13 and older. If a user indicates they are under 13, the submission will immediately be deleted.

Response to Unauthorized Data Collection:

If we become aware through a comment, submission, or other means that we have potentially collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent (for example, if a comment states the user is under 13 years old):

  1. Stop Processing: We will immediately cease all processing and use of the associated personal data.
  2. Delete the Data: We will permanently delete the submission and any related personal information (including the comment, name, country, and contact details) from our records and archives.
  3. No Response: To prevent further unauthorized communication, we will not respond to the associated email address or take any action that would validate or confirm the minor’s information.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at contact@kildarecomics.com. If we determine that data was collected in violation of COPPA, we will take immediate steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.

International Privacy Standards for Minors

As a global service, we strive to meet or exceed relevant international privacy standards for minors.

Australian Residents (Ages 13-15): While Kildare Comics is not classified as an age-restricted social media platform under Australian law (Online Safety Amendment Act), we recognize the heightened privacy standards for minors in Australia.

  • If a user residing in Australia is aged 13, 14, or 15 and has provided us with personal information (such as through account registration or Fan Mail), we reserve the right to temporarily suspend their account and delete their personal data if required to comply with any future extension of Australian law or to align with industry best practices for the protection of minors.
  • We recommend that Australian residents under 16 refrain from submitting Fan Mail or creating accounts on our site to comply with their national standards for online engagement.

How We Protect Your Data

We use industry-standard security measures and best practices (such as SSL encryption, firewalls, and secure access controls) to protect your personal data and prevent unauthorized access. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have In Place

In the event of a data breach involving personal information, we will take immediate steps to mitigate the breach and investigate the cause. We will notify affected users and necessary regulatory bodies in accordance with applicable New York and federal laws.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We generally do not receive personal data about visitors from third parties. Any data received is typically non-personal and aggregated (e.g., anonymous traffic data from Google Analytics) or related to public social media interaction.

What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling We Do with User Data

Kildare Comics does not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on users.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

As a small indie publisher operating primarily in the United States, we adhere to all applicable U.S. federal and New York state laws regarding privacy and data protection. This includes compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) as described above.

What Happens If We Change or Revise This Policy?

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy and post the updated Policy here. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Policy so that you always know our current privacy practices.

Your Contact Information

For all privacy-related inquiries, comments, or requests regarding your data rights, please contact us:

Email: contact@kildarecomics.com