Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how The Cosmic Flea collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you use our website, shop with us, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with our services.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us, such as when you:

  • Create an account
  • Make a purchase
  • Join Flea Mail or another email list
  • Request a discount or promotional offer
  • Submit a contributor application or contact form
  • Contact us for support or other inquiries

This information may include your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, payment and transaction information, order details, and any other information you choose to provide.

We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you use our website, such as your IP address, browser or device information, and information collected through cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Process and fulfill orders
  • Provide order confirmations, shipping updates, and customer service communications
  • Process payments and transactions
  • Provide discounts and promotional offers
  • Respond to questions, submissions, or support requests
  • Maintain accounts and store functionality
  • Improve our website, products, and services
  • Help protect our website and customers from fraud, abuse, and security threats
  • Manage Flea Mail and other community communications
  • Send marketing emails and updates when you choose to subscribe
  • Comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations

Payments and Transactions

Payments made through our store are processed using third-party payment providers and WooCommerce services.

Payment processors may collect and process information necessary to complete your transaction. The Cosmic Flea does not store full payment card information on its own servers.

Order Fulfillment and Shipping Partners

The Cosmic Flea offers products from multiple makers, suppliers, and fulfillment partners. When you place an order, we may provide the supplier or fulfillment partner responsible for an item with information necessary to process and deliver your purchase.

This information may include your name, shipping address, contact information, and relevant order details.

Because products may be fulfilled by different partners, items within the same order may be processed and shipped separately. Some products or fulfillment partners may be located outside the United States.

We provide fulfillment partners with information reasonably necessary to process and deliver your order.

Flea Mail and Email Marketing

If you choose to subscribe to Flea Mail, we collect your email address and use it to send newsletters, new finds, promotions, discounts, market notes, and other updates from The Cosmic Flea.

Our email communications may be managed through a third-party email service provider. Information necessary to maintain your subscription and deliver emails may therefore be processed by that provider.

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Unsubscribing from Flea Mail will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional communications relating to your orders, account, or customer service requests.

Discounts and Promotional Offers

When you request a discount or promotional offer, such as a Flea Mail welcome discount, we may collect information such as your email address to provide the offer and manage eligibility for the promotion.

When a promotional offer is provided in connection with an email subscription, the offer will indicate that submitting your information also subscribes you to those communications. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.

Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share personal information with service providers and business partners when reasonably necessary to operate The Cosmic Flea and provide our services. These may include:

  • Payment processors
  • Product suppliers and fulfillment partners
  • Shipping and delivery providers
  • Website hosting and WooCommerce services
  • Email and newsletter platforms
  • Analytics providers
  • Security and fraud-prevention services
  • Other technology providers that help operate our website

These providers receive information appropriate to the services they perform and may process information according to their own privacy practices and applicable agreements.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal processes, regulatory requirements, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of The Cosmic Flea, our customers, or others.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the store, remember cart and account information, support security and site functionality, and, where permitted, understand how visitors use the website.

Some services used by our website may also place or access cookies. Where required, you can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie consent options provided on our website.

For more information about the cookies and services used on this website, please see our Cookie Policy

Location and Geolocation

Our store may use your IP address and geolocation services, including MaxMind, to estimate your general location.

This information may be used to calculate applicable taxes, determine available shipping options, prevent fraud, and support other store functionality.

IP-based geolocation is intended to estimate your general location and is not intended to determine your precise physical location.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide our services, fulfill orders, maintain transaction and business records, comply with legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, why it was collected, and applicable legal or business requirements.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.

You may also opt out of marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included in those communications.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain privacy requests.

Children’s Privacy

The Cosmic Flea is not intended to collect personal information directly from children under 13.

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

Website Services and Third-Party Technologies

The Cosmic Flea uses third-party services and technologies to operate, secure, maintain, and understand the use of our website. These may include services provided by WordPress, WooCommerce, Automattic/Jetpack, Google, MaxMind, our hosting and security providers, email service providers, payment services, and other tools necessary to operate our online store.

These services may process information such as your IP address, browser and device information, website activity, approximate location, transaction information, or other information necessary to provide their services.

Some of these services may use cookies or similar technologies. Where required, non-essential technologies are subject to your cookie consent preferences.

For more detailed information about the cookies and technologies currently used by our website, including their purposes and retention periods, please see our Cookie Policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, business practices, technologies, or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the revision date shown at the top of this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us through the contact form provided on our website.