PRIVACY_POLICY

Effective: January 2026 · Updated: March 2026 · v1.1

// CONTROLLER

DATA_CONTROLLER

▸ByteWear ("we", "us", "our") is the data controller for personal data collected via byte-wear.com.
▸Contact: support@byte-wear.com

// COLLECT

▸Order data: name, email address, shipping address, order contents, and order total — collected when you place an order.
▸Newsletter: email address — only when you voluntarily subscribe.
▸Technical data: IP address, browser type, pages visited — collected via standard server logs for security and debugging.
▸We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties.

// USE

▸Order fulfilment: we share your name, email, and shipping address with our print-on-demand production partner to produce and deliver your order.
▸Transactional emails: order confirmation, dispatch notification, and tracking information.
▸Newsletter: if subscribed, we send occasional product updates. You can unsubscribe at any time.
▸Legal compliance: we may retain order data for up to 7 years as required by EU accounting law.

// RIGHTS

▸Under GDPR you have the right to: access your data, correct inaccurate data, request deletion, object to processing, and data portability.
▸To exercise any right, email support@byte-wear.com. We will respond within 30 days.
▸You have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

// COOKIES

▸We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site — page views, traffic sources, nothing personally identifying.
▸Analytics cookies are only set after you give explicit consent via the banner shown on your first visit. If you decline, no analytics cookies are placed.
▸We also use a strictly necessary session cookie for your shopping cart. This does not require consent.
▸You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for byte-wear.com.

// BEHAVIORAL_ANALYTICS

▸We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services.
▸Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity.
▸Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation, fraud/security purposes, and advertising.
▸For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement at https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

// THIRD_PARTY

▸Print-on-demand fulfilment partner: receives name, address, and order details to produce and ship your order. Name available on request at support@byte-wear.com.
▸Supabase (supabase.com): database provider — stores order records on EU servers.
▸Vercel (vercel.com): hosting provider — serves this website.
▸Microsoft Clarity (clarity.microsoft.com): behavioural analytics service — session replays, heatmaps, and interaction data. See above section for full details.
▸No data is transferred outside the EU/EEA without appropriate safeguards.

// CHANGES

▸We may update this policy. Material changes will be announced via the newsletter and noted with a version update below.
▸Last updated: March 2026 · v1.1