Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

VANSON Leathers, Inc.
Effective Date: May 19, 2026
Last Updated: May 19, 2026

VANSON Leathers, Inc. (“Vanson,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you:

  • visit www.vansonleathers.mom (the “Website”);
  • create an account;
  • place an order;
  • subscribe to marketing communications;
  • contact us regarding products, repairs, warranty matters, custom work, events, or customer service; or
  • otherwise interact with Vanson online or directly with our staff.

This Privacy Policy is written primarily for U.S. users but includes information relevant to international visitors, including visitors from regions with privacy regulations such as the European Union (“EU”) and United Kingdom (“UK”).

1. WHO WE ARE

VANSON Leathers, Inc.
951 Broadway
Fall River, MA 02724
USA

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (508) 678-2000

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to request access, correction, or deletion of your information, please contact us using the information above.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Vanson.

A. Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information directly to us when you make purchases, create accounts, subscribe to communications, participate in events, request support, or communicate with our staff.

Depending on the interaction, this may include:

Identity & Contact Information

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Billing address
  • Shipping address
  • Account login information

Purchase & Order Information

  • Products ordered
  • Order history
  • Transaction details
  • Shipping preferences
  • Customer account activity

Payment Information

When purchases are made through our Website, payment information may be processed through third-party payment providers.

Vanson does not store full payment card information on its own systems.

Payment processing may involve third-party providers such as:

  • PayPal
  • Authorize.net
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Sezzle

These providers process payment information according to their own privacy and security practices.

Marketing & Subscription Information

If you subscribe to our newsletter or marketing communications, we may collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Subscription preferences
  • Engagement information such as opens, clicks, or subscription status.

Marketing communications are administered using third-party email service providers, including Mailchimp.

Custom Orders, Measurements & Customer Communications

Certain custom manufacturing, repair, sizing, warranty, or technical information may be provided directly to our staff outside standard Website forms.

This may include:

  • body measurements;
  • design specifications;
  • photographs;
  • customer-submitted reference materials;
  • sizing or fit information;
  • supporting documents or images.

This information is typically exchanged through:

  • direct email correspondence;
  • downloadable forms or PDFs;
  • customer service communications; or
  • offline business processes.

Such information is used internally to support custom work, manufacturing, repairs, warranty evaluation, fulfillment, or customer service.

B. Account Information

If you create a customer account, we may collect and store:

  • account credentials;
  • saved profile information;
  • order history;
  • account preferences;
  • customer service history.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.

C. Event Information

If you register for or participate in Vanson events, promotions, or activities, we may collect information necessary to administer those activities, including contact and participation information.

3. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

When you visit our Website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics technologies, advertising tools, server logs, and similar technologies.

This may include:

  • IP address;
  • browser type;
  • operating system;
  • device information;
  • referral URLs;
  • pages viewed;
  • session activity;
  • timestamps;
  • approximate geographic location;
  • advertising identifiers;
  • interaction behavior.

We collect this information to operate, secure, analyze, improve, and market our Website and services.

A. Analytics Technologies

We use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use our Website and to improve user experience, content, marketing, and site performance.

These tools may include:

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic, understand visitor behavior, analyze performance, and improve our Website.

Google Analytics may collect information about:

  • device activity;
  • browsing behavior;
  • pages viewed;
  • interactions;
  • traffic sources.

Google Tag Manager (GTM)

We use Google Tag Manager to manage analytics, advertising, and measurement technologies deployed on our Website.

Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity analytics and behavioral measurement tools, including heatmap-style interaction analysis.

These technologies help us understand:

  • navigation behavior;
  • engagement patterns;
  • usability issues;
  • general Website interaction trends.

B. Advertising & Marketing Technologies

We use advertising technologies to measure marketing effectiveness, support advertising campaigns, and deliver more relevant content and promotions.

These technologies may include:

  • Google Ads conversion tracking;
  • Meta/Facebook Pixel;
  • Instagram advertising measurement;
  • Pinterest advertising technologies;
  • retargeting and remarketing tools.

These technologies may use cookies, tracking pixels, identifiers, and similar mechanisms.

Depending on your browser, device, and settings, these providers may associate browsing activity across websites, devices, or advertising ecosystems.

C. Cookies & Similar Technologies

Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to support functionality, analytics, performance measurement, security, and advertising.

Cookies may be:

  • essential cookies necessary for Website functionality;
  • analytics cookies used for measurement and performance analysis;
  • advertising cookies used for campaign measurement or retargeting.

You can control cookies through:

  • browser settings;
  • browser privacy tools;
  • device privacy controls;
  • our Website cookie mechanisms where available.

Additional information regarding cookies is provided in our separate Cookie Policy.

4. HOW WE USE INFORMATION

We use personal information for legitimate business, operational, customer service, security, legal, and marketing purposes.

Depending on your interaction with Vanson, we may use information to:

  • operate and maintain our Website;
  • process transactions and fulfill orders;
  • provide products, services, repairs, warranty support, or custom manufacturing services;
  • create and manage customer accounts;
  • authenticate users and protect account security;
  • communicate regarding purchases, shipments, returns, warranty matters, or service requests;
  • administer events, promotions, or customer activities;
  • provide customer support;
  • improve Website functionality, performance, usability, and content;
  • analyze traffic, engagement, and customer behavior;
  • detect fraud, abuse, unauthorized activity, or security threats;
  • comply with legal, accounting, tax, regulatory, or contractual obligations;
  • send marketing communications where permitted by law or where you have elected to receive them.

We may also use information in aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified form for analytics, operational improvement, reporting, and business planning purposes.

5. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

Vanson does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

However, like many ecommerce businesses, we may share information with service providers, business partners, analytics vendors, advertising technologies, or operational systems necessary to operate our business and Website.

Depending on the circumstances, information may be disclosed to the categories below.

A. Service Providers & Operational Vendors

We share information with vendors that support our business operations.

Examples may include providers supporting:

  • ecommerce functionality;
  • payment processing;
  • hosting and infrastructure;
  • cloud services;
  • analytics;
  • email delivery;
  • shipping and fulfillment operations;
  • advertising and marketing;
  • fraud detection;
  • website security;
  • technical administration.

These providers are generally permitted to use information only to provide services on our behalf or for their own legally permitted operational purposes.

B. Ecommerce, Hosting & Website Infrastructure

Our Website relies on third-party systems and infrastructure providers, including technologies supporting ecommerce operations, hosting, content delivery, security, and technical administration.

These technologies may include:

  • PrestaShop ecommerce infrastructure;
  • Apache HTTP Server technologies;
  • Cloudflare DNS, performance, and security services.

These providers may process technical information necessary to deliver, secure, maintain, or optimize Website operations.

C. Payment Processors

Payment transactions may be processed by independent payment providers.

These providers may receive information necessary to authorize, validate, process, or secure transactions.

Payment providers may include:

  • PayPal
  • Authorize.net
  • Google Pay
  • Apple Pay
  • Sezzle

Vanson does not maintain complete payment card information on its own systems.

Please review the privacy practices of payment providers directly, as their handling of information is governed by their own policies.

D. Shipping & Fulfillment Providers

We may share information required to deliver purchases, service products, or administer customer fulfillment activities.

This may include:

  • name;
  • delivery address;
  • phone number where required for delivery;
  • shipment details;
  • order fulfillment information.

We generally share only information reasonably necessary to complete fulfillment activities.

E. Email & Marketing Providers

We use third-party email and marketing platforms, including Mailchimp, to support:

  • newsletter communications;
  • transactional communications;
  • subscriber management;
  • abandoned cart messaging;
  • marketing performance measurement.

If you subscribe to communications or interact with our marketing emails, these providers may process engagement data such as opens, clicks, subscriptions, and delivery status.

F. Analytics & Advertising Providers

We may share information with analytics and advertising providers to measure traffic, improve performance, understand customer behavior, and evaluate marketing effectiveness.

These providers may include services related to:

  • Google Analytics;
  • Google Ads;
  • Google Tag Manager;
  • Microsoft Clarity;
  • Meta/Facebook advertising technologies;
  • Instagram advertising tools;
  • Pinterest advertising tools;
  • remarketing and retargeting systems.

Depending on your device, browser, and privacy settings, these technologies may collect information about interactions across sessions, devices, or websites.

G. Fraud Prevention, Security & Risk Management

We use technologies intended to support fraud prevention, payment security, account protection, and Website integrity.

These measures may involve systems associated with:

  • PayPal fraud protection tools;
  • Authorize.net fraud filtering;
  • Cloudflare security and bot protection systems;
  • PrestaShop security functionality.

Information may be processed to detect suspicious behavior, prevent abuse, reduce fraud risk, secure transactions, and maintain system integrity.

H. Legal Compliance & Business Protection

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

  • comply with legal obligations;
  • respond to lawful requests;
  • enforce agreements or policies;
  • protect our rights, property, systems, employees, customers, or operations;
  • investigate fraud, misuse, abuse, or security incidents.

I. Business Transactions

If Vanson undergoes a merger, acquisition, restructuring, asset transfer, financing event, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that process, subject to applicable legal requirements.

6. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS & OPT-OUT CHOICES

If you subscribe to marketing communications, we may send newsletters, product updates, announcements, promotions, or related communications.

You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by:

  • using the unsubscribe link contained in marketing emails; or
  • contacting us directly at [email protected].

Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send necessary transactional or service-related communications regarding:

  • purchases;
  • account administration;
  • shipments;
  • warranty matters;
  • repairs;
  • customer service;
  • security notifications;
  • legal or operational notices.

7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS & CHOICES

Depending on your jurisdiction and relationship with Vanson, you may have certain privacy rights.

Subject to verification and applicable legal limitations, you may request:

  • access to personal information we maintain about you;
  • correction of inaccurate information;
  • deletion of eligible personal information;
  • account information review or updates.

Requests may be submitted through:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (508) 678-2000
Customer account tools, where available.

We may request information necessary to verify identity before processing requests.

Certain requests may be limited, delayed, or denied where permitted or required by law.

A. Deletion Requests

Where applicable, you may request deletion of eligible personal information.

However, Vanson may retain information where reasonably necessary or legally permitted for purposes such as:

  • tax obligations;
  • accounting requirements;
  • fraud prevention;
  • transaction documentation;
  • legal compliance;
  • dispute resolution;
  • warranty administration;
  • operational recordkeeping;
  • security purposes;
  • business continuity requirements.

As a result, deletion may not always mean immediate or complete removal from every operational, archival, backup, or legally required system.

B. California & Similar State Privacy Disclosures

Vanson does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

However, some advertising, analytics, or marketing technologies may be considered “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or similar activity under certain privacy laws.

You may contact us with privacy requests or questions regarding your information and applicable rights.

8. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS & GDPR-RELATED INFORMATION

Vanson primarily operates within the United States and this Website is principally intended for U.S. users.

However, visitors from outside the United States, including the European Union (“EU”), United Kingdom (“UK”), or other jurisdictions with privacy regulations, may access our Website or communicate with us.

If you are accessing our Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Those jurisdictions may have privacy laws that differ from those in your country of residence.

By using our Website or voluntarily providing information to us, you understand that information may be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Where applicable privacy laws apply, we will make reasonable efforts to address eligible privacy requests in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

GDPR-Related Visitor Rights (Where Applicable)

If privacy laws applicable to you provide additional rights, you may contact us regarding requests relating to personal information we maintain about you.

Depending on applicable law and verification requirements, such rights may include:

  • requesting access to information we maintain about you;
  • requesting correction of inaccurate information;
  • requesting deletion of eligible information;
  • obtaining information about how your information is processed.

Not all rights apply in all jurisdictions, and certain limitations, exemptions, or verification requirements may apply.

Privacy requests may be submitted to:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (508) 678-2000

9. DATA RETENTION

We retain information for periods appropriate to our operational, legal, security, customer service, accounting, and business needs.

Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

Examples may include:

Customer & Account Records

Customer account information, customer communications, and related business records may be retained for ongoing customer support, historical business records, warranty administration, manufacturing support, security, or operational continuity purposes.

Order & Transaction Records

Transaction and order records may be retained for accounting, tax, legal, auditing, fraud prevention, and business recordkeeping purposes.

Marketing Records

Marketing subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe, request removal, or as otherwise appropriate for operational record management.

Analytics Data

Analytics information may be retained according to platform settings, vendor configurations, and applicable operational practices, including Google Analytics retention configurations.

Custom Order, Measurement & Service Information

Custom order information, measurements, specifications, customer communications, photographs, and related materials may be retained as reasonably necessary to support manufacturing history, service continuity, repairs, warranty matters, historical customer records, or operational needs.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, aggregate, archive, or otherwise manage information in accordance with business, technical, and legal requirements.

10. SECURITY

We implement administrative, technical, and operational measures intended to help protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

These measures may include:

  • payment processing through third-party payment providers;
  • account access controls;
  • Website security technologies;
  • fraud monitoring tools;
  • infrastructure and network protections;
  • operational access limitations.

However, no system, platform, transmission method, or storage environment can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, while we strive to use commercially reasonable safeguards, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Users are encouraged to use strong passwords, protect account credentials, and exercise caution when transmitting information electronically.

11. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information where required.

Parents or guardians who believe a child may have provided personal information to us may contact:

[email protected]
+1 (508) 678-2000

12. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES & SERVICES

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, payment providers, social media services, or external resources.

Examples may include:

  • payment services;
  • social media platforms;
  • shipping systems;
  • third-party content;
  • external policy or informational resources.

We do not control the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites or services.

Your use of third-party platforms is governed by the policies and terms of those third parties.

We encourage users to review the privacy policies of external services they access.

13. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

  • operational changes;
  • legal or regulatory developments;
  • technology updates;
  • Website changes;
  • business practice modifications.

When updates are made, we may revise the “Last Updated” date shown at the top of this Policy.

Material changes may also be communicated through Website notices or other appropriate communication methods where required or appropriate.

Your continued use of the Website after updates become effective may constitute acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy, subject to applicable law.

14. CONTACT US / PRIVACY REQUESTS

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to submit a privacy request, contact:

VANSON Leathers, Inc.
951 Broadway
Fall River, MA 02724
USA

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (508) 678-2000

You may contact us regarding:

  • access requests;
  • correction requests;
  • deletion requests;
  • account information questions;
  • privacy concerns;
  • Website privacy inquiries.

We may request information necessary to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.