Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 21, 2026

Kodesh Press (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or make a purchase. Please read it carefully.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

Identity & Contact Data: Name, email address, shipping and billing address, phone number.
Payment Data: Payment card details (processed securely by Shopify Payments and other payment processors; we do not store full card numbers).
Transaction Data: Order history, products purchased, and purchase amounts.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on site.
Marketing & Communications Data: Your preferences for receiving marketing communications and your communication history with us.
Cookie & Tracking Data: Data collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 4).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

Process and fulfill your orders, including shipping and returns.
Send transactional emails (order confirmations, shipping updates).
Send marketing emails and newsletters if you have opted in.
Improve our website, products, and customer experience.
Comply with legal obligations.
Detect and prevent fraud.
Serve relevant advertising on platforms such as Google, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), and other advertising networks, where you have consented.

3. Email Marketing & Newsletter

We use Klaviyo to manage our email marketing program. If you sign up for our newsletter or opt in at checkout, your name and email address will be shared with Klaviyo to send you marketing communications, product updates, and curated content relevant to Judaic scholarship and publishing.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any email.
Klaviyo may use cookies and tracking pixels within emails to measure open rates and engagement.
Klaviyo’s privacy policy is available at klaviyo.com/legal/privacy.

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and for analytics and advertising purposes. Our cookie consent is managed by Avada GDPR Cookies Consent, which complies with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, PIPEDA, and other applicable privacy laws.

Types of cookies we use:

Essential cookies: Required for the website to function (e.g., shopping cart, checkout).
Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site (e.g., Google Analytics).
Marketing cookies: Used to deliver relevant ads on platforms including Google Ads, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), and other advertising networks. These may include remarketing and conversion tracking pixels.
Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences.

You can manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the cookie preferences banner on our site.

5. Advertising & Third-Party Platforms

We may use advertising services from the following platforms, subject to your consent where required by law:

Google Ads & Google Analytics: For search, display, shopping, and remarketing campaigns, and to analyze site traffic. Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
Meta (Facebook & Instagram Ads): For social media advertising and retargeting via the Meta Pixel. Meta’s privacy policy: facebook.com/privacy/policy.
Other advertising networks: We may engage additional advertising partners in the future. Any such partners will be disclosed in an updated version of this policy and will be subject to your cookie consent preferences.

These platforms may use cookies, pixels, and device identifiers to serve you personalized ads based on your browsing behavior. You can opt out of personalized advertising through your platform account settings or via industry opt-out tools such as aboutads.info.

6. Third-Party Service Providers

We share your data only as necessary with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our business:

Shopify: Our e-commerce platform. Privacy policy: shopify.com/legal/privacy.
Klaviyo: Email marketing platform.
Avada: Cookie consent management.
Payment processors: Shopify Payments, and other processors as applicable.
Shipping & fulfillment partners: To deliver your orders.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

7. Bookstore-Specific Data Practices

As an academic Judaic bookstore, we take your reading privacy seriously:

Your purchase history and reading interests are used solely for order fulfillment and, where you have opted in, to provide personalized recommendations.
We do not sell, rent, or share your book purchase history or reading preferences with any third party for their own marketing purposes.
Aggregate, anonymized data (e.g., bestseller lists) may be used internally for business analysis.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Order records are typically retained for 7 years for tax and accounting purposes.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

GDPR (EU/UK): Right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing.
CCPA/CPRA (California): Right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. California residents may also exercise their rights via our Your Privacy Choices page.
Other jurisdictions: We honor applicable rights under LGPD (Brazil), PIPEDA (Canada), and other relevant laws.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at sales@kodeshpress.com. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

11. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.