Last Updated: 2026

Thank you for visiting CatholicShop.com. For over 20 years, we have been honored to serve the faithful by providing quality religious goods to support your spiritual journey. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled with care and respect. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you visit our website or make a purchase.

By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Catholic Shop

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide: When you place an order, create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we collect information such as your name, email address, shipping and billing addresses, phone number, and payment information. For personalized items such as engraved medals, we also collect the custom text you provide.

Information Collected Automatically: When you browse our website, we automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring website. This information helps us improve your shopping experience and our website performance.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your experience, remember your preferences, analyze site traffic, and deliver relevant content and advertisements. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to process and fulfill your orders, including personalized engravings; communicate with you about your orders, account, or inquiries; send promotional emails and newsletters (with your consent); improve our website, products, and services; prevent fraud and enhance security; comply with legal obligations; and provide customer support.

3. Our E-Commerce Platform and Third-Party Services

Our online store is hosted by Shopify Inc. When you visit or make purchases on our website, Shopify collects and processes your data on our behalf to provide e-commerce services. This includes processing transactions, analyzing site performance, and providing features that help us serve you better.

Shopify may use your information in combination with data from other merchants and interactions with Shopify to provide enhanced services, including fraud protection, personalized recommendations, and advertising features. These services help protect your transactions and improve your shopping experience across the Shopify network.

For more information about how Shopify handles your data, please review Shopify's Consumer Privacy Policy.

4. Sharing Your Information

We share your information with Shopify (our e-commerce platform provider); payment processors to complete transactions; shipping carriers to deliver your orders; drop-ship suppliers who fulfill certain products on our behalf; email marketing services (such as Klaviyo) to send communications you have opted into; and analytics providers to help us understand website usage.

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States and Canada, where our service providers are located. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. However, certain data sharing activities may be considered "sharing" or "targeted advertising" under some state privacy laws (see Your Privacy Rights below).

5. Your Privacy Rights

For All Customers: You may update your account information at any time by logging into your account. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email. You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us.

For U.S. Residents (California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other states with privacy laws): You have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use it; request deletion of your personal information; opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information; and opt out of targeted advertising based on your activity across different websites and merchants.

To opt out of data sharing for targeted advertising, please visit our Data Sharing Opt-Out Page or look for the "Your Privacy Choices" link in our website footer. You may also use a browser that sends the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, which we honor.

For EEA, UK, and Switzerland Residents: Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar laws, you have additional rights including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, and port your data. You may also withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

To exercise your GDPR rights or withdraw consent for advertising based on your activity, please use our cookie consent banner or visit the Shopify Privacy Portal.

6. Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously. Our website uses SSL encryption to protect data transmitted between your browser and our servers. Payment information is processed securely through PCI-compliant payment processors and is never stored on our servers. We regularly review our security practices and work with trusted partners who maintain strong security standards.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Order history is retained to provide customer service and process returns or exchanges. You may request deletion of your data at any time, subject to our legal obligations.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post any changes on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.