Introduction

Paul Bond Boots (“Paul Bond Boots”) respects the privacy of others. This Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is intended to explain Paul Bond Boots’s privacy practices with respect to your interactions with us and the website(s) or digital properties that link to this Privacy Policy (together with its respective pages and features, the “Site”). This Privacy Policy is also intended to provide you (together with any person helping you visit, access, register with or use any of those online or digital properties, products or services, “you” or “your”) with an overview of the following:

• the type of information about you Paul Bond Boots collects through the Site;
• how Paul Bond Boots collects such information;
• how Paul Bond Boots uses such information;
• who will have access to such information; and
• Paul Bond Boots’s security measures for protecting such information.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Site. Carefully read this Privacy Policy in its entirety.

You are automatically accepting and agreeing to the most-recent version of this Privacy Policy, as well as Paul Bond Boots’s Terms and Conditions, whenever you create, register with or log into an account on or through the Site. Similarly, you are automatically accepting and agreeing to the most-recent version of this Privacy Policy whenever you visit, access, or use the Site.

As used herein, the term “personal information” means information that relates to an identified or an identifiable individual (e.g., your name, physical address, telephone number, email address); and the term “non-personal information” means any information other than personal information that Paul Bond Boots may collect from you.

1. A Special Note About Minors.

The Site is a general audience website intended for use by adults. The Site is not designed or intended to attract, and is not directed to, children under eighteen (18) years of age. Paul Bond Boots does not knowingly collect personal information through the Site from any person it actually knows to be under thirteen (13) years of age.

Furthermore, if you are under eighteen (18) years of age, then you (or your parent or legal guardian) may at any time request that we remove content or information about you that is posted on the Site. Please submit any such request to privacy@paulbondboots.com, with a subject line of “Removal of Minor Information.” For each request, please state clearly the nature of your request and the location of the content or information to be removed. We are not responsible for failing to comply with any request that is incomplete or incorrectly sent. Please note that our removal of such content or information does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal from the internet.

2. Categories of Information Collected.

Paul Bond Boots may collect personal and non-personal information about you through the Site. Depending upon your use of the Site, the categories of such information might include:

• Identity & Contact Information: Your name, username, password, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.
• Payment Information: Your credit card number, expiration date, verification code, billing address, and other payment details.
• Device & Usage Information: Your computer or mobile device’s IP address, operating system, browser type, cookie information, and your usage activity concerning your interactions with the Site (e.g., pages visited, clicks, time spent).
• Geolocation Information: Your physical location.
• Transactional Information: Details about orders, pricing, payments, shipping, and any communications made through the Site.
• User-Generated Content: Statements or content (e.g., comments, reviews, photographs) you submit or publish on or through the Site.

3. How Information Is Collected.

Paul Bond Boots might collect personal and non-personal information from you when you visit, access, or use the Site; when you place an order; when you sign in or create an account; or whenever we ask you for such information, such as when you answer a survey.

In addition, we may use various tracking and data analysis technologies, including, for example:

• Cookies: Small data files stored on your browser or device to help store user preferences and activity.
• Web Beacons: Pieces of code embedded in a website or email to monitor your activity.
• Scripts & Analytic Tools: Code used to collect information about your interactions with the Site and to track traffic and audience engagement.

By visiting or using the Site, you acknowledge and agree that you are giving Paul Bond Boots permission to monitor or otherwise track your activities on the Site and that we may use the aforementioned technologies for purposes including targeted ads and other personalized content.

4. Use of Information Collected.

Paul Bond Boots may use the personal and/or non-personal information it collects from you through the Site to:

• Fulfill your requests and process your orders and payments.
• Facilitate your use of the Site and its services.
• Provide customer service and send you administrative communications.
• Provide you with information about Paul Bond Boots and our products and services.
• Provide you with customized content, including advertising and promotional information.
• Improve the Site, our products, and our marketing efforts.
• Analyze user behavior and activity on or through the Site.
• Protect or enforce our rights and properties or the rights and properties of others.

We reserve the right to use your personal information when required by applicable law, court order, or other governmental authority, or when we believe in good faith that such use is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with our rights or property.

5. Sharing of Information Collected.

Paul Bond Boots may share your personal information with the following:

• Our employees, agents, and administrators.
• Our accountants, financial advisors, and legal advisors.
• Service providers who help us operate the Site and our business (e.g., web hosting companies, data analysis companies, payment processing companies, advertising partners).
• Third-party marketing partners for commercial purposes.
• Law enforcement or other governmental entities in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process.
• Third parties in connection with any potential or actual merger, acquisition, or other event involving a change in ownership or control of our business.

We do not limit the ways in which we might use or share non-personal information.

All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

6. Data Retention.

Paul Bond Boots may retain your personal and non-personal information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for a legitimate business purpose. We may dispose of or delete any such information at any time, except as required by law.

7. Transactions.

All credit card, debit card, and other monetary transactions on or through the Site occur through an online payment processing application provided by a third-party vendor. If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, your credit card data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction.

8. Third Parties and Their Applications and Networks.

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, and third-party websites may contain links to our Site. We do not control these third parties and are not responsible for their privacy practices. You should carefully review the relevant terms of use and privacy policies associated with any third-party websites.

9. Security.

We implement security measures to help protect the personal information we collect. For example, we encrypt the transmission of information through the Site by using secure socket layer (SSL) technology. To help maintain the security of your information, please notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or password.

10. Your Privacy Rights.

You have multiple privacy rights, subject to applicable law, with respect to the personal information we process about you. You can:

• Opt-out of our use or sharing of your personal information for certain purposes, including for targeted ads and sale of personal information.
• Delete personal information we hold about you.
• Change or correct personal information if it is inaccurate.
• Object to, limit, or restrict our use of your personal information.
• Access your information and ask for a copy in a machine-readable form.

You can exercise your privacy rights by contacting us at privacy@paulbondboots.com. If we decline to act on your request, you may appeal that decision by sending an email explaining the basis for your disagreement to the same address.

11. California Privacy Rights.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, please see our CCPA Privacy Notice (placeholder link).

12. Users Outside the United States.

We are headquartered in the United States. By providing us with personal information, you consent to the storage or processing of your personal information in the United States and acknowledge that your information will be subject to the laws of the United States.

13. Online Tracking.

Paul Bond Boots does not currently respond to “do not track” (DNT) signals.

14. Modifications of this Privacy Policy.

We may revise our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will make changes available on this page and note that the policy has been updated. If we make material changes to how we treat your personal information, we will notify you by email or through a notice on our home page.

15. Severability.

If any term or condition of this Privacy Policy is deemed invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, then the remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected.

16. Contact Us.

Please direct any questions you may have about this Privacy Policy to privacy@paulbondboots.com, with a subject line of “Privacy Policy.”

17. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Business Transactions.

Paul Bond Boots may decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize its business. These types of transactions may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers. We seek appropriate protection for personal information in these types of transactions.

18. Modification Date.

This Privacy Policy was last modified on August 21, 2025.