Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters. How we collect, use and protect your information.
This Privacy Policy describes how Geek T Shirts Company collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.
Last updated: 14 October 2026
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.
Device information
- Examples collected: web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie information, pages viewed, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
- Purpose: to load the Site accurately and to perform analytics to optimise our Site.
- Source: collected automatically using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
- Disclosed to: our processor Shopify, and our advertising and analytics partners Google and Meta.
Order information
- Examples collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number.
- Purpose: to fulfil our contract with you, processing payments, arranging shipping, providing order confirmations, and screening for fraud.
- Source: collected from you directly.
- Disclosed to: Shopify, Printify, and PayPal.
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us to request deletion.
We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfil our contracts with you. For example:
- We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here:
https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy - We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
We use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:
- We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. More info:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt out:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - Google Ads. We use Google Ads conversion tracking and remarketing to measure how our ads perform and to show our ads to people who have visited the Site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ad Settings:
https://adssettings.google.com - Meta (Facebook and Instagram). We use the Meta Pixel to measure how our ads perform and to show our ads to people who have visited the Site. Meta may combine this with other information it holds about you. You can manage this in your Facebook ad settings (link below).
For more information about targeted advertising, visit the NAI's educational page at
networkadvertising.org
You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:
You can also opt out via the Digital Advertising Alliance at
optout.aboutads.info
We use your Personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.
If you sign up to our newsletter, we use your email address to send you new designs and offers. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email.
If you are a resident of the UK or the European Economic Area, we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:
- Your consent
- The performance of the contract between you and the Site
- Compliance with our legal obligations
- To protect your vital interests
- To perform a task carried out in the public interest
- For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms
When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information.
Our processor Shopify uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you. This includes:
- Temporary denylist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions (persists for a few hours).
- Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with denylisted IP addresses (persists for a few days).
If you are a resident of the UK or the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. Please contact us to exercise these rights.
Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States.
Shopify's GDPR Whitepaper
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. Please contact us to exercise these rights or to designate an authorised agent to submit requests on your behalf.
A cookie is a small amount of information downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use functional, performance, advertising, and social media cookies to improve your browsing experience and to understand how people use the Site.
Cookies necessary for store functioning:
| Name | Function |
|---|---|
| _ab | Used in connection with access to admin. |
| _secure_session_id | Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. |
| cart | Used in connection with shopping cart. |
| cart_sig | Used in connection with checkout. |
| cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout. |
| checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout. |
| secret | Used in connection with checkout. |
| secure_customer_sig | Used in connection with customer login. |
| storefront_digest | Used in connection with customer login. |
| _shopify_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information. |
Reporting and analytics cookies:
| Name | Function |
|---|---|
| _tracking_consent | Tracking preferences. |
| _landing_page | Track landing pages. |
| _orig_referrer | Track landing pages. |
| _s | Shopify analytics. |
| _shopify_s | Shopify analytics. |
| _shopify_sa_p | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
| _shopify_sa_t | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
| _shopify_y | Shopify analytics. |
| _y | Shopify analytics. |
Advertising cookies:
| Name | Function |
|---|---|
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics. Distinguishes visitors. |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads. Measures ad conversions. |
| _fbp | Meta. Delivers and measures ads. |
Most cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded. You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Note that removing or blocking cookies may negatively impact your user experience. For more information visit
www.allaboutcookies.org
Because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to "Do Not Track" signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us at
contact@geek-t-shirts.com
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority:
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
