Who we are

Company Name: Stick Shift Nation
Company Owner: Travis Foster
Company Registered State: Kansas
Our website address is: https://www.stickracing.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Stick Shift Nation collects email addresses for our newsletter. Users must opt-in to the newsletter. These email address are not sold or given to a third party. We use these email addresses to email our subscribers about various things related to stick shift racing including events, news, driver profiles, new products, and more.

Stick Shift Nation collects all necessary data to accept, process, and ship orders through the store. This includes customer first name, last name, email address, billing address, shipping address, company name, and more. This data is not sold or given to a third party.

We do not store credit card information. Credit card information is sent through a secure payment processor called WooCommerce Payments. Customers can be sure of a secure transaction through this system.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

The contact forms on our website can ask for information such as first name, last name, email address, and comments. We only use these contact forms to have better communication with our customers. We do not sell or give this information to third parties.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Website metrics are measured through Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. This cookie includes some personal data such as location and device.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Website metrics are measured through Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. This cookie includes some personal data such as location and device. To read more information about Google Analytics, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Who we share your data with

Stick Shift Nation does not share personal customer data with any third party. Some data shared with third parties may include the total number of website visitors, bounce rate, and other behavior-related data points.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.