Last updated March 20th, 2026
fort & field considers the privacy of its visitors to be extremely important. The fort & field blog is hosted on Blogger and the fort & field website is built on Shopify and hosted on GoDaddy, with links and plug-ins installed on this blog. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information collected and recorded by fort & field and how we use it.
1) Information We Collect
We may collected personal information such as:
- Names and email addresses: When subscribing to our newsletter or leaving comments.
- IP Addresses: logged automatically by Blogger/Google Analytics to analyze trends and user behavior.
- Additional information related to shopping Services (see Shopify section below).
2) Cookies and Web Beacons
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your we browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stores in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.
fort & field uses cookies on both this blog and its online store (the "Service"). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies. We use cookies to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store information about your preferences, record user-specific information on which pages you access or visit, enable advertisements delivery, and personalize or customize our web page content based on your browser type or other information that you send via your browser. We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service:
- Essential cookies - We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
- Third party cookies - We may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
- Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on the fort & field blog. Google's use of DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to our blog and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting adsettings.google.com. You should consult the respective privacy polices of these third-party ad servers/networks for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. fort & field's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages on your web browser. Please note, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
3) Data Security and Retention
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your data. We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
fort & field collects email addresses through the newsletter sign-up form for the purpose of sending periodic email newsletters regarding fort & field's content, news, and promotions. After the form is completed, the email addresses are stored on the Shopify site. These email addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared or sold to any third parties. fort & field will only contact you via said email if you sign up for the email newsletter (see Shopify section below for information on communication regarding any orders or other inquires you might place). If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, you may unsubscribe at any time via the Unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by contacting fort & field via the Contact page or at hello@fortandfield.com. By providing your email address and remaining subscribed to the newsletter, you are consenting to storing your email address on the Shopify website and receiving the newsletter.
Shopify
The fort & field stand-alone website (www.fortandfield.com), as well as the "buy" buttons (or similarly named) on this blog, are powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the shopping Services to you. This Privacy Policy section describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction or otherwise communicate with us in relation to Shopify and shopping Services. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.
Personal Information We Collect or Process:
When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de-identified, so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:
- Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
- Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
- Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
- Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.
- Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
- Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
- Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.
Personal Information Sources
How we use your personal information:
Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:
- Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchases. This may include using your personal information to better tailor and improve the Services.
- Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites, including based on items you previously have purchased or added to your cart and other activity on the Services.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, to provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and to secure our services. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password or other access details with anyone else.
- Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support, to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you and to maintain our business relationship with you.
- Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies, to investigate or participate in civil discovery, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial legal proceedings, and to enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies.
How we disclose personal information:
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
- With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to direct us not to share information about you to show you targeted advertisements and marketing based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. You can exercise your rights to opt-out of those uses here .
- When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations.
- With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
- In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide you with Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you.
- Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing for Targeted Advertising. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to opt out of the "sale" or "share" of your personal information or to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising", as defined in applicable privacy laws. You can exercise your rights to opt-out of those uses here. Please note that if you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out for the device and browser that you use to visit the website. If we are able to associate the device sending the signal to a Shopify account, we will apply the opt out request to the account as well. To learn more about Global Privacy Control, you can visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Other than the Global Privacy Control, we do not recognize other "Do Not Track" signals that may be sent from your web browser or device.
- Managing Communication Preferences. We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.
You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on the Services or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, you can visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests, as permitted or required under applicable law. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.
Complaints
If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Transfers
Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in.
If we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Consent
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the "Last updated" date and provide notice as required by applicable law.
Contact
Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please call or email us at hello@fortandfield.com or contact us at 5486 Sibley Lake Rd, Pequot Lakes, MN, 56472, US
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