Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 7, 2026

Fred Bear Adventures LLC ("we," "us," or "our") operates fredbearsadventures.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who helps us handle it, and the choices parents and visitors have.

Information We Collect

• Orders: name, email address, shipping address, and what was ordered, provided by an adult at checkout. Card details are collected and processed by Stripe. We never see or store full card numbers.
• Newsletter: an email address, when an adult chooses to sign up.
• Contact form: the name, email address, and message you send us.
• Passport stamp saving (optional): if a parent or guardian passes the grown-up check on the Passport page and enters their own email address to save a stamp collection across devices, we store that email address with the list of stamps earned.
• Site statistics: anonymous, combined page-view counts from Cloudflare Web Analytics. It uses no cookies and does not identify or follow individual visitors.
• On your own device: your cart, game progress, and passport stamps are saved in your browser's storage so the site works. This stays on your device and is not sent to us, unless a parent uses the optional stamp saving described above.

How We Use Your Information

• To process, print, and ship orders, and to send order and shipping updates
• To send newsletter emails to adults who signed up (every email has an unsubscribe link)
• To answer messages sent through the contact form
• To keep the site running, secure, and working properly

We do not sell or rent personal information. We do not show advertising on this site, and we do not use personal information for targeted advertising or to build profiles of visitors.

Children's Privacy

Fred Bear's Adventures makes books and activities for children, and parts of this site (the Kids Zone games, coloring pages, and activities) are made for children to enjoy. We follow the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

• The Kids Zone games, coloring pages, and activities do not ask for or collect names, email addresses, photos, voice, location, or any other personal information. Progress is saved only on the device being used.
• Newsletter sign-up is not offered on Kids Zone pages. Buying, newsletter sign-up, the contact form, and passport stamp saving are for parents and other adults (18+) only.
• We do not place advertising or social media tracking tools on the Kids Zone pages. Video previews from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram appear only on our home page, which is meant for parents and families.
• We do not require a child to share more information than is needed to take part in an activity. No information is needed for any of them.
• We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have, we will delete it promptly.

Parents and guardians: if you believe your child has given us personal information, or you would like to review it, have it deleted, or tell us to stop any further collection or use, contact us using the details at the bottom of this page. We will verify the request and act on it promptly.

Technical Information Used to Run the Site

Like every website, ours receives basic technical information (such as an IP address and browser type) when a page is requested. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, uses this only to deliver pages, keep the site secure, and prevent abuse. We do not use it to contact, identify, or profile any visitor, or for advertising.

Who Helps Us (Third-Party Services)

We share information only with the service providers that help us run the site and fulfill orders, and only what each needs to do its job:

• Cloudflare – website hosting, security, cookieless site statistics, and storage of saved passport stamps
• Stripe – payment processing and checkout
• BookVault – book printing and shipping (receives the recipient's name and shipping address)
• Resend – delivery of order, shipping, and contact-form emails
• MailerLite – our email newsletter
• Google Fonts – supplies the lettering used on our pages (receives the technical information any web request includes)
• Google Forms – only if an adult chooses to open our review form
• YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram – the video previews on our home page are provided by these services, and links take visitors to our social media pages. Those services apply their own privacy policies.

Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing how it handles data.

How Long We Keep Information

• Order records: up to seven years, to meet tax and business record requirements
• Newsletter email addresses: until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove you
• Contact form messages: up to two years after our last reply
• Saved passport stamps: until the parent or guardian asks us to delete them

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, then delete it. You can ask us to delete your information sooner at any time, and we will unless the law requires us to keep it.

Cookies and Browser Storage

We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. The site uses your browser's storage for the cart, game progress, and passport stamps. Stripe may set cookies it needs for security and fraud prevention during checkout.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect the information we hold, including encrypted connections and limiting access to the service providers listed above.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Effective Date" above will reflect the most recent revision.

Contact Us

Fred Bear Adventures LLC
2807 Ashfield Drive, Unit 301
Windsor Mill, MD 21244
Phone: (510) 592-8844
Email: [email protected]
Or use our contact form.