PRIVACY
POLICY.

SCOPE OF THIS POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through Dark Metal Designs websites, online stores, forms, registrations, event pages, mailing lists, and other services that link to this Policy.

Dark Metal Designs is operated by AchievMo Consulting LLC. References to “Dark Metal Designs,” “Dark Metal,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the business operating the applicable website or service.

Separate websites, third-party platforms, or related properties may have additional or separate privacy terms where indicated.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Dark Metal Designs.

You are not required to provide every type of information described above. However, some information may be necessary to complete an order, register for an event, receive requested updates, or use a particular feature.

INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

When you use the site, we and the technology providers that support it may automatically receive certain technical information, such as:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• Browser and device type;
• Operating system;
• Pages viewed and actions taken on the site;
• Referring or exit pages;
• Approximate location derived from IP address;
• Date, time, and duration of visits;
• Cookie or similar technology identifiers; and
• Security, fraud-prevention, and system log information.

This information helps operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website and understand how visitors use it.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION

We may use personal information to:

• Process, fulfill, ship, and manage orders;
• Provide customer service and respond to inquiries;
• Manage accounts and site features;
• Process event registrations, vendor inquiries, and partnership requests;
• Send transactional messages such as order confirmations and service notices;
• Send marketing or update emails when permitted;
• Personalize or improve site content and customer experience;
• Understand site usage and performance;
• Prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unauthorized activity;
• Maintain business records;
• Enforce our Terms, policies, and agreements; and
• Comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or other legitimate obligations.

COOKIES & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Our website and the services that support it may use cookies, pixels, local storage, session storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for purposes such as:

• Keeping the website and shopping cart functioning;
• Remembering preferences or login status;
• Maintaining security and preventing fraud;
• Measuring traffic and site performance;
• Understanding how visitors interact with pages; and
• Supporting advertising or marketing features when those services are enabled.

You can generally control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect shopping-cart functionality, account access, saved preferences, or other site features.

EMAIL, EVENT UPDATES & MARKETING

If you sign up for Dark Metal updates, event notices, vendor information, drop notifications, or other marketing communications, we may use the contact information and interests you provide to send those communications.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe option included in the message or by contacting us.

HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We do not sell customer lists for money. We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate the business, including to:

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Companies that provide website hosting, ecommerce technology, payment processing, email delivery, analytics, security, customer support, data storage, or similar services.

SHIPPING & FULFILLMENT PROVIDERS

Carriers, fulfillment partners, suppliers, or service providers that need information such as a shipping address to deliver an order.

EVENT & BUSINESS PARTNERS

Where reasonably necessary for an event, vendor arrangement, collaboration, promotion, or service you requested.

LEGAL & SECURITY PURPOSES

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to comply with law, respond to valid legal process, investigate fraud or misuse, enforce our agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Dark Metal Designs, our customers, or others.

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets, restructuring, or similar business transaction.

WITH YOUR DIRECTION OR CONSENT

We may share information when you ask us to do so or otherwise authorize the disclosure.

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payment transactions are generally processed through third-party payment providers. Those providers may collect payment-card, bank-account, wallet, or other payment information directly from you.

Dark Metal Designs may receive transaction information such as payment status, transaction identifiers, card type, limited card details, billing information, or fraud-screening results, but we do not intentionally collect or store full payment-card numbers on our own systems unless clearly disclosed and appropriately secured.

Payment providers handle information according to their own privacy terms and legal obligations.

HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including fulfilling orders, maintaining customer records, providing requested services, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, meeting tax or accounting requirements, and complying with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected. When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it where appropriate.

DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information appropriate to the nature of the information and the systems used to process it.

No website, network, storage system, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should also protect your own account credentials and notify us if you believe your account or information has been compromised.

YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES

Depending on how you interact with the site, you may be able to:

• Update certain account or profile information;
• Unsubscribe from marketing emails;
• Control cookies using browser settings;
• Request access to certain personal information we maintain about you;
• Ask us to correct inaccurate information;
• Ask us to delete information when appropriate; or
• Raise a privacy question or concern.

Some requests may be limited by legal, security, fraud-prevention, recordkeeping, tax, contractual, or other legitimate requirements.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Privacy laws in some U.S. states provide residents with specific rights relating to personal data. Depending on where you live, the nature of the information involved, and whether a particular law applies to our business, those rights may include access, correction, deletion, data portability, or the ability to opt out of certain types of processing.

If an applicable law gives you a privacy right not otherwise described in this Policy, you may submit a request through our contact page. We will process legally applicable requests in accordance with the requirements that apply to us.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right provided by applicable law.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Dark Metal Designs is a general-audience website and is not designed to collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information online from a child under 13 in circumstances where parental consent or another legal requirement applies, we will take reasonable steps to address or delete the information as required.

A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information to us may contact us through the site.

DARK METAL AFTER DARK — 18+

Dark Metal After Dark is intended only for adults age 18 and older. After Dark may use age-confirmation technology such as an age gate or other access-control mechanisms.

Information collected through After Dark is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our separate 18+ Policy.

We do not design After Dark mailing lists, forms, or interactive features for minors.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS, EMBEDS & SERVICES

Dark Metal Designs may link to or display content from third-party websites and services, including related stores, payment providers, shipping companies, social networks, manufacturers, event services, media platforms, or other external sites.

Those services may collect information independently and operate under their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of unaffiliated third parties.

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

Dark Metal Designs is operated from the United States. If you access the site from another country, information may be processed or stored in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws may differ from those in your country. Where legally required, we will handle personal information according to applicable requirements.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Policy as the website, business, services, technology, or applicable requirements change.

The effective date shown at the top of this page identifies the current version. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or another reasonable method where appropriate.

PRIVACY QUESTIONS & REQUESTS

Questions about this Privacy Policy, the information we maintain, or a privacy request may be submitted through our contact page.

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This Policy should be read together with our Terms & Conditions and, where applicable, our 18+ Policy.