Privacy Policy

Thee Ethereal ("we", "us", "our") operates theeethereal.com — a digital sanctuary showcasing creative services, portfolios, live experiences, and small-run shops. This policy explains what data we collect when you visit, subscribe, message us, donate, or buy from the site, and how we handle it.

• Newsletter signups — your email address and optional name, plus an optional region tag captured at signup.
• Contact and inquiry forms — your name, email, subject, and message.
• Spark Fund donations — your donation amount, optional public display name, optional message, and anonymous flag. Payment details are handled entirely by our payment provider (Base44 Payments / Wix); we never store your card number.
• Shop purchases — your order details. Billing, shipping, and payment information are collected and processed by Base44 Payments / Wix on their secure checkout pages; we receive only a confirmation and the items purchased.
• Regional personalization — an approximate country, state, and city inferred from your IP address so we can surface relevant events, campaigns, and products near you. This is never used to identify you personally.
• Automatic data — standard technical information such as browser type, device, referring page, and pages visited, collected through platform analytics.

• To deliver and improve the sanctuary — displaying portfolios, sessions, events, and shops, and personalizing what you see by region.
• To send the newsletter you signed up for, and to respond to your inquiries and messages.
• To process and fulfill Spark Fund donations and shop orders, and to confirm them with you.
• To show public supporter messages and names on campaign pages when you choose not to donate anonymously.
• To analyze how the site is used so we can keep making it better.

We do not sell your data. We share it only with the services that power the site: our payment provider (Base44 Payments / Wix) for donations and purchases, our email and newsletter tools, and our hosting and analytics platforms — each under their own privacy obligations. We may disclose information when required by law or to protect the rights, safety, or property of Thee Ethereal and our community.

The site uses essential cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember your cart, and measure traffic through platform analytics. Regional personalization uses your approximate location inferred from your IP address — never to identify you personally. You can disable cookies in your browser, though some features may not work as expected.

We keep your data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected. Newsletter subscribers stay until you unsubscribe; inquiry records are kept until your message is resolved and archived; donation and order records are retained for as long as needed for accounting and legal obligations.

You can access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data at any time. To unsubscribe from the newsletter, use the link in any email. For membership or account data, reach out using the contact details below and we'll respond promptly.

The site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we'll remove it.

We take reasonable measures to protect your data, but no system is perfectly secure. Payment details never touch our servers — they're handled entirely by Base44 Payments / Wix under their own security standards.

We may update this policy as the sanctuary evolves. We'll post the changes here and update the date below. Continued use after a change means you accept the revised policy.

Questions about your data? Begin a conversation with us through the Trust Us page or email hello@thee-ethereal.com and we'll get back to you.