Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.bnicks.com

BN TYPE FOUNDRY

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: September 25, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how BN Type Foundry, operated by Brandon Nickerson (“BN Type Foundry,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit bnicks.com (the “Site”), create an account, make a purchase, download a product, use the Type Tester, submit an inquiry, or otherwise interact with us.

  1. SCOPE

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed through:

  • bnicks.com.

  • The BN Type Foundry online shop.

  • Customer accounts.

  • Checkout and digital-product delivery.

  • Contact, licensing, and project-inquiry forms.

  • Support communications.

  • The Type Tester and other Site features.

  • Analytics and advertising technologies used on the Site.

Third-party websites and services have their own privacy policies.

  1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information You Provide

We may collect information you provide directly, including:

  • Name.

  • Email address.

  • Billing address.

  • Company or organization name.

  • Account login information.

  • Order number and purchase history.

  • Font, bundle, and License Upgrade selections.

  • License requirements, intended usage, company size, and User count.

  • Tax or billing information.

  • Contact-form messages.

  • Customer-support communications.

  • Custom typeface, branding, or design-project information.

  • Reviews, feedback, and other information you voluntarily submit.

Payment Information

Payments are processed through Squarespace and its supported payment providers.

BN Type Foundry does not directly receive or store your complete payment-card number. Payment providers may collect card details, billing information, fraud-prevention data, and other information required to process a transaction.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

  • IP address.

  • Browser type and version.

  • Device type and operating system.

  • Approximate location derived from IP address.

  • Referring and exit pages.

  • Pages viewed and links clicked.

  • Date, time, and duration of visits.

  • Cart, checkout, and account activity.

  • Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.

  • Interactions with advertisements or marketing campaigns.

  • Information used to detect errors, fraud, abuse, or security threats.

  1. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

The Site uses cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may include:

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies support security, navigation, shopping carts, checkout, customer accounts, digital delivery, cookie preferences, and core Site functionality. The Site may not function correctly without them.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices and improve Site features and usability.

Analytics Cookies

Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager may collect information about traffic, visitor behavior, device characteristics, referrals, and Site performance.

Advertising Cookies

Meta Pixel and related Meta technologies may collect information about visits, purchases, page views, and campaign interactions to measure advertising performance and, where enabled, support targeted advertising.

You can accept, decline, or manage non-essential cookies through the Site’s cookie banner where available. You may also restrict cookies through your browser settings.

Blocking cookies may affect Site functionality.

Information about cookies used by Squarespace is available at:

https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses

  1. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use personal information to:

  • Process and fulfill purchases.

  • Deliver font files, bundles, and digital products.

  • Record and administer font licenses.

  • Process License Upgrades.

  • Create and maintain customer accounts.

  • Provide receipts, order confirmations, and download access.

  • Respond to support requests and inquiries.

  • Help determine the appropriate license.

  • Prepare proposals, estimates, and project agreements.

  • Provide custom typeface, branding, and design services.

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site.

  • Analyze traffic, performance, and customer behavior.

  • Measure advertising and marketing effectiveness.

  • Detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, and unauthorized activity.

  • Enforce the Terms of Service and EULA.

  • Maintain tax, accounting, transaction, and legal records.

  • Comply with legal obligations.

  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

  • Send marketing communications where you have consented or where otherwise permitted by law.

  1. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we process personal information based on:

Contract

Processing necessary to complete purchases, deliver products, administer licenses, provide support, or perform a project agreement.

Legitimate Interests

Processing necessary to operate and improve the business, secure the Site, understand customers, prevent fraud, maintain license records, and protect legal rights.

Consent

Processing based on consent, including certain cookies, advertising technologies, and marketing communications.

Legal Obligations

Processing necessary to comply with tax, accounting, consumer-protection, privacy, and other legal requirements.

  1. HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose personal information to service providers that help operate the business, including:

  • Squarespace, which hosts the Site and provides commerce, account, analytics, and digital-delivery functions.

  • Payment processors selected through Squarespace.

  • Google, for analytics and tag-management services.

  • Meta Platforms, for advertising measurement and related services.

  • Email and communication providers.

  • Cloud-storage and file-delivery providers.

  • Accounting, tax, legal, insurance, and professional advisers.

  • Security, fraud-prevention, and technical-support providers.

These providers may process information under their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.

We may also disclose information:

  • When required by law, court order, subpoena, or lawful government request.

  • To investigate fraud, abuse, infringement, or security incidents.

  • To enforce our Terms, EULA, licenses, and agreements.

  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of BN Type Foundry, customers, or others.

  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, asset sale, or transfer of the business.

  1. SALE, SHARING, AND TARGETED ADVERTISING

BN Type Foundry does not sell personal information for money.

The use of analytics and advertising technologies, including Meta Pixel, may be treated as “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a “sale” under certain privacy laws even when no money is exchanged.

Where required, you may opt out by:

  • Declining advertising or non-essential cookies through the Site’s cookie controls.

  • Adjusting your browser privacy settings.

  • Using a legally recognized browser signal, such as Global Privacy Control, where supported and required.

  • Emailing contact@bnicks.com with the subject “Privacy Request.”

  1. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

If you subscribe to marketing emails, we may send information about font releases, free fonts, products, promotions, licensing, and services.

You may unsubscribe using the link included in a marketing email or by contacting contact@bnicks.com.

Transactional messages concerning purchases, downloads, licenses, account security, or support are not marketing communications and may still be sent when necessary.

  1. RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Retention periods depend on the type of information and may include:

  • Order and license records retained as necessary to document ownership, permitted use, and license scope.

  • Transaction and tax records retained for legally required accounting periods.

  • Account information retained while the account remains active and for a reasonable period afterward.

  • Support and project communications retained as necessary to provide services and resolve disputes.

  • Analytics information retained according to the settings and policies of the applicable analytics provider.

  • Security records retained as necessary to detect and investigate misuse.

We may retain information longer when required by law or reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

  1. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information.

No online system, electronic transmission, or storage method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and notifying us if you suspect unauthorized account access.

  1. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Know whether we process your personal information.

  • Request access to personal information.

  • Request correction of inaccurate information.

  • Request deletion of personal information.

  • Obtain a portable copy of certain information.

  • Opt out of targeted advertising, qualifying sales, or certain profiling.

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

  • Object to or restrict certain processing.

  • Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request.

  • Receive equal service without unlawful discrimination for exercising privacy rights.

To submit a request, email contact@bnicks.com with the subject “Privacy Request.”

Describe the request and provide enough information for us to identify the relevant account, purchase, or record. We may request reasonable verification before completing a request.

Certain information may be retained or excluded from a request where permitted by law, including transaction records, tax records, license records, fraud-prevention information, and information needed to protect legal rights.

If we deny a request and applicable law provides an appeal right, email contact@bnicks.com with the subject “Privacy Appeal.”

Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law, subject to verification of their authority and your identity.

  1. CALIFORNIA AND OTHER U.S. STATE RIGHTS

Residents of California, Indiana, and other states with applicable consumer privacy laws may have rights regarding access, correction, deletion, portability, targeted advertising, qualifying sales or sharing, and certain profiling.

BN Type Foundry will process verified requests as required by applicable law.

California residents may also request information about categories of personal information collected, sources, purposes, categories of recipients, and specific information maintained about them, subject to legal limitations.

We do not knowingly discriminate against anyone for exercising a legally protected privacy right.

  1. INTERNATIONAL USERS

BN Type Foundry is based in the United States.

If you access the Site from outside the United States, your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.

Those countries may have privacy laws different from those in your location. Where required, we and our service providers use legally recognized safeguards for international transfers.

  1. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Site, contact contact@bnicks.com so the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

  1. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The Site may link to third-party websites and platforms, including Squarespace, Google Drive, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Dribbble, and payment providers.

This Privacy Policy does not govern third-party services. Review their privacy policies before providing information or using those services.

  1. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the Site, services, technologies, business practices, or legal requirements.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Material changes will be communicated where required by law.

  1. CONTACT

Privacy questions and requests may be sent to:

BN Type Foundry
https://www.bnicks.com
contact@bnicks.com