Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 4, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Daoshine (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Store”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from https://daoshine.com (the “Website” or “Site”).
The Website is owned and operated by Matthew Michalak, a sole proprietor, doing business as Daoshine, with a principal place of business at 2411 W 73rd Ave, Merrillville, Indiana 46410, United States.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information in a transparent and lawful manner. This Privacy Policy is designed to meet applicable data protection and consumer protection requirements, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA/CPRA”), and other applicable privacy laws.
By accessing or using the Website, creating an account, or purchasing our products, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your personal information as described herein.
1. Data Controller & Contact Details
For purposes of applicable data protection laws, the data controller responsible for your personal information is:
Daoshine
Business Address: 2411 W 73rd Ave, Merrillville, Indiana 46410, United States
Email: support@daoshine.com
Website: https://daoshine.com
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal information, you may contact us using the details above.
2. Scope & Applicability
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect from individuals who:
- Visit or browse our Website.
- Create an account or place orders on the Website.
- Subscribe to our newsletters, marketing communications, or promotions.
- Contact us via email, contact forms, or other communication channels.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third-party websites, services, or applications that we do not own or control, even if they are linked from our Website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you use.
3. Shopify Platform & Hosting Information
Our Website is hosted and operated on the Shopify platform. Shopify provides us with the online e-commerce infrastructure that enables us to sell our products and services to you. As part of this arrangement:
- Shopify stores and processes certain personal information on our behalf, such as your order details, contact information, and account data.
- Shopify’s servers are primarily located in the United States and Canada, and your information may be stored and processed in those locations and in other jurisdictions where Shopify or its service providers operate.
- Shopify implements industry-standard security measures and provides built-in fraud analysis and secure checkout processing.
For more information about how Shopify handles your personal information, you may review Shopify’s privacy policy available at https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
While Shopify provides the technical platform, Daoshine is responsible for the content of the Website, order fulfillment, customer service, and determining how your personal information is used in connection with our Store.
4. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information when you interact with our Website or purchase our products:
4.1. Identification & Contact Information
- Name (first and last name).
- Email address.
- Billing address and shipping address.
- Phone number (where provided).
- Account username and password (if you create an account).
4.2. Order & Transaction Information
- Products purchased, order history, and order preferences.
- Shipping method and delivery details.
- Payment status and partial payment details (e.g., transaction IDs).
We do not store your full payment card numbers or full financial account details. Payments made through PayPal or other payment providers are processed directly by those providers in accordance with their own terms and privacy policies.
4.3. Payment Information
When you complete a purchase, you will provide payment information to our payment partners, such as PayPal. We may receive limited information related to your payment (e.g., confirmation of payment, partial card details, transaction IDs) for record-keeping, fraud prevention, and order management. We do not have access to your full card number or PayPal login credentials.
4.4. Technical & Usage Information
- IP address and approximate location (city, state, country).
- Device information (browser type, operating system, device identifiers).
- Log data about your interactions with the Website (pages visited, time and date, referring URLs, click patterns).
- Cookie identifiers and similar tracking technologies.
4.5. Communications & Support Information
- Content of messages you send to us (emails, contact form submissions, order support requests).
- Customer service notes and records of our communications with you.
4.6. Marketing & Preference Information
- Newsletter subscriptions and marketing preferences.
- Information about your responses to our marketing communications (opens, clicks).
4.7. User-Generated Content & Reviews
- Product reviews, ratings, and comments you submit.
- Any photos, text, or other content you choose to upload or share.
5. How We Collect Information
We collect personal information from you in several ways, including:
- Directly from you when you place an order, create an account, subscribe to our emails, or contact customer support.
- Automatically through cookies, logs, and similar tracking technologies when you browse or interact with the Website.
- From third parties such as payment providers, analytics services, marketing platforms, and shipping carriers who help us process orders and operate the Store.
6. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:
- Order processing and fulfillment: To process your orders, manage payments, arrange shipping, and provide invoices or order confirmations.
- Customer service and support: To respond to your inquiries, handle returns and refunds, and provide after-sales support.
- Account management: To create and manage your account, maintain your purchase history, and simplify future checkouts.
- Improvement of our Website and services: To analyze how our Website is used, troubleshoot technical issues, and improve user experience and product offerings.
- Marketing and communications: To send you marketing emails, newsletters, special offers, and promotions, where permitted by law or with your consent, and to personalize the content you see.
- Fraud detection and security: To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access, and other illegal activities, including through Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis tools and third-party risk assessment services.
- Legal and compliance purposes: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms & Conditions, and protect our rights, property, and the safety of our customers and others.
7. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom (“UK”), or another jurisdiction that requires a legal basis for processing personal information, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Performance of a contract: To process and fulfill your orders and provide services you request.
- Legitimate interests: To improve our Website, prevent fraud, secure our systems, and conduct marketing to our customers, where such interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Consent: For certain marketing activities, use of certain cookies, or other processing where we specifically request your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligations: To comply with accounting, tax, and other legal requirements.
8. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate and improve the Website, understand how visitors use our services, and support marketing and analytics activities. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We may use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: Required for basic site functionality, such as shopping cart and checkout.
- Performance and analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Website so we can improve performance and user experience.
- Functionality cookies: Remember your preferences and choices to provide a more personalized experience.
- Advertising or marketing cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, where applicable.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through cookie consent tools on our Website. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website, particularly during checkout.
9. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense. However, we may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients to operate our business and provide our services:
- Service providers: Third-party companies that help us operate the Website and fulfill orders, including Shopify, payment processors (such as PayPal), email service providers, analytics providers, and shipping carriers.
- Professional advisors: Legal, accounting, or other advisors who assist us in complying with our obligations and protecting our rights.
- Authorities and law enforcement: Where required by law, court order, or in response to valid legal requests, or where necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of others.
- Business transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of assets, financing, or acquisition involving our business, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate safeguards.
When we share your information with third parties, we take reasonable steps to ensure that they use your information only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law.
10. International Data Transfers
We serve customers in the United States, Canada, and other international locations. Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including the United States and Canada, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
When transferring personal information from the EEA, UK, or other regions with data transfer restrictions, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms, where required by applicable law.
11. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
- To complete your purchases and provide services you request.
- To maintain and improve our relationship with you as a customer.
- To comply with legal, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations.
- To resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
When personal information is no longer needed, we will delete or anonymize it, unless we are required by law to retain it for a longer period.
12. Security of Your Information
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, modification, or disclosure. These measures include, for example:
- Using secure, encrypted connections (HTTPS) for data transmission where appropriate.
- Relying on Shopify’s secure hosting environment and fraud analysis tools.
- Limiting access to personal information to personnel and service providers with a legitimate need to know.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and for any actions taken under your account.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 13 (or under the relevant age of majority in your jurisdiction). If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as reasonably practicable.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at support@daoshine.com.
14. Your Rights (GDPR and Other Regions)
Depending on your place of residence, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. Subject to applicable law, these may include:
- Right of access: To request confirmation of whether we process your personal information and to receive a copy of that information.
- Right to rectification: To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Right to erasure: To request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to restriction: To request that we restrict processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to data portability: To receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to have it transferred to another controller where technically feasible.
- Right to object: To object to our processing of your personal information based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@daoshine.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe that our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.
15. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a resident of California, you may have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including:
- The right to know what categories of personal information we collect, use, and disclose.
- The right to request access to specific pieces of personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- The right to correct inaccurate personal information.
- The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable.
- The right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
We do not sell your personal information as that term is commonly understood. If our use of cookies or third-party tools is ever considered a “sale” or “sharing” under the CCPA/CPRA, we will provide additional notices and options as required by law.
To exercise your California privacy rights, please contact us at support@daoshine.com and indicate that you are making a request under the CCPA/CPRA. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
16. Marketing Communications & Opt-Out
With your consent where required by law, we may send you marketing emails, newsletters, and promotional messages about our products, services, and special offers. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by:
- Clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email you receive from us, or
- Contacting us at support@daoshine.com.
Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you non-promotional messages related to your orders, account, or our ongoing business relationship.
17. Fraud Prevention & Order Review
To protect our customers and our Store, we may use automated tools and manual review processes (including Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis and third-party risk assessment services) to detect and prevent fraudulent or suspicious activity. This may include analyzing order data, IP addresses, payment information, and other signals to identify potential fraud.
Based on these checks, we may contact you for additional information or documentation, delay shipment, or cancel orders if we reasonably believe that they may be fraudulent, unauthorized, or violate our Terms & Conditions. These measures help ensure a safer shopping environment for all customers.
18. Do Not Track & Third-Party Signals
Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) feature that signals websites you visit that you do not wish to be tracked. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. At this time, our Website does not respond to DNT signals. We will review changes to relevant standards and may update our practices if a consistent interpretation emerges.
19. Third-Party Links & Services
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, or applications. Clicking on such links or enabling such connections may allow third parties to collect or share information about you. We do not control these third-party websites, are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them.
We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit or use.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Any revised Privacy Policy will be effective when it is posted on the Website.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal information. Your continued use of the Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
21. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Daoshine
Business Address: 2411 W 73rd Ave, Merrillville, Indiana 46410, United States
Email: support@daoshine.com
Website: https://daoshine.com