Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 23, 2026
The Pipe Lab, LLC ("we," "us," "our") operates thepipelab.net. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices. We keep it straightforward because we believe you shouldn't need a lawyer to understand a privacy policy.
What We Collect
When you buy a pipe, Stripe (our payment processor) collects your name, email address, shipping address, and payment information. We receive your name, email, and shipping address from Stripe so we can fulfill your order. We never see or store your credit card number.
If you sign up for email notifications (drop alerts), we collect your email address.
That's it. We don't require you to create an account, and we don't collect anything beyond what's needed to get you your pipe and keep you informed if you want to be.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Fulfill and ship your order
- Send order confirmation and shipping notification emails
- Send drop alerts if you signed up for them
- Respond to questions or issues you contact us about
We don't sell your information. We don't use it for advertising. We don't build profiles on you.
Third-Party Services
We use a small number of services to run the site and process orders:
- Stripe processes payments. They handle your card information directly — it never touches our servers. Stripe has its own privacy policy.
- Resend sends transactional emails (order confirmations, shipping notifications, drop alerts). They process your email address on our behalf.
- Cloudflare provides our CDN, DNS, and image hosting. They may process standard web request data (IP addresses, request headers) as part of delivering the site to you. Cloudflare provides our analytics — aggregate, privacy-respecting traffic data with no individual tracking.
We don't use Google Analytics, Facebook pixels, or any other tracking or advertising services.
Cookies
We don't use tracking cookies for visitors. No cookie banners needed here.
The only cookie on this site is a session cookie used for admin access to manage the store. If you're browsing or buying pipes, no cookies are set on your browser.
Email Communications
If you buy a pipe, you'll receive order confirmation and shipping notification emails. These are transactional — they're part of fulfilling your order.
If you sign up for drop alerts, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any alert email. We won't email you after that.
Data Retention
We keep order records (name, email, shipping address, what you bought) as long as needed for business and tax purposes. If you want us to delete your information, email us and we'll take care of it where we're legally able to.
Email subscriber addresses are kept until you unsubscribe, at which point they're removed.
Children's Privacy
This site is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect information from children. Our products are tobacco pipes intended for adults of legal smoking age.
Changes to This Policy
If we make meaningful changes to this policy, we'll update the "last updated" date at the top. We won't reduce your rights under this policy without giving you notice.
Governing Law
The Pipe Lab, LLC is a Vermont company. This policy is governed by the laws of the State of Vermont.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at [email protected].