Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: December 23, 2025

1. Who We Are
   This Privacy Policy describes how QC Peptides (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit or make a purchase from our website at:
   www.qcpeptides.com
2. Information We Collect
   A) Information you provide to us

• Contact information (such as name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address)
• Order information (such as products purchased, order notes)
• Payment-related information (payment card details are typically processed by our payment processor, not stored directly by us, except as needed for refunds, dispute handling, and recordkeeping)
• Communications (messages you send us by email, contact forms, chat, or other direct contact)

B) Information collected automatically
When you browse the site, we may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type and device information
• Pages viewed and actions taken
• Approximate location (derived from IP)
• Cookies and similar technologies (see Section 5)

3. How We Use Your Information
   We use information to:

• Provide and operate the website
• Process orders, payments, shipping, returns, and customer support
• Communicate with you about your order or your requests
• Improve site functionality, performance, and user experience
• Detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents
• Send marketing emails (only where permitted by law, and you can opt out at any time)

4. Comments
   If visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you have a profile image. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
   Cookies are small files stored on your device that help the site function and remember preferences.

A) Comment cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year.

B) Login and site administration cookies

• If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• When you log in, cookies may be set to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year.
• If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for two weeks.
• If you log out, login cookies are removed.

C) Publishing cookies
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved that includes the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

D) Managing cookies
You can usually adjust cookie settings in your browser. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

6. Media Uploads
   If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
7. Embedded Content From Other Websites
   Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (for example videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other website directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

8. Who We Share Your Information With
   We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share information only as needed to operate our services, such as with:

• Payment processors (to process payments)
• Shipping and logistics providers (to deliver orders)
• Customer support tools (to manage communications)
• Website hosting and security providers (to maintain and protect the site)
• Analytics providers (to understand site usage)
• Spam detection services (for example, for comment moderation)

If you request a password reset (if accounts are enabled), your IP address may be included in the reset email.

We may also share information if required to comply with law, enforce our policies, respond to legal requests, or protect rights, property, and safety.

9. How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
• If user accounts are enabled, we store the personal information provided in user profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username). Administrators can also see and edit that information.
• Order and transaction records may be retained as required for accounting, tax, legal, and dispute resolution purposes.

10. Your Rights and Choices
    Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal and security retention requirements)
• Request an exported copy of your personal information
• Opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link or contacting us

To exercise these rights, contact us using the information in Section 13.

11. Marketing Communications
    Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email about specials, new products or services, or changes to this Privacy Policy. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time.
12. Security
    We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, information is protected in transit using encryption (look for “https” and the lock icon in your browser).

Access to personal information is limited to employees or service providers who need it to perform a specific job (for example billing or customer service). Systems storing personal information are maintained in a secure environment. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we work to use commercially reasonable safeguards.

13. Contact Us
    If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or believe we are not abiding by it, contact us at:

Email: support@qcpeptides.com

Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The Effective Date at the top indicates when it was last updated.