Privacy Policy

Information and Its Use

The information involved depends on your interaction with MS&FA. A website visit, an email question, and a customer matter do not all require the same information.

Information and Sources

• Contact and correspondence: your name, email address, telephone number, postal address when relevant, message contents, and documents or photographs you choose to provide.

• Customer and transaction records: information about a customer matter, such as related correspondence, invoices, payment status, transaction dates, firearm identification, and supporting records, where those details are part of MS&FA’s business records.

• Required records: personal information in records that MS&FA is legally required to create or retain, where that obligation applies to MS&FA’s role in a matter.

• Website information: technical and usage information, including IP address, browser and device details, referring pages, pages visited, and cookie preferences, as described below.

Information may come directly from you, from website technology, or from another party involved in the same business matter. For example, a customer, a licensed firearms dealer, or a service provider may supply relevant contact or record information.

Why Information Is Used

MS&FA uses relevant information to answer questions, maintain customer correspondence and business records, administer customer matters, operate and understand the website, address errors or disputes, help prevent fraud and misuse, and meet applicable legal obligations. The information needed depends on the purpose.

When Information Is Shared

Service providers may process information needed for website hosting, email, document storage, or business administration. Squarespace provides the hosted website. A provider may also handle information for its own purposes under its privacy policy.

Where relevant to a customer matter, information may be shared with a licensed firearms dealer, a financial institution, a carrier, an insurer, or a professional adviser. Those parties may have their own privacy responsibilities and recordkeeping obligations. Information they collect directly is not automatically collected or held by MS&FA.

MS&FA may preserve or disclose information when required by applicable law, regulatory obligations, or valid legal process, or when reasonably necessary to address fraud, security concerns, disputes, or the protection of legal rights.

Cookies and Website Services

The website at mackeyfinearms.com is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace processes technical and usage information to deliver the website and to operate, protect, and improve its platform. Some processing supports MS&FA’s website activity information; some is for Squarespace’s own purposes.

Your Cookie Choices

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device. Necessary cookies support website functions. Optional Squarespace analytics cookies help recognize visits and understand website use.

On the Squarespace-hosted site at mackeyfinearms.com, optional cookies are restricted until you accept them. Its cookie banner offers these choices:

• ACCEPT allows optional cookies.

• DECLINE rejects optional cookies.

• MANAGE COOKIES lets you choose available cookie categories.

Use Cookie Preferences at the bottom of that site to reopen your choices and change or withdraw consent. After withdrawing consent, reload the page so previously set optional analytics cookies are removed. Browser settings also provide controls for stored cookies; blocking necessary cookies can affect website functions.

Declining optional cookies does not stop all information processing. Squarespace can still receive technical information and send platform performance or website-activity requests. Cookie choices do not erase business correspondence or records MS&FA must retain.

Other Services and Websites

Read Squarespace’s Privacy Policy for its information practices and its cookie guide for details about its cookies. Following a link to another website or using an independent service brings that service’s own privacy policy and controls into play.

Retention and Security

Keeping Business Records

Retention depends on the type of information, the reason it was collected, an ongoing customer matter, applicable recordkeeping duties, and the need to resolve disputes or protect legal rights. The same retention period does not apply to every record.

Firearms-related records can be subject to legal preservation and disclosure requirements. Where MS&FA is responsible for a federally required firearms record, the applicable rules may require retention for the duration of the licensed business and delivery of records to the responsible authority when that business ends. A privacy request does not override those duties.

Other records may need to be kept for tax, accounting, insurance, fraud prevention, or legal matters. A deletion request is considered in light of those obligations and any lawful exceptions; it is not a promise to erase every related record.

Protecting Information

No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. Share only the information needed for your question, and do not send passwords, full payment credentials, Social Security numbers, or identity documents through general email.

If you believe personal information sent to MS&FA has been misused or exposed, contact Steve using the email below. Describe the concern without resending sensitive documents.

Your Choices and Questions

You can ask about information MS&FA holds about you, request a correction, or ask for access or deletion. Depending on the law that applies and any exceptions, additional rights may include receiving a copy, withdrawing consent, or objecting to or opting out of certain processing. Not every right applies to every person, record, or business.

Making a Privacy Request

Email Steve with the nature of your request and enough context to identify the relevant correspondence or customer matter. MS&FA may need to verify your identity or an authorized representative’s authority before releasing or changing personal information. Do not include sensitive identification documents in your initial email.

MS&FA will consider and respond to requests under applicable requirements, including any required time limits and exceptions. If a request cannot be fulfilled, the response will explain the reason to the extent permitted by law. You may ask Steve to reconsider a decision; any applicable statutory appeal rights remain available.

EMAIL STEVE ABOUT PRIVACY

steve@mackeyfinearms.com

Children’s Information

This business website is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. MS&FA does not seek personal information from children under 13 through this website. A parent or guardian who believes a child has provided personal information can contact Steve so the matter can be reviewed and handled under applicable requirements.

Policy Updates

MS&FA may update this policy as the website, business practices, or applicable requirements change. The effective date at the top identifies the current version. Where additional notice or consent is required for a change, MS&FA will follow those requirements.