Privacy Policy

By adding your name and email address to sign up for The Kro™ newsletter on the ‘Book Store’ page of this website (for example), or in any part of this website or affiliated websites in order to receive updates from us in any regard, your name, email and any other requested information you provide will be added to a database maintained by us and stored securely on the hosting server we employ.  This is the only personal information we collect from you and we do so in order to contact you with updates etcetera.  You are not obligated to ‘Sign Up’... but you should.

Opting Out:  To be removed and not receive email from The Kro™, you can send a request to unsubscribe@akroagatemarbles.com confirming the email address you want removed.  You can also use the unsubscribe link provided in The Kro™ newsletter sent to your inbox or link to the unsubscribe form here. Either way, you will need to enter the email address you used to sign up. Any of those options will lead you to this unsubscribe confirmation page after successful un-subscription.

Re~Subscribing: When you realize you had a momentary lapse of reason unsubscribing from The Kro™, you can only use the official Re~Subscribe form to sign-up again. The original sign-up form will not work for you. You need to officially opt-in to verify your subscription. We take our privacy and yours very seriously and detest spam email. Akro Agate Marbles LLC. follows all applicable laws and online communication spam regulations as required by the FTC CAN-SPAM Act, – A Compliance Guide for Business. If you encounter any problems attempting to Re~Subscribe to The Kro™, send email to signup@akroagatemarbles.com describing your problem, referencing the email address you used to un-subscribe.

Akroagatemarbles collects statistical information about visitors to this website.  Resources including Google Analytics are employed to gather demographic information and other factors including your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website(s), and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.  There is no collection of personally-identifying information.  To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Cookies:  A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s device.  Each time that visitor returns using the same device (web browser), the stored cookie provides the previously gathered information to the website server, which in turn makes adjustments to provide the best user experience.  Akroagatemarbles.com uses cookies to help  identify and track visitors, their usage of this website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not want cookies placed on their devices should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using the akroagatemarbles.com website, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies, in particular, the ordering process for the book, ‘The History of Akro Agate Marbles’.

External links: Share links provided for Facebook, X or Linked In, each have their own standards and policies which Akroagatemarbles.com adheres to but does not control.  These policies can be read by visiting the respective pages listed here:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://x.com/en/privacy

Akroagatemarbles.com does not collect or store any of your financial information. In order to make purchases from this website, the necessary data you will need to enter will be sent securely to PayPal which will open in a new window or pop-up when you click the PayPal checkout, credit or debit card buttons provided with purchase forms. In that window, you will complete your transaction through your personal PayPal account or by a credit or debit card transaction. You are not required to personally have a PayPal account to complete a purchase of any product on this website. After completing a purchase, you will be re-directed (the PayPal pop-up will close) back to the page you initiated purchase from, receiving a confirmation message. Your order will be processed through the Akro Agate Marbles Shipstation account, postage paid, and shipped to you. You will receive a tracking number via the email address you provide when placing an order.

Your order details, including your mailing address, payment receipt(s) and tracking number(s) will also be stored with PayPal/ShipStation. You can view their privacy notices here: paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full and shipstation.com/terms-of-service.

Specific questions can be sent to orders@akroagatemarbles.com.