Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 5, 2026
Kuki Studios is operated by Alderfer & Smith (“Kuki Studios,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit kukistudios.com, purchase our work, sign up for communications, attend or interact with us at events, or otherwise communicate with us.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information that you provide directly to us, including:
• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Billing and shipping address
• Order and transaction information
• Information you submit when contacting us or requesting customer support
• Email and SMS/text messaging preferences and consent records
• Information submitted through forms, promotions, events, surveys, or other interactions with Kuki Studios
When you use our website, we and our service providers may also automatically collect information such as your IP address, browser and device information, referring pages, pages viewed, shopping activity, and interactions with our website through cookies and similar technologies.
Payment information is processed by our payment service providers. We generally do not directly store complete payment-card information.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
• Process, fulfill, and manage orders
• Provide shipping, delivery, and transaction updates
• Respond to questions and customer-service requests
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website and business
• Detect fraud, misuse, or security issues
• Understand how visitors use our website
• Personalize website or marketing experiences
• Send email or SMS/text communications when you have elected to receive them
• Provide studio news, artwork releases, event information, promotions, cart reminders, and other communications
• Maintain business, tax, accounting, and transaction records
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
COOKIES, ANALYTICS, AND ADVERTISING
Our website and service providers may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences and shopping-cart activity, measure website performance, understand customer behavior, and support advertising and marketing.
Our website may use cookies or similar technology to identify products placed in a shopping cart, including when a cart is abandoned. If you have separately opted in to receive SMS communications, this information may be used to determine when to send a cart-reminder text message.
Certain analytics or advertising activities may be considered “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or similar activity under applicable privacy laws. Where required by law, you may have the right to opt out of those uses.
HOW WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION
We may provide personal information to service providers that perform services on our behalf, including:
• Ecommerce and website providers
• Payment processors
• Shipping and fulfillment providers
• Email and SMS messaging providers
• Analytics, advertising, technology, and security providers
• Professional advisers such as accountants or attorneys
We may also disclose information when required by law, when reasonably necessary to protect our rights or the rights and safety of others, or in connection with a merger, sale, reorganization, or transfer of some or all of our business.
We do not sell personal information for money.
SMS AND MOBILE INFORMATION
If you choose to receive text messages from Kuki Studios, we may collect your mobile phone number, SMS consent and opt-in records, and information relating to your messaging activity.
We use this information to provide the communications you have requested or agreed to receive, which may include studio news, artwork releases, promotions, event information, order information, customer-service communications, and cart reminders.
Mobile information, including mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in data, and text-messaging consent, will not be sold, rented, transferred, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.
We may provide mobile information to service providers that help us operate our SMS program, but only as necessary to provide those services on our behalf.
Text-messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Participation in our SMS program is voluntary. Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing any product or service.
Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.
You may opt out of SMS messages at any time by replying STOP. For assistance, reply HELP or contact casse@kukistudios.com.
For complete SMS program terms, please see our SMS Terms & Conditions at:
https://kukistudios.com/pages/sms-terms-conditions
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link included in those emails.
You may unsubscribe from marketing text messages by replying STOP.
Depending on where you live, applicable law may give you rights regarding your personal information, which may include the right to request access, correction, deletion, or a copy of certain personal information, or the right to opt out of certain advertising-related uses.
To make a privacy request, contact:
casse@kukistudios.com
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain appropriate business and transaction records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
CHILDREN
Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
Kuki Studios is based in the United States. If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date displayed at the top of this page.
CONTACT
Kuki Studios
Alderfer & Smith
Minnesota, United States
casse@kukistudios.com
