Privacy

Who we are

The Groucho Marxism Store (TGMS) lives at https://www.grouchomarxism.com, but for marketing purposes TGMS officially operates as https://www.grouchomarxism.store, which automatically forwards to the dot com site.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the TGMS, TGMS collects the data shown in the comments form. Security features operated by third parties, e.g., the visitor’s IP address and browser type, may be used to aid in spam detection and other protective actions.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. Gravatar has their own privacy policy that TGMS has no control over. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

All comments are subject to removal at the discretion of TGMS, which will not tolerate harassment, bullying, bigotry, or the deliberate posting of disinformation.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Chatbot Interaction

Our website features an interactive chatbot, Duck Bot, designed to assist you and entertain you without requiring user login or registration. Duck Bot does not collect any personal information. Only anonymized questions posed by users and Duck Bot’s responses are retained. This data is solely used to enhance the quality and accuracy of Duck Bot’s future responses. We ensure that all interactions with Duck Bot remain confidential and are used exclusively for the purpose of improving the chatbot’s functionality. 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. TGMS does not collect any personal information to sell to third parties and will only collect the minimal information necessary to process your orders, leave a comment, or otherwise ensure that TGMS functions correctly.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Signing up for the JKL Newsletter, “And Now For Something Completely Different,” which covers TGMS, The History Think Blog, and jamesklambert.com, will not subject you to additional third party emails from companies or organizations that TGMS is affiliated with, or may be affiliated with in the future. TGMS does not sell or give away your data. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time and your data will no longer be used by TGMS.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. TGMS using Mailchimp for all email communications with our mailing list and Mailchimp’s own policies apply to how they may or may not use your information.

Contact

Your Concerns Matter:

Please contact our support team through on of the options provided on our contact page. We value your input and are dedicated to addressing your concerns promptly and respectfully. 

Updates

This privacy policy will be reviewed and updated at one each year.

Changes to Terms

TGMS reserves the right to modify these terms at any time, as its soul discretion. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting on our website.