Privacy Policy
How Republic Comics collects, uses and protects your personal information when you shop, sign up or contact us, and the choices you have.
Last updated: November 10, 2026
Republic Comics (“we”) sells pre-owned comics online from York, Ontario, Canada. This policy explains what personal information we collect when you use this website, why, who we share it with and the choices you have. We follow Canada’s privacy law for businesses, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Who to contact
Contact: Republic Comics, 145 1/2 Church Street, Unit 5, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y4, Canada. Phone: 416-706-7576. Email: republiccomic@gmail.com.
Our Privacy Officer, the owner of Republic Comics, is responsible for how we handle personal information and answers privacy questions and complaints. Write to the Privacy Officer at the email or mailing address above. If you ask, we’ll tell you the name of the person in this role.
What we collect, and why
- When you order: your name, shipping and billing address, email, phone number if you give one, and what you bought. We use it to process, pack and ship your order, to answer questions about it and to keep the records tax law requires.
- Payments: card payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your full card number.
- Your account (if you create one): your email, a securely stored password, saved addresses, your order history and your Hold My Shipment box.
- Newsletter (only if you sign up and confirm): your email address and a record of when and how you agreed. You can unsubscribe from any email.
- Issue alerts (if you ask to be told when a copy is listed): your email and the series and issue you asked about.
- Contact form: your name, email and message, sent to us by email so we can reply.
- Technical information: cookies that keep your cart and sign-in working, and security logs that protect the site. We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies.
Who we share it with
Only the service providers who help us run the store, and only what each one needs:
- Stripe, to take payments.
- Chit Chats, our shipping company, and the carrier it hands each parcel to for delivery (Canada Post or a courier in Canada, USPS in the United States). They receive your name and delivery address. For US orders, the customs declaration (what’s in the parcel and its value) also goes to US customs.
- WP Engine, which hosts this website and stores its data.
- Our email provider, to send order emails and the newsletter.
- Our accountant, and authorities when the law requires it.
We do not sell or rent personal information.
Where your information is stored
Some of our service providers store or process information outside Canada, including in the United States. Information held there may be accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of that country.
How long we keep it
We keep order records for as long as Canadian tax law requires (generally six years). We keep account details until you ask us to close your account, and newsletter addresses until you unsubscribe.
Your choices and rights
- Ask what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it.
- Withdraw your consent, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter.
- Ask us to close your account and delete what we don’t need to keep by law.
Write to us at the email above. If you’re not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Cookies
The site uses cookies to remember your cart, keep you signed in and protect against misuse. You can block cookies in your browser, but the cart and checkout need them to work.
Changes
If we change this policy we’ll update the date at the top. For important changes we’ll tell customers with an account by email.