Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Meridian Quiet respects your privacy and handles personal information in connection with our online store, orders, customer service, and related business activities.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and disclose it, and the choices available to you.

1. Who we are

Meridian Quiet is an independent online vintage costume jewelry business operated from Japan.

For privacy-related questions, please contact us using the contact form on our Contact page.

2. Information we collect

Depending on how you interact with our store, we may collect the following information.

Information you provide

This may include:

  • name;
  • billing address;
  • shipping address;
  • email address;
  • telephone number;
  • order and purchase information;
  • messages and customer-service correspondence;
  • return or refund information; and
  • any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
Payment information

Payments are processed using Shopify and/or third-party payment service providers.

We may receive information about the status and details of a transaction, but payment card information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment provider rather than stored by Meridian Quiet.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device information;
  • operating system;
  • pages viewed;
  • referring pages or websites;
  • approximate location derived from technical information;
  • interactions with our website; and
  • cookie and similar technology data.
3. How we use personal information

We may use personal information to:

  • process and fulfil orders;
  • collect and process payments;
  • arrange shipment and delivery;
  • communicate about orders;
  • provide customer service;
  • process returns, refunds, and disputes;
  • prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized transactions;
  • maintain business and transaction records;
  • comply with tax, customs, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations;
  • protect our rights, property, customers, and business;
  • operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website;
  • understand website performance and customer interactions; and
  • send marketing communications where permitted and where any required consent has been obtained.

We do not sell personal information for money. We do not sell personal information for money. However, under certain U.S. state privacy laws, some disclosures of personal information may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies necessary for functions such as:

  • shopping-cart operation;
  • checkout;
  • account and session management;
  • fraud prevention;
  • security;
  • website functionality;
  • analytics; and
  • remembering preferences.

Optional analytics, advertising, or marketing technologies may also be used where permitted by applicable law and subject to any consent requirements that apply.

You may be able to control certain cookies through your browser settings or any cookie preference tools made available on our website.

Disabling necessary cookies may prevent parts of the store from functioning correctly.

5. Shopify and service providers

Our store is hosted through Shopify.

To operate the store and fulfil orders, personal information may be disclosed to service providers including, as applicable:

  • Shopify;
  • payment processors;
  • banks and financial service providers;
  • shipping carriers and postal operators;
  • customs authorities;
  • fraud-prevention and security providers;
  • website hosting and technology providers;
  • analytics providers;
  • professional advisers; and
  • government, regulatory, law-enforcement, or judicial authorities where required or permitted by law.

These parties may process information in countries other than the country in which you live.

Shopify hosts our store and processes personal information to provide services including payments, security, fraud prevention, analytics, personalization, and other store functionality.

Where Shopify Network Intelligence is enabled for our store, Shopify may process information about your interactions with our store together with information about your interactions with Shopify and other merchants in order to provide and improve services, including personalization, fraud prevention, analytics, and more relevant advertising.

For more information about how Shopify processes personal information and the rights available to you, please review Shopify’s Consumer Privacy Policy.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of activities that may constitute the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information or targeted advertising. Where applicable, you can exercise these choices through our Your Privacy Choices page.

6. International transfers

Meridian Quiet is based in Japan, and our service providers may operate internationally.

As a result, personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in Japan and other countries.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal information, we will take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards.

7. Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including order fulfilment, customer service, fraud prevention, accounting, tax, customs, dispute resolution, and compliance with legal obligations.

Different categories of information may be retained for different periods.

8. Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures appropriate to the nature of the information we handle.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Marketing communications

Where permitted by law, we may send marketing communications if you have subscribed or otherwise provided the required consent.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications will not prevent us from sending transactional communications relating to an order, return, payment, or other customer-service matter.

10. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live and the law applicable to you, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which may include rights to:

  • request access to personal information we hold about you;
  • request correction of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion in circumstances provided by law;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • object to or restrict certain processing where applicable; or
  • make a complaint to an applicable privacy or data-protection authority.

These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions, including obligations requiring us to retain transaction, tax, customs, fraud-prevention, or other records.

To make a privacy request, please contact us through our Contact page.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

11. Children’s privacy

Meridian Quiet sells vintage costume jewelry intended for adults.

Our store is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children for the purpose of selling our products to them.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us.

12. Third-party links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. Please review their privacy policies separately.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices, services, legal obligations, or technology change.

The current version will be posted on this website with an updated revision date.