Privacy, Billing & Secure Processing Policy

Commitment to Complete Discretion

At Godforsaken Leather, patron privacy is not treated as a marketing gimmick, it is an foundational tenet of how we conduct business. We respect that our patrons value total control over their personal lives, relationships, and purchasing habits. We maintain strict digital and physical firewalls to ensure that your private preferences remain entirely between you and our master artisan.

Discreet Billing Descriptor

We recognize that standard credit card and banking statements are frequently reviewed by business associates, spouses, accountants, or financial institutions. To protect your financial discretion:

  • Your bank or credit card transaction will appear solely under the neutral merchant identifier: GF LEATHERWORKS CO or SQ * GF LEATHERWORKS.

  • Under no circumstances will words such as bondage, BDSM, restraints, fetish, kink, or explicit category terms ever be transmitted to your bank, credit union, card issuer, or merchant processor.

Use of Pseudonyms and Preferred Titles

We gladly accept orders placed under personal initials, scene pseudonyms, or dominant/submissive aliases on both our order forms and client correspondence. As long as the postal address provided is recognized by your local courier for legal mail delivery, we are pleased to address you by whichever name or moniker you consider appropriate.

Non-Disclosure & Zero-Monetization Policy

We hold patron data in strict confidence. Godforsaken Leather will never sell, rent, trade, monetize, or license your name, email address, postal address, sizing profile, or purchasing history to any advertising network, data broker, or marketing entity. Your contact credentials are used strictly for order fulfillment, direct customer service consultations, and—only if you deliberately opt in—our private newsletter detailing limited leather batch drops.

Data Encryption & Payment Security Standards

Our online boutique operates on an encrypted architecture featuring 256-bit Transport Layer Security (TLS) and SSL encryption across every single page, checkout field, and contact submission:

  • All financial transactions are processed securely through Level 1 PCI-DSS compliant payment gateways (including Stripe and Squarespace Commerce).

  • Our studio never sees, stores, or handles your raw 16-digit credit card number or CVV security code on our local servers or workbench databases.

Right to Complete Erasure

Following the successful fulfillment and delivery of your bespoke leatherwork, you maintain the right at any time to request the complete deletion of your customer profile, measurement records, and communication logs from our active studio records. To request immediate data purging, contact our studio directly with your order reference number, and all associated personal records will be permanently wiped from our fulfillment databases.