Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 7, 2026
Last Updated: May 7, 2026

KD Notary & Apostille ("we," "us," "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website and apostille certification services.

Information We Collect

When You Purchase Apostille Services

When you order apostille services on this website, we collect personal information to process and fulfill your order. We may collect:

• Name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Billing and shipping address

• Details about your documents (type of document, quantity, processing preferences)

• Payment information (processed securely through our payment processor)

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide e-commerce services to us.

When You Contact Us

When you submit information via our contact form, we collect the data you provide (name, email, phone number, message details) to respond to your inquiry. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, for storage and to help us manage our relationship with you.

Website Analytics

This website collects information to power our site analytics, including:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Your IP address

• Pages visited, clicks, searches, and timestamps

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files that download to your device when you visit our website.

Necessary Cookies: These cookies are always used and allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies are used to view site traffic, activity, and other data, and are only placed when you acknowledge our cookie banner.

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

• Process and fulfill your apostille service orders

• Communicate with you about your order

• Respond to your inquiries

• Ship your apostilled documents back to you

• Improve our website and services

• Send marketing emails (only if you opt in)

Third-Party Services

Payment Processing

We use Squarespace Payments powered by Stripe to process payments. When you make a purchase, Stripe receives your payment information and processes it in accordance with their privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

Squarespace Payments also uses Sift for fraud monitoring and detection. You can read Sift's privacy policy at: https://sift.com/service-privacy

Shipping Services

When you purchase apostille services, we share your name, address, and order details with our shipping carriers (USPS, FedEx, UPS) to deliver your apostilled documents back to you.

Address Autocomplete

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API to improve your checkout experience.

Email Communications

Order Confirmation Emails

We will email you about your order status, including order confirmation, processing updates, and shipping notifications. You cannot unsubscribe from these transactional emails.

Marketing Emails (Optional)

With your consent, we may send you marketing emails about our services. You can unsubscribe from these at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of the email.

We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, to send these emails on our behalf.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you

• Correct inaccurate information

• Delete your personal information

• Object to our processing of your information

• Request a copy of your data

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [your email address] or (512) 710-7771.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

KD Notary & Apostille
Austin, Texas
Phone: (512) 710-7771
Website: www.kdnotaryapostille.com

Squarespace Platform

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including information about your browser, network, and device; web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; web pages you view while on this website; and your IP address.

Squarespace needs this data to run this website and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data in their Privacy Policy: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy