TheIslandOctopus

Small Batch Resin Incense, Coloring Books & Animal Art

Fort Myers, Florida

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Last updated on Aug 14, 2023

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About TheIslandOctopus

Sales 2,074
On Etsy since 2012

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Our Journey

Shop members

  • Melissa

    Owner, Illustrator

    Melissa (Rohr) Gindling studied illustration at Columbia College Chicago. She creates the illustrations, paper goods, and coloring books at The Island Octopus.

  • Matt

    Owner, Maker

    Matthew Gindling graduated from Webster University in fine art with an emphasis in graphic design. Matt creates the handmade incense blends, and artwork at The Island Octopus.

Production partners

  • iPrintFromHome.com

    Kenmore, NY

    We use iPrintFromHome.com to print our new art prints. We love the archival paper selection they offer, and that we are able to control all aspects of the printing process.

  • Kindle Direct Publishing

    Seattle, WA

    We use Kindle Direct Publishing to print our coloring books. We love that we can control every aspect of the printing and binding, and that everything is printed in the USA.

  • Mermade Magickal Arts

    United States

    Incense and censer supplier

  • MOO

    Lincoln, RI

    We use MOO to print some of our notecards. We love their matte paper selection, and that everything is printed in the USA.

  • Mpix

    Columbia, MO

    We use Mpix to print some of our art prints. We love their paper selection and high-quality prints.

  • Traditional Censer Manufacturer

    India

    Producer of traditional censers for use with resin burning incense blends.

  • Zazzle

    Redwood City, CA

    We use Zazzle to print some of our stationery sets, stickers and postcards. We love their wide selection of customization regarding their products.

Shop policies

Last updated on February 16, 2023

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Returns & exchanges

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Cancellations

Cancellations: not accepted

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Privacy

Information We Collect
The Island Octopus (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy. To fulfill your order, you must provide The Island Octopus with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to us), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide us with additional personal information (for a custom order, for example), if you contact us directly.

Children Under The Age Of 13
Our Etsy shop is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at contact [!at] islandoctopus.com.

Why We Need Your Information and How I Use It
We rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:
-as needed to provide our services, such as when we use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
-when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for our email lists;
-if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and
-as necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as 1) providing and improving our services. We use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve our services; and 2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. We use your information as necessary to comply with our obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Information about my customers is important to our business. We share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:
-Etsy. We share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you our services and comply with my obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.
-Service providers. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop, such as delivery companies, and our email provider. We will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.
-Business transfers. If we sell or merge my business, we may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.
-Compliance with laws. We may collect, use, retain, and share your information if we have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce our agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of our customers, or others.

Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail, and telephone. For further information see the email policies below.

Email Policies
We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.
We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable federal law.
In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.
Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from us at anytime.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.

Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and as described in our Privacy Policy. However, we may also be required to retain this information to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce agreements. We generally keep your data for the following time period: 7 years.

How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our websites may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.

Policy Changes
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Visitors’ GDPR Rights
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:
We will retain the any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.
You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Contact Us
The Island Octopus welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy:
The Island Octopus
PO Box 56
Ballwin, MO 63022
Email Address: contact [!at] islandoctopus.com
Effective as of August 22, 2021
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