Last Updated: August 20, 2026

History of Smoke respects the privacy of our visitors, collectors, members, researchers, customers, and contributors.

History of Smoke is a historical collection, research, educational, and commerce platform owned and operated by Goodson Gallery. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and protected when you visit History of Smoke, explore the collection, purchase an object or product, submit information, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our services.

By using History of Smoke or its services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are

History of Smoke is an independent historical collection and educational brand owned and operated by Goodson Gallery.

Goodson Gallery administers business operations, customer service, transactions, fulfillment, and certain website and data-processing activities on behalf of History of Smoke.

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:

Email: [email protected]
Text: “Goodson” to (945) 222-3933

Information We Collect

The information collected depends upon how you interact with History of Smoke.

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Billing and shipping address
• Account information
• Order information
• Messages and inquiries
• Newsletter or membership information
• Comments and reviews
• Collection submissions
• Photographs
• Historical information
• Provenance information
• Object descriptions
• Documents or research materials
• Information submitted through forms
• Content you voluntarily contribute to the archive or community

If you purchase through History of Smoke, payment information is generally handled by the third-party payment provider presented during checkout.

History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery generally do not directly store complete payment card numbers processed entirely through third-party payment providers.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit History of Smoke, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device information
• Operating system
• Referring pages
• Pages viewed
• Approximate geographic region
• Date and time of visits
• Website interactions
• Session information
• Cookie information

This information may be used for security, website administration, analytics, fraud prevention, performance measurement, and improvement of the History of Smoke experience.

Purchases & Museum Shop Transactions

When you purchase an antique, historical object, reproduction, publication, artwork, collectible, gift shop product, or other merchandise through History of Smoke, we may collect information necessary to process the transaction.

This may include:

• Customer name
• Billing information
• Shipping information
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Products purchased
• Transaction status
• Shipment and tracking information

Information may be shared as reasonably necessary with Goodson Gallery and trusted payment, shipping, insurance, fulfillment, technology, and professional service providers.

Collection & Historical Submissions

History of Smoke may allow collectors, historians, researchers, visitors, or other individuals to submit information regarding historical smoking objects, collections, artifacts, artwork, documents, or related material.

Submissions may include:

• Photographs
• Object descriptions
• Estimated dates
• Geographic or cultural information
• Provenance
• Ownership history
• Dimensions
• Materials
• Marks or signatures
• Research
• Personal observations
• Supporting documentation

Information clearly submitted for public inclusion in the History of Smoke archive, collection, community, publication, or educational material may become publicly visible.

Before publicly submitting material, please avoid including private information you do not wish to disclose.

Information submitted privately for research, appraisal, identification, customer support, or other non-public purposes will not ordinarily be published without authorization.

Cookies & Similar Technologies

History of Smoke may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and improve the visitor experience.

Cookies may help us:

• Maintain shopping carts
• Remember visitor preferences
• Maintain login sessions
• Process checkout activity
• Understand website traffic
• Improve website performance
• Detect fraud or malicious activity
• Measure audience engagement
• Support membership or account functionality

Some cookies are necessary for portions of the website to operate correctly.

You can typically manage cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may prevent portions of the website, account system, shopping cart, or checkout from functioning properly.

Comments, Reviews & Community Features

When visitors submit comments, reviews, or other community content, we may collect information entered into the applicable form along with technical data such as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent.

This information may be used for:

• Spam detection
• Moderation
• Fraud prevention
• Community safety
• Website security

Approved comments or contributions intended for public display may be visible to other visitors.

If a profile service such as Gravatar is enabled, an anonymized representation of your email address may be transmitted to that service to determine whether a profile image is associated with it.

Photographs & Media

Historical research frequently involves photographs and digital images.

If you intentionally upload images for public display, be aware that image files can contain embedded metadata such as camera information or geographic coordinates.

Visitors may potentially be able to extract metadata from publicly available files.

We recommend removing sensitive location or identifying metadata from material intended for public publication.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

History of Smoke may include embedded content such as:

• Videos
• Images
• Maps
• Articles
• Social media posts
• Historical resources
• External publications

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.

Those third parties may collect information, use cookies, track interactions, or use other technologies according to their own privacy policies.

History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery do not control the independent privacy practices of third-party platforms.

How We Use Information

Information may be used to:

• Operate History of Smoke
• Maintain and expand the historical archive
• Process purchases
• Fulfill and ship orders
• Administer memberships or accounts
• Respond to inquiries
• Conduct historical research
• Review submissions
• Improve museum and educational content
• Provide customer service
• Detect fraud, abuse, or security threats
• Improve website functionality
• Maintain transaction and business records
• Communicate regarding services or purchases
• Send newsletters and updates where permitted
• Comply with applicable legal requirements
• Protect History of Smoke, Goodson Gallery, our users, and our collections

Newsletters & Communications

Visitors may have opportunities to subscribe to History of Smoke newsletters, collection announcements, research updates, museum journal content, product releases, or other communications.

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

We may continue to send necessary transactional or administrative messages concerning orders, memberships, accounts, security, or services.

How We Share Information

History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery do not sell personal information as a normal part of our business operations.

Information may be shared with trusted providers that help operate our services, including providers involved in:

• Website hosting
• E-commerce technology
• Payment processing
• Shipping
• Shipping insurance
• Email delivery
• Analytics
• Fraud prevention
• Spam detection
• Technology infrastructure
• Accounting
• Professional services

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law
• Respond to lawful legal requests
• Prevent fraud
• Enforce our agreements
• Protect our rights or property
• Protect customers, visitors, or others
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Relationship with Goodson Gallery

History of Smoke is owned and operated by Goodson Gallery.

As a result, information collected through History of Smoke may be processed, maintained, or accessed by Goodson Gallery where reasonably necessary to operate the website, administer orders, provide customer service, conduct research, manage memberships, maintain records, or provide other History of Smoke services.

Information transferred between History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery for these purposes is treated as internal business information rather than information sold to an unrelated third party.

Payments

Purchases may be processed by independent payment providers.

These providers may collect billing, payment, device, transaction, and fraud-prevention information in accordance with their own privacy practices.

History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery generally do not directly receive complete payment card information where transactions are processed entirely through a third-party payment provider.

Shipping

To fulfill an order, we may provide necessary information to carriers, logistics companies, fulfillment providers, or insurers.

This may include:

• Recipient name
• Delivery address
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Package details
• Tracking information
• Declared or insured value where necessary

This information is used for fulfillment, tracking, delivery, security, and insurance purposes.

Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services and maintain appropriate historical, transaction, security, accounting, and business records.

Certain records may be retained for longer periods for:

• Order history
• Accounting
• Tax compliance
• Research documentation
• Collection records
• Provenance documentation
• Insurance claims
• Fraud prevention
• Legal obligations
• Dispute resolution

Historical information voluntarily contributed to a public archive or museum record may be retained for archival purposes even after other account information is deleted, where lawful and appropriate.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending upon your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.

These may include rights to:

• Request access to certain information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information
• Obtain a copy of certain information
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Withdraw certain consent
• Opt out of promotional communications

Some requests may be subject to legal, archival, accounting, security, transaction-record, or other legitimate retention requirements.

Privacy requests may be submitted to:

[email protected]

We may request reasonable verification of identity before fulfilling certain requests.

Public Historical & Archival Information

History of Smoke exists in part to document and preserve historical information.

Information concerning historical objects, makers, cultures, regions, collections, publications, provenance, sales history, exhibitions, and other subjects may be obtained from publicly available sources and incorporated into our research or archive.

This Privacy Policy primarily concerns personal information relating to identifiable living individuals and does not prevent History of Smoke from preserving or presenting legitimate historical, scholarly, archival, or publicly available information.

Security

History of Smoke and Goodson Gallery use reasonable administrative, operational, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal information.

However, no online platform, electronic communication, or storage system can guarantee absolute security.

Visitors and members are responsible for protecting their own account credentials and should contact us if they believe an account or transaction has been compromised.

Children’s Privacy

History of Smoke is intended for a general audience interested in history, art, anthropology, collecting, and material culture.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through our commercial services.

If we become aware that information belonging to a child has been improperly submitted, we may take appropriate steps to remove it.

External Websites

History of Smoke may link to museums, archives, galleries, historical resources, research institutions, publishers, social media platforms, and other third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of independent third-party websites.

Business Transfers

If History of Smoke, Goodson Gallery, or relevant assets or business operations are acquired, reorganized, merged, or transferred, information connected to those operations may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, collection, services, technology, business practices, or applicable requirements.

Updates will be posted with a revised Last Updated date.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

Questions, privacy requests, or concerns regarding History of Smoke may be directed to:

History of Smoke
Owned & Operated by Goodson Gallery

Email: [email protected]
Text: “Goodson” to (945) 222-3933

We are committed to responsibly protecting the information entrusted to us while preserving and sharing the history, objects, and stories that make up the History of Smoke.