Privacy policy

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This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from sweetbittybites.com.
 

Personal information collected

When you visit sweetbittybites.com, certain information is automatically collected about your device, including your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, information is collected about the individual web pages or products you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and how you interact with sweetbittybites.com. This automatically collected information is referred to as “Device Information.”
 

Device Information is collected using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data, including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, certain information is collected from you, including your name, billing address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. This information is referred to as “Order Information”.
 

Any reference to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy refers to both Device Information and Order Information.

How is your personal information used?
The Order Information that is collected is generally used to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for pick-up, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, this Order Information is used to:

• Communicate with you;
• Screen orders for potential risk or fraud; and
• When in line with the preferences you have shared, provide you with information or advertising relating to Sweet Bitty Bites products or services

The Device Information collected is used to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address) and, more generally, to improve and optimize the Site (for example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns).
 

Sharing your Personal Information
Your Personal Information is shared with third parties to help use your Personal Information as described above. For example, GoDaddy is used to power our online store--you can read more about how GoDaddy uses your Personal Information here: https://www.godaddy.com/en-ca/legal/agreements/privacy-policy. Additionally, Google Analytics is used to help understand how customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
 

Finally, your Personal Information may also be shared to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or another lawful request for information we receive,  or to protect our rights otherwise.
 

Behavioral advertising
As described above, your Personal Information may be used to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
 

 You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
• Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt-out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Do not track
Please note that sweetbittybites.com data collection and use practices are not altered in response to your browser's Do Not Track signal.
 

Your rights
If you are a United States resident, you have the right to access personal information held about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please get in touch with me using the contact information below.
 

Additionally, if you are a United States resident, note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example, if you make an order through sweetbittybites.com) or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. 
 

Data retention
When you place an order through sweetbittybites.com, your Order Information will be maintained in company records unless and until you ask for this information to be deleted.
 

Changes
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Contact me

For more information about these privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact me by e-mail at dianne@sweetbittybites.com or phone at 336-575-7878.