Privacy policy

Barista Bureau operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a carefully selected shopping experience (“Services”). Barista Bureau operates on the Shopify platform, which enables us to provide the Services. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction through the Services or otherwise communicate with us. In the event of any conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy will take precedence regarding the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you confirm that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal information we collect or process

When we use the term “personal information,” we mean information that identifies you or can be directly associated with you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or information that has been anonymized in a way that it cannot identify you or be directly linked to you. Depending on how you use the Services, where you live, and in accordance with applicable laws, we may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including conclusions derived from such personal information:

Contact information including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.

Financial information including credit and debit card numbers, financial account numbers, payment card details, financial account information, transaction details, payment method, payment confirmation, and other payment information.

Account information including your username, password, security questions, settings, and preferences.

Transaction information including the items you view, add to your cart, add to your wishlist, purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your previous transactions.

Communication with us including information you provide when communicating with us, such as when submitting inquiries to customer support.

Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.

Usage information including information about your interaction with the Services, such as how and when you use or navigate the Services.

Sources of personal information

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

Directly from you, including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide your personal information;

Automatically through the Services, including information from your device when you use our products or services, visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;

From our service providers, including when we engage them to provide certain technologies and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;

From our partners or other third parties.

How we use your personal information

Depending on how you interact with us or which Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

Providing, customizing, and improving the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including fulfilling our agreement with you, processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, remembering your preferences and items you are interested in, sending account-related notifications, processing purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, creating, maintaining, and managing your account, organizing delivery, facilitating returns and exchanges, enabling reviews to be posted, and creating a personalized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchases. This may include using your personal information to better customize and improve the Services.

Marketing and advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as sending marketing, advertising, and promotional communications via email, text messages, or mail, and displaying online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites, including based on items you have previously purchased or added to your cart and other activities on the Services.

Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal information to verify the authenticity of your account, provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate, or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activities, protect public safety, and ensure the security of our Services. If you choose to use the Services and create an account, you are responsible for keeping your login information secure. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other account access information with anyone.

Communication with you. We use your personal information to provide customer support, be responsive, provide effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you.

Legal reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable laws or respond to valid legal processes, including requests from law enforcement authorities or government agencies, for investigation or participation in civil proceedings, potential or actual litigation, or other legal proceedings, and to enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies.

How we disclose personal information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

With Shopify, vendors, and other third parties that provide services on our behalf (for example, managing IT systems, processing payments, analyzing data, providing customer support, cloud storage, fulfilling obligations, and delivery).

With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activity across different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to instruct us not to share information about you in order to show you targeted advertisements and marketing based on your online activity across different merchants and websites.

When you provide us with instructions, requests, or otherwise consent to the disclosure of certain information to third parties, for example, for product delivery or through the use of social media widgets or login integrations.

With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.

In connection with business transactions such as mergers or bankruptcy, to comply with all applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted on Shopify, which collects and processes your personal information related to your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. Information you submit to the Services will be transferred to and shared with Shopify, as well as third parties that may be located in countries outside your location, in order to provide and improve the Services for you. Additionally, to protect, expand, and improve our business, we use certain enhanced features of Shopify that include data and information obtained from your interactions with our Store, along with other merchants and Shopify. To provide these enhanced features, Shopify may use personal information collected about your interactions with our store, together with other merchants and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for processing your personal information, including responding to your requests to exercise your rights regarding the use of your personal information for these purposes. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and what rights you have, you can visit Shopify’s Consumer Privacy Policy. Depending on where you live, you may exercise certain rights regarding your personal information here through the Shopify privacy portal.

Third-party websites and links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliated with us or under our control, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on those websites. Information you provide in public or semi-public areas, including information you share on third-party social media platforms, may be visible to other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation regarding its use by us or the third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed in the Services.

Children’s data

The Services are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about minors under the laws of your jurisdiction. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact information provided below to request its deletion. As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined under applicable law) the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and retention of your information

Please note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee “complete security.” Additionally, any information you send to us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to send sensitive or confidential information.

The period for which we retain your personal information depends on various factors, such as the need to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable agreements and policies.

Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below regarding your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may only apply in certain circumstances, and in some cases, we may refuse your request as permitted by law.

Right to access / information. You may have the right to request access to the personal information we store about you.

Right to deletion. You may have the right to request the deletion of personal information we hold about you.

Right to correction. You may have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.

Right to portability. You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we have about you and request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.

Managing communication preferences. We may send you promotional emails, and you can unsubscribe from receiving them at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in our emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those related to your account or orders you have placed.

If you are a resident of the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA), and subject to the exceptions and limitations provided by local law, you may exercise the following rights in addition to those listed above:

Objection to processing and restriction of processing: You may have the right to request that we stop or limit the processing of personal information for certain purposes.

Withdrawal of consent: In cases where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.

You may exercise any of these rights where indicated in the Services or by contacting us using the contact information provided below. For more information about how Shopify uses your personal information and all your rights, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, you can visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests, as permitted or required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable laws, you may appoint an authorized representative to submit requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an authorized representative, we will require proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may also require you to directly confirm your identity with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner, as required by applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact information provided below. Depending on your place of residence, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us through the information provided below or by contacting the relevant data protection authority in your country. For the EEA, you can find a list of relevant data protection supervisory authorities here.

International transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside the country where you live.

If we transfer your personal information outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or any equivalent agreements issued by the relevant UK authority, as applicable, unless the data is transferred to a country determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the “Last Updated” date, and notify you in accordance with applicable law.

Contact

If you have questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us by calling or emailing us at sukhdeepsheena3@outlook.com or contact us at 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, we are the controller of your personal information.