Privacy policy

🔒 Privacy Policy for Touch Of Love Bakery

Effective Date: 11, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Touch Of Love Bakery ("we," "us," or "our"), operating out of our Texas home kitchen, collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit, make a purchase from, or otherwise interact with our website, located at www.touchoflovebakery.com

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information from you when you interact with our website and services, primarily to fulfill your orders and improve your shopping experience.

A. Personal Information You Provide

When you place an order, sign up for our newsletter, or contact us, you voluntarily provide us with the following Personal Information:

Contact Details: Name, email address, phone number, and billing address.
Order Details: Shipping address, products purchased, and payment information (processed by a secure third-party processor like Stripe or PayPal—we do not store your full payment card details).
Communication Data: Information included in any messages you send to us (e.g., custom order notes, feedback).

B. Automatically Collected Information

When you browse our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and interaction with the website using cookies and other tracking technologies:

Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, time spent on the site, and referring websites.
Cookies: Small data files placed on your device to help the site function, remember your preferences (like items in your cart), and analyze site traffic.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Fulfilling Orders: To process your payment, confirm your purchase, arrange for shipping or local pickup, and provide you with invoices and order confirmations.
Customer Service: To communicate with you about your order, respond to inquiries, and provide support.
Marketing and Promotions: If you opt-in, to send you emails about new products, special offers, and bakery news.
Website Improvement: To monitor and analyze website usage and trends, allowing us to improve the design, functionality, and content of our website.
Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, including Texas Cottage Food Law requirements.

3. Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell your Personal Information. We share your information with trusted third parties only to help us provide our services and operate our business:

Service Providers: We share your name, address, and order details with our payment processors (for secure transactions) and shipping carriers (to deliver your order).
Marketing Platforms: We may use third-party email services (e.g., Mailchimp) to manage our newsletters if you subscribe.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a subpoena or similar legal process.

4. Your Rights and Choices

Opt-Out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email.
Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you disable cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please be aware that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the complete security of your data transmitted over the Internet.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised policy on our website, and the "Effective Date" at the top of the policy will be updated.

7. Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at:

Email: [email protected]