Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from shop.thekitchenpickle.com (the “Site”).

Personal Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device (your web browser, IP address, time zone, and cookies installed on your device). As you browse, we collect information about the pages or products you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and how you interact with the Site. We call this Device Information.

We collect Device Information using:

Cookies – Data files placed on your device, often including a unique identifier. Learn more at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Log files – Track actions on the Site (IP address, browser type, ISP, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps).
Web beacons, tags, pixels – Electronic files that record browsing behavior.

When you make (or attempt to make) a purchase, we collect Order Information such as your name, billing/shipping addresses, payment details (processed securely by our payment provider — we do not store your full card details), email, and phone number.

In this Privacy Policy, Personal Information refers to both Device Information and Order Information.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Process payments, arrange shipping, and provide invoices/confirmations.
Communicate with you about your order.
Screen orders for fraud or potential risks.
Provide product updates, promotions, or advertising (where permitted by your preferences).

We use Device Information to help detect fraud/security risks (including your IP address), improve and optimize our Site (analytics on browsing and ad performance), and support targeted advertising/retargeting campaigns.

You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We share your information with trusted third parties to help us run our business:

Shopify powers our online store. Learn more: Shopify Privacy.
Google Analytics helps us understand customer behavior. Learn more: Google Privacy or opt out: Google Analytics Opt-Out.

We may also share Personal Information to comply with laws and regulations, respond to lawful requests (subpoena, warrant), or protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising

We may use your Personal Information to provide targeted ads. Learn more about targeted advertising at the Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Education.

You can opt out of targeted advertising via the Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out.

Do Not Track

We do not change our Site’s data collection practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Your Rights

European residents (GDPR): You have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your Personal Information and request data portability.

California residents (CCPA/CPRA): You have the right to know what personal data we collect, request deletion, and opt out of the “sale”/“sharing” of personal data (as defined by law). To exercise these rights, contact us at orders@thekitchenpickle.com.

Your information may be transferred outside of Europe, including to the United States and Canada.

Data Retention

We retain Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete it. We may also retain certain information as required by law (e.g., tax or accounting records).