# Privacy Policy for Ta Carbon Catering
 
Last Updated: October 1, 2025
 
At Ta Carbon Catering (accessible at https://catering.tacarbon.com), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, place orders for catering services, or interact with our services. This policy applies to all users of our site.
 
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our website.
 
## Information We Collect
 
We may collect the following types of information:
 
### Personal Information
– **Contact Information**: Name, email address, phone number, and delivery address when you place an order, request a quote, or contact us.
– **Order Details**: Information about your catering preferences, such as selected family packs, special instructions (e.g., additions like chiles or carrots), and payment details (processed securely via third-party payment providers).
– **Account Information**: If you create an account (if applicable), username, password, and preferences.
 
### Non-Personal Information
– **Device and Usage Data**: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time and date of visit, and referring website.
– **Location Data**: Approximate location based on IP address or provided delivery address for servicing areas within 40 miles of Phoenix, AZ.
 
### Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and serve personalized ads. Cookies are small files stored on your device.
 
– **Essential Cookies**: Necessary for the website to function, such as maintaining your session during ordering.
– **Analytics Cookies**: Help us understand how visitors interact with the site (e.g., via Google Analytics).
– **Advertising Cookies**: Used by third-party vendors to display relevant ads.
 
## How We Use Your Information
 
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
– To process and fulfill your catering orders, including pickup or delivery.
– To communicate with you about your orders, updates, or promotions.
– To improve our website and services based on usage patterns.
– To prevent fraud and ensure site security.
– To comply with legal obligations.
– For marketing purposes, such as sending newsletters (with your consent).
 
## Sharing Your Information
 
We do not sell your personal information. We may share it with:
– **Service Providers**: Third parties that help us operate the site, process payments, or deliver orders (e.g., delivery services).
– **Legal Requirements**: If required by law, such as in response to a subpoena or court order.
– **Business Transfers**: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
 
### Third-Party Advertising
We use Google AdSense to serve ads on our site. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites.
 
– Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
– Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
– Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads). Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
 
For more information on Google’s privacy practices, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy.
 
## Your Rights and Choices
 
– **Access and Update**: You can request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us.
– **Opt-Out**: You can opt out of marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link. For cookies, you can manage preferences via your browser settings or the opt-out links above.
– **Do Not Track**: We do not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals, but you can opt out of tracking as described.
– **California Residents**: Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have rights to know, delete, and opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell data).
– **EU Residents**: If applicable under GDPR, you have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object. We obtain consent for cookies where required.
 
To exercise these rights, contact us at [insert contact email or form, e.g., [email protected]].
 
## Data Security
 
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
 
## Children’s Privacy
 
Our services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware of such collection, we will delete it.
 
## Changes to This Policy
 
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.
 
## Contact Us
 
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
– Email: [insert email, e.g., [email protected]]
– Address: Ta Carbon Catering, Phoenix, AZ
 
This Privacy Policy is provided as a sample and should be reviewed by a legal professional to ensure compliance with applicable laws. It is tailored for use with Google AdSense and general website operations.