Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 28, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to HearthBite.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: United States
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to HearthBite, accessible from https://hearthbite.com/
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer, unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Third-Party Services

Our Service uses various third-party services to enhance functionality, analyze performance, and deliver advertising. These services may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect data. Below are the categories of services we may use.

Analytics: We use analytics services such as Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand how users engage with our Website. These services collect information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This helps us improve our Service. Some services, like Microsoft Clarity, may capture session recordings to better understand user interactions.
Email Marketing: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use third-party email marketing services to manage our mailing lists and send communications. These services will store your name and email address. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email you receive from us.
Advertising: We work with third-party advertising partners, such as Google AdSense, to display ads on our Website. These companies may use cookies (like the Google DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website and other websites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the ad settings of the respective providers.
Payments: We may offer products or services for purchase. In such cases, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., PayPal, Stripe). We do not collect or store your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their own Privacy Policy.
Behavioral Remarketing: The Company uses remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after you have visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors (such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Bing, Pinterest) use cookies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service. You can opt-out of these services by adjusting your ad preferences on each respective platform.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Legitimate interests: Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

Request access to Your Personal Data.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent at any time where the Company relied on your consent to process your personal information.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA, CPRA & Shine the Light)

This section supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), you have the following rights:

The right to know. You have the right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
The right to delete. You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
The right to opt-out of the sale or sharing. You have the right to direct us not to sell or share your personal information.
The right to correct. You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information.
The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. You have the right to direct us to limit the use of your sensitive personal information.
The right to non-discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. To opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, please visit our “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” page.

In addition, California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA requires commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. Our policy includes:

A description of the types of personally identifiable information we collect.
The third parties with whom we may share this information.
A description of the process by which consumers can review and request changes to their information.
A description of how we notify consumers of material changes to our privacy policy.
The effective date of our privacy policy.

In accordance with CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
A link to this Privacy Policy is included in the footer of our website.
Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page.

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: [email protected].
By visiting this page on our website: https://hearthbite.com/contact/