Effective Date: October 2025

1. Introduction
Welcome to www.madebybarb.com (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy describes how Made by Barb (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information of visitors and customers of the Website. We are committed to maintaining your privacy and protecting your personal online information.

By using or accessing the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please do not use the Website.

2. Who We Are
Made by Barb is the brand name under which we provide [insert description of what you sell/offers, e.g., custom-designed apparel and accessories]. Our contact details are:
Email: [insert email]
Address: [insert business address]
You may contact us with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data.

3. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Information you provide directly:

  • Name, email address, shipping/billing address, phone number.

  • Payment information (processed via our payment provider – we do not store full payment card data).

  • Account login credentials (if you create an account), preferences, order history.

• Automatically collected information:

  • IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers.

  • Website usage details (pages visited, time spent, referral source).

  • Cookies and other tracking technologies (see Section 6).

• Third-party sources:

  • If you link or sign in via social media, we may receive information from that social provider (subject to your settings).

  • Analytics or advertising partners may supply us with aggregated/anonymous data.

4. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for purposes including but not limited to:

• To process and fulfil your orders (shipping, billing, returns).

• To communicate with you regarding your purchases, account, and support inquiries.

• To send you marketing communications (where permitted) about new products, promotions, special offers – you may opt-out (see Section 8).

• To monitor and analyse usage trends and improve our Website, products and services.

• To detect and prevent fraud, maintain security, and comply with legal obligations.

• To comply with applicable laws and regulation, and enforce our Terms of Service.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (if applicable)
If you are located in a jurisdiction such as the European Economic Area, our legal basis for processing your personal data may include:

• Your consent (e.g., for marketing communications).

• Performance of a contract (e.g., to fulfil your order).

• Legitimate interests (e.g., for fraud prevention, analytics) provided your interests do not override your rights.

• Compliance with legal obligations.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We and our third-party service providers use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Website. This data may include device identifiers, IP address, browser type, pages visited, time of visit and other usage statistics.

You can control cookies through your browser settings (e.g., refuse or delete cookies). Please note that doing so may affect your experience or limit functionality on the Website.

7. Sharing & Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information in the following circumstances:

• With service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, shipping carriers, email service providers).

• With analytics and advertising partners (in aggregated or anonymised form where possible).

• To comply with laws or respond to lawful requests (e.g., court orders).

• In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of assets (with appropriate safeguards).

• With your consent, or as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their own independent use (unless we expressly state otherwise and provide you a choice).

8. Your Rights & Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, such as:

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to correct or update your personal data.

• The right to delete or request erasure of your data (to the extent permitted by law).

• The right to object to or restrict certain processing (e.g., marketing).

• The right to withdraw consent where we have relied on it.

• The right to request portability of your data (in certain cases).

To exercise any of these rights or opt-out of marketing communications, please contact us at [insert email]. We will respond in accordance with applicable law.

9. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. For example, order information may be retained for tax/accounting purposes for a defined period. We will securely delete or anonymise personal data when no longer required.

10. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Because no system is completely secure, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information, but we strive to maintain appropriate safeguards.

11. International Transfers
If you are located outside of our country of operation, please note that your personal data may be transferred to, processed in, or stored in another country where the data protection laws may differ. By using the Website or providing your information, you consent to such transfers.

12. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such data.

13. Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to other sites we do not control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those other sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, to reflect changes in our business or legal requirements). We will post any revised version on this Website with an updated “Effective Date”. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of changes constitutes your consent to the updated policy.

15. Advertising

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at [email protected]