This policy is effective as of December 9, 2024.

Introduction

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our online services.  

This policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use thecruet.com. By accessing our website, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please submit an inquiry on our contact form at thecruet.com/contact.

Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party cookies for security and authorization, specifically for our embedded YouTube videos. Most embedded widgets will require the use of third-party cookies for security and authorization (which cannot be declined). We are not responsible the privacy practices of third parties.

Square Customer Data Syncing

We limit our data collection to what is necessary for the optimal user experience. Your 1000 Islands Cruet user account pulls data directly from our Square customer directory. When you create an account on this website, you are allowing us to access your existing customer data from Square and add a new customer profile to our customer directory where applicable. We do not have access to your customer data from other Square merchants. All the data you see reflected on your 1000 Islands Cruet online account reflects data you have shared with us in the past, either in-store or online.

Data Collection

We collect the following information for customers that create an account:

• Full Name

• Email Address

• Phone Number

You may delete your account at any time online. Deleting your account will remove your customer account from the 1000 Islands Cruet’s authentication database (hosted on Firebase) and delete your customer profile from our Square directory. Any transactions/orders linked to your account will be unlinked. However, all transaction data will be retained for accounting.

Tracking

Our website platform, Pigmint, maintains logs on user activity, system health, and security.

Here is what is tracked:

• Errors. Any errors that arise from requests made from our website are logged in Google Cloud Logging. This is to identify issues and troubleshoot errors. Data that is logged include:

  • IP address of the source client

  • Timestamp of the activity

  • Details of the error message

• Page Views. We track anonymized hits for main pages. This only tracks a timestamp for each view; no user data is stored.

Third Party Services

Infrastructure

Our website is hosted in Firebase, and as an extension, Google Cloud. Google, as an infrastructure provider, has inherent access to all of our data. For more information, see Google Cloud’s privacy statements:

• https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice

• https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

ReCAPTCHA

We use Google’s ReCAPTCHA v3 service to detect and prevent bot activity. See Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service:

• https://policies.google.com/privacy

• https://policies.google.com/terms

Learn more about ReCAPTCHA v3 here:

• https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2018/10/introducing-recaptcha-v3-new-way-to

• https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3

Payments

Our payments are processed through Block Inc, AKA Square. The following billing account information is processed through Square:

• Email address

• Billing address

• Name of billing account holder

• Payment methods, including card and bank details.

For more information, see Square’s privacy statements:

• https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy-no-account

• https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/buyer-features

Modifications

We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time.

Modifications will be effective immediately upon posting on this website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of revised Privacy Policy means that you accept and agree to the changes.