Privacy policy

Last updated: July 28, 2025

FoodByMaria, INC. operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products, and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the Services). Our store is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described here.

Personal Information We Collect or Process 🔍

When we use the term personal information, we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de identified so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:

  • Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
  • Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation, and other payment details.
  • Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences, and settings.
  • Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, and your past transactions.
  • Communications with us including the information you include when sending a customer support inquiry.
  • Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
  • Usage information including information regarding how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.

Personal Information Sources 🧾

  • Directly from you when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information.
  • Automatically through the Services from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, including through cookies and similar technologies.
  • From our service providers when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf.
  • From partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information ⚙️

  • Provide, tailor, and improve the Services. To perform our contract with you, process payments, fulfill orders, remember preferences, send account notifications, process purchases, returns, and exchanges, create and manage your account, arrange shipping, enable reviews, and personalize your shopping experience.
  • Marketing and advertising. To send marketing, advertising, and promotional communications and show you ads on our Services or other websites, including based on items you viewed or purchased.
  • Security and fraud prevention. To authenticate accounts, provide a secure experience, detect and investigate possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, and protect public safety.
  • Communicating with you. To provide customer support, respond to inquiries, and maintain our relationship with you.
  • Legal reasons. To comply with law and respond to legal requests, and to enforce our terms and policies.

How We Disclose Personal Information 🔄

We may disclose personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy, including:

  • With Shopify, vendors, and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as IT, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment, and shipping.
  • With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertising, including personalized advertising based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to direct us not to share information about you for targeted advertising. You can exercise choices via the Cookie Settings link on our site.
  • With your direction or consent, such as to ship products, use social media widgets, or login integrations.
  • With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
  • In connection with a business transaction or as required by law, to enforce our terms, or to protect our rights and users.

Relationship with Shopify 🛒

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services. Information you submit to the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify and certain third parties that may be located in countries other than where you reside. In addition, to help protect, grow, and improve our business, we may use Shopify enhanced features that incorporate data from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for the processing of your personal information for those features, including responding to requests to exercise your rights. To learn more, see the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy and the Shopify Privacy Portal.

Third Party Websites and Links 🔗

The Services may link to websites or platforms operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites. Information you provide on public or semi public venues, including on third party social networks, may be viewable by others and used by us or third parties as permitted by those platforms.

Microsoft Clarity 📊

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products and services. Website usage data is captured using first and third party cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Google Analytics (GA4) 📈

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our store and to improve products, marketing, and user experience. GA4 collects information such as IP address, device identifiers, browser type, pages viewed, events, referring URLs, approximate location, language, and operating system. GA4 is configured to anonymize IP addresses and retain event data for 14 months. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add On or by disabling cookies in your browser. See the Google Privacy Policy for details.

Google Search Console 🔎

We use Google Search Console to monitor our site visibility and diagnose technical issues. Search Console provides aggregated, non identifiable data such as search queries, impression counts, click through rates, and indexing errors. We do not receive personal information from this service.

Meta Pixel and Meta Ads 📣

We implement the Meta Pixel and, where applicable, the Meta Conversions API to measure ad effectiveness, create custom or look alike audiences, and serve ads that are more relevant to you. The Meta Pixel may collect HTTP headers, device and browser characteristics, page view and purchase events, and hashed identifiers such as email when supplied. Meta may link this data to your Meta account and process it under the Meta Privacy Policy. You can control ads in your Meta Ad Preferences, opt out via the Digital Advertising Alliance at youradchoices.com, or block third party cookies in your browser. Where required by law, we rely on your consent for Meta Pixel cookies.

TikTok Advertising and Analytics 🎵

We use TikTok Business products, including the TikTok Pixel, Events API, Advanced Matching, and Shopify integrations, to understand engagement, measure ad performance, and show more relevant ads.

  • What we share technical info such as IP address, device type, operating system, browser, time zone, and language; interaction data such as pages viewed, items added to cart, checkout steps, purchases, and clicks; commerce and contact info such as email, phone number, name, country or region, order value, and currency; and event metadata such as timestamps, user agent, and advertising identifiers where available.
  • Legal bases consent via our cookie banner or legitimate interests where appropriate.
  • Your choices adjust preferences via our Cookie Settings link, opt out of personalized TikTok ads in your TikTok account, or use industry tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance opt out portals.

TikTok may transfer and process data in the United States, Singapore, and other countries. See TikTok’s Privacy Policy and Business Product Terms for details.

Children’s Data 👶

The Services are not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information, contact us using the details below so we can delete it. As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we share or sell personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

SMS and Text Messaging

All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Security and Retention 🔐

No security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee perfect security. Information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. Please do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive information. We retain personal information as needed to maintain your account, provide Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Choices ✅

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights, which may apply only in certain circumstances. We may decline a request as permitted by law.

  • Right to access or know request access to personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to delete request deletion of personal information we maintain about you.
  • Right to correct