Privacy Policy

We collect information you provide directly when using our website, including:

• Name, email address, phone number, and Instagram handle submitted through our booking inquiry, wholesale inquiry, El Zine submission, and email signup forms.
• Photos you submit to El Zine, our community photo gallery.
• Usage data collected automatically through Google Analytics 4, including pages visited, time on site, and referral sources.

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your booking and wholesale inquiries.
• Feature your submitted photos in the El Zine community gallery and annual digital yearbook.
• Send you email updates about El Carrito Cafeinado, if you subscribed via our email signup powered by MailerLite.
• Improve our website experience based on usage patterns.

We use Supabase for database and file storage, Resend for transactional email, MailerLite for email marketing, Google Analytics 4 for website usage analytics after you accept analytics cookies, Google reCAPTCHA v3 for spam prevention, and Square for online payment processing.

We use Vercel to host this website and process request logs, Sentry to monitor application errors, Upstash to store temporary rate-limit records that help prevent abuse, and Google Maps to display our location. These services may process technical information needed to deliver, secure, and troubleshoot the website.

Each service has its own privacy policy governing how it handles your data.

This website uses the following cookies and tracking technologies:

• Google Analytics 4 cookies collect website usage data only after you accept analytics cookies. You can withdraw your choice using Cookie Preferences in the footer; this stops further analytics collection in that browser.
• Google reCAPTCHA cookies support bot detection and spam prevention on forms. Google Maps embeds may also process device and usage information under Google's privacy policy.
• Local storage remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies. If browser storage is unavailable, your choice applies to the current page session.

California residents may request what personal information we collected, ask us to delete personal information, or opt out of its sale. We do not sell personal information.

To exercise these rights, contact privacy@thecaffeinatedcart.com.

We retain information only for the purposes described below:

• Booking and wholesale inquiries are retained until fulfilled or no longer relevant.
• El Zine photos are retained while the gallery is active; you may request removal at any time.
• Email subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe using the link in an email.

This website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 and will delete it if discovered.

We may update this policy from time to time. We will revise the effective date above and encourage you to review the policy periodically.

Questions about this privacy policy may be sent to privacy@thecaffeinatedcart.com.