Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 18, 2026
clarasclearwaterboutique.com 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, collectively referred to as the Services.
Clara’s Clearwater Beach 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, make a purchase, or otherwise communicate with us through the Services.
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 how your information is collected, used, and disclosed as described below.
Personal Information We Collect or Process
When we use the term personal information, we are referring to information that identifies you or can reasonably be linked to you or another person.
Personal information does not include information that has been collected anonymously or de-identified so that it cannot reasonably identify or be linked to you.
Depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law, we may collect or process the following categories of personal information:
Contact Details
Including your name, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
Financial Information
Including payment card information, transaction details, payment confirmation, and other payment-related details.
Please note that payments are processed securely through our payment providers. We do not directly store full payment card details.
Account Information
Including your username, password, preferences, settings, and account-related information if you create an account.
Transaction Information
Including the items you view, add to your cart, purchase, return, exchange, or cancel, as well as your past transactions.
Communications With Us
Including information you provide when contacting our customer support team or communicating with us by email.
Device Information
Including information about your device, browser, network connection, IP address, and other unique identifiers.
Usage Information
Including information about how you interact with the Services, such as how and when you browse, navigate, or use our website.
Personal Information Sources
We may collect personal information from the following sources:
Directly From You
Including when you create an account, place an order, contact us, subscribe to our emails, or otherwise provide us with your personal information.
Automatically Through the Services
Including information collected from your device when you visit or use our website, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
From Our Service Providers
Including technology providers, payment processors, shipping providers, customer support tools, analytics providers, and other partners who process information on our behalf.
From Partners or Third Parties
Including advertising partners, marketing platforms, fraud prevention providers, and other third parties where permitted by law.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Depending on how you interact with us, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services
We use your personal information to provide the Services, including to:
- Process your payments
- Fulfil your orders
- Arrange shipping and delivery
- Process returns and exchanges
- Manage your account
- Remember your preferences
- Provide customer support
- Improve your shopping experience
- Recommend products that may be relevant to you
- Maintain and improve our website and Services
Marketing and Advertising
We may use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, including to:
- Send marketing emails
- Send promotional offers
- Show advertisements for our products or services
- Personalize your experience on our website
- Retarget visitors who have viewed products or added items to their cart
You may opt out of promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails.
Security and Fraud Prevention
We use your personal information to help:
- Authenticate accounts
- Provide a secure shopping experience
- Detect fraudulent or suspicious activity
- Protect our website, customers, and business
- Prevent unauthorized transactions or misuse of the Services
If you create an account, you are responsible for keeping your login details safe. We recommend that you do not share your password or account access details with anyone.
Communicating With You
We use your personal information to:
- Respond to customer service inquiries
- Provide order updates
- Send shipping confirmations
- Respond to questions, requests, or complaints
- Maintain our business relationship with you
Legal Reasons
We may use your personal information to:
- Comply with applicable laws
- Respond to legal requests
- Enforce our terms and policies
- Investigate potential violations
- Protect our rights, property, customers, and business
How We Disclose Personal Information
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes, subject to this Privacy Policy.
These circumstances may include:
Service Providers
We may share personal information with Shopify, vendors, and other third parties who perform services on our behalf, including:
- Website hosting
- Payment processing
- Order fulfilment
- Shipping and delivery
- Customer support
- Data analytics
- Marketing support
- Fraud prevention
- Cloud storage
- IT services
Business and Marketing Partners
We may share personal information with business and marketing partners to provide advertising and marketing services.
For example, we may use Shopify and third-party advertising services to support personalized advertising based on your activity on our website and other websites.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to direct us not to share certain information for targeted advertising purposes.
When You Direct or Consent to Disclosure
We may disclose personal information when you direct us to do so, request that we share information, or otherwise consent.
This may include situations such as shipping products to you, using social media features, or interacting with third-party services.
Affiliates or Corporate Group
We may disclose personal information with our affiliates or within our corporate group if applicable.
Legal or Business Transactions
We may disclose personal information in connection with:
- A merger
- Acquisition
- Sale of business assets
- Bankruptcy
- Legal obligations
- Subpoenas or lawful requests
- Enforcement of our terms and policies
- Protection of our rights, users, customers, or others
Relationship With Shopify
The Services are hosted by Shopify.
Shopify 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 through the Services may be transmitted to and shared with Shopify and third parties that may be located in countries other than where you reside, in order to provide and improve the Services.
In addition, we may use certain Shopify features that incorporate data and information obtained from your interactions with our store, other merchants, and Shopify.
In these circumstances, Shopify may be responsible for processing certain personal information, including responding to certain requests to exercise your rights.
To learn more about how Shopify uses personal information and the rights you may have, you can visit Shopify’s Consumer Privacy Policy and Shopify Privacy Portal.
Third-Party Websites and Links
The Services may include links to websites or online platforms operated by third parties.
If you follow links to websites not affiliated with or controlled by Clara’s Clearwater Beach, you should review their privacy policies, security policies, and terms.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, completeness, or reliability of third-party websites.
Information you provide on public or semi-public platforms, including social media platforms, may also be viewable by other users of those platforms.
Our inclusion of third-party links does not imply endorsement of those platforms, their content, or their operators, unless specifically stated.
Children’s Data
The Services are not intended for children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with personal information, please contact us at:
info@clarasclearwaterboutique.com
You may request that the information be deleted.
As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share personal information of individuals under 16 years of age, as those terms are defined under applicable law.
Security and Retention of Your Information
We take reasonable measures to help protect your personal information.
However, no security measure is perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee perfect security.
Information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to:
- Provide the Services
- Maintain your account
- Fulfil orders
- Provide customer support
- Comply with legal obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce contracts and policies
- Maintain business records
The length of time we retain personal information depends on the type of information, how it is used, and applicable legal requirements.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information.
These rights may not be absolute and may apply only in certain circumstances.
Right to Access or Know
You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Right to Delete
You may have the right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct
You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right of Portability
You may have the right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and request that we transfer it to a third party, where applicable.
Managing Communication Preferences
We may send promotional emails.
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
If you opt out, we may still send non-promotional emails, such as order confirmations, shipping updates, account messages, or customer service responses.
Exercising Your Rights
You may exercise your rights by contacting us at:
info@clarasclearwaterboutique.com
To learn more about how Shopify uses personal information and the rights you may have, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, you can visit Shopify’s privacy resources.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any privacy rights.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request, as permitted or required by applicable law.
In some jurisdictions, you may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. Before accepting a request from an authorized agent, we may require proof that you authorized them to act on your behalf and may still require you to verify your identity directly with us.
We will respond to requests in a timely manner as required by applicable law.
Complaints
If you have a complaint about how we process your personal information, please contact us at:
info@clarasclearwaterboutique.com
Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to appeal our decision or lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
International Transfers
Please note that we may transfer, store, and process your personal information outside the country where you live.
If we transfer personal information out of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms where required, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent contracts issued by the relevant authority in the United Kingdom, unless the destination country has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the Last updated date, and provide notice where required by applicable law.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or if you would like to exercise any rights available to you, please contact us at:
Clara’s Clearwater Beach
Clearwater Beach, Florida
Email: info@clarasclearwaterboutique.com