Privacy Policy.

1. About This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Cashtons website at cashtonsfood.com, including our product pages, contact communications, and wholesale inquiry form.

It does not govern the independent privacy practices of websites or services that you access through links on our website.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you choose to share with us, including:

• Contact information: Your name, email address, and phone number.
• Business information: Restaurant or business name, location, type of business, and product interests.
• Inquiry details: Messages, questions, estimated product needs, and other information submitted through our wholesale inquiry form.
• Email communications: Information you provide when contacting Cashtons directly by email.

Our website hosting provider and related services may also collect technical information associated with your visit, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and general website usage information.

3. How We Use Information

Information collected through our website may be used to:

• Respond to wholesale and general inquiries.
• Communicate about Cashtons products, availability, and potential business opportunities.
• Evaluate potential restaurant and foodservice partnerships.
• Operate, maintain, and improve our website.
• Protect our website and communications against spam, misuse, or fraud.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

Submitting a wholesale inquiry does not, by itself, mean that you are subscribing to a marketing email list.

4. Information Sharing

We may share information with service providers that help us operate our website and respond to business inquiries.

These services may include Squarespace, our website hosting and form provider, and the email services used to receive and respond to messages.

Information may also be disclosed when necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights, or address security issues.

Squarespace maintains its own privacy practices, which you can review in the Squarespace Privacy Policy .

5. Cookies & Analytics

Our website is hosted through Squarespace, which may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, security, performance, and analytics, depending on the website's configuration.

Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites function properly or remember certain information.

You can manage or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

For more information, please review Squarespace's Cookie Policy .

6. Data Retention & Security

We retain inquiry information for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to communications, manage potential business relationships, maintain appropriate records, and satisfy applicable legal requirements.

We use reasonable measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

7. Your Choices & Rights

Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to request:

• Access to personal information we hold about you.
• Correction of inaccurate information.
• Deletion of eligible personal information.
• Information about how your personal information is used.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us at kara@cashtonsfood.com . We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

If we cannot fulfill a request, we will explain the reason where required by applicable law.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is intended for general audiences, including restaurant and business customers, and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13 through our website.

If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the request and take appropriate action.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website, services, business practices, or applicable laws.

When updates are made, we will revise the effective date displayed at the top of this page.