Baristi Privacy Policy
Baristi Privacy Policy
Effective February 17, 2025.
This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of
information about you in connection with your use of our services, including those offered
through our websites, communications (e.g., emails, phone calls, and texts), and mobile applications
(collectively, the “Service”).
The terms “we”, “us”, “our”, and “Baristi” refer to Baristi LLC, a California Limited Liability Corporation,
with its headquarters in Los Angeles, California. When you use the Service, you consent to our collection,
use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
Do not access or use the Service if you are unwilling or unable to consent to the use of your information by us.
Table of Contents
Information We Collect and How We Use It
We may collect, transmit, and store information about you in connection with your use of the
Service, including any information you send to or through the Service. We use that information to:
- Provide the Service’s functionality
- Fulfill your requests
- Improve the Service’s quality
- Engage in research and analysis
- Personalize your experience
- Track usage of the Service
- Provide feedback to third-party businesses
- Display relevant advertising
- Market the Service
- Provide customer support
- Enhance security and comply with legal obligations
Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our
servers initially and stored long enough to process.
A. Account Information
When you create a Baristi account, we store and use the information you provide during that process,
such as:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Optional details (e.g., gender, phone number, birth date)
We may publicly display your first name and last initial, along with any photo or other content
you submit through your profile. You can modify some of your account information through
your account settings. If you believe someone has created an unauthorized account using your
personal information, you can request its removal.
B. Transactions
If you initiate a transaction through the Service, such as ordering a beverage or making a
purchase, we collect and store information associated with your transaction, including:
- Name
- Phone number
- Address
- Payment information
Payment information is encrypted using industry-standard technology. We may use aggregated
or anonymized transaction data for analytics and to improve our services. This information may
be shared with third parties for the same purposes.
C. SMS Messaging
We collect your name, email, and phone number when you sign up for SMS updates through the website contact form.
Your information is used solely for sending updates, service-related messages, and providing a better customer experience.
We employ secure storage measures to protect your information from unauthorized access. Your
information is retained only while you are subscribed to the SMS service. You may request the deletion
of your information at any time.
Standard message and data rates may apply. Your mobile carrier may charge fees for sending or receiving
text messages, depending on your plan.
You can opt out at any time by texting, emailing, or replying STOP or UNSUBSCRIBE
to [email protected] or (213) 943-8086.
Once unsubscribed, your number will be removed from our list within 24 hours. We do not sell, rent,
or share your phone number with third parties for marketing purposes.
D. Activity
We store information about your use of the Service, such as:
- Search activity
- Pages viewed
- Dates and times of visits
- Purchases and transactions
We also store data provided by your device, such as:
- Browser type
- Device type
- Browser language
- IP address
- WiFi information
- Mobile carrier
- Advertising identifier
- Location data (if enabled)
You can adjust location settings in iOS or Android privacy settings.
E. Sensitive Personal Information
In the course of using the Service, you may choose to allow Baristi to collect and store
sensitive personal information, such as your precise geolocation.
You can limit or disallow our collection, use, or sharing of location data by adjusting
the settings for our applications in iOS or Android privacy settings.
You can remove content that may include sensitive personal information through your
account settings.
Cookies
We, and our third-party service providers, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, local
shared objects such as HTML5 and Flash (sometimes called “flash cookies”), advertising
identifiers (including mobile identifiers such as Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (“IDFA”) or
Google’s Advertising ID (“GAID”)) and similar technology (“Cookies”) in connection with your use
of the Service, third-party websites, and mobile applications.
Cookies may contain unique identifiers and reside, among other places, on your computer or
mobile device, in emails we send to you, and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit
information about you and your use of the Service, such as your browser type, search
preferences, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or
that you have interacted with, and the date and time of your use. Cookies may be persistent or
stored only during an individual session.
Manage Cookies
The purposes for which we use Cookies in the Service include:
- Processes: Intended to make the Service work in the way you expect. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us whether you have already signed up for an account.
- Authentication, Security, and Compliance: Intended to prevent fraud, protect your data from unauthorized parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use Cookies to determine if you are logged in.
- Preferences: Intended to remember information about how you prefer the Service to behave and look. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us whether you have declined to allow us to send push notifications to your phone.
- Notifications: Intended to allow or prevent notices of information or options that we think could improve your use of the Service. For example, we use a Cookie that stops us from showing you the signup notification if you have already seen it.
- Advertising: Intended to make advertising more relevant to users and more valuable to advertisers. For example, we may use Cookies to serve you interest-based ads, such as ads that are displayed to you based on your visits to other websites, or to tell us if you have recently interacted with an ad.
- Analytics: Intended to help us understand how visitors use the Service. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us how our search suggestions correlate to your interactions with the search page.
You can also set some Cookie preferences through your device or browser settings, but doing
so may affect the functionality of the Service. The method for disabling Cookies may vary by
device and browser but can usually be found in your device or browser preferences or security
settings. For example, iOS and Android devices each have settings designed to limit forms of ad tracking.
Third Parties
Third parties may share, receive, or process information about you as follows:
F. Advertisers
We may share some non-identifiable, de-identified, or aggregated information from or about you
with third parties in connection with advertising programs and data analytics. We also share
certain information described below with businesses on Baristi, who may or may not be advertisers.
G. Content and Data Partners
We allow third-party partners to use and display some of the public content available through the
Service, such as your photos, reviews, and other information listed under “Public Content” in Section 1 above.
H. Acquired Data
Baristi may acquire information enabling us to identify and contact representatives of local
businesses from third parties. Such acquired data may be combined with other data Baristi
receives from or about you and used for the purposes described in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.
I. Baristi’s Service Providers
We rely on third-party service providers to support or provide services for us in connection with
your use of the Service, such as communications and hosting, security and fraud prevention,
technical and customer support, tracking and reporting usage of the Service, quality assurance
testing, payment processing, marketing, and other functions.
We share information from or about you with these third-party providers so that they can perform
their services or complete your requests. For example, we may share your advertising identifiers
(e.g., your IDFA, GAID, or a cryptographic hash of your email address) with third-party service
providers that help us facilitate Baristi’s advertising programs and measure and report their
effectiveness, including with third parties that help determine the efficacy of Baristi’s advertising
programs by combining information they receive about you from other sources than the Service.
J. Baristi’s Role as a Service Provider
Baristi collects, receives, and processes certain information about you on behalf of businesses
for which Baristi is acting as a service provider. For example, when you order a beverage
through Baristi, we collect your phone number, email address, and order details on behalf of the
business and share that information with the business.
Third parties’ collection, use, and disclosure of your information is subject to such third parties’
own privacy policies and any relevant terms.
K. Aggregate or Anonymous Information
We share user information in the aggregate with third parties, such as businesses that are listed on
Baristi. For example, we disclose the number of users that we estimate visited the physical location
of a particular business.
L. Businesses on Baristi
We may share information from or about you (such as your city, and if you provide it, your age and
gender), your device type, and your use of the Service (such as which businesses you bookmark
or order from through the app, or if you visit a business’s URL) with businesses on Baristi.
You may adjust your account settings to increase or decrease the amount of information we share.
Keep in mind that businesses can also view your public activity and posts and may receive
information from or about you when you transact or communicate with them, through Baristi or
otherwise.
M. Links
The Service may link to third-party-controlled websites, like a business’s URL. Except as set forth
herein, we do not share your personal information with them and are not responsible for their
privacy practices.
N. Interaction With Third-Party Platforms
If you sign up for, or log into, Baristi using a third-party platform like Facebook or Google, or link
your Baristi account with a third-party platform like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, we may
receive information about you from such third-party platform.
If you post content to a third-party platform through the Service, that third-party platform will also
receive that content, which will be visible to anyone that has access to it through that platform.
Controlling Your Personal Data
Other users may be able to identify you, or associate you with your account, if you include
personal information in the content you post publicly. You can reduce the risk of being personally
identified by using the Service with a pseudonym, though doing so could detract from the
credibility of your contributions to the Service.
Data Retention and Account Termination
Information on how to close your account is available by emailing [email protected]. We will
remove certain public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but we
may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless
prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify
possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations. We may
also maintain residual copies of your personal information in our backup systems.
Children
The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not
knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Although use of Baristi by children
is unlikely, if you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without
parental consent, please contact us at [email protected]. If we become aware that a child
under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we take steps to
remove such information and terminate the child’s account.
Security
We use various safeguards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during
transmission and after we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or via
mobile device, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use
commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its
absolute security.
Contact Information
You may contact us online concerning our Privacy Policy at: [email protected].
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. The most current version of our privacy
policy will be located here. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal
information, we will notify you by email, by posting notice on the Service, notify you by an in-Service alert the first time you use the Service after we make the change, and/or by other methods
prior to the effective date of the changes. We will also indicate at the top of this page the date
that such changes were last made. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date
active and deliverable email address and/or phone number for you and for periodically visiting this
privacy policy to check for any changes. You understand and agree that your continued
access to or use of the Service after the effective date of changes to this privacy policy
represents your acceptance of such changes.
California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights
Act of 2020 (“CCPA”), California residents have certain rights around Baristi’s collection, use,
and sharing of their personal information.
Baristi does not sell your personal information and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt-out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, we do not offer financial incentives associated with our
collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information.
As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to opt-out of sharing your personal information with third parties for the purposes of targeted
behavioral advertising, which you can do by emailing us at [email protected]. Baristi collects
various categories of personal information when you use the Service, including identifiers,
commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information,
geolocation data, and professional information.
A more detailed description of the information Baristi collects and how we use it is provided above in Section 1 (Information We Collect and
How We Use It). Section 3 (Third Parties) describes the categories of third parties with whom we
share personal information, and what information may be shared under different circumstances.
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request to know what personal information has been collected about you, and to access that information. You also have
the right to request deletion of your personal information, though exceptions under the CCPA may
allow Baristi to retain and use certain personal information notwithstanding your deletion request.
As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
and to request to limit disclosure or use of your sensitive personal information. Please note,
however, that any right to request correction is limited by the legal rights of Baristi and its users
relating to content on Baristi’s platform, including without limitation legally protected rights related
to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom to information.
You may send your request by email to [email protected]. Information on the number of requests Baristi has
received in California is available through [email protected]. We will not discriminate against
you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. An agent may submit a request on your behalf,
but you must verify that your agent is authorized to do so.
Baristi does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age. Separate from the CCPA,
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our App that
are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal
information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please
send an email to [email protected] or write to us at the address above under “Contact
Information.