Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 24, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service, process purchases, communicate with You, market Our products and services, help protect Our Website from spam or abuse, and improve the overall customer experience. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access Our Service or parts of Our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.
Company referred to as either “the Company,” “We,” “Us” or “Our” in this Privacy Policy, refers to Julie Muscato Home & Gifts, 1 Walnut St, Lockport, NY 14094.
Cookies are small files placed on Your computer, mobile device, or other device by a website, containing details of Your browsing history and other usage information.
Country refers to New York, United States.
Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, cell phone, or digital tablet.
Personal Data or Personal Information means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
Website refers to Julie Muscato Home & Gifts, accessible from: https://juliemuscatohomeandgifts.com/
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, making a purchase, signing up for emails, submitting a form, contacting Us, or otherwise interacting with Our Website, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You.
Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- First name and last name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Billing address
- Shipping address
- Payment-related information
- Order details
- Purchase history
- Account login information, if applicable
- Any information You provide through contact forms, checkout forms, email signup forms, or customer service requests
Ecommerce and Purchase Information
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts allows users to buy products directly through the Website. When You purchase products from Our Website, We may collect information necessary to process, fulfill, ship, and support Your order.
This may include:
- Products purchased
- Order date and order number
- Billing and shipping information
- Payment confirmation information
- Delivery details
- Customer service communications
- Refund, return, or exchange requests
- Fraud prevention and transaction verification information
Payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors. We do not intentionally store full credit card numbers on Our own servers unless specifically stated. Payment processors may collect and process Your payment information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as:
- Your Device’s Internet Protocol address, such as IP address
- Browser type
- Browser version
- Pages of Our Service that You visit
- Time and date of Your visit
- Time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers
- Diagnostic data
- Click behavior
- Referral source
- Approximate geographic location
- Advertising interaction data
- Shopping behavior on the Website
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser You use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies, Cookies, Analytics, Advertising, and Remarketing
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies may include cookies, browser cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, conversion tags, remarketing tags, and similar technologies.
These technologies help Us:
- Operate the Website
- Remember user preferences
- Understand how visitors use the Website
- Measure website traffic and performance
- Improve products, pages, and content
- Track conversions from advertising campaigns
- Show relevant advertisements
- Measure the effectiveness of online ads
- Support remarketing and retargeting campaigns
- Reduce spam, bot activity, and abuse
Tracking and Analytics Tools We Use
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may use the following tracking, analytics, marketing, and website performance tools:
- Google Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Webmaster Tools / Google Search Console
- MailChimp
- Google Ads
- Facebook Meta Pixel
These tools may collect information about Your Device, browser, interactions with Our Website, pages visited, links clicked, purchases made, forms submitted, advertisements viewed, and other online behavior.
Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use Our Website. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, session duration, browser type, device type, approximate location, referral source, and interactions with the Website.
This information helps Us improve Our Website, understand visitor behavior, review marketing performance, and make better business decisions.
Google Tag Manager
We may use Google Tag Manager to manage tracking codes, scripts, pixels, and tags on Our Website. Google Tag Manager itself does not typically store personal information, but it may help load other tools that collect information, such as Google Analytics, Google Ads tags, or Meta Pixel.
Google Webmaster Tools / Google Search Console
We may use Google Webmaster Tools, now commonly known as Google Search Console, to monitor Website performance in Google Search. This may include information about search visibility, search queries, indexing, technical website issues, page performance, and Website health.
MailChimp
We may use MailChimp to manage email marketing, newsletters, customer communications, promotions, and email campaigns. If You sign up for Our emails, submit a form, make a purchase, or otherwise opt in to communications, Your name, email address, purchase-related information, and engagement with emails may be processed through MailChimp.
MailChimp may track email opens, clicks, unsubscribes, bounce rates, and other email engagement metrics.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email We send or by contacting Us directly.
Google Ads
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may use Google Ads to advertise Our products and services online. Google Ads may use cookies, conversion tracking, remarketing tags, and similar technologies to measure ad performance and show You more relevant ads.
Google Ads may help Us understand whether a user clicked on an advertisement, visited Our Website, purchased a product, submitted a form, or completed another action.
Facebook Ads and Meta Pixel
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may use Facebook Ads and the Facebook Meta Pixel to advertise Our products and services on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, and other Meta-related platforms.
The Meta Pixel may collect information about Your activity on Our Website, including pages viewed, products viewed, items added to cart, purchases, form submissions, and other interactions.
This information may be used to:
- Measure ad performance
- Build advertising audiences
- Create lookalike audiences
- Retarget visitors who interacted with Our Website
- Show more relevant ads
- Understand customer interests and shopping behavior
Online Advertising
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts uses online advertising platforms, including:
- Facebook Ads
- Google Ads
These advertising platforms may use cookies, pixels, tags, device identifiers, and similar technologies to deliver ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and personalize advertising content.
Remarketing and Retargeting
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may use remarketing and retargeting ads for advertising and marketing purposes.
Remarketing allows Us to show advertisements to people who have previously visited Our Website, viewed products, added items to a cart, made a purchase, submitted a form, or otherwise interacted with Our business online.
For example, after visiting Our Website, You may see Julie Muscato Home & Gifts advertisements on Google, Facebook, Instagram, or other websites and platforms.
Remarketing and retargeting may be based on:
- Website visits
- Product page views
- Shopping cart activity
- Purchases
- Email engagement
- Form submissions
- Ad interactions
- General browsing behavior
You can manage certain ad preferences through Your browser settings, Google ad settings, Meta ad preferences, and other platform-specific privacy controls.
Invisible reCAPTCHA
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may use Invisible reCAPTCHA or similar anti-spam and security tools to help protect Our Website from spam, bots, fraud, abuse, and automated activity.
Invisible reCAPTCHA may collect hardware and software information, such as Device and application data, browser data, IP address, user behavior, and other information needed to determine whether Website activity is legitimate.
This information may be sent to Google or other relevant providers for analysis. Use of Invisible reCAPTCHA is subject to the applicable provider’s privacy policy and terms of service.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain Our Service, including monitoring usage of Our Website.
To process purchases and transactions, including order fulfillment, payment processing, shipping, delivery, returns, exchanges, refunds, fraud prevention, and customer support.
To manage Your Account, if You create one, including access to purchase history, saved information, preferences, or other account features.
For the performance of a contract, including the purchase contract for products, items, or services You have purchased through the Website.
To contact You, including by email, telephone, SMS, or other forms of communication regarding orders, purchases, customer service, account updates, security updates, promotions, or other relevant communications.
To provide marketing communications, including news, special offers, promotions, product updates, events, and general information about goods or services We offer, unless You have opted out of receiving such communications.
To send email campaigns, newsletters, promotional offers, abandoned cart reminders, customer follow-ups, and other marketing communications through platforms such as MailChimp.
To provide personalized advertising, including through Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Meta Pixel, remarketing, and retargeting campaigns.
To measure advertising performance, including tracking conversions, ad clicks, purchases, Website visits, form submissions, and other actions related to advertising campaigns.
To improve Our Website and customer experience, including data analysis, identifying usage trends, testing Website performance, improving product listings, and understanding customer behavior.
To prevent spam, fraud, and abuse, including through security tools such as Invisible reCAPTCHA.
To manage Your requests, including customer service questions, product inquiries, contact form submissions, or other communications.
For business transfers, such as a merger, sale, restructuring, reorganization, or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
For legal and compliance purposes, including complying with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforceable governmental requests.
Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data with third-party companies that help Us operate Our Website, process payments, fulfill orders, ship products, provide customer support, send emails, analyze Website performance, run advertising, measure marketing campaigns, or prevent fraud.
With ecommerce and payment providers: We may share information with payment processors, shipping providers, ecommerce platforms, fraud prevention tools, and other providers needed to complete purchases and deliver products.
With analytics providers: We may share usage and interaction data with tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Search Console.
With advertising platforms: We may share information with platforms such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and Meta Pixel for advertising, conversion tracking, remarketing, retargeting, and campaign measurement.
With email marketing providers: We may share contact and engagement data with MailChimp or similar providers for email marketing and communications.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your Personal Data in connection with a merger, sale, financing, acquisition, or transfer of all or part of Our business.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, if applicable, and require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
With business partners: We may share Your Personal Data with business partners to offer certain products, services, or promotions.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose with Your consent.
As required by law: We may disclose Your Personal Data when required to comply with a legal obligation, protect Our rights, prevent wrongdoing, protect users, or defend against legal liability.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. Julie Muscato Home & Gifts does not sell Personal Information in the traditional sense of exchanging it for money.
However, the use of certain advertising, analytics, and remarketing tools, such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and Meta Pixel, may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act.
You may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of Your Personal Information, depending on where You live.
CCPA and CPRA Privacy Rights for California Residents
This section applies only to residents of California and is intended to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, commonly referred to as the CCPA and CPRA.
If You are a California resident, You may have certain rights regarding Your Personal Information.
Categories of Personal Information We May Collect
Julie Muscato Home & Gifts may collect the following categories of Personal Information:
Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, billing address, shipping address, IP address, account name, or other similar identifiers.
Customer records information, such as payment-related information, billing information, purchase details, and customer service records.
Commercial information, such as products purchased, products viewed, order history, shopping cart activity, and customer preferences.
Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as browsing history, search history, interactions with Our Website, ad interactions, cookies, pixels, and analytics data.
Geolocation data, such as approximate location based on IP address.
Inferences, such as preferences, interests, shopping behavior, product interests, and marketing audience segments.
Sensitive Personal Information, only if applicable and only as permitted by law. We do not intentionally collect sensitive Personal Information unless needed for a specific lawful purpose.
Sources of Personal Information
We may collect Personal Information from:
- You directly
- Your use of Our Website
- Purchases and transactions
- Contact forms
- Email signup forms
- Cookies and tracking technologies
- Analytics tools
- Advertising platforms
- Ecommerce and payment providers
- Service providers
Business or Commercial Purposes for Collection
We may collect and use Personal Information for:
- Operating Our Website
- Processing purchases
- Fulfilling orders
- Providing customer service
- Sending transactional communications
- Sending marketing communications
- Running online ads
- Remarketing and retargeting
- Measuring advertising performance
- Improving Website performance
- Preventing fraud, spam, and abuse
- Complying with legal obligations
Categories of Third Parties We May Share Personal Information With
We may share Personal Information with:
- Ecommerce platforms
- Payment processors
- Shipping and fulfillment providers
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising networks
- Email marketing platforms
- Fraud prevention and security providers
- Customer support providers
- Professional advisors
- Government authorities, if required by law
Your California Privacy Rights
If You are a California resident, You may have the right to:
Know what Personal Information We collect, use, disclose, sell, or share.
Request access to the Personal Information We have collected about You.
Request deletion of Personal Information We collected from You, subject to certain exceptions.
Request correction of inaccurate Personal Information.
Opt out of the sale or sharing of Personal Information.
Limit the use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information, if applicable.
Not be discriminated against for exercising Your privacy rights.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing
California residents may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of Personal Information.
Because certain advertising and remarketing tools may be considered “sharing” under California law, You may opt out by contacting Us using the contact information listed in this Privacy Policy. You may also adjust Your browser settings, cookie settings, Google ad settings, Meta ad preferences, or use applicable opt-out tools available through participating advertising networks.
Global Privacy Control
Where required by law, We will make reasonable efforts to recognize and honor browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as a request to opt out of sale or sharing for the browser or device that sends the signal.
Authorized Agents
California residents may use an authorized agent to submit a privacy request on their behalf. We may require proof that the agent has authority to act on Your behalf and may also require You to verify Your identity directly with Us.
Verification of Requests
To protect Your privacy and security, We may need to verify Your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Verification may require matching information You provide with information We already have.
How to Submit a California Privacy Request
You may submit a request by contacting Us:
Email: info@juliemuscatohomeandgifts.com
Website: https://juliemuscatohomeandgifts.com/contact-us/
Phone: 716-201-1274
CalOPPA Privacy Notice
This section is intended to address the California Online Privacy Protection Act, commonly known as CalOPPA.
Users Can Visit Our Website Anonymously
Users may visit Our Website anonymously. However, certain features, such as making a purchase, creating an account, signing up for emails, or submitting a contact form, may require You to provide Personal Information.
Privacy Policy Link
A link to this Privacy Policy should be available on Our Website, including from the homepage or another prominent location.
Privacy Policy Updates
When this Privacy Policy is updated, We will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” signal. At this time, Our Website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals because there is no consistent industry standard for how such signals should be interpreted.
However, You may control certain tracking technologies through Your browser settings, cookie settings, Google ad settings, Meta ad preferences, and other third-party privacy tools.
Third-Party Behavioral Tracking
We allow third-party behavioral tracking through tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Meta Pixel, MailChimp, and other similar services. These tools may track Your activity across websites and platforms for analytics, advertising, remarketing, retargeting, email marketing, and performance measurement purposes.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may retain and use Your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, process orders, maintain business records, prevent fraud, and support customer service.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information:
Account Information: Retained for the duration of Your account relationship plus up to 24 months after account closure.
Order and Purchase Information: Retained as necessary for order fulfillment, customer service, tax, accounting, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.
Customer Support Data: Retained for up to 24 months from the date of the interaction, unless longer retention is required.
Email Marketing Data: Retained until You unsubscribe, request deletion, or the information is no longer needed.
Analytics and Usage Data: Retained for up to 24 months where possible, unless a longer period is necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, or aggregated reporting.
Advertising and Remarketing Data: Retained according to the settings and policies of the advertising platforms We use, as well as Our business needs and applicable law.
When retention periods expire, We may delete, anonymize, or aggregate Personal Data.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be processed at the Company’s operating offices and in other places where the parties involved in processing are located. This means Your information may be transferred to computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction.
We will take steps reasonably necessary to ensure Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting Personal Data We have collected about You, subject to certain exceptions.
You may contact Us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of Personal Data that You have provided to Us.
Please note that We may need to retain certain information when We have a legal obligation, business need, fraud prevention need, accounting requirement, transaction record, or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Other Legal Requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in good faith when necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of users or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
While We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors may collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytics providers, including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Search Console, to monitor and analyze Website traffic, performance, and user behavior.
Email Marketing
We may use MailChimp or similar providers to send newsletters, promotional emails, customer updates, abandoned cart reminders, product announcements, and other marketing communications.
Advertising
We may use Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Meta Pixel, and similar advertising tools to run online advertisements, measure campaign performance, track conversions, create audiences, and conduct remarketing or retargeting campaigns.
Ecommerce and Payments
We may use ecommerce, payment, shipping, and fulfillment providers to process purchases, complete transactions, ship products, manage orders, prevent fraud, and provide customer service.
Security and Spam Prevention
We may use Invisible reCAPTCHA or similar tools to protect Our Website from spam, bots, fraud, abuse, and automated activity.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16.
If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us.
If You click a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time.
We will notify You of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when posted on this page.
Contact Us
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Us:
By email: info@juliemuscatohomeandgifts.com
By visiting this page on Our Website:
https://juliemuscatohomeandgifts.com/contact-us/
By phone: 716-201-1274
