Privacy Policy
When you visit our website, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We collect information from you when you place an order or sign up for e-mails on our website. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information.
WHAT DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To process transactions: Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To send periodic emails: The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway provider’s database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
DO WE USE COOKIES?
Yes. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by online service providers in order to make their websites or services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. We do not alter our data collection when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
DO WE DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION TO OUTSIDE PARTIES?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. When an order is placed or you register on our site, your information is stored in our Klaviyo account. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our site, you consent to our website privacy policy.
SECURITY
We are committed to protect your privacy, and take reasonable measures to do so. Despite our best intentions and the guidelines outlined in this Privacy Policy, no data transmission over the Internet or encryption method can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
You can contact us at any time to request information that we have about you, to correct information that we have about you, or to delete your information. If you have any additional questions, please contact us.
A NOTE FROM FARMHOUSE CHOCOLATES
Here is what the policy above means for a small chocolate kitchen in Bristol, Vermont.
WHAT WE COLLECT
Your name, email, shipping and billing address, phone number, and what you ordered. If you send a gift, we also collect the recipient's name and address and the gift message you write. Your card details go straight to Shopify's payment processor. We never see your full card number.
WHO ELSE SEES IT
- Shopify runs our store and checkout.
- Klaviyo sends our emails. If you join our list or open one of our emails, Klaviyo may also note which products you look at on this site.
- Shippo prints our shipping labels and passes your name and address to the carrier (USPS or UPS).
- Judge.me collects and displays the product reviews you choose to leave, along with the name you give.
- Google Fonts supplies the typefaces on this site, and CARTO draws the map on our Visit page. Each receives your device's internet address when the page loads.
WHAT WE DO NOT DO
We do not sell your information. We keep it only as long as we need it to fill your order, handle a question about it, and meet our tax and bookkeeping duties.
EMAIL
You can leave our list with the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any newsletter. Order confirmations and shipping updates still arrive, because you need them.
YOUR CHOICES
To see, correct, or delete what we hold about you, write to us and we will take care of it.
Farmhouse Chocolates
25B Mountain View Street, Bristol, VT 05443
Last updated: October 12, 2026