Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Island Bazaar Ukes respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, make a purchase, join our email list, or communicate with us, and how we use and protect that information.

Our online store is powered by Shopify, which provides the ecommerce technology we use to operate our website and process customer transactions.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect information such as:

• Your name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Billing and shipping address
• Order and transaction information
• Information you provide when contacting us
• Basic technical information about your browser, device, IP address, and use of our website

Payment information is processed through Shopify and its payment processing services. Island Bazaar Ukes does not use your credit card information for any purpose other than processing or supporting your transaction.

How We Use Your Information

We use personal information only as reasonably necessary to operate Island Bazaar Ukes and serve our customers.

This may include:

• Processing and fulfilling orders
• Processing payments and confirming transactions
• Arranging shipping and delivery
• Handling returns or exchanges
• Communicating with you about an order
• Responding to questions or customer service requests
• Maintaining the security of our website and transactions
• Detecting or preventing fraud
• Maintaining business, tax, and transaction records
• Complying with legal or government requirements

We may also use information about how visitors use our website to understand how our store is performing and improve the shopping experience.

Email and Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to our email list or otherwise agree to receive marketing communications from Island Bazaar Ukes, we may send you emails about our store, products, ukulele events, classes, jam sessions, promotions, and other Island Bazaar news.

We do not sell or rent our email list or customer mailing list to other businesses.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still contact you when necessary regarding an order, transaction, or customer service matter.

We Do Not Sell Our Customer List

Island Bazaar Ukes does not sell or rent customer names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, or customer mailing lists to third parties.

We do not provide our mailing list to other companies for their independent marketing campaigns.

Certain privacy laws use the terms “sell” and “share” in specific legal ways that may include some forms of online advertising or data processing, even when personal information is not sold for money. Where required by applicable law, we provide customers with the ability to exercise applicable privacy rights and opt-out choices.

Service Providers

We use Shopify and other service providers to help operate our business.

We may provide or make personal information available to service providers only when reasonably necessary for services such as:

• Operating our online store
• Processing payments
• Preventing fraudulent transactions
• Fulfilling and shipping orders
• Providing website and technology services
• Sending Island Bazaar Ukes email communications
• Providing customer support
• Maintaining business and transaction records

These service providers process information in connection with the services they provide to us or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

Shopify

Our online store is hosted and powered by Shopify.

Shopify collects and processes certain personal information when you visit or use our online store. Information submitted through our website may be processed by Shopify and its service providers in order to provide ecommerce, payment, security, analytics, and other services.

Shopify may also process information in accordance with its own privacy practices and the Shopify services and features enabled for our store.

You can learn more about Shopify’s privacy practices through the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy and Shopify Privacy Portal.

Cookies and Website Technology

Our website and the services that support it may use cookies and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

• Keep the website functioning properly
• Remember certain preferences
• Maintain shopping cart functionality
• Process transactions
• Protect the website and customers from fraud
• Understand website traffic and performance
• Support features and services provided by Shopify or other service providers

Where required by applicable law, we provide appropriate privacy choices regarding cookies and similar technologies.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate our business, fulfill a customer transaction, or comply with the law.

For example, information may be provided to Shopify, payment processors, shipping carriers, technology providers, or other service providers involved in operating our store or completing your transaction.

We may also disclose information:

• At your direction or with your consent
• When required by law or valid legal process
• In response to lawful requests from government or law enforcement authorities
• To investigate fraud or illegal activity
• To protect Island Bazaar Ukes, our customers, or others
• In connection with a sale, transfer, merger, or other business transaction involving Island Bazaar Ukes

We do not sell or rent our customer mailing list to these parties for their independent marketing purposes.

Children’s Privacy

Our online store is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.

Security and Retention

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information and use established ecommerce and payment services to process online transactions.

However, no website, network, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate our business, maintain transaction and accounting records, provide customer service, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the right to:

• Request access to personal information we maintain about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Request a copy of certain personal information
• Opt out of certain uses of personal information where required by law

These rights are subject to applicable law and may not apply in every circumstance.

We may need to verify your identity before processing a privacy request.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.

Advertising and Privacy Choices

Depending on the Shopify services, website technologies, and advertising features used by our store, certain information may be processed for analytics, advertising, or similar purposes.

Some privacy laws define certain advertising-related data practices as the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information or as “targeted advertising,” even when personal information is not sold for money.

Where required by applicable law, you may have the right to opt out of these activities. Available privacy and data-sharing choices are provided through our website and Shopify’s privacy tools.

We also recognize Global Privacy Control signals where required by applicable law and supported by our website and ecommerce platform.

Managing Email Preferences

You may unsubscribe from Island Bazaar Ukes promotional emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in an email.

Unsubscribing from promotional emails does not prevent us from sending necessary communications regarding an order, payment, shipment, return, or other customer service matter.

International Processing

Shopify and other service providers that support our online store may process or store information in countries other than the country where you live.

When required by applicable law, appropriate mechanisms may be used for international transfers of personal information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business, website, services, technology, or legal requirements.

When we update this policy, we will post the revised version on our website and update the “Last updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact us:

Island Bazaar Ukes
16582 Gothard Street, Suite R
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
United States

Phone: 714-843-9350
Email: Sales@islandbazaarukes.com