1. Who We Are

Welcome to the Bordentown Square Tap + Grill website. Our website address is https://bordentownsquare.com/. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our site.

This website is designed and maintained by Kober Online Solutions LLC (KOS), which has administrative access to manage and update the site regularly.

2. Information We Collect and Why

We collect various types of information for several reasons:

• Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
• Contact Form: If you fill out a contact form on our website, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and any message content you provide. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiries and is not shared with third parties without your explicit consent.
• Analytics and Website Improvement: We use services like Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and RankMath to collect data about website traffic and user behavior to improve our content and services.
• Reservations and Orders: If you make a reservation via OpenTable or place an order through our Toast integration, we collect information necessary to provide these services.
• Security: We collect data through Wordfence Security to protect our website against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR Compliance)

Under the GDPR, we are required to specify the legal basis for processing your personal data. The legal bases we rely on are:

• Consent: For processing data you provide voluntarily, such as through comments or the contact form.
• Contract: For processing necessary for the performance of a contract, such as reservation and order management.
• Legitimate Interests: For analytics, security, and service improvement, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.

4. Consent and Your Rights (CCPA and GDPR Compliance)

By using our website, you consent to our Privacy Policy. Under GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA, you have the right to:

• Access: Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data (the “right to be forgotten”).
• Data Portability: Request transfer of your personal data to another service provider.
• Withdrawal of Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on it for processing your data.
• Non-Discrimination (CCPA): Exercise your privacy rights without discrimination in terms of service or price.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [privacy@bordentownsquare.com].

5. Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience:

• Functional Cookies: To remember your preferences and improve your experience.
• Analytical Cookies: To analyze traffic and usage patterns via Google Analytics and RankMath.
• Security Cookies: To protect against fraud and misuse, especially with Wordfence Security.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

7. Embedded Content from Other Services

Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These external sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions with embedded content.

8. Data Sharing and Third-Party Services

We share data with third-party services such as:

• Google Analytics for traffic analysis.
• RankMath for SEO optimization.
• OpenTable for reservations.
• Toast for order management.
• UpdraftPlus for backups.
• Wordfence Security for security purposes.

These third-party services may collect additional data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Kober Online Solutions LLC (KOS), as the designer and maintainer of the website, has administrative access to manage and update the website securely.

We do not sell personal data to third parties.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined:

• Comments and Metadata: Retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
• Contact Form Submissions: Retained for a period necessary to respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
• User Profiles: Retained as long as the account is active. Users can request deletion of their data anytime.
• Reservation and Order Data: Retained for accounting and legal purposes.

We regularly review our data retention policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws.

10. Security of Your Data

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes encrypted storage and secure data transfer.

Kober Online Solutions LLC (KOS), managing the website, follows strict data security protocols to ensure data safety.

11. International Data Transfers (GDPR Compliance)

We may transfer your data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) for processing. When we do, we ensure that the recipient of your data offers an adequate level of protection or that appropriate safeguards are in place.

12. Your Data Protection Rights (PIPEDA and GDPR Compliance)

You have the right to request:

• Access to your personal data.
• Correction of inaccurate data.
• Deletion of your data.
• Data Portability.
• Restriction on processing under certain conditions.

To exercise these rights, contact us at [[email protected]].

13. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments and contact form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Additionally, data collected for reservations, orders, and analytics may be shared with respective third-party services as outlined above.

14. Hosting and Data Storage

Our website is hosted on Cloudways by DigitalOcean, ensuring a secure and reliable hosting environment. Kober Online Solutions LLC (KOS) manages this hosting environment to maintain the website’s performance and security.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.