Privacy policy

Last Updated: October 2026

At Bruno’s Dog & Cat Boutique (brunosdogcatboutique.com), we respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with applicable privacy laws. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, make a purchase, or communicate with our customer care team.

1. Personal Information We Collect

When you interact with our website, place an order, or contact us, we may collect several types of personal information, including:

  • Contact Details: Your full name, email address, and phone number.
  • Billing and Shipping Details: Your physical shipping address, billing address, and delivery preferences.
  • Transaction Information: Details regarding the products you view, add to your cart, purchase, return, or cancel, as well as past order history.
  • Customer Support Communications: Any information, photographs, or details provided when reaching out to our support team.
  • Technical and Device Information: Automatically collected data such as your IP address, browser type, device identifiers, time zone, and operating system gathered through cookies and log files.

2. Payment Security and Data Handling

All checkout transactions are processed through highly secure, encrypted payment systems powered by trusted gateways. Your transaction is processed in full compliance with Level 1 PCI-DSS standards.

Bruno’s Dog & Cat Boutique does not store, collect, process, or have access to your full credit or debit card numbers or CVV security codes on our servers. All payment data is handled directly by encrypted payment processing networks.

3. How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal data strictly for legitimate business and e-commerce fulfillment purposes, including:

  • Order Processing and Fulfillment: Processing your transactions, sending order confirmations, generating invoices, and arranging package delivery via shipping carriers.
  • Customer Support: Responding to inquiries, resolving product issues, handling address changes, and processing returns or refunds.
  • Website Performance and Security: Monitoring store performance, detecting and preventing fraudulent transactions, maintaining site security, and optimizing your shopping experience.
  • Legal Compliance: Complying with applicable accounting, tax, and legal obligations.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We share your personal information solely with essential third-party service providers who assist us in operating our online store and delivering your orders, such as:

  • E-Commerce Platform: Hosted via Shopify, which provides our secure storefront infrastructure and checkout processing.
  • Payment Processors: Verified payment card networks (including American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, Mastercard, and Visa).
  • Shipping and Delivery Carriers: Trusted logistics partners including USPS, FedEx, and UPS to transport and deliver your packages.
  • Legal Requirements: When strictly required by law, subpoena, court order, or governmental inquiry to protect our legal rights, customers, or business safety.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website utilizes necessary, functional, and performance cookies to remember your shopping cart items, enable smooth checkout navigation, and analyze store traffic through tools such as Google Analytics. You can adjust your browser settings to decline or disable cookies; however, doing so may affect certain store functionality and your overall shopping experience.

6. Data Security and Retention

We implement industry-standard 256-bit SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption technology and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. We retain your transaction and order records only for as long as necessary to fulfill your order, honor warranty and return periods, resolve disputes, and comply with legal tax obligations.

7. Your Privacy Rights (CCPA / US Consumer Rights)

Depending on your U.S. state of residence (such as California), you may have specific privacy rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Right to Know or Access: The right to request details about the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Delete: The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
  • Right to Correct: The right to request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete personal records.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: We do not sell or share your personal data for third-party monetary marketing purposes. If your web browser transmits a Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out signal, our system automatically respects your preference.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@brunosdogcatboutique.com. We will not discriminate against any customer for exercising their privacy rights.

8. Children's Privacy

Our online store is intended exclusively for adult shoppers and is not directed at children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 13 years of age. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately for prompt deletion.

9. External Links and Third-Party Services

Our website may occasionally contain links to external sites or third-party tools. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or security policies of external websites. We encourage you to review their respective privacy notices upon visiting them.

10. Updates to This Privacy Policy

Bruno’s Dog & Cat Boutique may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes. Updated versions will be published directly on this page with a revised date.

11. Customer Support Information

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact customer care:

Store Hours

  • Monday to Saturday: 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM
  • Sunday: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM