Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Policy applies to www.cafemakaro.com and Makaro, a brand of Iconika LLC, and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to "Makaro Coffee," "we," "us," or "our" include www.cafemakaro.com and Iconika LLC.

The Makaro Coffee website is an e-commerce site. By using the Makaro Coffee website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our website or submitting any personal information.

1.  Collection of Your Personal Information

Makaro Coffee may collect personally identifiable information in the course of your use of our website, including but not limited to:

  • Your full name

  • Email address

  • Mailing and shipping address

  • Billing address

  • Payment and credit card information (collected solely to complete purchase transactions)

  • Phone number (if provided)

  • Any messages or inquiries you submit through our contact form

Information about your computer hardware and software may also be automatically collected. This information can include your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the website, to maintain quality of service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Makaro Coffee website.

We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future, and will update this Policy accordingly.

2.  Use of Your Personal Information

Makaro Coffee collects and uses your personal information to:

  • Operate and maintain the cafemakaro.com website

  • Process and fulfill your orders, including shipping and delivery

  • Send order confirmations, tracking updates, and customer service communications

  • Respond to your questions and inquiries submitted through our contact form

  • Improve our website, products, and customer experience

  • Send you marketing and promotional communications about our products, offers, and updates (only where you have opted in or where permitted by applicable law)

  • Conduct research or surveys about our products and services

Makaro Coffee does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists or personal data to third parties.

Makaro Coffee may share data with trusted third-party service providers solely to help us operate our business and website and to serve you, including:

  • Payment processors (to securely handle billing and credit card transactions)

  • Shipping and fulfillment partners (to deliver your orders)

  • Email service providers (to send transactional and marketing emails)

  • Analytics providers (to understand how our website is used)

All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information for any purpose other than providing services to Makaro Coffee, and are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Makaro Coffee may disclose your personal information without prior notice only when required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  1. (a)   conform to the requirements of the law or comply with legal process served on Makaro Coffee or the website;

  2. (b)  protect and defend the rights or property of Makaro Coffee or Iconika LLC;

  3. (c)   act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our website, or the general public.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser settings. If you choose to decline cookies, some features of the Makaro Coffee website may not function as intended. We may also use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics that set their own cookies, governed by their own privacy policies.

3.  Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Makaro Coffee website may use "cookies" and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a web server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To keep you signed in and remember your preferences across sessions

  • To maintain the contents of your shopping cart

  • To understand how visitors use our website (analytics)

  • To improve website performance and deliver a more personalized experience

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser settings. If you choose to decline cookies, some features of the Makaro Coffee website may not function as intended. We may also use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics that set their own cookies, governed by their own privacy policies.

4.  Security of Your Personal Information

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. When sensitive information such as credit card numbers is transmitted to our website, it is protected through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption. Payment transactions are processed by trusted third-party payment processors subject to their own security standards.

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of Internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure. If you believe your interaction with us is no longer secure, contact us immediately at info@cafemakaro.com.

5.  Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize it. If you request deletion of your personal information, we will honor that request to the extent required by applicable law, subject to legal retention obligations such as records of completed financial transactions.

6.  Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information

  • Request deletion of your personal information

  • Opt out of marketing communications at any time

  • Request that we restrict or stop processing your personal information in certain circumstances

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@cafemakaro.com. We will respond within a reasonable time frame and in accordance with applicable law.

7.  California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA, including the right to know what personal information we have collected about you, the right to request deletion, the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (note: Makaro Coffee does not sell your personal information), and the right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.

To submit a CCPA request, email info@cafemakaro.com with the subject line "CCPA Privacy Request." We will verify your identity and respond within 45 days.

8.  Children's Privacy

Makaro Coffee does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Our website and products are not directed at children under 13. If you are under 13, please ask a parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If we become aware of inadvertent collection of such information, we will take prompt steps to delete it.

9.  Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites including social media platforms and shipping partners. These websites have their own privacy policies, and Makaro Coffee is not responsible for their content or practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before submitting any personal information.

10.  Opt-Out and Unsubscribe

You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link in any marketing email, or by contacting us at info@cafemakaro.com with the subject line "Unsubscribe." Please note that opting out of marketing communications does not affect transactional emails related to your orders.

11.  Changes to This Privacy Policy

Makaro Coffee reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date below. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our website following any changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

12.  Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or believe we have not adhered to it, please contact us:

We will make every effort to address your concerns promptly and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 2026. Last reviewed: 2026.