This privacy statement was last changed on January 24, 2026, last checked on January 24, 2026, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://sweettreesandbees.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
- we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
- we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
- we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
- we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
- we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
1. Purpose and categories of data
We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)
1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
The following categories of data are collected
- Account name or alias
- A first and last name
- An email address
- IP Address
- A telephone number
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
Retention period
We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 6
1.2 Payments
1.2 Payments
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
- IP Address
- Geolocation data
Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: 7 years for tax purposes.
1.3 Registering an account
1.3 Registering an account
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- An email address
- A telephone number
- IP Address
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.4 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
1.4 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.
The following categories of data are collected
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
- IP Address
Retention period
Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 1 year.
1.5 Deliveries
1.5 Deliveries
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
Retention period
Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: 7 years for tax purposes..
1.6 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
1.6 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- Account name or alias
- A telephone number
Retention period
We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: 7 years from date of purchase. Otherwise, 12 months.
1.7 Newsletters
1.7 Newsletters
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- Account name or alias
- An email address
- IP Address
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.8 To be able to offer personalized products and services
1.8 To be able to offer personalized products and services
The following categories of data are collected
- IP Address
- Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
2. Sharing with other parties
We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:
3. Disclosure practices
We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.
4. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control
Our website responds to and supports the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field. If you turn DNT on in your browser, those preferences are communicated to us in the HTTP request header, and we will not track your browsing behavior.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-out preferences webpage.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.
The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.
6. Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
7. Third-party websites
This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
8. Amendments to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.
9. Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
9.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data
- You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
- You may object to the processing.
- You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
- You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
- You may appeal our decision whenever we refuse to take action on a request and submit a complaint with the competent authority if your appeal is denied.
10. Children
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
11. Contact details
Sweet Trees and Bees LLC
1313 W Snoqualmie River Rd SE
Fall City, WA 98024
United States
Website: https://sweettreesandbees.com
Email: sean@ex.comsweettreesandbees.com
Phone number: 2538869003
Annex
Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.
WooCommerce
What we collect and store
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
You can read further on our cookie policy here.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 7 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.
We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
Who on our team has access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information. Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
What we share with others
We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you. These include integration apps for tax calculation, shipping carriers such at USPS, UPS, and FedEx. We also share information as needed with payment processors, addressed in the next section. For analytics please see our cookie policy here.
Payments
We accept payments through Square, Stripe, Google Pay, Cash App, and Apple Pay. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to the selected processor, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the Square Privacy Policy, Stripe Privacy Policy, Google Pay Privacy Policy, Cash App Pay Privacy Policy, and Apple Pay Privacy Policy for more details.
WooCommerce Tax
For the tax calculation we use Stripe and TaxJar. Please see TaxJar’s privacy policy here. Square Privacy Policy
Really Simple Security
Really Simple Security and Really Simple Security add-ons do not process any personal identifiable information, so the GDPR does not apply to these plugins or usage of these plugins on your website. You can find our privacy policy here.
Google for WooCommerce
Google prioritizes the security and confidentiality of your information in Google Ads, and your private information is never shared without your permission. For details, review Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. here.
MailPoet
MailPoet newsletter & emails
If you have subscribed to our newsletter or if you are a member of our website (you can log in) or if you have purchased on our website, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us. We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive, or which pertain to the services we provided to you. To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system. This website can send emails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters. No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.
Below is a list of cookies that may be generated by MailPoet:
Cookie name: mailpoet_page_view
Cookie expiry: 3,650 days.
Cookie description: The purpose of this cookie is to track the last time a subscriber viewed any page on the site.
Cookie name: mailpoet_revenue_tracking
Cookie expiry: 14 days.
Cookie description: The purpose of this cookie is to track which newsletter sent from your website has acquired a click-through and a subsequent purchase in your WooCommerce store.
Cookie name: mailpoet_subscriber
Cookie expiry: 3,650 days.
Cookie description: The purpose of this cookie is to track subscriber engagement. It is used when the user logs in, signs up in a form, confirms subscription to a newsletter, or places an order through WooCommerce.
Note: User must be opted-in and a confirmed subscriber.
Cookie name: popup_form_dismissed_{$formId}
Cookie expiry: the expiration date varies and can be set per form.
Cookie description: This cookie is used to track if a user has previously dismissed a specific form, preventing the re-display of the form until the cookie’s expiration date. It is applicable for popup, slide-in, or fixed bar forms.