Ninth Bar is committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and website visitors. This policy clearly explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you interact with our online store and digital services.
This policy applies to:
We use your data for the following purposes:
We adhere to the "minimum necessary for the purpose" principle. We may share your data with:
You will be directed to a secure external payment gateway to complete purchases. Ninth Bar does not store or collect payment card data (such as card numbers or CVVs) on its own servers; processing is done entirely by the approved payment provider. (Please contact us to confirm the specific payment provider used at the time of order).
To ensure your order arrives, the necessary data (Name, Phone Number, Delivery Address, and Order Contents) is shared with our contracted shipping companies:
If you choose "Branch Pickup," your order details and name will be shared only with the specified branch to prepare your order.
Our store (via the Salla platform) uses cookies to ensure the website functions properly. These include:
· Essential Cookies: To remember cart contents and login status (if applicable).
· Performance/Analytics Cookies: To understand site usage (To be determined based on approved tools).
· Marketing Cookies: To display relevant ads (To be determined based on approved tools).
You can control cookie settings through your browser, but disabling essential cookies may prevent you from completing a purchase.
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If you opt-in to receive marketing messages from Ninth Bar, you can unsubscribe at any time via:
When using the "Share Your Experience" page, we collect your rating and written text. Your name (as entered) may be used to display the review publicly on the store. We will not publish your private contact data (phone or email) publicly.
· "Discover Your Taste" Tool: This tool is designed to help you choose the right coffee based on your answers. "This tool does not store your answers, link them to your account, or share them with third parties").
· "Coffee Journey" Page: An informational content page. It does not collect personal data unless it includes a subscription or contact form.
· Monthly Subscriptions: Upon the launch of the monthly coffee subscription service, your data (Name, Address, Payment Data, and Coffee Preferences) will be used to fulfill and regularly deliver the subscription. This policy will be updated upon the actual service launch.
(This section is intentionally left blank until Ninth Bar management confirms whether any service, such as the Discover Your Taste tool or customer service, uses external AI providers to process user data, and what the terms of data sharing with them are).
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. This includes using encrypted connections (SSL) for the website and relying on approved, secure service providers (like Salla and payment providers).
We retain your personal data for the duration necessary to achieve the purposes stated in this policy, or as required by applicable laws and regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (such as requirements for retaining invoices and financial transaction records).
(Requires legal review to determine exact phrasing according to the approved Saudi Personal Data Protection Law, but generally includes the right to):
You have the right to: Access your data, request its correction, or request its deletion (to the extent that it does not conflict with our legal obligations to retain it).
To exercise these rights, please contact us via the email provided below.
If the processing of your data is based on your consent (e.g., marketing messages), you can withdraw your consent at any time using the available unsubscribe mechanisms or by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal.
This is detailed in Section 9.
Our store may contain external website links (e.g., social media links or external blogs). This privacy policy does not apply to those external sites, and we advise you to read their privacy policies.
The Ninth Bar store and its products are not directed at children, and we do not intentionally collect data from individuals under the age of [Determine legal age after legal review].
We may update this policy when our services change, data processing methods change, regulatory requirements change, or new digital tools are added. The "Last Updated" date below will be changed when any modification is made.
Last Updated: [Date to be inserted here]
For any inquiries regarding your privacy or to exercise your data rights, you can reach us at:
