Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 19, 2026

Who is responsible for this website?

Little Counter Cafe is Sarah’s coffee and small-space home café website at littlecountercafe.com. For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, email admin@littlecountercafe.com.

Information collected when you visit

The website’s hosting and security services process technical information needed to deliver pages, maintain performance, and protect the site. This can include your IP address, browser and device details, requested pages, request times, and security events. The site uses WordPress and SiteGround hosting, security, and performance services.

If you email me, your email address, name if supplied, message, and any attachments are processed to respond to your enquiry and keep relevant correspondence. Please do not send sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your enquiry.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files stored in your browser. Hosting and security services may use cookies or similar technologies to provide the site and help distinguish legitimate visits from automated requests. WordPress also uses cookies for authorised administrator sign-ins and preferences. Public visitor accounts and comments are not currently offered.

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect access or functionality. A privacy policy does not itself set your cookie preferences or provide consent to optional tracking.

Analytics, advertising, and email subscriptions

The current launch setup does not include a configured newsletter signup service, advertising programme, or dedicated visitor analytics plugin. If optional analytics, advertising, email subscriptions, or other services are introduced, this policy will be updated to explain the providers, information used, and available choices. Where required, appropriate consent controls will be provided before optional tracking is enabled.

Amazon affiliate links and other websites

Little Counter Cafe uses affiliate links to relevant Amazon Idea Lists and products, identified in line with the Affiliate Disclosure. Following one takes you to Amazon, which may use cookies and related technologies under its own privacy notice to operate its services and attribute qualifying purchases. Adding these links does not itself add an embedded Amazon advertising widget or newsletter service to this website.

Following a link to Amazon, Pinterest, or another website takes you to a service with its own privacy practices. Those services may collect information and use cookies under their own policies. For more information, read Amazon’s Privacy Notice and Pinterest’s Privacy Policy. A normal link does not by itself embed that service’s content on this website.

How information is used and shared

Information is used to operate and secure the website, resolve technical problems, respond to messages, and meet applicable legal obligations. Relevant information is handled by service providers supporting hosting, security, and email delivery. Personal information is not sold by Little Counter Cafe. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or reasonably necessary to address fraud, security threats, or legal claims.

Storage, overseas processing, and security

Service providers may store or process information outside Australia, depending on their infrastructure and service arrangements. Their privacy terms explain their processing practices; see SiteGround’s Privacy Policy. You can contact me for information about the providers relevant to your enquiry.

Security measures are used to reduce unauthorised access, including hosting protections and restricted administration access. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

How long information is kept

Enquiry correspondence is retained for as long as needed to handle the matter and any related follow-up or legal obligations. Technical logs, security records, and backups follow the relevant service provider’s retention and backup arrangements. Retention periods can differ by record type; contact me if you need information about a particular record. Deleted information may remain in protected backups until those backups expire.

Your choices, requests, and complaints

Email admin@littlecountercafe.com to ask about personal information held about you, request access or correction, request deletion, or raise a privacy concern. Please provide enough information to identify the relevant interaction. Identity verification may be needed before information is released or changed.

Requests will be considered under applicable law. Some information may need to be retained for security, legal, or record-keeping reasons. If a concern cannot be resolved directly, you can contact the privacy regulator relevant to your location. In Australia, information about privacy complaints is available from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; its jurisdiction depends on whether the relevant organisation and activity are covered by the Privacy Act.

Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general adult audience and does not offer accounts or services directed at children. If you believe a child has provided personal information that should be removed, please contact me.

Changes to this policy

This policy will be revised when the website’s services or information-handling practices change. The date above shows the latest update.