Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

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St. Mary’s School respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting or making a purchase from The Nest, our school merchandise store.

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Information We Collect

When you visit our website, place an order, contact us, or otherwise interact with The Nest, we may collect information such as:

• Your name

• Email address

• Phone number

• Billing and shipping information

• Order and purchase information

• Communications you send to us

• Technical information automatically collected when you use our website, such as your IP address, browser, device information and website activity
   

Payment information is processed through the payment providers available through our website. We do not use your payment information for purposes other than processing and managing transactions.

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How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Process and fulfill merchandise orders

• Provide order confirmations and updates

• Respond to questions or customer service requests

• Manage returns, exchanges or other order-related matters

• Maintain and improve The Nest website and shopping experience

• Send store news, product announcements or promotional communications when you have elected to receive them

• Maintain appropriate business and transaction records

• Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

We do not sell your personal information.

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Wix and Third-Party Services

The Nest website is hosted through Wix.com, which provides the online platform and technology used to operate our website and online store. Information submitted through the website may be stored and processed through Wix's systems and services.

We may also use third-party service providers when necessary to operate the store, process payments, fulfill orders, analyze website performance or provide other website functionality. These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and practices.

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Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, remember visitor preferences, understand how visitors use the website, maintain security and improve the shopping experience.

Wix and third-party applications or services used on our website may also place cookies or use similar technologies.

You may be able to manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.

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Email and Communications

If you provide your contact information, we may contact you regarding an order, customer service request, store update or other transaction involving The Nest.

If you choose to receive promotional emails or store announcements, you may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option included in those communications.

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Children's Privacy

The Nest is operated as the merchandise store for St. Mary’s School. The online store is intended primarily for parents, guardians, family members, faculty, staff and other members of the St. Mary’s community purchasing school merchandise. We do not knowingly use the online store to solicit personal information directly from children for marketing purposes.

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Protecting Your Information

We take reasonable measures to protect information submitted through our website. However, no online service, electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

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Your Information and Privacy Requests

You may contact us if you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that we maintain about you, subject to any information we are required or permitted to retain for legal, accounting, transaction or administrative purposes.

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Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to The Nest, our website practices, technology or applicable requirements. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.

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Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information collected through The Nest is handled, please contact:

St. Mary’s School – The Nest

7 Pursuit

Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

(949) 448-9027

Email: thenest@smaa.org