Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how tarriver.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Contact

After reviewing this policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at sales@tarriver.com or by mail using the details provided below:

PO Box 629, Oxford NC 27565, United States

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

  • Device information

    • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

    • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify .

    • Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

  • Order information

    • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

    • Source of collection: collected from you.

    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify 

    • Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers and bank account numbers), email address, and phone number.

  • Customer support information

    • Purpose of collection:

    • Source of collection:

    • Disclosure for a business purpose:

    • Personal Information collected: 

    • Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.

    • Source of collection: collected from you

    • Disclosure for a business purpose: 

    • Personal Information collected: 

Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 12. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address above to request deletion.

Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:

  • We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

  • We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioral Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

  • We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).

  • We use Shopify Audiences to help us show ads on other websites with our advertising partners to buyers who made purchases with other Shopify merchants and who may also be interested in what we have to offer. We also share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and the email address associated with your purchases with Shopify Audiences, through which other Shopify merchants may make offers you may be interested in.

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

Lawful basis

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent;

  • The performance of the contract between you and the Site;

  • Compliance with our legal obligations;

  • To protect your vital interests;

  • To perform a task carried out in the public interest;

  • For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.

Automatic decision-making

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.

Our processor Shopify uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.

Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:

  • Temporary blacklist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This blacklist persists for a small number of hours.

  • Temporary blacklist of credit cards associated with blacklisted IP addresses. This blacklist persists for a small number of days.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Cookie Name Description Duration
_abControls when the admin bar is shown on the storefront1 year
_abvPersists the collapsed state of the admin bar1 year
_checkout_queue_tokenUsed when there is a queue during checkout1 year
_cmp_aManages customer privacy settings1 day
_identity_sessionContains the identity session identifier of the user2 years
_master_udrPermanent device identifiersession
_pay_sessionRails session cookie for Shopify Pay sessionsession
_secure_account_session_idTracks a customer's session for new customer accounts30 days
_session_idProvides reporting and analytics2 years
_shopify_countryAvoids repeated GeoIP lookups by storing country/currency choice30 minutes
_shopify_essentialContains essential info for store functionality (session, checkout, anti-tampering)1 year
_storefront_uFacilitates updating customer account information1 minute
_tracking_consentStores user preferences if merchant has set privacy rules1 year
auth_state_<<id>>Stores authentication state before redirecting to third-party auth25 minutes
cartStores user’s cart contents2 weeks
cart_currencyInitializes new cart with same currency after checkout2 weeks
cart_sigHash of cart contents for integrity checks2 weeks
cart_tsUsed in connection with checkout2 weeks
checkoutUsed in connection with checkout21 days
checkout_prefillEncrypts URL parameters containing PII for cart permalinks5 minutes
checkout_session_lookupUsed in connection with checkout3 weeks
checkout_session_token_<<id>>Used when a checkout session is established3 weeks
checkout_tokenCaptures landing page when visitor comes from another sitesession
customer_account_localeTracks locale during redirects to account or checkout pages1 year
customer_payment_methodStores which payment method is being updated for subscriptions1 hour
customer_shop_pay_agreementVerifies new Shop Pay payment instrument20 minutes
device_fp_idDevice fingerprint identifier for fraud preventionsession
device_idDevice identifier for session fraud preventionsession
discount_codeStores discount code from URL parameter to apply at checkoutsession
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cartAdjusts checkout experience based on shopper’s path30 minutes
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkoutIndicates dismissal of Shop Pay login modal during checkoutsession
identity-state (and -<<id>>)Stores state before redirecting for identity auth1 day
identity_customer_account_numberIdentifier to facilitate cross-domain login12 weeks
keep_aliveDetects first request of session when using international domain redirectionsession
locale_bar_acceptedMarks acceptance of geolocation modalsession
locale_bar_dismissedMarks dismissal of geolocation modal1 day
localizationLocalizes cart to correct country2 weeks
logged_inHint that user is logged in12 weeks
login_with_shop_finalizeFacilitates login with Shop5 minutes
master_device_idPermanent device identifier1 year
orderAllows access to order details page3 weeks
pay_update_intent_idStores Shop Pay billing agreement update intent ID20 minutes
preview_themeIndicates theme preview modesession
previous_checkout_tokenPrefills checkout with previous details1 year
previous_stepTracks previous checkout step1 year
profile_preview_tokenUsed for previewing checkout customizations5 minutes
receive-cookie-deprecationIdentifies Chrome browsers affected by third-party cookie deprecationsession
remember_mePrefills checkout details from previous session1 year
secure_customer_sigIdentifies user after signing into storefront1 year
shop_pay_acceleratedFlags eligibility for accelerated Shop Pay checkout1 year
shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settingsStores theme editor changes for preview16 hours
shopify_payLogs buyer into Shop Pay for same store checkout1 year
shopify_pay_redirectAccelerated checkout flag for Shop Pay account1 year
storefront_digestDigest of storefront password for merchant preview1 year
tracked_start_checkoutTracks checkout initiation1 year
userUsed for Shop login1 year

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioral Advertising” section above.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Complaints

As noted above, if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or by mail using the details provided under “Contact” above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/protecting-consumer-privacy-security

Last updated: 5/18/25