At Recess Grove, we believe in being straightforward about how we handle your information. The short version: we collect only what we need to run our business, we protect it carefully, and we will never sell it. This policy explains the details.

1. Who We Are

Recess Grove is a creative space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn offering classes, a café and bar, and private events. Our website is www.recessgrove.com.

Questions about this policy? Email us at privacy@recessgrove.com.

2. What Information We Collect

Information you give us directly

When you fill out a contact form, event inquiry form, or waitlist sign-up on our website, we collect:

• Your name

• Email address

• Phone number (where requested)

• Any message or details you include

When you book a class or purchase something, that transaction is handled through our booking and payment partners (Bookeo and Square). You'll be directed to their websites to complete your purchase. Please review their privacy policies for information on how they handle your payment and booking data.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, Squarespace (our website platform) automatically collects certain data to help us understand how people use the site. This may include:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page

• Browser type and operating system

• General geographic location (city/country level)

• Referring website

This data is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies. See Section 4 for more on cookies.

Advertising-related data

We run ads on Google and Instagram. These platforms may collect data about your visit to our website as part of their standard advertising operations — for example, to determine whether an ad led you here. This is managed through Google's and Meta's own systems. We do not currently have Google Analytics or a Meta Pixel installed on our site beyond what these ad platforms operate independently.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries and event requests

• To add you to our mailing list (when you've opted in) and send you updates about classes, events, and what's happening at Recess Grove

• To understand how people find and use our website, so we can improve it

• To run and measure the effectiveness of our advertising

We use Brevo to manage our mailing list and send emails. Your email address and name are stored in Brevo when you subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device. Our website uses cookies in the following ways:

Squarespace analytics cookies

Our website is built on Squarespace, which uses cookies to collect analytics data about how visitors use the site (see Section 2). These are functional and analytics cookies that help us understand site traffic.

Advertising cookies

Google and Meta (Instagram) may place cookies on your device when you visit our site as part of their ad-serving and measurement systems. These cookies are subject to Google's and Meta's own privacy policies.

Most browsers allow you to control or disable cookies through their settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some parts of our website function.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. Full stop.

We share information only with the third-party services that help us operate our business:

• Squarespace — our website platform, which processes website analytics

• Brevo — our email marketing platform, which stores subscriber information and sends emails on our behalf

• Bookeo — our class booking platform (you are redirected to their site to book)

• Square — our payment processor (you are redirected to their site to pay)

• Google and Meta (Instagram) — our advertising platforms, which may receive data about your visit as part of ad serving and measurement

We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, safety, or property of Recess Grove or others.

6. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy. Mailing list subscribers' data is held as long as you remain subscribed. Contact form submissions are retained for a reasonable period to respond to and follow up on your inquiry.

7. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

All visitors

• You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time

• You can contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of information we hold about you

California residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, request deletion of your data, and opt out of the sale of your data (we don't sell it, but you have this right regardless). To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@recessgrove.com.

EU / UK visitors (GDPR)

If you are visiting from the European Union or United Kingdom, you have rights including: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object to processing. Our lawful basis for processing your data is legitimate interest (website analytics, ad measurement) and consent (email marketing). To exercise your rights, contact privacy@recessgrove.com.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@recessgrove.com and we will promptly delete it.

Students aged 16–17 may enroll in certain classes with parental or guardian consent. In such cases, we recommend that a parent or guardian review this policy.

9. Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any data transmitted to or stored on our website.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to third-party sites (including Bookeo, Square, Instagram, and TikTok). This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we'll update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests about this Privacy Policy, please reach out:

Recess Grove
327 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
privacy@recessgrove.com