Effective date: August 12, 2026
Stews Barbershop (“Stews,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates this website (the “Site”) to share information about our barbershop locations across Southern California and to let visitors get in touch with us. We know your privacy matters, and this policy explains, in plain language, what information we collect through the Site, how we use it, and the choices you have. This policy applies to www.stews.com only.
Information We Collect
The only way we collect personal information through this Site is when you voluntarily submit our contact form. When you use the contact form, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number
- Your preferred Stews location
- Any message or details you choose to include
We do not have user accounts, a newsletter signup, an online store, or any payment processing on this Site, so we do not collect passwords, purchase history, or payment card information here.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information you submit through the contact form for one purpose only, to respond to your inquiry, answer your questions, or otherwise follow up with you about the barbershop location and topic you selected.
Who We Share Information With
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes. Your information may be seen by the following categories of service providers, solely so they can help us operate the Site and respond to you:
- Our website hosting provider and content delivery network, which stores and transmits the Site and any form submissions on our behalf
- Email service providers we use to receive and reply to contact form messages
These providers are only permitted to use your information to provide services to us and are not authorized to use it for their own purposes.
Online Booking Through Square
If you choose to book an appointment, the Site links out to Square Appointments, a third party scheduling service operated by Block, Inc. When you click through to book, you leave our Site and any information you enter, such as your name, contact details, and appointment preferences, is collected and handled by Square, not by Stews. Square’s own privacy policy governs that information, and we encourage you to review it before booking. We do not receive or store the details of what you enter on Square’s booking pages beyond what Square may choose to share with us as the business owner (such as appointment confirmations).
Third Party Services Used on This Site
Beyond the Square link described above, this Site uses a small number of third party services to function properly:
- Google Fonts, loaded from Google’s servers, to display text in our chosen typefaces
- WP Rocket, a caching tool that helps our pages load faster using functional cookies described below
- A content delivery network (which may include Cloudflare) that helps deliver our Site content quickly and securely
We do not currently use any analytics tools, advertising networks, or ad tracking pixels on this Site.
Cookies
This Site uses only functional cookies related to caching (through WP Rocket) that help pages load faster for you. We do not use cookies for advertising, cross site tracking, or building a profile of your browsing activity. These functional cookies do not collect personally identifiable information about you.
Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal that a visitor can enable to indicate they do not want their online activity tracked. Because this Site does not track visitors’ activity over time or across other websites, and does not use analytics or advertising tracking technology, our Site does not currently respond differently to a browser’s DNT signal. In other words, whether or not DNT is enabled, your experience on this Site and the data we collect (limited to what you submit through the contact form) remains the same.
Children’s Privacy
This Site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information through the contact form, please contact us using the information below so we can promptly remove it.
Your Choices and How to Reach Us
If you would like to review the personal information you submitted to us, ask us to correct it, or request that we delete it from our records, please email us at stewsbarbershop@hotmail.com. We will respond to reasonable requests as promptly as we can.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the information submitted through this Site, including working with reputable hosting and security providers. That said, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we do, we will post the revised policy on this page along with a new effective date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us at stewsbarbershop@hotmail.com or reach out to any Stews Barbershop location in person.