Effective Date: September 4, 2026 | Last Updated: September 4, 2026
Effective Date: September 4, 2026
Last Updated: September 4, 2026
Masala Street ("Masala Street," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected and used when you visit Indian Restaurant in Encinitas,CA | Masala Street (the "Website"), voluntarily provide information through our contact forms, or use links to our online ordering service.
For clarity, this Privacy Policy separates information collected through the Website into three primary situations:
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how information is handled in each situation.
You can browse most areas of our Website without directly providing your name, email address, phone number, or other personal information.
When you visit or interact with our Website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies.
Depending on the technologies implemented on the Website, this information may include:
This information is generally used to understand how visitors use our Website, maintain Website security, improve Website functionality, analyze performance, and improve the overall user experience.
The information automatically collected through Website technologies is not necessarily associated with information you voluntarily submit through our contact forms.
Our Website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, APIs, web beacons, session technologies, and similar technologies provided by us or third-party service providers.
Depending on the services and features implemented on our Website, these technologies may include:
Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics, including Google Analytics 4 (GA4), to understand Website
traffic and visitor behavior, measure engagement, identify trends, and improve Website
performance. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages viewed, interactions,
device information, browser information, traffic sources, approximate location, and other
Website usage information.
Google Tag Manager
We may use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to manage and deploy Website tags, scripts, pixels, and
other tracking technologies. Google Tag Manager is primarily a tag-management system.
Information collected through tags deployed using Google Tag Manager may be processed by the
relevant third-party services.
Microsoft Clarity
We may use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors interact with our Website. Clarity
may use technologies such as heatmaps, session recordings, click tracking, scrolling
measurements, and other interaction analytics to help us understand Website usability and
improve the visitor experience.
Google Ads and Conversion Tracking
Where applicable, we may use Google Ads, Google Ads conversion tracking, remarketing, and
related advertising technologies to measure advertising performance and understand
interactions and conversions resulting from advertising campaigns.
Meta Pixel and Meta Advertising Technologies
Where applicable, we may use the Meta Pixel and other Meta advertising technologies to
measure Website activity, understand conversions, build advertising audiences, and measure
the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
Google reCAPTCHA
Where applicable, we may use Google reCAPTCHA or similar security technologies to help
protect our Website and forms from spam, abuse, automated activity, and fraudulent
submissions. These services may collect technical and usage information about your device,
browser, IP address, and interactions with the service.
Google Maps
Our Website may use Google Maps, map embeds, location services, or similar technologies to
display our restaurant location and provide directions. When you interact with these
services, the relevant third-party provider may collect information in accordance with its
own privacy policy.
Social Media and Other Third-Party Technologies
Our Website may contain links, buttons, widgets, embedded content, or other integrations
from third-party services such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms. These
third-party services may collect information about your interaction with their content or
services in accordance with their own privacy policies.
Purposes of Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies and similar technologies may be used for purposes including:
You may control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some areas of the Website.
The specific technologies used on our Website may change over time as we add, remove, update, or replace Website functionality and third-party services.
If you choose to contact Masala Street through a contact form or other form on our Website, we may collect the information you voluntarily provide.
Depending on the form and the information you choose to submit, this may include:
We collect this information because you have chosen to provide it to us. You do not need to submit a contact form to browse the Website.
How We Use Contact Form Information
Information submitted through our contact forms may be used to:
We do not consider submitting a general contact inquiry to automatically constitute consent to receive promotional marketing communications.
If we send promotional communications where permitted by applicable law, you may have the ability to opt out of receiving those communications.
Our Website provides Order Online links that may redirect you to an online ordering platform operated on a separate website and domain.
When you select an online ordering option, you may leave the Masala Street Website and be redirected to the online ordering platform.
When you use that platform to place an order, the information required to process your order may include:
This information is provided through the online ordering platform and may be collected and processed by that platform and its service providers.
Separate Online Ordering Platform
The online ordering service operates separately from the Masala Street Website.
Information submitted through the online ordering platform is subject to the privacy policy
and practices of that platform. Masala Street does not control all aspects of
third-party ordering platforms, payment processors, delivery services, or their data
practices.
We encourage you to review the applicable privacy policy of the online ordering platform before providing information or placing an order.
Depending on how information is collected, we may use information for legitimate business purposes, including:
We use information in accordance with applicable law and for purposes reasonably related to the purposes for which it was collected.
We may share information with third-party service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our Website, provide services, respond to inquiries, maintain Website functionality, or support our business operations.
These providers may include:
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
We do not sell your personal information as part of our ordinary business practices.
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including responding to inquiries, maintaining appropriate business records, resolving disputes, complying with legal obligations, and protecting our legitimate business interests.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on:
Information collected by third-party services may be retained according to those providers' own policies.
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
Therefore, while we take reasonable steps to protect information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or through our Website.
If you are a California resident, you may have certain privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, these rights may include:
These rights are subject to applicable legal requirements, limitations, and exceptions.
To submit a privacy request, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain privacy requests to protect your information and prevent unauthorized requests.
If you submit a request on behalf of another person, we may require appropriate authorization and identity verification.
You may have choices regarding the information you provide and how certain technologies operate.
Contact Forms: You may choose not to provide personal information through a contact form. However, if you do not provide information necessary to respond to your request, we may not be able to respond or provide the requested assistance.
Cookies: You may control or disable cookies through your browser settings.
Marketing Communications: If we send promotional communications where permitted by applicable law, you may opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions included in those communications or by contacting us directly.
Our Website is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through our Website.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.
If you contact us through our Website, we may use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, request, feedback, catering inquiry, reservation-related inquiry, or other communication.
Submitting a general inquiry through our Website does not automatically mean that you will receive promotional communications from us.
Where permitted by applicable law, we may send promotional communications to individuals who have provided appropriate consent or where another lawful basis applies.
You may opt out of promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication or by contacting us.
Some web browsers provide a "Do Not Track" or similar setting.
Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to such signals, our Website may not respond to all browser-based Do Not Track signals.
Your available privacy choices may depend on the technologies used on our Website and the applicable laws in your location.
Our Website may contain links to websites, applications, platforms, and services that are operated by third parties.
These may include:
Third-party websites and services operate independently from Masala Street and may have their own privacy policies, terms, and data practices.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.
Our Website and certain third-party service providers may process or store information in locations outside your state or country.
As a result, information may be processed by service providers in jurisdictions that have different data protection laws.
We take reasonable steps to handle information in accordance with applicable laws.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:
When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date and Last Updated date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle information.