Effective Date: September 19, 2026
John D. Barbe, Graduate Sales, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information we collect from students, parents, guardians, and customers who interact with us through our website, sign-up forms, ordering platforms, text messaging programs, and related services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information in connection with our customized letterman jacket sales, graduation-related products, and related services.
Our website is: https://barbegradsales.com/
Our company is located at:
John D. Barbe, Graduate Sales, Inc. 1508 Colony Circle Longview, TX 75604
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that students, parents, guardians, or customers voluntarily provide to us when they sign up, request product information, place an order, or communicate with us.
This information may include:
- Student name
- School name
- Grade level or expected graduation year
- Jacket size and sizing information
- Product interests and customization preferences
- Student mobile phone number
- Parent or guardian mobile phone number
- Parent or guardian contact information
- Order details
- Delivery or pickup information
- Payment-related information, when an order is placed
- Any other information submitted through our website, QR code sign-up forms, ordering site, or communications with us
2. How We Use Information
We use the information we collect to provide our products and services, communicate with students and parents, and support the ordering process.
We may use personal information to:
- Help students select the correct letterman jacket size
- Send students and parents a link to our customization and ordering site
- Provide information about letterman jackets and related products
- Send reminders about placing an order
- Send deadline notices and deadline extension updates
- Process and fulfill orders
- Send order confirmations and thank-you messages
- Respond to questions or customer service requests
- Maintain accurate records of sign-ups, orders, and communications
- Improve our products, services, website, and customer experience
- Communicate with students and families as students progress through high school about other school-related products, such as class rings, graduation announcements, caps and gowns, and related graduation items
We do not sell personal information or allow outside companies to use the information we collect for their own marketing purposes.
3. Text Message Communications
By providing a mobile phone number through our sign-up site, QR code form, ordering site, or other communication with us, students, parents, or guardians consent to receive text messages from John D. Barbe, Graduate Sales, Inc. related to our products and services.
These messages may include:
- A link to customize and order a letterman jacket
- Reminders to complete an order
- Deadline reminders
- Deadline extension notices
- Order-related updates
- A final thank-you message after an order is placed
- Future school-related product information, including information about class rings, graduation products, caps and gowns, and related items
For letterman jacket ordering reminders, we typically send a series of text messages over approximately 10 days. Once an order is placed, we stop sending letterman jacket reminder messages, other than a final thank-you or order-related message.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
Every marketing or reminder text message includes instructions for opting out of further text messages. Recipients may opt out at any time by following the instructions provided in the message, such as replying STOP, or by contacting us directly.
After an opt-out request is processed, we will stop sending promotional or reminder text messages to that number, except where permitted by law for transactional or administrative purposes.
4. Sharing of Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information.
We may share information only in limited circumstances, including:
- With service providers who help us operate our website, sign-up forms, ordering platforms, text messaging services, payment processing, order fulfillment, customer support, or related business functions
- With schools or school representatives when necessary to coordinate product fittings, deadlines, deliveries, or related school-approved activities
- With vendors or fulfillment partners when necessary to produce, customize, process, or deliver ordered products
- When required by law, legal process, or government request
- When necessary to protect our rights, property, customers, students, families, employees, or business operations
Any service providers or vendors who receive information from us are expected to use it only to provide services on our behalf and not for their own independent marketing purposes.
5. Student and Parent Information
Because our products and services are offered in connection with high school activities, we may collect information from or about students. We use student information only for purposes related to providing information about our products, helping students and families place orders, fulfilling orders, and communicating about related school milestone products.
We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the ordering process. If a parent or guardian would like to review, update, or request deletion of information associated with their student, they may contact us using the information provided below.
6. Payment Information
If customers place an order through our ordering site, payment information may be collected and processed by our payment processor or ordering platform. We do not use payment information for any purpose other than processing purchases, refunds, chargebacks, accounting, fraud prevention, and related business purposes.
We do not intentionally store full credit card numbers on our own systems unless required for legitimate payment processing or recordkeeping purposes through secure service providers.
7. Cookies and Website Technologies
Our website or ordering platforms may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, or similar technologies to help operate the site, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the site, improve performance, and support marketing or communication efforts.
You may be able to adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being used. Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, mobile service, transmission method, or electronic storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of personal information.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our products and services, communicate with students and families, fulfill orders, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
We may retain limited contact information to honor opt-out requests and ensure that individuals who have opted out do not receive further promotional text messages.
10. Your Choices
You may contact us to request that we update, correct, or delete personal information, subject to legal, business, contractual, or recordkeeping requirements.
You may also opt out of text message communications at any time by following the opt-out instructions included in our messages or by contacting us directly.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our products and services are intended for high school students and their parents or guardians. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without appropriate consent.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information or obtain any required consent.
Parents or guardians who believe we may have collected information from a child under 13 may contact us using the contact information below.
12. Links to Other Websites
Our website, sign-up forms, text messages, or ordering platforms may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites or services.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services they visit.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this policy.
Your continued use of our website, sign-up forms, ordering site, or services after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your personal information, please contact us at:
John D. Barbe, Graduate Sales, Inc. 1508 Colony Circle Longview, TX 75604 Website: https://barbegradsales.com/
Email: contactus@graduatesales.net
Phone: 903.757.6596