U.S. State & California Consumer Notices

1. National approach; state-specific controls

Lot & Leaf intends to use one clear national baseline while preserving stronger non-waivable state rights. A general policy does not eliminate product-specific ingredient restrictions, privacy rights, tax rules, automatic-renewal rules, warranty rights, or warning duties in a destination state.

2. California Proposition 65

California checkout must remain disabled for a SKU until its Proposition 65 decision and, if needed, exact online and on-product warning are approved.

Before a product is offered to a California address, Lot & Leaf must assess reasonably anticipated exposures to listed chemicals and determine whether a warning is required or an exemption or exposure conclusion is supportable. A warning should not be added or omitted casually; the decision needs documented product and exposure analysis.

When a safe-harbor consumer-product warning is used for an internet sale, California guidance generally requires the warning or a clearly marked WARNING link on the product display page before purchase and a compliant warning on or with the product. A generic legal-center notice alone is not sufficient.

3. California online privacy

The Privacy Policy discloses categories collected, uses, service providers, tracking, Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control response, and change procedures. If Lot & Leaf meets CCPA applicability thresholds or otherwise becomes covered, it must add required notices at collection, request methods, verification, authorized-agent procedures, metrics, contracts, and opt-out or limit links as applicable.

Lot & Leaf does not currently sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, or offer financial incentives for data. A future loyalty, referral, or advertising program requires renewed analysis before launch.

4. Other comprehensive state privacy laws

Residents of certain states may receive access, correction, deletion, portability, targeted-advertising opt-out, sale opt-out, profiling opt-out, sensitive-data, nondiscrimination, or appeal rights when the applicable law and thresholds cover the business. Lot & Leaf’s intended baseline request process is designed to handle common rights while preserving state-specific timing and exceptions.

5. Consumer remedies and warranties

Nothing in Lot & Leaf’s policies waives state rights that cannot be waived. Return restrictions, warranty disclaimers, liability limits, governing-law clauses, and dispute procedures must be reviewed against the customer’s state and the actual product.

6. Operational state matrix

The pre-launch state matrix must record SKU eligibility, ingredient restrictions, age, warnings, label variations, sales-tax status, carrier availability, return rights, privacy requirements, and effective dates. Checkout must enforce the matrix from the shipping address rather than relying on customer self-certification alone.