Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes PRIVACY STATEMENT
Aaron's A to Z
Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes
recognizes the importance of maintaining privacy of our
members, and share your concerns regarding the use of fair information
practices. Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes will make every effort
to protect your privacy. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices
for Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes
Information Collection and Use
Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not
sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement. We collect information from our users at several
different points on our website.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form.
During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such
as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about
the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional
for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and
gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number), but encouraged
so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information
(like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing
purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order,
this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any
personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie
on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once,
thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may
still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited
in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate
in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take place. Cookies
can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the
experience on our site.
Some of our business
partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no
access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
We use an outside
shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill
users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use
personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We partner with
another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these
services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary
for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except
for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Aaron's A
to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping
address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey
information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our
site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Aaron's A to Z Recipe
Garden of Easy Recipes
will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting
them to visit the site. Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes stores this information for
the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact Aaron's
A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes
at Nancy@Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes to request the removal of this
information from their database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
When our
registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as
credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted
and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While
on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web
browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL
encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our
power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not
just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example,
our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected
screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter
their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees
are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as
well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or
reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to
ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers that we
store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment,
behind a locked cage.
If you have any
questions about the security at any of our websites, you can send an email to
security at nancy@Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden of Easy Recipes.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers,
it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information
from 3rd party sources.
For example, to
determine if our customers qualify for one of our credit cards, we use their
name and social security number to request a credit report. Once we determine a
user's credit-worthiness, this document is destroyed.
(or)
In order for this website to enhance its ability to tailor the site to an
individual's preference, we combine information about the purchasing habits of
users with similar information from our affiliate partners, to create a
personalized user profile. When a user makes a purchase from our affiliate
partners, these companies collect and share that purchase information with us so
we can tailor the site to our users' preferences.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we
present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our
choice and opt-out below.
Site and Service
Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not
able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important
information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested
services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating
Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code),
or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to
correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can
usually be done at the member information page or by emailing our Customer
Support. [Some sites may also provide telephone or postal mail options for
updating or correcting personal information].
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information
used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for
the information. For example, our order form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users
who buy a product from us, but don't want any marketing material, can keep their
email address off of our lists.
Users who no longer
wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may
opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the
subject line in the email or email us at webmaster@Aaron's A to Z Recipe Garden
of Easy Recipes.
Users of our site are
always notified when their information is being collected by any outside
parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they
should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of
Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we
decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in
this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy
policy under which the information was collected.
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