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Your Privacy Rights
All of us at BBQ Sauce of the Month.com are committed to
respecting your privacy and the security of your personal information. The
following describes the information we collect and how we use it. For
privacy-related issues, please contact us at:
Email: Privacy@BBQSauceoftheMonth.com
Phone: 888.728.2349
By Mail: BBQ Sauce of the Month.com
c/o Ship-Right Solutions
165 Pleasant Avenue
South Portland, ME 04106
Effective:
May 1, 2005
Information Collection
Visitors
In general, you can view our web pages without telling us who you are or
revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track IP addresses
to analyze trends, administer the site, track online usage, and gather broad
information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
Cookies
A cookie is a
piece of data stored on your hard drive that contains information about your
computer. Cookies may also be used to enable us to track and target your
interests, for the purpose of enhancing your experience on our site. If you
reject the cookie, you may still browse our site, however you will not be
able to purchase online.
We also use pixel tags – tiny graphic images – to tell
us what parts of our Web site you have visited or to measure the
effectiveness of any searches you may do on our site. Pixel tags also enable
us to send you email in a format you can read and let us know when you have
opened an email message from us.
We also may
contract with other companies who use cookies or other online tools such as
pixel tags to measure the performance of a marketing effort on our behalf. We
prohibit these companies from using this information for their own marketing
purposes or from sharing this information with anyone other than
BBQSauceoftheMonth.com.
Product Orders and Inquiries
If you place an order with BBQSauceoftheMonth.com, we require that you
provide certain information on our online order form. For orders, we request
you provide contact information (including your name, address, telephone
number and email address, and the name and shipping address of the recipient)
and financial information (including credit card number and expiration date
and coupon code, if any). This information is used for billing purposes and
to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact
information is used to get in touch with you.
If you call or
correspond with our sales or customer service center, we will request
information from you as well. The information requested depends upon the
purpose of your contact, but is likely to include your name, billing address,
email address, the name and shipping address of the recipient, financial
information such as your credit card number and expiration date, and the
order number and date.
Surveys and Contests
From time-to-time we may request information from you via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level,
etc.). We will use contact information to notify the winners and award
prizes. Survey information will assist us in improving our products and
services, and in providing you with an enjoyable shopping experience.
Information and Use
BBQSauceoftheMonth.com is the sole owner of any information we collect
from you. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this statement. Our primary use of the
information you provide us is for billing purposes and to fill your orders.
In addition however, for your convenience we also may use the information to
provide other services including the following:
"Remember Me" Service
We may offer a "Remember Me" service which would allow a
registered member access to their personal account features without having to
log in each time they visit. When a visitor registers with us and chooses
this option, we'll remember their information. If you select this service,
log-in to our site is automatic; you'll have access to your account
information when you return to our site. In order to register for this
service, a visitor's browser must be configured to accept cookies. You can
shop at BBQSauceoftheMonth.com without registering for this service.
Sharing of Information
We may partner with another party to provide specific services for us,
such as providing credit card processing, shipping or promotional services.
We will only provide contact information necessary for the third party to
provide these services for us. These parties are not allowed to use
personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these
services. We also ask these partners to confirm that their privacy practices
are consistent with ours.
We may occasionally share our customer mailing list with select companies
that provide goods or services we think might interest you. The information
we provide may include your name and mailing address. If you prefer that we
not share this information, please send us an email or write to us at the
address provided, requesting to be removed from the list.
We may send a mailing to you or to a recipient to whom you sent a gift. If
you or your recipient do not want to receive our mailing, please send us an
email or write to us at the address provided at the top of our policy
requesting to be removed from that list. Please allow up to 8 weeks for us to
update our lists.
How We Use Email
When you provide us your email address, we may send you emails necessary to
process your order or respond to a request. For example, after you place an
order at BBQSauceoftheMonth.com, you will receive an email confirmation and,
in most cases, an email with package tracking information.
It is our
intent to send you our Email Newsletter only if you have agreed to receive
it. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are included in each edition of the
newsletter.
You may also
receive occasional email communications regarding our site, partner offers,
special offers or services, or products. You may choose to stop receiving
these emails at any time. Information on how to opt out of receiving email is
provided with every marketing email.
Changing or Deleting Information
You may change any contact information you have provided us by emailing us
or calling us at the phone number provided above.
Links
BBQ Sauce of the Month.com provides links on our Web site to other sites we
think you will enjoy. These sites operate independently of BBQ Sauce of the
Month.com and have established their own privacy and security policies. For
the best online experience, we strongly encourage you to review these
policies at any site you visit.
Policy
Changes
From time to time, we may use customer information for unanticipated uses not
previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices
change, we will post these changes on our Web site. We encourage you to
review our privacy policy periodically.
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