Privacy
policy
Your information is
safe with us. You can read our Privacy
Policy below to see what information
we collect and our security assurance.
This Privacy Policy
covers Homemade Gourmet’s®
treatment of personally identifiable information
that Homemade Gourmet® collects
when you are on a Homemade Gourmet®
website, and when you use Homemade Gourmet®
services.
This policy does not
apply to the practices of companies that
Homemade Gourmet® does not
own or control or to people that Homemade
Gourmet® does not employ
or manage.
Homemade Gourmet®
uses information for three general purposes:
to customize the advertising and content
you see, to fulfill your requests for certain
products and services, and to contact you
about specials and new products.
Cookies
Cookies are essential "invisible"
data files that act as an electronic messenger
between your computer and our web site.
Cookies enable us to save personal information
about you on your computer. The most basic
cookie tracks what is in your shopping basket.
This saves you time, as you will not have
to re-input your Personal Information each
time you visit or shop with us. Cookies
store your Personal Information for you.
All Internet browsers have a notification
option to let you know when an "invisible"
cookie is being sent to you. Through your
browser options you can choose not to accept
the cookie. However, in not accepting the
cookie, you may not be able to experience
all functions of homemadegourmet.com.
We may use your IP address
to help diagnose problems with our servers
and to administer our web sites. Your IP
address also may be used to gather broad
demographic information and to recognize
customer traffic patterns and site usage.
This information aids us in merchandising
and in developing the design and layout
of the site. IP addresses are not linked
to personally identifiable information.
Information
Usage
Homemade Gourmet® may collect
information from several different points
on our web site. This information includes
but is not limited to the length of each
visit, how often you visit, which areas
of our site you visit, and items that you
purchase, and is collected solely for the
purpose of making your Homemade Gourmet®
experience the best it can be. This data
helps us make better choices about the information
we include on our site.
In addition, we may
also use the information collected to occasionally
notify you about important changes to our
website, new services and offers that we
feel might interest you. If you would rather
not receive this information, simply follow
the directions in the mailing to unsubscribe
from the mailing list.
Information
Sharing
Homemade Gourmet® uses the
information we collect solely for our business
purposes. We do not sell or share personal
information to third parties. However, we
may provide aggregate information and statistics
about our customers, sales and related site-information
to our third party vendors, but this information
and statistics will include no personally
identifying information. Please note that
we may release information in good faith
as is reasonably necessary to comply with
the law or protect our rights.
Security
Whether you place an order or create a profile,
we offer the use of a secure server. The
industry-standard secure server software
(SSL) that we use encrypts all information
you input before it is sent to us. In addition,
all of the customer data we collect is protected
against unauthorized access. Credit card
numbers are temporarily stored until the
order has been internally confirmed. At
the point, the number is removed.
No data transmission
over the Internet will be 100% secure. While
we take steps to protect your personal information,
we cannot guarantee the security of any
information you transmit to us and you do
so at your own risk. Upon receiving your
transmission, we make all reasonable efforts
to ensure its security on our systems. However,
you are ultimately responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your username, passwords
and/or any account information.
To check the security
of your connection, look at the lower left-hand
corner of your browser window after accessing
the server. If you see an unbroken key or
a closed lock (depending on your browser),
then SSL is active. You can also double-check
by looking at the URL line of your browser.
When accessing a secure server, the first
characters of the site address will change
from "http" to "https."
Some versions of browsers
and some firewalls don’t permit communication
through secure servers like the ones we
use to process orders. In that case, you’ll
be unable to connect to the server, which
means you won’t be able to mistakenly
place an order through an unsecured connection.
If you cannot access the secure server for
any reason, please print our order form
and place your order by phone or by fax.
Children
We do not intend to collect any personal
information (such as name, address, telephone
number, age or email address) from persons
under 13 years of age. If a parent or guardian
of a child who has provided us with such
information would like the information deleted
from our records, he or she should contact
Customer Service at customerservice@homemadegourmet.com.
We will make reasonable efforts to delete
the child’s information from our existing
files.
Surveys &
Contests
Our site may request information from you
via surveys or contests. Participation in
these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and you therefore have 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 and for our internal marketing
research purposes.
Links
Our Site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that we 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 from them. This Privacy Policy
applies solely to information collected
by this Site.
Your Consent
By using our Site, you agree to let us collect
and use information per the guidelines of
this policy. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post changes on
this page so that you are always aware of
what information we collect and how we use
it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy
statement, contact customersupport@homemadegourmet.com.
This Privacy Policy
was last updated on March 20, 2003. |
