Eat Greater Des Moines Privacy Policy

The Eat Greater Des Moines ("Eat Greater Des Moines") Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") applies to all users of the Eat Greater Des Moines app and all other Eat Greater Des Moines websites, apps, developer platforms and other products and services (each, a "Service," and collectively the "Services"). Eat Greater Des Moines's Terms of Service (the "Terms of Service") is incorporated herein by reference and is available at https://www.eatgreaterdesmoines.org. All defined terms in the Privacy Policy shall have the same meaning as defined in the Terms of Service. Eat Greater Des Moines adheres to the following policies with regard to Your privacy.

  1. Definitions

    1. "NPI" is information that is not personally identifiable and that is obtained through Your use of the Services.
    2. "PII" is non-public information that is personally identifiable and obtained in connection with providing a product or service to You. It may include information such as name and address that You provide to Eat Greater Des Moines.

  2. Information Collected

    When You use the Services, Eat Greater Des Moines collects NPI such as Your browser type and IP address. Likewise, in order to offer You meaningful products and services and for other reasons, Eat Greater Des Moines may collect PII about You from the following sources:

    Registration

    In order to use the Service, You must provide Eat Greater Des Moines the following information to create an account: name, email address, address and mobile phone number. Eat Greater Des Moines may give you the option to sign up for the Services using your Facebook or other social media account. Use of the Services is limited to Users (as defined in the Terms of Service) who are eighteen (18) years of age or older and/or have legal capacity to form a binding contract

    Eat Greater Des Moines may request other information from You during or after the registration process that Eat Greater Des Moines uses to provide better and more customized services to its customers. You acknowledge that this information is personal to You, and by creating an account on Eat Greater Des Moines , You may allow others, including Eat Greater Des Moines , to identify You and to allow Eat Greater Des Moines to use Your information in accordance with the Terms of Service.

    Customer Service

    Eat Greater Des Moines collects information when You interact with Eat Greater Des Moines's customer service in order to accurately categorize and respond to customer inquiries and investigate breaches of Eat Greater Des Moines's Terms of Service.

    Using Third Party Services and Visiting Third Party Sites

    Information You provide to third-party sites/websites through the Service are not within the control of Eat Greater Des Moines and You provide such information at Your own risk. The terms and conditions of use and the privacy policies of those websites that You provide information to through the Service will govern their use of such information. Any information You share with third-party services through the Service will be collected by Eat Greater Des Moines. Eat Greater Des Moines will use such information in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

    Use of Cookies

    The Services may send a "Cookie" to Your computer. A Cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to Your browser from a web server and stored on Your computer's hard drive. A Cookie cannot read data off Your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage Your system. Cookies allow Eat Greater Des Moines to recognize You as a user when You return to the Eat Greater Des Moines website using the same computer and web browser. Eat Greater Des Moines uses cookies to identify which areas of the Services You have used, so the next time You use the Services, those pages may be readily accessible. Eat Greater Des Moines also may use this information to better personalize the content that You see while using the Services. Most browser software can be set to reject Cookies. However, if You reject Eat Greater Des Moines's Cookies, certain functionality on the Services may not work correctly or at all. Eat Greater Des Moines does not link NPI from Cookies to Your PII.

    In the course of optimizing the Service, Eat Greater Des Moines may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize a unique cookie on Your browser. Any information provided to third parties through cookies will not be personally identifiable, but may provide general segment information for the enhancement of Your user experience by providing more relevant advertising. Eat Greater Des Moines does not store unencrypted PII in the cookies.

    Web Beacons

    Eat Greater Des Moines also may use "Web Beacons," pixels, anonymous ad network tags, and Cookies to collect NPI about Your use of the Services and the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers, to collect anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for advertisers, and to collect data related to Your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information collected by Web Beacons also allows Eat Greater Des Moines to statistically monitor how many people open Eat Greater Des Moines's emails and for what purposes these actions are being taken. Eat Greater Des Moines's Web Beacons are not used to track Your activity outside of the Services or the websites of Eat Greater Des Moines's sponsors. Eat Greater Des Moines does not link NPI from Web Beacons to PII without Your permission. However, because Your web browser requests advertisements and web beacons directly from ad network servers, these networks can view, edit or set their own cookies, just as if You had requested a web page from their site. If You are a non-registered Visitor of the Services, the only information Eat Greater Des Moines collects will be NPI through the use of cookies or web beacons.

    Log files, IP Addresses and information about Your computer and mobile device

    Due to the communications standards on the internet, when You visit the Services Eat Greater Des Moines automatically receives the URL of the Services from which You came and the Services to which You are going when You leave Eat Greater Des Moines's Services. Eat Greater Des Moines also receives the internet protocol ("IP") address of Your computer (or the proxy server You use to access the World Wide Web), Your computer operating system and type of web browser You are using, email patterns, Your mobile device (including Your UDID) and mobile operating system (if You are accessing the Services using a mobile device), as well as the name of Your ISP or Your mobile carrier. Eat Greater Des Moines may also receive location data passed to it from third-party services or GPS-enabled devices that You have enabled. Also, as described above, Eat Greater Des Moines receives information when You access third-party web pages through the Service. The link between Your IP address and Your PII is not shared with third parties without Your permission, except as described in Section 8. ("When Eat Greater Des Moines May Disclose Your Information"), below.

  3. Exemptions from Privacy Policy

    Eat Greater Des Moines's Privacy Policy does not apply to any information You may send to Eat Greater Des Moines by email or instant messaging programs (i.e. AOL, Yahoo, etc.), as email and instant messages are not recognized as secure communication forms. As such, Eat Greater Des Moines requests that You do not send any information, which You consider private, to Eat Greater Des Moines by email or instant message.

  4. Use of PII

    Eat Greater Des Moines uses and/or intends to use Personal Information to:


  5. Links/Postings to Other Sites

    The Services may contain links to other websites. Eat Greater Des Moines is not responsible for the actions, practices, or content of such websites linked to or from the Services. You understand that such websites may have their own legal documents to which You must agree to prior to using and that Eat Greater Des Moines has no control over these legal documents. As always, You understand that it is Your responsibility to verify Your legal use of a website as well as use of information from the website with the corresponding website owner

  6. Market Research

    Eat Greater Des Moines may conduct online research surveys in order to gather feedback about the Services and opinions on important issues, through email invitations. When participating in a survey, Eat Greater Des Moines may ask You to submit PII. This PII is used for research purposes, and is not used for sales solicitations. PII collected through market research will be used only by Eat Greater Des Moines and will not be given or sold to a third party without Your consent or as otherwise permitted by this Privacy Policy.

  7. Use of Aggregate Data

    Eat Greater Des Moines may combine NPI You provide through the Services with information from other users to create aggregate data that may be disclosed to third parties. Aggregate information does not contain any information that could be used to identify You and does not include Your personal contact information.

  8. When Eat Greater Des Moines May Disclose Your Information

    Except as set forth below or as specifically agreed to by You, Eat Greater Des Moines will not disclose any PII as gathered from You through the Services.

    1. Eat Greater Des Moines may share PII in limited fashion to Eat Greater Des Moines's contractors and service providers that perform services on Eat Greater Des Moines's behalf, including, but not limited to, operation of the Services technology, marketing services, and other related services. Unless You have opted-out (see Section 8.C. below) of such sharing, these contractors also may have access to Your email address to send newsletters or special promotions to You on Eat Greater Des Moines's behalf or to send emails to You for purposes such as conducting market research on Eat Greater Des Moines's behalf. Access to Your PII by such contractors and service providers is limited to the information reasonably necessary for the contractor to perform its limited function for Eat Greater Des Moines. Eat Greater Des Moines also contractually requires that such contractors and service providers: 1) protect the privacy of Your PII consistent with this Privacy Policy, and 2) not use or disclose Your PII for any purpose other than providing Eat Greater Des Moines with products and services as required by law.
    2. Eat Greater Des Moines may share PII Eat Greater Des Moines collects, as permitted by law, to companies such as credit reporting agencies, or servicing and processing companies, or when required or advised to do so in response to a valid legal requirement to release this information such as a state or federal law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as in response to a physical threat to You or others, to protect property, or defend or assert legal rights, to defend ourselves in litigation. In the event that Eat Greater Des Moines is legally compelled to disclose Your PII to a third party, Eat Greater Des Moines will attempt to notify You unless doing so would violate the law or court order.
    3. If You prefer that Eat Greater Des Moines does not share certain information with its contractors and service providers, as described above, You can direct Eat Greater Des Moines not to share that information by contacting Eat Greater Des Moines at foodrescue@eatgreaterdesmoines.org. Please note that an opt-out with respect to information sharing will not apply to information sharing arrangements described in Sections 8. A or B.
    4. Finally, Eat Greater Des Moines may provide content and services to You through websites other than those contained in the Services. Eat Greater Des Moines will not disclose Your PII to these 3rd party websites without Your consent, but You should be aware that any information You disclose on such sites is NOT subject to this Privacy Policy

  9. Security Policy & User ID/Password

    The Services utilize various information security measures such as internet firewalls, an intrusion detection system, encrypted data transmission, and operating procedures to protect Your personal data, accounts, passwords, etc. This information is kept completely separate and confidential, unless You have given someone-else Your user ID and password. As such, You should protect Your user ID and password and NOT share it with anyone. If You believe Your user ID and password have been compromised and You have trouble changing your user ID/password on the Services, please contact Eat Greater Des Moines's technical support department at foodrescue@eatgreaterdesmoines.org.

  10. CAN-SPAM Compliance Notice

    Eat Greater Des Moines and its affiliates fully comply with the federal CAN-SPAM Act. You can always opt out of receipt of further email correspondence from Eat Greater Des Moines.

  11. Transfer of Ownership

    If the entire or substantial ownership of the Services were to change, Your user information may be transferred to the new owner so the Services can continue operations. In any such transfer of information, Your user information would remain subject to the promises of Eat Greater Des Moines 's then current Privacy Policy.

  12. Notice to Residents of Countries outside of the United States of America

    Eat Greater Des Moines is headquartered in the United States of America. Personal Information may be accessed by Eat Greater Des Moines or transferred to Eat Greater Des Moines in the United States or to Eat Greater Des Moines 's affiliates, business partners, merchants, or service providers elsewhere in the world. By providing Eat Greater Des Moines with PII, You consent to this transfer. Eat Greater Des Moines will protect the privacy and security of PII according to Eat Greater Des Moines's Privacy Policy, regardless of where it is processed or stored.

  13. California Privacy Rights

    Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information about the types of PII that companies with whom they have an established business relationship have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. In particular, the law provides that companies must inform consumers about the categories of PII that have been shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Eat Greater Des Moines pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact Eat Greater Des Moines via email to foodrescue@eatgreaterdesmoines.org

  14. Deletion of User Data

    Should You wish to request the deletion of PII data from the Services, please email Eat Greater Des Moines's customer service department foodrescue@eatgreaterdesmoines.org.

  15. Your Acceptance of This Privacy Policy

    This is Eat Greater Des Moines 's entire Privacy Policy and it supersedes any earlier version. You agree to it every time You use the Services.

    If Eat Greater Des Moines makes any material changes to this Privacy Policy, Eat Greater Des Moines will notify You by email or by posting a prominent notice on the Services prior to the change becoming effective. Eat Greater Des Moines encourages You to periodically review this page for the latest information on Eat Greater Des Moines's privacy practices. Your continued use of the Services or Service constitutes Your agreement to be bound by such changes to this Policy. Your only remedy, if You do not accept the terms of this Policy, is to discontinue use of the Services.


Questions About This Privacy Policy

Should You have a privacy question about the Services, please email Eat Greater Des Moines's customer service department foodrescue@eatgreaterdesmoines.org.