Privacy Policy

This Website is published and maintained by Chef Jason Roberts, together with his affiliates (“Company”). Company, together with its affiliates, are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as “we,” “us,” “our,” or other similar pronouns.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) governs the information collection, use and disclosure practices of the Company website (www.chefjasonroberts.com) and any other websites on which it is posted (collectively, the “Website”). By visiting the Website, and/or using the services offered on or through the Websites, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as they may be amended from time to time. As we update and expand our services, this Privacy Policy may change, so check back to this page from time to time. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, the Company Website Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Websites in general.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that you may provide to us, or that we may obtain, other than through our Website, such as by phone, through postal mail and through other live and print media.

The Website is intended for users who are located in the United States of America. This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted under the laws of the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please do not submit any Personal Information through the Website.

PURPOSE

The privacy of your information is important to us. In order to make your use of our Website as worthwhile as possible, we may collect Personal Information from and about you, and we may collect certain information from your computer about you and your visits to our Website. “Personal Information” includes, for example, your name; mailing and billing address; gender; age; e-mail address; telephone, wireless and/or fax number; short message service or text message address or other wireless device address; credit card numbers, expiration dates and security codes; and/or other information that may identify you as an individual or allow online or offline contact with you as an individual. This Privacy Policy explains, in general, what Personal Information and other information is collected on the Website, how the information is used, and with whom we may share such information.

No one under the age of 18 is permitted to use our Website. Therefore, do not submit any Personal Information of minors to us through the Website.

RIGHT TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT

You may have the right to “opt in” and “opt out” of certain of our uses of your Personal Information. For example, you may opt out of Company’s promotional e-mails or newsletters, should we send you any, by clicking on an opt out link within the e-mail you receive.

Please understand that if you opt out of receiving promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact you in connection with your relationship, activities, transactions and communications with us.

WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON THIS WEBSITE?

User-Provided Information

We may collect Personal Information from users of our Website, for example, through such user’s activities and transactions. Such information may also be collected, for example, if users register or subscribe for accounts or features on our Website, make online purchases, complete surveys, submit a comment or question to us using a “contact us” or similar feature on our Website, submit e-mail addresses to us, or in any other way that you submit Personal Information to us via our Website.

Please note that if you give out personal information online—for example, on one of our public forums, such as a message board or chat room, folder, chat IM feature—that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users’ privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums and have no control over how such third parties may use your information. You disclose such information at your own risk.

Website Usage Information

We may use “cookies” to keep, and sometimes track, information about you. Cookies are small data files that are sent to your browser or related software from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies track where you travel on our Website, and what you look at and purchase. They may store the information in your shopping cart, and/or your username and/or password, if any. A cookie may enable us to relate your use of our Website to other information about you, including your Personal Information. All of these purposes serve to improve and personalize your experience on our Website.

Most web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. Additionally, if you have a Flash player installed on your computer, your Flash player can be set to reject or delete Flash cookies. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases, preclude you from using, or negatively impact the display or function of, the Website or certain areas or features of the Website.

By using our Website, you consent to our use of cookies as described above.

Clear GIFs

We may use “clear GIFs” (aka “web beacons” or “pixel tags”) or similar technologies, in the Website and/or in our communications with you to enable us to know whether you have visited a web page or received a message. A clear GIF is typically a one-pixel, transparent image (although it can be a visible image as well), located on a web page or in an e-mail or other type of message, which is retrieved from a remote site on the Internet enabling the verification of an individual’s viewing or receipt of a web page or message. A clear GIF may enable us to relate your viewing or receipt of a web page or message to other information about you, including your Personal Information.

IP Address and Clickstream Data

Our server may automatically collect data about your Internet address when you visit us. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP Address, is a number that’s automatically assigned to your computer or network by your Internet service provider whenever you’re on the Internet. Our server may also record the web page from which you linked to the Website (e.g., another website or a search engine); the pages you visit on the Website; the website you visit after the Website; the ads you see and/or click on; other information about the type of web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms you have entered on the Website or a referral site; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers. We use this information for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Website. Such information may also be used to gather broad demographic information, such as country of origin and Internet Service Provider. We may also link this information with your Personal Information.

Any or all of these activities with regard to Website usage information may be performed on our behalf by our service providers.

Geographic Location Data

We may ask you whether you permit us to collect data about your physical location at the time you log onto our Website. If you consent, we may collect this information, and we may link this information with your Personal Information.

How is the Personal Information used?

We may use the Personal Information you provide to our Website, for example, to respond to your requests, process your orders or transactions, and to provide you with our product and service offerings. We may also use your Personal Information to maintain our internal record keeping, and improve our services. We may match information collected from you through different means or at different times, including both Personal Information and Website usage information, and use such information along with information obtained from other sources, including third parties.

In addition, we may send you notices (for example, in the form of e-mails, mailings, and the like), and otherwise correspond with you, about products, services, companies and events, sponsored by us and others, that we think might interest you. You may opt out of receiving such notices from us by following the instructions in the RIGHT TO OPT IN AND OPT OUT section above.

We may analyze user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our Website and e-mails, both on an individual basis and in the aggregate.

We may share your Personal Information with suppliers who you have indicated you are interested in, or who you have asked us to contact on your behalf. We may also share your Personal Information, and other information we collect about you, with our business partners and suppliers to process and fulfill your requests for services. You further agree that our business partners may contact you by the means you have selected, even if that is by telephone and your telephone number is listed on a Do Not Call List. You also understand and agree that once your Personal Information is shared with our business partners or suppliers, the Company is no longer responsible for the security of such information, or what actions such business partners take with respect to you Personal Information. In the event that you wish not to receive any communications from our business partners or suppliers, you agree to notify the applicable party directly.

Service Providers

We may use third-party providers to help operate our Website, and to deliver our products and services, and may share your information with our service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for or through the Website or for our business (such as Website or database hosting companies, address list hosting companies, e-mail service providers, analytics companies, distribution companies, fulfillment companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on our behalf).

In addition, on occasion, we may collect personal identification information from you in connection with optional contests, sweepstakes, special offers or promotions. We will share such information with necessary third parties for the purpose of carrying out the contest, sweepstakes, special offer or promotion. Your participation in the contest, sweepstakes, special offer or promotion constitutes your consent to such disclosure and use of such information.

Further, the information you enter when making a purchase or an online donation will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties for the purpose of carrying out the transactions.

Website Usage and other Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We may disclose Website usage information and other non-personally identifiable information regarding our users and user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our Website and e-mails to third parties, including, for example, aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual user.

Legal Disclosures

We may disclose user information to government authorities, and to other third parties when requested by government authorities, at our discretion, or otherwise as required or permitted by law, including but not limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas. We also may disclose user information when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other users of the Website, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

BUSINESS TRANSFER

In the event that the Company, or substantially all of its assets, are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, Personal Information and other information about you may be one of the transferred assets.

WIRELESS ADDRESSES

If the e-mail address you provide to us is a wireless e-mail address, you agree to receive messages at such address from the Company (unless and until you have elected not to receive such messages by following the instructions in the RIGHT TO OPT IN AND OPT OUT section above). You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages, and that you may change your mind at any time by following the instructions in the RIGHT TO OPT IN AND OPT OUT section above. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges.

TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE

We may make available a service through which you can receive messages on your wireless device via short message service, otherwise known as “text messages” (“Text Message Service”). If you subscribe to one of our Text Message Services, you agree to receive text messages from us at the address you provide for such purposes (until you elect not to receive such messages by following the instructions in the RIGHT TO OPT IN AND OPT OUT section above).

You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages, and that you may change your mind at any time by following the instructions in the RIGHT TO OPT IN AND OPT OUT section above.

You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device you use to sign up for the Text Message Service, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges. To use the Text Message Service, you must be 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States. You must first register and provide all required Personal Information, which may include, for example, your name, text address, and wireless carrier. We may also obtain the date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of the Text Message Service. We will use the information we obtain in connection with our Text Message Service in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Your wireless carrier and other service providers may also collect data about your wireless device usage, and their practices are governed by their own policies.

You acknowledge and agree that the Text Message Service is provided via wireless systems which use radios (and other means) to transmit communications over complex networks. We do not guarantee that your use of the Text Message Service will be private or secure, and we are not liable to you for any lack of privacy or security you may experience. You are fully responsible for taking precautions and providing security measures best suited for your situation and intended use of the Text Message Service. We may also access the content of your account and/or wireless account with your carrier for the purpose of identifying and resolving technical problems and/or service-related complaints.

SECURITY

While we endeavor to protect the security and integrity of sensitive Personal Information collected via our Website, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle, we cannot guarantee that any information, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers.

If you contact us by e-mail or a “contact us” or similar feature on our Website, you should be aware that your transmission might not be secure. A third party could view information you send by these methods in transit. We will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.

In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your Personal Information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we would endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. You consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such notification.

PHISHING

With identity theft a continuing problem, it has become increasingly common for unauthorized individuals to send e-mail messages to consumers, purporting to represent a legitimate company such as a bank or on-line merchant, requesting that the consumer provide personal, often sensitive information. Sometimes, the domain name of the e-mail address from which the e-mail appears to have been sent, and the domain name of the website requesting such information, appears to be the domain name of a legitimate, trusted company. In reality, such sensitive information is received by an unauthorized individual to be used for purposes of identity theft. This illegal activity has come to be known as “phishing.”

If you receive an e-mail or other correspondence requesting that you provide any sensitive information (including any password or credit card information) via e-mail or to a Website that does not seem to be affiliated with our Website, or that otherwise seems suspicious to you, please do not provide such information, and report such request to us at: info [@] chefjasonroberts [.] com

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and such changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Website(s). Under certain circumstances (for example, in connection with certain material changes), we may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to our Privacy Policy by additional means, such as posting a notice on the front page of our Website(s) or sending you an e-mail.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by email at: info [@] chefjasonroberts [.] com

EFFECTIVE DATE

This Privacy Policy is effective as of: January 1, 2013