Dare Foods Inc. (“Dare Foods” or “we”) respects your privacy and will only collect, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy outlines the type of personal information that is collected by Dare Foods from consumers, suppliers, distributors, service providers, website visitors and other individuals (“individuals” or “you”) and how we use and protect it. This Privacy Policy also tells you what to do if you do not want your Personal Information used for marketing purposes, and how you can change information you have already provided to us.
This Privacy Policy applies to Dare Foods and its personnel, representatives and agents. As used in this Privacy Policy, “Dare Foods” does not include resellers or distributors of Dare Foods products and services. Dare Foods shall comply with United States federal and state privacy legislation as it is enacted and applicable privacy legislation in jurisdictions where Dare Foods carries on business. Dare Foods operations in jurisdictions with less stringent privacy laws are expected to make all reasonable efforts to meet the requirements of this Privacy Policy. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy or otherwise will create, or add to, any right or claim (whether legal, equitable or otherwise) that any individual or person may have at law or otherwise against Dare Foods or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Dare Foods Group”); nor will the existence of this Privacy Policy or its application impose any obligations or liability upon Dare Foods, or add to any such obligation or liability, that the Dare Foods does not already otherwise have to any individual or person at law or otherwise.
CONSENT BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU AGREE TO DARE FOODS’ COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. Subject to legal and contractual requirements, and reasonable notice, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to certain of the purposes described in Section 3 at any time by contacting us as described in Section 8. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide or continue to provide products, services and information which may be of value to you.
“Personal information” as used in this Privacy Policy means information about an identifiable individual, as defined in applicable privacy laws. Personal information may include your name, home address, home telephone number, home e-mail address, preferences and opinions. Consumers: Dare Foods may collect personal information about consumers when they submit information to our websites, call our Consumer Services Contact Centre or otherwise communicate with us (e.g. to enter a contest, send eCARDs, request information or mailings, buy a product or service, or participate in a survey). Third Parties: In limited circumstances, Dare Foods may collect personal information about third parties. For example, some of our websites offer visitors the ability to send information to a friend by e-mail (a recipe). A visitor may provide us with his or her friend’s name and e-mail address. Please note that Dare Foods will use such information only for the specified purpose (e.g. to send the recipe) and we will not contact the third party again unless and until the third party contacts us. Children: Dare Foods is committed to protecting the privacy of children and we do not knowingly solicit information from children under the age of 13. If a child under the age of 13 wishes to send us personal information, he or she is required to provide Dare Foods with his or her parent’s or guardian’s e-mail address so that we can obtain permission. If a child has already provided us with personal information, his or her parent or guardian may contact us for the purpose of correcting or deleting this information (please see “Who to Contact” in Section 8 below). We encourage parents of children under the age of 13 to regularly check and monitor their children’s use of e-mail and the Dare Foods websites.
Dare Foods and its agents, affiliates and service providers may collect, use and/or disclose Personal Information for one or more of the following purposes:
Dare Foods collects, uses and discloses personal information in accordance with the following ten privacy principles which form the basis of this Privacy Policy.
Accountability Dare Foods is responsible for personal information under its control and has designated Privacy Officers to be accountable for Dare Foods’ compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws.
Identifying Purposes for Collection of Personal Information Dare Foods identifies the purposes for which personal information is collected at or before the time the personal information is collected. Some of the identified purposes for which Dare Foods currently collects, uses or discloses personal information are described in Section 3 above.
Obtaining Consent for Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Information The knowledge and consent of an individual are required for the collection, use, or disclosure of his or her personal information, except as permitted by law. In obtaining consent, Dare Foods uses reasonable efforts to ensure that an individual is advised of the identified purposes for which personal information will be used or disclosed. In determining the appropriate form of consent, Dare Foods takes into account the sensitivity of the personal information and the reasonable expectations of a reasonable person. An individual may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. At that time, Dare Foods will advise the individual of the implications of such withdrawal.
Limiting Collection of Personal Information Dare Foods limits the collection of personal information, both the amount and the type of information, to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by Dare Foods Dare Foods collects personal information by fair and lawful means, and not by misleading or deceiving individuals about the purpose for which information is being collected.
Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention of Personal Information Dare Foods does not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than the identified purposes for which it is collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required or permitted by law. Dare Foods retains personal information only as long as is necessary to fulfill the identified purposes.
Accuracy of Personal Information Personal information held by Dare Foods is as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used. Information will be sufficiently accurate, complete, and up-to-date to minimize the possibility that inappropriate information may be used to make a decision about an individual. Dare Foods does not routinely update personal information, unless such process is necessary to fulfill the identified purposes. We rely on individuals to inform us of any changes to their personal information. To update your personal information, please see Section 8 below.
Security Safeguards Dare Foods protects personal information by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. Dare Foods uses reasonable efforts and security measures to protect personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, modification, disposal or destruction.
Openness Concerning Policies and Practices Dare Foods makes this Privacy Policy readily available to individuals in order to provide specific information about its policies and practices relating to the management of personal information. This Privacy Policy is available on the Dare Foods website at http://www.darefoods.com/privacy.html and upon request to the Consumer Services Contact Center via the contact information provided below.
Individual Access to Personal Information Upon written request from an individual, Dare Foods will inform the individual of the existence, use, and disclosure of his or her personal information and, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, will give the individual a reasonable opportunity to review the personal information collected by Dare Foods will make every reasonable effort to provide personal information in an understandable form within a reasonable time, generally within 30 days, and at minimal cost to the individual. An individual will be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate. If access is denied, Dare Foods will inform the requesting individual in writing.
Challenging Compliance Consumers may address a challenge concerning compliance with this Privacy Policy to Dare Foods’ Consumer Services Contact Center. Suppliers, resellers, distributors, retailers and other organizations and individuals may contact their Dare Foods representative. If an issue is not resolved, individuals may contact the Dare Foods. All contact information is provided in Section 8 below.
In addition to the purposes identified above, from time to time Dare Foods may collect or disclose personal information from or to:
Cookies When you access Dare Foods websites, we may use a browser feature called a ‘cookie’ to collect information that is not personally identifiable (such as the type of Internet browser and operating system you use, the domain name of the website from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on our website, and pages viewed). A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that identifies your browser, but not you, to our computers each time you visit one of our websites that uses cookies. Unless you specifically inform us (e.g. by completing a Dare Foods e-newsletter enrolment form), we will not know who you are. In addition to the identified purposes described in our Privacy Policy, Dare Foods may use this cookie information and share it with our affiliates and other organizations with whom we have a commercial relationship to measure the use of our websites and to improve the functionality and content of the websites.
Online and Offline Communications In order to provide you with a product, service or information, you may voluntarily submit personal information to us for purposes such as registering for our services, obtaining information, corresponding with us, and participating in contests and surveys. We may combine and store personal information about your use of our websites and the online information you have provided with certain other online and offline information we may have collected.
E-Mail Communications If you subscribe to any of our e-newsletters or other similar website services, Dare Foods may send you e-mail communications with information that may be useful to you, including information about the products and services of Dare Foods, its affiliates and other third parties with whom we have a commercial relationship. We will include instructions on how to unsubscribe and inform us of your preferences if you decide you do not want to receive any future marketing or promotional e-mails from Dare Foods. In addition, at any time you may let us know that you wish to discontinue such mailings or contact by contacting the Consumer Services Contact Center.
Links Our websites may contain links to other websites which are provided to you as a convenience only. You are advised that other third party websites may have different privacy practices than Dare Foods, and Dare Foods has no responsibility for such third party websites.
Dare Foods reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any change to this Privacy Policy, we will post such changes on our website and will be available upon request to the Consumer Services Contact Center. However, Dare Foods will seek an individual’s consent if it seeks to collect, use or disclose his or her personal information for purposes other than those to which the individual has consented unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
Consumers and Website Visitors: Please contact our Consumer Services Contact Center by sending an e-mail to darefoodsinfo_en_us@darefoods.com, or call toll free 1-800-668-3273 (9 a.m. — 5 p.m. Eastern time. Weekdays.) If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or to do any of the following:
Dare Foods Service Providers, Suppliers, Distributors, Retailers and for all other privacy-related inquiries:
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact the Dare Foods representative that you correspond with in the normal course of your business relationship with Dare Foods. If any privacy-related issues or questions are not resolved through our representative, contact our Consumer Services Contact Center at the numbers noted above.
Date Last Revised:
Effective October 6, 2004
Description of Revisions:
Not applicable
Dare Foods is committed to protecting your privacy. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy.