Effective as of November 1, 2010
This website and its operators (“The Candid Cook”) are committed to your right to privacy and to keeping your personal information private. Because our website includes areas in which you may provide information about yourself, we have developed a Privacy Policy, described below, to inform you of The Candid Cook’s policy and practice regarding information we collect about you on this website. By using this website or providing your contact information (e.g., email address), you consent to our practices concerning the collection and use of information. If you have additional questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at thecandidcook@gmail.com .
This Privacy Policy governs the collection of information at the website located at the URL http://www.thecandidcook.com as well as any information you submit to The Candid Cook via email, and describes what information our website collects about you, how it is collected and how it is used.
Because our business will continue to evolve, from time to time our policies will be reviewed and may be revised. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version of the Privacy Policy on our website. The Candid Cook will notify you of any significant changes to this Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on our web site.
Information Collected About You
The Candid Cook collects certain personal information about you whenever you send an email to The Candid Cook. The personal information you provide can identify you and/or your business, and includes such items as your name, your employer’s name, email and U.S. mail address, and office and home telephone and fax numbers.
The Candid Cook also collects or logs other information about you when you visit this website. This information includes your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and your domain name. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by the Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) computer through which you access the Internet, and a domain name is the name of the ISP computer itself through which you access the Internet.
The Candid Cook logs IP addresses and domain names and aggregates them for system administration and to monitor the use of this website. We use the aggregated information, for example, to measure the number of visits to this website, the average time spent on this website, the number of pages viewed and to monitor various other website statistics. We also collect personal and company information that you provide by filling out one of our online forms. If you have joined our Email Alert service, we may send you, via email, press releases or notifications that have been posted to our website. If you do not wish to receive these communications from us, please unsubscribe.
Contacting The Candid Cook through Email
If you have a question or comment about The Candid Cook, this website or the website’s content, you may contact us by any of the ways listed on the Contact link on this website. Please be aware that any submission to and/or communication with The Candid Cook is subject to our Terms and Conditions, and your submission indicates your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions. Our Terms and Conditions are also available on our website.
How Your Information Is Used
We use the information you have provided to us in an online form to respond to your request for information about The Candid Cook or comments you may have about this website, for our management or Board of Directors, our governance practices or other services provided by The Candid Cook. If you so request, you may be added to our email distribution list.
We do not provide personal information to third parties for their sale or use. We will, however, disclose personal information to comply with valid legal processes such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, or to protect our rights and property or the property or personal safety of another user of the website or any member of the public.
Changing or Deleting Your Email Address and Other Information
All information that you provide to us is collected and stored automatically at the time that you provide your information. If you would like to delete your email address from our Email Alert list, please unsubscribe from the Email Alert .
From time to time, The Candid Cook may also request a verification of your email address in order to update the Email Alerts distribution lists we maintain. The Candid Cook may delete email addresses from the Email Alert distribution list when Email addresses cannot be verified. An email address that can not be verified will be removed from the Email Alert list. If you believe that you have been mistakenly removed from the Email Alerts list, please contact us at thecandidcook@gmail.com .
Removal of Your Information from Our Website
The Candid Cook will honor your written request to delete information about you from our system. However, the need to back up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your information may exist in an archival copy of our electronic files even after it is removed from our active files.
How Your Information Is Protected
The Candid Cook will take steps we deem reasonably necessary to protect the information you provide to us. We review from time to time our security procedures and mechanisms to ensure that adequate protections are in place. Our website may contain links to other websites. The Candid Cook is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of these other websites. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions and privacy policy of those websites.
Questions about our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or our information collection practices, please contact us at thecandidcook@gmail.com .
