| Your Privacy is Important to Us.
The Privacy Policy of Foodsmart. (hereafter referred to as "Company") demonstrates our commitment
to your privacy rights. Since we gather certain types of information about our users, we want users
to fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information.
This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or
change it.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact
the Company at webmaster@foodsmart.biz
1. Information the Company Gathers and Tracks
The Company gathers information about our users that they submit to our registration page.
This information enables us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and
for future e-mail promotion.
The Company gathers user information in the following processes:
Cookies
The Company minimizes the use of cookies to only those necessary to properly route users within
our site. This site may choose to use cookies to better promote their products and services.
Usage Tracking
The Company tracks information related to overall user traffic patterns throughout our site in
order to make decisions regarding content and services.
Log Files
Log files are used to track and monitor traffic patterns on our site for maintenance purposes.
The logs are not used to track or monitor personally identifiable information.
Optional Registration
The Company offers free voluntary registration to our users. During registration the user is required
to supply an e-mail address. This information is required if the user wants to participate in the
Company services.
E-mail Offers
The Company e-mails free information to our users. We gather the e-mail addresses of users who
voluntarily opt-in during our registration process.
Tell-A-Friend
Users can choose to electronically notify the Company of an individual who may be interested in our
services. Users must provide the Company with the e-mail address of the intended recipient.
This information is not retained nor used for any other purpose than the intent of promoting our
services to that individual one time.
User Feedback/Inquiries
Users have the ability to contact the Company to provide us with their feedback. The Company does
not retain this information for any purpose other than to respond to the user.
Outside Links
This site contains links to other sites. Users will be taken to a separate site if they click
on one of these links. The Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any
secondary websites. We encourage all users to review the privacy policy of any site they visit.
Other Circumstances
From time to time, the Company may contests or other events that require
the collection, processing, and storage of individual contact and demographic information to
be used for the event. We do not require the user to provide additional information to participate
in the event. The Company may also co-sponsor these events along with other companies in which case
the user's individual contact and demographic information will not be released to third party or
non-participating organizations without the user's consent. The Company will request that co-sponsors
of such events uphold the privacy and appropriate use of the registrants' information.
2. Use of Information
The Company uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on
our website, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare
future content based on the interests of our users.
We also use information, which users voluntarily provide, in order to send out electronic mailings.
Users may opt-out of receiving mailings by e-mailing webmaster@foodsmart.biz
The Company also creates internal reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for our
advertisers and partners. The Company does not include any personally identifiable information
in our reports. This information allows our advertisers to promote more effectively, and allows
our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs.
3. Sharing of Information
The Company uses the information described above to tailor our content and help our advertisers and
third party marketers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our
services free. We share personally identifiable information with our advertisers and third party
marketers. The Company does not control the practices of our advertisers or third party marketers.
All information provided to the Company by a registrant may be used to support our suppression,
validation and enhancement services to marketing companies, advertising agencies, compilers, and
data companies. For example, data provided by a registrant, such as opt-out information, may be used
by our customer to suppress or drop names from that customer's prospect file; other information may be
used to verify that existing data on the registrant lawfully acquired by such customer is accurate.
In addition, a Company customer may use data supplied to enhance or append demographic or lifestyle
data to such customer's file.
The Company also participates in affiliate network programs and various co-marketing partnerships
to promote our site. For this purpose, we receive and share information in order to analyze site
traffic and pattern information so we can evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. The Company
does not share or receive personally identifiable information for these site-to-site traffic-building
programs.
As a rule, the Company will not intentionally disclose personally identifiable information about
its users to any third party without first receiving the user's permission. However, the Company
may disclose personally identifiable information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to edicts of law or comply with legal process;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Company's advertising service, and (c) act under
exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of any user of the Company's advertising service.
4. Delete/Deactivate Policy
Users may unsubscribe to our electronic mailings at any time by e-mailing webmaster@foodsmart.biz
5. Notification of Changes
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously
disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we
will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the
ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you
should check back at our Web site periodically.
6. Security Policy
The Company takes every reasonable precaution to protect our user's information. When you submit
information, your information is protected both on-line and off-line in accordance with applicable
laws, regulations, and industry standards.
We can be reached via e-mail at webmaster@foodsmart.biz. The Company takes online privacy
seriously, and does not share the information users have submitted without their permission.
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