Privacy Policy

The Eating Emporium LLC (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) is dedicated to respecting the  privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes what information is  collected from you on http://www.theeatingemporium.com (hereinafter the “website”) and how it  is used. This Privacy Policy applies to this website and any products or services that we offer that link to this policy. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits, or views the  website. 

By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy  policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy  Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not  access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy. 

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY 

We respect the privacy of children and “child” means an individual under the age of 13. This  policy is in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). This  website’s information and content are only intended for people over the age of 18. This  website is not intended for children under the age of 13. Without prior parental or guardian  consent, we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children  under the age of 13. If you believe that personal information was collected without parental  or guardian consent from a child under the age of 13, please contact us to have that  information deleted.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED 

When you access the website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information  including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, address, avatar image,  credit card information when you make a purchase on the website (“personal information”).  

This information is collected when you register on the site, place an order, subscribe to a  newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other  feedback, fill out a form or use the live chat or enter any other information on the website to  communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit  when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website. 

Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to  better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or  transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you  offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or  phone). We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our  partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS  

Just like other websites, this website automatically collects certain information about you  through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is information about your computer’s  Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet  Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type. Similarly, 

Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the  pages you visit, the equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other  general patterns related to your use of the website. 

This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests,  improve our performance and your use of the website and to further enhance our products  and services offered to you. Please see Google’s Privacy and Terms to learn more about their  privacy practices. 

COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA 

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so  we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding  them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address and website/organization name is not shared with a third party and may be used to communicate  with you. 

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites  (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and others) can track your personal information.  Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be  voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It  becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control  over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you. 

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others. 

USE OF COOKIES 

The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are files with small  amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your  computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Just like other websites, we  automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited  to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors. 

Some features of our website may use Flash cookies, which are small files stored on your  computer by websites that use Adobe Flash Player. They can store data such as preferences,  settings and usage information like which pages you visit. The main difference between  traditional cookies and flash cookies is that they are not managed through the browser but  locally on your computer.

When you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email  address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to  fill in your details again when you leave another comment.  

If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to  determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is  discarded when you close your browser. 

We may use cookies for various reasons such as optimizing and personalizing your browsing experience, checking our website analytics, saving your preferences and settings for future  use, serving ads based on your liking and interests, affiliate marketing and posting comments  on our website.  

This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on  the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish  to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all the features and content  of this website. 

USE OF WEB BEACONS AND PIXELS 

In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web beacons, which are  also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags to collect general information about your  use of our website. They monitor user activity and are used to track customer behavior data.  This information may be relevant to third parties such as the ad networks used on our  website to tailor the advertising based on your behavior and interests. 

We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in  compliance with different social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and others) for  the purpose of promoting products, tracking conversions, remarketing, running target  advertisements and so forth.  

Third parties like Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons and other technologies  to collect and receive information from our website for the purpose of providing target  advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook or YouTube after you have visited our  website.  

THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND USE 

We may include, offer, or advertise third party links, products, or services on the website.  Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our  Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. 

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements,  etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor  has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed  additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are  logged in to that website. 

We may use Google AdSense advertising along with any other third-party advertising on the  website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve ads on the website for the  purpose of providing a positive user experience. Third-party vendors such as Google use  cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the website. You can opt-out of Google  by visiting their privacy policy and ad settings. 

We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies.  Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should  contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that  your use of these third-party websites is solely at your risk. 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION 

As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your  consent with the exception of the following circumstances: 

1. We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us such  as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, other service  providers that assist in the operation of the website, and any other affiliates and  subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you products and services offered here. 
2. We may disclose your information to contractors or third parties we use to support  our business. These parties may use your data only to provide the services requested  by us and for no other purpose, and they are bound by contractual obligations to  keep your information confidential. 
3. We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal  regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims  related to the website. 
4. We may disclose your information to enforce our website or product terms and  conditions or terms of sale and any other agreements we may have entered into for  billing and collection purposes. 
5. We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the  event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the future.  However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in  accordance with this privacy policy. 

EMAIL MARKETING 

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and  opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any  other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This  information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell or trade your email information  with third parties except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy. 

If you are in the European Union and opt-in to receive any of our free products or services  and/or purchase any products or services through our website then you will be subscribed to  receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it. Please see the Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us. 

But if you are NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically subscribed to  receive our free email newsletter once you opt-in to receive any of our free products or  services and/or purchase any products or services through our website. Please see the Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us. 

OPT-OUT 

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading  information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the  option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email we send to you  or by contacting us. 

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt-out from  their communications. 

We are in compliance with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we use to  collect your data. 

GDPR VISITOR RIGHTS (FOR EU AND UK CUSTOMERS AND VISITORS)  

If you are located in the European Union (“EU”) or the United Kingdom (“UK”), you are  entitled to certain rights and information listed below under the General Data Protection  Regulation (“GDPR). 

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: 

1. You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to  [email protected]. Please note that such requests may result in you no  longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you. 2. Our decision to cease using our existing data providers. 
2. The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services. 4. The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further  retention, or the Company finds it outdated. 

You have the right to request access to your data that we store and have the ability to access  your personal data. 

You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to verify  the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed completely 

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the  processing of your data, we can store your data but cannot process it further. 

You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances  including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research  purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling and tasks based on  legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority. 

You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right to request your  personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.  

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to the  Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent  any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred  prior to your withdrawal of consent. 

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction  over issues related to the GDPR. 

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with  you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a  condition of entering into a contract with us. 

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING DATA UNDER THE GDPR Under the GDPR, we may process your data under the following legal basis: 

• Consent: when you give us clear consent to process your personal data for one or  more specific purpose  
• Contractual Necessity: when processing your personal data is necessary to fulfil a  contract with you 
• Legal Obligation: when processing of your personal data is necessary to comply  with the law such as data related to taxes or employee records 
• Vital Interests: when processing of your personal data is necessary to protect your  life or health.  
• Public Interests: when processing of your personal data is necessary for the  performance of a task carried out in the public interest or for official functions. 
• Legitimate Interests: when processing of your personal data is necessary to further  our legitimate interests such as marketing activities. 

YOUR STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS 

State consumer privacy laws may give their residents additional rights in terms of how we  use their personal information. These privacy rights vary depending on the local laws that  apply to you. 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state  residents with rights to: 

• Confirm whether we process their personal information. 
• Access and delete certain personal information. 
• Data portability. 
• Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales. 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with  rights to: 

• Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the  information’s nature processing purpose. 
• Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly  significant effects. 

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain types of personal  information being sold by a business. The opt-out option does not apply to all types of data,  however; it does protect sensitive medical or financial data, for example. Please note that we  do not currently sell data that triggers the opt-out requirements of that statute. 

To exercise any of these rights above under different states, please contact us with your  request at [email protected] and please include your name, email address, and  mailing address.  

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) AND CALIFORNIA  PRIVACY RIGHTS ACT (CPRA) COMPLIANCE AND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS 

If you live in California, you have additional rights under California law, and we comply with  the CCPA and CPRA because we may have visitors from California on our website. Here are  your legal rights under CCPA/CPRA: 

• You have the right to know the categories of personal information we have  collected, sold or disclosed about you to third parties. 
• You have the right to opt-out of the sale and sharing of your personal information with third parties. If you are under the age of 16, you have the right to opt in to such sales, or to have a parent or guardian opt in on your behalf. 
• You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide  within 30 days of such request. 
• You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy. 
• You have the right to correct your personal information.  
• You have the right to have your personal information deleted, subject to some  exceptions. 
• You have the right to equal service, price and no discrimination 
• You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal information  and use it for your own purposes. 
• You have the right to consent and/or limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive  personal information. 

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED AND  DISCLOSED FOR A BUSINESS PURPOSE 

The types of personal information we collect and how we use it have already been listed above, but under the CCPA/CPRA, the following categories of personal information may  have been collected and disclosed for business purposes in the previous 12 months: 

• Identifiers such as your name, address, phone number, email address and other similar identifiers 
• Protected classification characteristics such as your age, gender, religion and  disability information  
• Commercial information such as your use of our products and services 
•  Internet/Network information such as your IP address, search history, browser  and device information 
• Geolocation data such as the information about your physical location or  movements 
• Sensory information such as audio, electronic, photos or other visual information  
• Professional or Employment Information such as your job history including  previous employer and performance evaluations  
• Biometric information such as fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, genetic and  physiological activity patterns. We do not collect any biometric information from  you.  
• Education information such as records related to your educational institution  (grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules and so forth). We do not collect any  such education information.  
• Inferences such as information reflecting your interests, preferences, characteristics,  physiological trends, and abilities.  
• Other Personal Information such as information provided by you directly when  you fill a form on our website, register for an event scheduled by us, post a comment  on our website or social media, make a purchase from us, your account login or credentials allowing you to access a product or account, telephone number, and any  other information you provide to us.  
• Sensitive personal information such as your social security, driver’s license, state  identification card or passport number. We do not collect this sensitive personal  information from you.  

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND FOR WHAT  PURPOSE 

We collect this personal information directly from you, from your browser or device, use of  cookies, service providers, our business partners, affiliates, or from third parties. We do not  sell your personal information to third parties.  

We use the information we collect for various purposes depending on how you interact with  us. These purposes include:  

• To provide our services or products to you including invoices and statements • To create, maintain or secure your account with us 
• To process your requests, purchases, transactions and payments 
• To communicate with you about your account and our products/services  • To market or advertise our new products and promotions to you via email or other  social media, to answer your questions, and to understand your needs and  preferences. 
• To improve our website, products, services, content and advertising and personalize  them to your interests and preferences  
• To better understand the demographics of our users, analyze data and usage trends • To help you share our content, products, services, and your experience working with  us with your friends and followers on social media  
• To hire or evaluate you as a candidate when you seek employment with us • To protect our website, products and services from misuse and to ensure security  • To process payments or to prevent theft and fraud  
• To transfer business in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets,  bankruptcy where we may sell, transfer or share some of our business assets  including information related to our customers. In those instances, you will be  notified of such ownership changes as well as the rights you have regarding your  personal information. 
• To comply with legal requirements and to enforce our terms and agreements with  you  
• To assess or carry out a merger, dissolution, restructuring, reorganization, or other  sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as part of a bankruptcy or  similar proceeding, in which personal information about our website users, including  our email list, is one of the assets transferred.

We may also use your information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the  time of collection. We may combine different types of information that we collect about you  for any of the purposes described above. 

Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third  parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your  personal information in the future either.  

Under the CCPA and CPRA, you still have the right to opt-out of sharing your personal  information and send us a “do not sell or share my personal information” request. If you  would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable  consumer request to us by sending us an email at [email protected]. 

Only you, as the person registered with the California Secretary of State, or someone you  authorize to act on your behalf, can make such verifiable consumer requests related to your  personal information. 

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows us to  verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized  representative of such person about whom we had collected personal information. You must  describe your request with enough details such as your first and last name, address and your  country that allow us to properly understand the request and respond to it. Please note we  cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information unless we first  verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal  information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30  days of receipt.  

The above-mentioned California privacy rights are not absolutely guaranteed because there  are some exceptions that allow us to refuse your request. We are only required to respect  these rights if we are acting as a business under the CCPA/CPRA and the requested rights  have been granted and applied to you under the CCPA/CPRA. 

CALIFORNIA’S “SHINE THE LIGHT” ACT 

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with third parties for  their marketing use. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other  related third parties such as service providers, vendors for their use in marketing to you, so  we can provide the products and/or services offered on this website to you. When we  disclose such information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between  us and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the  laws.

DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS 

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the  previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also requires us to state  whether we honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising, and please note we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests. 

You can also enable or disable Do not Track in your browser. This is a setting that tells  websites not to track your online activities. To enable or disable it, go to the “Privacy” or  “Security” tab in your browser’s settings menu. Depending on which browser you’re using,  you may find the option under “Do Not Track Requests” or something similar. 

DATA RETENTION 

We will retain your information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this  Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may also  retain and use your information to continue offering you our products and services, comply  with our legal and accounting obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. 

SECURITY 

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow  generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to  us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is  100% secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. When you 

make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the website, you will be  directed to a third-party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide  during the checkout process is not stored on our website but instead provided to the third party vendor that completes the purchase transaction. 

By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any  unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we  cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website  without our knowledge and consent. 

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES 

This privacy policy is effective as of January 17, 2023, and will be updated and modified as  needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to  this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates  constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy. 

CONTACT 

For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us at  [email protected].