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Bumble Bee Foods, LLC ("Bumble Bee Foods") recognizes that many adults and
children who visit our web site are concerned about how personal information
they provide on-line is maintained and used by Bumble Bee Foods. To address
these concerns and to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy, especially for
children who visit our sites, we have developed and implemented this privacy
policy so you will know how Bumble Bee Foods gathers, and provides, information.
Please review our privacy policy from time to time as we may update or change it
periodically.
Gathering and Use of Information
Bumble Bee Foods collects personally identifiable information from visitors to
our sites solely on a voluntary basis. Such personally identifiable information
may include your name, postal address, e-mail address, company name and/or
telephone numbers, et cetera (collectively referred to herein as "Personal
Information"). We will never sell, transfer, or disclose any Personal
Information we gather at our web sites to any third parties without your prior
consent, except in cases when we believe in good faith that we have a legal
obligation to disclose such Personal Information. We never require that this
Personal Information be provided in order to gain access to our sites. We
collect Personal Information primarily for the following reasons:
- to e-mail consumers with updates and news
- to notify winners of contests, games and sweepstakes, and to distribute
prizes
- to send out brochures, etc. via regular mail to subscribers
- to distribute items that are part of "give aways" that you have
registered for
- for use in our online and off-line marketing and advertising campaigns.
There may be times when we share aggregate information about our users (for
example, the % of male and female visitors to our sites) with advertisers,
business partners, sponsors, and other third parties in any effort to
customize or enhance the content and advertising on our sites for our users.
We recognize there are unique issues raised about the protection of our
children's privacy over the Internet. All children-directed Bumble Bee Foods web
sites are designed to comply with the requirements of the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU)
guidelines for web sites gathering identifiable information from children (under
age 13). Consistent with these requirements and guidelines, and provided that we
have been given accurate information by the child when asked, we do NOT:
- collect personally identifiable off-line contact information without
prior parental consent;
- distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information
without prior parental consent;
- entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize or other
activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the
activity;
- use or disclose on-line contact information without prior parental
consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the
parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity.
Without prior parental consent, on-line information will only be used to
respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other
purposes without prior parental consent. We collect on-line contact
information from children only in connection with on-line contests and
sweepstakes; our policy with respect to using this information is provided
below in the "Contests/Sweepstakes" section; or
- enable children to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally
identifiable contact information without prior parental consent.
Parents can always ask to review any Personal Information about their child
that may have been collected at one of our sites, have us delete any such
Personal Information, and/or instruct us not to collect or use such Personal
Information about their child in the future. To do so, simply contact us
following the procedure outlined below in the "How To Contact Us" section.
As the new technology of the Internet evolves, and the COPPA requirements and
CARU guidelines evolve as well, Bumble Bee Foods intends to comply with these
requirements and guidelines in a manner and in as timely a fashion as is
technologically feasible in order to protect our children and their privacy.
Contests/Sweepstakes
We periodically run contests and sweepstakes on our sites for which we ask
users/participants to provide contact information (like their e-mail address).
This information is used to contact the participant only when necessary in
accordance with the rules of the contest or sweepstakes.
If a participant has indicated upon entering a contest or sweepstakes that
he/she is under 13 years of age, the participant is instructed to enter the
e-mail address of his/her parent or guardian. Further, for any game or contest
where the screen names of the high scorers are posted, a user under 13 can only
select a generic screen name from a list that has been developed in advance.
This prevents the disclosure of any personally identifiable information.
When a participant under the age of 18 is selected as a prize-winner in a
contest or sweepstakes, an e-mail is sent to the parent or guardian. This e-mail
contains a form that requests the participant's real name and address and a
parental permission form. For the participant to receive the prize, the parent
or guardian must fill out and sign the form and then mail or fax it to the
address or number indicated on the form.
Cookies/IP Addresses
Like many companies, Bumble Bee Foods may use "cookie" technology to track
customer visits through our sites. Cookies are pieces of information that a web
site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. They
enhance the on-line experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting
a particular site.
The cookies Bumble Bee Foods uses do not contain any personally identifying
information and cannot profile your system or collect information from your hard
drive. And although you may receive cookies from many different sites, each
cookie can only be read by the Web server that originally issued it. You are not
even identified by name or e-mail address, just by a unique string of numbers
that we assign the first time you come to our site.
We use your IP address in two ways: to help diagnose problems with our server
and to administer our web sites, and also to gather broad demographic
information.
Polls & Surveys
Information gathered from polls and surveys are only for internal use of Bumble
Bee Foods. If sample answers to polls or surveys are posted on the web site,
then no identifiable Personal Information is ever included.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our sites will provide users the opportunity to opt out of receiving
communications from us at the point where we request information about the
visitor. Simply follow the procedure outlined at each site. Likewise, we will
provide users with the opportunity to change any personal information previously
provided, or to opt out of receiving future email communication from us.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the Legal Policy, the
practices of this site, your dealings with this web site, or your Personal
Information,
please use
our contact us form.
Final Note
Our goal at Bumble Bee Foods is to provide a safe Internet environment for you
and your children. While children and young adults are encouraged to play our
games and explore the web sites, we remind them often that their parents will be
notified if they give us their e-mail address and their parent's written
permission is required for them to be eligible to win prizes. We urge parents to
spend time with their children on our web sites. Sit with them and share the
experience. While Bumble Bee Foods does everything we can to ensure your child's
privacy and safety, informed parents are the best protectors of their children.
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