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Effective as of March 20, 2007 ] [ Last updated
April 25, 2007
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OFC
has established this Privacy Policy to explain how it protects
and
manages the personal information that it collects from you (the
customer) online.
In
relation to this document the term 'OFC' refers to OrganicFoodCart.Com
1.
Consent for Collection, Use and Disclosure
Your use of the OFC site and/or your registration for OFC products
and services constitute your consent to the terms of this Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy,
please do not use the OFC site.
OFC
may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When it does, OFC
will also revise the “last update” date at the top of
this Privacy Policy. In addition, OFC will seek a customer’s
prior consent, by email, for any new uses or proposed disclosures
of information collected from the customer prior to the change.
OFC will notify customers by email of changes to this policy that
will affect information collected from them in the future. In
certain circumstances, however, OFC will not inform and obtain
the consent of the customer, such as in connection with an investigation
of a breach of an agreement, contravention of laws, an emergency
where the life, health or security of an individual is threatened,
the collection of a debt or in compliance with the request of
a law enforcement agency or a court order.
A customer
may withdraw his or her consent for collection, use and disclosure
at any time by sending an email to unsubscribe[at]organicfoodcart[dot]com
or instantly by using the link at the bottom of any previous email
received from OFC. Please note that, if you do, OFC may suspend
its provision of products and services to you. When you unsubscribe,
if you fall within the guarantee period for any OFC product and
if you request a refund, the guarantee will be honoured.
2.
Accountability
OFC collects, at the time of your registration and your sign-on
to its web site, certain “personal information” (information
that personally identifies you) including but not limited to your
name, email address, home or work address, telephone number, and
information about your computer hardware and software (e.g., IP
address, operating system, browser type, domain name, URL, access
times, and referring web site addresses).
OFC
has implemented this Privacy Policy to protect personal information
received from its customers, and to respond to any inquiries.
The Privacy Policy also provides that OFC will use appropriate
contractual means to establish a comparable level of protection
for personal information which is sent for processing by third
parties on OFC’s behalf.
OFC
has designated responsibility for your personal information to
its Privacy Officer, who ensures compliance with the principles
in this Privacy Policy. Other OFC individuals may be delegated
to act on behalf of the Privacy Officer.
3.
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
OFC collects and uses personal information for the following Identified
Purposes:
(a) to understand customer needs regarding OFC’s services;
(b) to develop and provide our web site and our products and services
for our customers;
(c) to fulfil your requests for products, services or information;
(d) to communicate with customers and site visitors, when necessary,
and to inform customers of upgrades, as well as of other products
and services available from OFC, its affiliates and third parties;
(e) to allow customers to access limited-entry areas of OFC’s
site;
(f) to personalize some of our services and products for you and
to deliver targeted advertisements and offers from OFC and third
parties;
(g) to bill accounts and maintain payment records;
(h) to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process
or government request;
(i) to respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable
belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or
any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of the
OFC site or any OFC product or service;
(j) to protect the services, products or rights of OFC, including
but not limited to the security or integrity of the OFC site;
and
(k) to identify and resolve technical problems concerning OFC’s
site, products and services.
OFC
also uses personal information in an aggregate form (i.e., not
individually attributable to you) for its business analysis, operational,
marketing and other promotional purposes.
If we
hire other companies to provide some products or services on our
behalf, then we will only provide those companies the personal
information they need for the Identified Purposes, and we will
limit their rights to use and further disclose your personal information
as appropriate in the course of their work for us.
4.
Limiting the Collection of Personal Information
OFC limits its collection of personal information to only that
information which is necessary for the Identified Purposes. OFC
does not direct its site to, nor does it knowingly collect any
personal information from children under the age of thirteen.
When
you visit the OFC web site, a cookie may be placed on your computer
or the cookie may be read if you have visited the OFC site previously.
OFC uses cookies to allow OFC to determine which products and
services you have already purchased so that OFC does not provide
redundant information to you, and, if you are an OFC affiliate,
to track OFC sales made to customers referred by you so that you
can receive compensation under our affiliate program.
If you
choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the OFC web
site, you may not be able to view all the text on the screens,
or to experience a personalised visit, or to subscribe to certain
service and product offerings on the OFC site.
5.
Disclosure, Processing and Retention
OFC does not sell, rent or disclose your personal information
to anyone else, except:
(a) to someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one
or more of the Identified Purposes (listed in Section 2, above);
(b) to OFC’s employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries,
affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers,
suppliers and agents, acting on OFC’s behalf for any of the
Identified Purposes;
(c) as necessary if OFC has reason to believe that disclosure
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally
or unintentionally) with OFC’s rights or property, other
users of OFC’s web site, products or services, or anyone
else that could be harmed by such activities; and
(d) to respond to judicial process and provide information to
law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation
on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise
as required by law.
In addition,
as we continue to develop our business, we or our affiliates may
sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we may merge with
another company. In such transactions, personal information may
be one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event
that OFC or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your
personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
Your
information may be stored and processed in the United States,
or in any other country in which OFC or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities. By using this web site, you consent
to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
After
your account becomes inactive (that is, if you request to be removed
from our database), OFC will keep your personal information in
its archives. Your information will then be used only as necessary
for tax reasons or to prove OFC’s compliance with any applicable
law.
6.
Accuracy of Personal Information
OFC will use reasonable efforts to keep customer personal information
accurate for the Identified Purposes and for minimizing the possibility
of making inappropriate customer decisions based on such information.
Customers are responsible for informing OFC about changes to their
personal information. You can do this by sending an email to our
privacy
department. OFC will use new or updated personal information
it receives from customers to update its own records.
7.
Security Safeguards
OFC will use reasonable efforts to protect customers’ personal
information.
8.
Access to Personal Information
OFC will afford you a reasonable opportunity to review the personal
information in your file, if you so request by writing to: 239
Throstle Place, Watford, Herts., UK WD25 7SU; Or upon request
to the Privacy
Officer.
If OFC
is not able to provide access to some aspect of a customer’s
personal information, it will provide reasons for denying access
such as; that by doing so would likely reveal personal information
about a third party, or that it is confidential commercial information
or attorney–client privileged communications, or that the
information relates to a breach of an agreement or a contravention
of law, or that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to
threaten the life or security of another individual.
Customers
have the right to request that inaccurate or incomplete information
be amended as appropriate, by contacting OFC or the Privacy Officer
as described above.OFC will promptly correct such personal information.
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