WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY

The Internet is an amazing tool. It has the power to change the way we live, and we're starting to see that potential today. With only a few mouse-clicks, you can follow the news, look up facts, buy goods and services, and communicate with others from around the world. It's important to Dick’s Kitchen to help our customers retain their privacy when they take advantage of all the Internet has to offer.

We believe your business is no one else's. Your privacy is important to you…and to us. So we'll protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy, Dick’s Kitchen will follow these principles in accordance with world-wide practices for customer privacy and data protection.

• We will not sell, distribute or give away your name, mail address, phone number, email address, credit card number or any other information that you give to us in the course of your visit to our web site.
• We will use state-of-the-art security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users both on-site & via transmission over the internet.

NOTICE

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally this information is requested when you create an account on the site or when you enter orders for products or services. We use your Personal Information for four primary purposes:

• To make the site easier for you to use by not having to enter information more than once.
• To help you quickly find products, services or information.
• To help us create content most relevant to you.
• To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from Dick’s Kitchen.

CONSENT

If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you may still be able to use some of our website. You will not be able to access areas that require registration.

If you decide to register, you will be able to select the kinds of information you want to receive from us by subscribing to various services, like our electronic newsletter(s). If you do not want us to communicate with you about offers regarding products or services from Dick’s Kitchen by e-mail, postal mail, or telephone, you may de-select the option stating that you wish to receive marketing messages from us.

ACCESS

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may review and update this information at any time after you log in with your user name and password. At that time you will be able to:

• View and edit personal information you have already given us.
• Tell us whether you want us to send you marketing information.
• Sign up for electronic newsletters about our services and products.

SECURITY

Dick’s Kitchen has adopted strict measures to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. We employ every precaution to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

When you place orders or access your personal account information, you're utilizing a secure server software SSL, which encrypts your personal information before it's sent over the Internet. SSL is one of the safest encryption technologies available.

Your personal information is never shared outside the Dick’s kitchen company without your prior authorization, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with very limited access.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information without knowing your user name and password. Therefore, it is imperative that you do not share your user name and password with others.

NOTICE TO PARENTS

Parents or guardians: we want to help you guard your children's privacy. We encourage you to talk to your children about safe and responsible use of their Personal Information while using the Internet.

Our site publishes content suitable for viewing by children & adults of all ages. If you believe that we have in any way employed content that is offensive in nature, or that you consider inappropriate for general audiences, please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail at dick@dickskitchen.com. Please be certain that the words “Web Site Content” appear on the Subject line.

ENFORCEMENT

If for some reason you believe Dick’s Kitchen has not adhered to the principles stated in our privacy policy, please notify us by e-mail at privacy@dickskitchen.com, and we will do our best to determine the problem and correct it promptly. Be certain the words “Privacy Policy” appear on the Subject line.

CUSTOMER PROFILES

As mentioned above, every registered customer has a unique personal profile. Each profile is assigned a unique user id, which helps us ensure that only you can access your profile.

When you register, we create your profile, assign a user id, and then send pertinent information back to your hard drive in the form of a cookie, which is a very small bit of code. This code is uniquely yours. It is your passport to seamless travel across our web site, allowing you to manage your ordering procedure without having to fill out registration forms each time you visit our site. Even if you switch computers, you won't have to re-register – just use your user name and password to identify yourself. Each time you log off our site, your browser is instructed to delete the cookie that we have placed on your hard drive.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE

When you become a customer, you provide us with your contact information, including your name and email address. We use this information to send you updates about your order, questionnaires to measure your satisfaction with our service and announcements about new and exciting products and services that we offer. When you order from us, we ask for your credit card number and credit card billing address. We use this information only to bill you for the product(s) you order at that time.

If our products are to be shipped to an address other than the billing address for your credit card, or to the recipient of a gift from you, this information remains private and is subject to the same protection as all other information that you provide us. We will not contact the person to whom the product is sent for any reason unless; that person is you, you have instructed us to do so, or it is necessary to ensure proper and timely delivery.

Dick’s Kitchen will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Dick’s Kitchen or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Dick’s Kitchen and its family of Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Dick’s Kitchen Web sites, or the general public.