ImCooked Privacy Notice
ImCooked.com ("ImCooked") recognizes that its customers, visitors,
users, and others who use www.ImCooked.com or other
web sites owned or operated by ImCooked (the "ImCooked Sites") (collectively or
individually "Users") value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details important
information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the ImCooked
Sites. ImCooked provides this Privacy Notice to help you make an informed decision about
whether to use or continue using the ImCooked Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the ImCooked
Terms of Use. Your use of the ImCooked Sites and any personal information you provide
on the ImCooked Sites remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms
of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto
the ImCooked Sites becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable
information subject to this Privacy Notice.
The Information ImCooked Collects
- User Provided Information: You provide certain personally identifiable
information (such as your name and email address) to ImCooked when choosing to participate
in various activities on the ImCooked Sites such as uploading videos, posting messages
in our forums or in the video comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes, posting
writeen recipes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing
to newsletters or other mailing lists.
- Cookies Information: When you visit the ImCooked Sites, we may send
one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters
- to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. ImCooked uses both session cookies
and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent
cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies
can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is
temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to
refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of
the ImCooked Sites may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
- Log File Information: When you use the ImCooked Sites, our servers
automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit
any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet
Protocol ("IP")
address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type,
number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages,
the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and
one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
- Clear GIFs Information: When you use the ImCooked Sites, we may employ "clear
GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns
of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition,
we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails
are opened by recipients.
The Way ImCooked Uses Information
- If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the ImCooked Sites, then
we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features
and functionality of the ImCooked Sites.
- Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion
boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly
available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address)
is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the ImCooked
Sites and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you
submit to the ImCooked Sites may be redistributed through the internet and other media
channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
- We do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send
commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program
or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use
your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes
(such as notifying you of major ImCooked Site changes or for customer service purposes).
- We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream
data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the ImCooked Sites and to create new features,
promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences
and trends.
- We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so
that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the
ImCooked Sites; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the
effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number
of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in
promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When ImCooked Discloses Information
- We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information
to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose
of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process
such information in compliance with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to
limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security
measures.
- We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address)
with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent
or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability
to opt-in or opt-out.
- We do share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data,
referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested
third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services,
advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the ImCooked Sites.
- We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable
information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond
to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
- ImCooked also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or
non-personally-identifiable information that ImCooked believes, in good faith, is appropriate
or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use,
take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party
claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security
or integrity of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of
ImCooked, our Users or others.
Your Choices About Privacy
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the ImCooked
Sites, in which case ImCooked may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may
update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by
visiting your account profile page.
Please note that media files uploaded by Users to the ImCooked Sites cannot be removed and
remain subject to our Terms of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique
password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections.
You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information
at all times.
Please contact ImCooked with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, your personal
information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out choices using this contact
form.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
ImCooked allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve
advertisements within the ImCooked Sites. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use
technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on
the ImCooked Sites. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may
also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the
effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.
ImCooked does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad
servers or ad networks without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature
for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an
advertiser asks ImCooked to show an advertisement to a certain audience (for example, men
ages 18-34) or audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24 who have viewed certain channels
of content) and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude
that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. The advertiser may
also use information regarding your use of the ImCooked Sites, such as the number of times
you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads
to deliver to you.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad
networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for instructions on
how to opt-out of certain practices. ImCooked's privacy policy does not apply to, and we
cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Our Commitment To Data Security
ImCooked uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to
preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure
or warrant the security of any information you transmit to ImCooked and you do so at your
own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, ImCooked makes commercially reasonable
efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee
that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of
any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If ImCooked learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically
so that you can take appropriate protective steps. ImCooked may post a notice on the ImCooked
Sites if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right
to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a
security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should
notify us using this contact
form.
Our Commitment To Childrens' Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, ImCooked
does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable
information on the ImCooked Sites from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our
website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do
not use or access the ImCooked Sites at any time or in any manner. If ImCooked learns that
personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on
the ImCooked Sites without verified parental consent, then ImCooked will take the appropriate
steps to delete this information.
Special Note to International Users
The ImCooked Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to
Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the ImCooked Sites from the European
Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection,
use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through
your continued use of the ImCooked Sites, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice,
and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your
personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that ImCooked is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve
the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected
from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In
the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting
creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information
is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the "effective
date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only
use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when
we received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of the ImCooked Sites
constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or
disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to
obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
Date Last Modified:
This Privacy Notice was last modified June 8th 2007
Contact Information:
Please contact ImCooked with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice at privacy@imcooked.com |
