PRIVACY POLICY
Purpose of Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. For this reason, we have adopted the following policy to advise you of your choices regarding the use of your personal information online. This policy describes what types of information we gather about you, how we use it, under what circumstances we disclose it to third parties, and the security measures we use to protect your personal information.
Scope of Policy
This policy applies to www.miraclenoodle.com. It does not apply to the web sites of other persons, companies, or organizations to which we link. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these sites. If you choose to visit these third party web sites, you should review the privacy policy of each site in order to understand how that site collects and uses your personal information.
This web site is hosted in the United States. If you access our web site from any region or country with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use and disclosure that differ from United States law, please be advised that through your continued use of this web site, which is governed by U.S. and California law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Service, you are transferring your personal information to the United States, and you consent to that transfer
What personal information is collected?
We collect the following types of information: your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and, when ordering from our site, your credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
How is the information collected?
We collect personal information from you when you register on our site, place an order through our site, or subscribe to our newsletter.
We also collect information that does not personally identify you but which allows us to recognize you as a unique visitor to our web site or to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site and to help us improve the structure of our website. We use “cookies” (small files that a web site or service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information) to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart; to understand and save your preferences for future visits; to keep track of advertisements; to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. Third party service providers with whom we may contract are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf by cookies except to help us conduct and improve our business. You may choose to turn off all cookies in your browser; however, some of our services may not function properly.
Additionally, the Web server hosting our site collects, at least temporarily, the following information: Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer being used; Web pages requested; referring Web page; browser used; date and time (collectively, “Traffic Data.”). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on our web site.
Why is the information collected?
Your personal information is necessary for us to process your order and complete your purchase. We would like to keep you up to date, by email, with details of our services, or those of carefully selected third parties, using the information that you have supplied.
How is the information used?
The information we have collected from you may be used to: (1) personalize your experience on our web site to help us better respond to your individual needs; (2) process your transaction with us; (3) send emails with information and updates pertaining to your order; (4) send periodic emails with company news, updates, related product or other service information, or other personalized, targeted information that we think our users will find relevant; (5) contact you for feedback and surveys; (6) improve our web site based on the information and feedback we receive from you; and (7) to improve customer service.
Who will have access to the information?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information. We share your information with third parties who assist us in operating our web site, conducting our business, or servicing you, provided that such parties agree to keep your information confidential and secure. We will disclose your credit information to those companies we use to authorize and process credit card payments. We may also release your personal information when we are compelled to do so in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
What choices do you have?
You do not have to give us any personal information in order to use this web site. However, if you wish to take advantage of some of the more special, personalized services that we offer, you will need to provide us with certain information about yourself. You may choose to opt-in to our mailing list and if at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. If you choose not to give us any personal information online, you may still place your order over the telephone by contacting customer service.
What security measures are used to protect your personal information?
Your personal information is stored on secure servers, and we take reasonable measures to protect such information from disclosure to or access by third parties. Please note that we do not guarantee the security of personal information, and there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet will be intercepted.
Who is accountable for our privacy practices?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy and practices, you may contact us with your question or concerns by sending an email to privacy at miraclenoodle.com, or by writing us at Miracle Noodle, Attn: Privacy, 8605 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 6920, West Hollywood, California 90069.
Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on this web site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on this web site.
Revised: [May 6, 2009]