Privacy Policy

This privacy policy tells you about the information The Secret Chef, LLC (the “Company”) collects through our website(s), www.thesecretchefllc.com (the "Website") and how we use that information.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or our use of your information, you can email us at webmaster@thesecretchefllc.com

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using any of the services being provided by the Company or its Website(s). By using any such services and/or navigating through the Website you are acknowledging that you have read and understand this policy and that you agree to be bound by its terms. If you DO NOT agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy, exit this page without accessing or using any of our services.

This Privacy Policy was updated on 2, July 2007.

General Information Collection and Use
The Secret Chef, LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on the Website. We will not sell, share or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this policy, without first obtaining your consent. Generally, we request this information when registering visitors to the Website, when visitors to the Website and/or registered users request a particular service, or when Website visitors elect to participate in a special event or contest. This information collected is used to register the user for the selected service and to contact the user about such service (e.g. email address, telephone number, fax number). Information required to be submitted may include but not be limited to name, email address, date of birth, street address, and any information
pertaining the member’s payment method(s).

Some of our services may be offered in conjunction with partner companies, affiliates or other companies or websites with which we work. In order for us to provide these services to you, it may be necessary for us to share your personal information with one of such entities. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.

Customer Service Correspondence
If you send us correspondence, including emails and faxes, we may choose to retain such information in the records of your account. We may also retain customer service correspondence and other correspondence from the Company to you. We retain these records in order to track and improve our service to users and members, and to investigate potential fraud and violations of our Terms of Use Agreement. We may, over time, delete these records if permitted by law.

Cookies
A “cookie” is a piece of information stored on a user's computer by a Web Browser at the request of software at a website. Websites use cookies to recognize users who have previously visited them. The next time the user accesses that site, the information in the cookie is sent back to the user so the information displayed can vary depending on the user’s preferences. As part of offering and providing personalized services, we may use cookies in an effort to save you time while on our Website by reminding us who you are. We may also use cookies to track user navigation through the Website to provide us with statistical data which is used to track the interests of our users to enhance their experience on the Website.

IP Addresses
Every computer connected to the Internet is given an IP address. We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users' movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information, and our web servers do not record the email addresses of our visitors.

Sharing
As a general rule, except as described in the Company’s Privacy Policy, we will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances. We may disclose or share aggregated demographic information with certain partners, affiliates and advertisers, however, except as described above, this is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person or company. In addition, The Secret Chef, LLC may disclose account or other personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with The Secret Chef, LLC’s rights or property, the Website, other Website users or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

As with any other business, it is possible that The Secret Chef, LLC in the future could merge with or be acquired by another company. If such an acquisition occurs, the successor company would have access to the information maintained by the Company, including customer account information, but would continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy unless and until it is amended as described herein.

Links
This Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites, as this Privacy Policy applies solely to the Website.

Surveys
From time-to-time our Website may request information from users via survey. Participation in these surveys, to the extent we run any, is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information and demographic information (such as zip code, age, or occupation). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of the Website.

Security
This Website takes numerous precautions to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Website, such information is protected both on- and offline. We encrypt certain sensitive information using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that our members' information is safe as it is sent over the Internet. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data that is transferred over the SSL connection. While The Menu Cache, LLC employs commercially reasonable security measures to protect our data and seeks to partner with companies which do the same, the Company cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we therefore are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that may receive any such information.

Notification of Changes
Should there be changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes under the appropriate link on the "home page" of our Website so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. The new terms shall be effective immediately upon being posted on the Website. It is the responsibility of each user to review the latest terms from time to time, and if any user does not agree with any updates to the privacy policy, such user should immediately cease use of the Website and any purchased services.