Privacy Policy
Tillamook Cheese, Inc.
Online Legal Terms/Privacy Policy
(Last updated: February 3, 2012)
At Tillamook Cheese, Inc., the protection of the privacy of our online guests is important to us. This Policy seeks to describe the privacy you should expect while visiting our site. While we cannot guarantee confidentiality or privacy, it is our objective to protect your privacy while visiting us online at www.Tillamook.com.
Your continued use of this site signifies your assent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, add or remove portions of this Policy at any time and will notify you of such changes by posting the modified Policy on our Site and indicating at the top of the Policy the date it was last updated.
We adhere to the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy for the treatment, use and protection of personal information provided to us by visitors to our web site. Please take a minute to read this Privacy Policy so that you can better understand our web site information practices. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or any concerns regarding your online privacy in connection with your visit to our site, please contact us at info@Tillamook.com.
Our Privacy Policy governs only information gathered by us from visitors to our web site, and does not apply to any information we receive through other means. As used in our Privacy Policy, "TCCA", "our" and "we" refers to Tillamook County Creamery Association, dba Tillamook Cheese, Inc, and any of its subsidiaries.
CHILDREN
As provided by the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without first obtaining parental consent. Any parent who believes that their child has disclosed personally identifiable information to us should contact us to request an investigation and deletion of their child’s personally identifiable information and prohibit its use.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Like most Internet sites, we collect certain information that your browser provides automatically, such as your browser version, referring page and your IP (or Internet Protocol) address. This information is not regarded as personally identifiable information. This information does not tell anyone who you are or contain any other personally identifiable information.
We may use "cookies" in connection with our web site. If we do, you should know that a cookie will not reveal personally identifiable information. Most browsers have features enabling users to control whether to accept or decline a cookie.
In addition, out web site utilizes Google Analytics to provide us with non-personal information about what portions of our web site our users find useful and helpful.
Non-personal information we collect is used to help us improve our site and your browsing experience by, for example, providing us with feedback on what portions of our site or our content are used, and what portions are not used. We may share aggregated, non-personal information with third parties.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information Collected and How It Is Used
Personally identifiable information is information that allows you to be identified or contacted individually. We do not require you to submit personally identifiable information to use our web site. This web site does not collect any personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it.
Personally identifiable information may be collected when you complete any online form, application, survey or request for information, or when you post comments, blog or otherwise submit information. Therefore, if you do not wish for us to obtain your personally identifiable information, please do not submit it to us.
If we collect any personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, phone number or email address, it is only with your knowledge or consent. Examples of information that you may submit include:
- Recipe Reviews: You may submit a review of a recipe that we have posted on our web site.
- Email or newsletter sign up: You may subscribe to emails or other communications from us.
- Blogging: You may post comments on our blog page or submit content to be used on our blog.
- Testimonials: You may post a testimonial.
- Promotions and Sweepstakes: You may enter a promotion, contest or sweepstakes that we sponsor.
- Other features: We may provide other features that allow you to submit or post information.
If you do provide us with personal information, we may collect the following types of personal information:
- Email address, physical contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information, such as credit card or bank account numbers
- Shipping, billing and other information you provide to purchase or ship an item
- Additional information we ask you to submit to authenticate yourself or if we believe you are violating site policies (for example, we may ask you to send us an ID or bill to verify your address, or to answer additional questions online to help verify your identity or ownership of an item you list)
- Information from other companies, such as demographic and navigation data
- Other supplemental information from third parties (for example, if you incur a debt to Tillamook, we will generally conduct a credit check by obtaining additional information about you from a credit bureau, as permitted by law)
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We will not license, sell, rent or share your personally identifiable information with any third party except as set forth in this policy or with your consent.
Our Customers
If you give us personally identifiable information, you consent to the use and disclosure of that information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Personal information you provide us may be used by us as follows:
- We may use information you provide to us to provide the services and customer support you request, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and generally assist us in operating our business to continue to provide premium products and services to consumers.
- If you submit an inquiry or comments, the personally identifiable information you provide us may be used to provide you with a response or to otherwise contact you.
- In response to legal requirements such as properly served law enforcement demands, court orders, subpoenas and the like.
- If the information is submitted in connection with a contest, the information will be used by us to contact you if you are a winner.
- For online and offline marketing, if your permission includes this option. This means, that you will be given an option when submitting personal information to elect to receive marketing or advertising material by email or regular mail.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent.
Other Internal Uses
In addition to the uses outlined above, we may internally use your personally identifiable information in order to establish and verify your identity if you submit information to us, provide services and support to visitors to our web site, improve our web site and tailor it to your preferences, provide you with updates, promotions and other information about us, and maintain the security and integrity of our systems.
Information storage
Your information is stored on servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use standard industry procedures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, as you probably know, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.
SHARING INFORMATION
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, investigating fraud, collection of billings, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
Other than as described in this policy, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third parties without your permission unless required by law to do so, and we will provide you with the intended use of the information before you give us permission to share your personally identifiable information with third parties.
Social Media Content Policy
These terms are intended for, and applied to, Tillamook's Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/TillamookCheese.
Any posts that include profanity, personal attacks on other commenters, or otherwise share information not appropriate for public consumption (content with age restrictions, individual’s health or personal contact information, etc.) will be removed by Tillamook.
Repetitive posts, including content Tillamook deems inappropriate, will be removed by Tillamook and the user will be banned.
Repeated posts sharing the same information or content on a similar thread lasting for more than 30 days will be considered spam and the page or user will be banned. In addition, any affiliated pages or associated personas will be banned.
Posts containing advertising deemed, by Tillamook, unrelated to Tillamook and the industry will be removed.
This web site is intended for your personal information, education, and communication. All material on this site is copyrighted by Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), unless otherwise noted. You may not in any manner distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or use the content of this web site, without our prior written consent. However, you may download materials displayed on this web site only for your non-commercial personal use only if you retain all copyright and other legal notices which appear on any such materials. All trademarks displayed on this site are owned by us, unless otherwise noted, and you do not have permission to use any of the trademarks unless you have entered into a written license agreement with us. The marks Tillamook, Baby Loaf, Snack Bar, and the sailing ship design are trademarks of TCCA and are registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Other marks are owned by their respective owners.
All information and content on this site is provided AS IS, and no representation or warranty is made as to its accuracy or completeness. While we reserve the right to review, flag, modify, refuse or remove any user-submitted content, we are not responsible for any content submitted by users. Objectionable user-submitted content should be brought to our attention by contacting us.
Other sites linking to this site are not endorsed by us, and we are not responsible for their content, unless the linking site is owned or provided by us. You should contact us with questions you have regarding whether we are the owner or provider of a linking site. The content of other sites that are linked from this site is the responsibility of the owner or maintainer of the linked site, and we do not sponsor or endorse the linked site.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we will promptly investigate and take proper action in response to complaints that material on our web site infringes on copyright.
You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in ideas, comments, information or material (referred to as "content") which you submit, post or display on or through, our web site. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, our web site. In addition, for legal reasons, Tillamook is unable to accept unsolicited suggestions and/or product ideas. Tillamook incurs no liability to you as a result of any similarity between your submission and Tillamook products, marketing initiatives, or other company programs. You agree that this license includes a right for us to make such content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom we have relationships for the provision of services, and to use such content for any purposes whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcasting or posting without any compensation to you as the provider of the content. You agree that all content you submit, post or display will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary information.
You understand that we may (a) transmit or distribute your content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your content as are necessary to conform and adapt that content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit us to take these actions.
You confirm and warrant to us that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.
You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access those portions of our web site requiring a password, such as the online store. Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify us immediately through our Contact Us page.
E-coupons must be redeemed at time of purchase. One E-coupon per purchase, per customer. Cash value 1/100 of one cent. May not be exchanged, refunded, replaced or redeemed for cash or payment of accounts. May not be combined with other coupons or discounts. Normal and customary taxes, fees, shipping charges and surcharges will apply. May not be combined with other coupons or any other discounts. Only valid for on-line purchases at store.tillamookcheese.com or shop.tillamook.com. Not valid at any other store or sales outlet. Offer excludes previous purchases, purchase of gift certificates, shipping charges, and non-stock special orders. Normal and customary taxes, fees, charges and surcharges will apply. E-coupon promotion subject to termination at any time. These terms and conditions are subject to change at any time without prior written notice.
NO WARRANTIES
Your use of our web site is at your own risk and we are not liable for inaccuracy or errors in any material on our web site. Our web site is provided AS IS and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. There is NO WARRANTY of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, or non-infringement. We do not warrant availability or functionality of our web site or that it will operate in an error free manner or free from viruses, worms or other harmful code. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
APPLICABLE LAW AND VENUE
These terms of use, our privacy policy and your use of our web site is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any action or proceeding arising out of these terms of use, our privacy policy or your use of our web site shall be brought only in, and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction in, the state or federal courts within the State of Oregon.
AMENDMENTS
TCCA may amend its policies at any time, without prior notice, by posting the amended terms on this site. All amended terms automatically take effect when posted on the site.
Thank you for taking the time to review our Privacy Policy information and for visiting us at www.Tillamook.com!