Dining-Navigator recognizes the importance of maintaining your privacy. We value your privacy and appreciate your trust in us. This Privacy Policy applies to current and former visitors to our website and to our online customers. By visiting and/or using our website at www.Dining-Navigator.com ("Website"), you agree to this Privacy Policy.This Privacy Policy explains the information practices that apply to personally identifiable information that we collect about you as an individual ("Personal Information"), when you visit and/or use our Website, or when you purchase and/or use our products or services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information about you collected by our affiliates or third party websites that may post links or advertisements on or otherwise be accessible from the Website. The information collected by these affiliates or third party websites is subject to their own privacy policies.
Information We Collect
This section of our Privacy Policy describes the categories of information collected by Dining-Navigator. All such data that we collect is processed and stored in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You have the option not to provide information; however, withholding information may prevent you from being able to use some of our Website features. Information Collected Automatically: Whenever you visit our Website, we automatically collect some information about your transactions with us, and your use of our Website. For example, we automatically collect your IP address, for Dining-Navigator internal use only, such as to help us diagnose problems with our server and administer our Website. We also automatically track certain information about your activities on our Website such as the type of web browser you are using and click stream data. If you are a registered Dining-Navigator customer, we link this automatically-collected data to the Personal Information we collect about you described below. We use this linked information to do internal research on your interests and to help us better understand and serve you. Information You Send To Us: If you choose to provide us with Personal Information, such as by sending us an e-mail or by filling out a form with your Personal Information and submitting it to us through our Website, we collect the Personal Information that you provide to us. For example, if you register or sign up for an account with us, we collect your name, address, e-mail address, and password. If you place an order with us, we collect the Personal Information that you provide to us such as your shipping, billing, and payment information. About Your Transactions With Us: In addition, we collect your order information and purchase and payment history.
Cookies and Similar Files
Our Website uses "cookies" and files that are similar to cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers created by your browser at our request and stored in an approved and standardized place on your computer. By transferring these cookies, Dining-Navigator assigns you a unique customer code and record locater. Information about your activity on our Website can then be included in your customer record, which is stored within the Dining-Navigator firewall. When you visit or return to our Website, we read the cookie to identify you as one of our customers and help recall orders or preferences you have selected. The cookie also enables us to recall your past activities, post your account data, and tailor site elements and special offers to you. No Personal Information about you is stored on the cookie. Most Web browsers accept cookies by default, but allow users to reject cookies by changing the browser preferences. If you have set up your browser to reject cookies, some aspects of our Website, including our Shopping Cart, will not work properly. If you have Macromedia Flash installed on your computer, we will also use a file called a Flash Object to store your unique customer code and record locater on your computer. Unless deactivated by you, the Flash Object provides us with a backup method for recognizing you in the event that we are unable to identify your cookies. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies and similar files by Dining-Navigator only and does not cover the use of cookies and similar files by any third party advertisers or websites linked to the Website. We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may use a cookie or an action tag, also known as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file, to track your response to their advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of their advertising or to award incentives or points to their members who respond to their advertisements. Dining-Navigator has no access to or control over cookies or action tags used by these third party companies. Dining-Navigator does not receive any personally identifiable information collected by these advertisers using action tags or cookies nor does Dining-Navigator disclose any of your Personal Information such as your name, telephone number or address with these companies except in accordance with this Dining-Navigator Privacy Policy.
Use and Disclosure of Information
We use the information that we collect about you to maintain, improve, and administer our Website, operate our business, provide products and services that you request, administer your account, inform you about products and services that might be of interest to you, and personalize your online experience. In order to carry out certain business functions, such as order fulfillment, e-mail delivery, or marketing, we sometimes hire other companies to perform services on our behalf. We may disclose Personal Information that we collect about you to these companies to enable them to perform these services, but they are required to safeguard the Personal Information and are not authorized to use it for any other purpose than completing their contractual requirements to Dining-Navigator. For example, as a part of the normal process of completing your purchase, Dining-Navigator may provide your Personal Information to a third party payment processor, depending on your chosen method of payment. Please be aware that, because of the limitations of the systems used by some financial institutions, the statement you receive from your credit card or financial institution may show the name of a third party payment processor, instead of or in addition to the Dining-Navigator name. We may also disclose information, including Personal Information, we collect about you in other circumstances as required or permitted by law. For example, Dining-Navigator reserves the right to disclose Personal Information, including account information, when we believe such disclosure is appropriate to cooperate with an investigation of activities claimed to be unlawful, to enforce our Terms of Use, or to protect the rights or property of Dining-Navigator or others. In addition, it is possible that in the future another company may acquire Dining-Navigator or its assets. It is also possible that Dining-Navigator may partner with or purchase another company to continue to do business as a combined entity. In the event that this occurs, it is possible that our customer information, including your Personal Information, may be transferred to the new business entity as one of Dining-Navigator's assets. In such an event, we will update this policy to reflect any change in ownership or control of your Personal Information.
Your Choices
We will not share your Personal Information, such as your e-mail address or name, with unaffiliated organizations for them to use to inform you about their or other companies' products. However, we may share Personal Information about you with other companies as permitted or required by law. You may request deactivation of your Dining-Navigator account by contacting Customer Care at customercare@Dining-Navigator.com or by writing to the address below and requesting account deactivation. Please note that some information may remain in our archived records after your account has been deactivated. Dining-Navigator Address for Written Requests. If you choose to indicate your preferences by mail, please be sure to include your exact name, mailing address, telephone number and specific preferences and send your written requests to the following address:
Dining-Navigator
c/o National Restaurant Marketing Group, LLC
20885 Channel Drive
Greenwood, MN 55331 USA
How to manage your account:If you wish to change your name, e-mail address, password, communication and/or opt-in preferences after you have registered, you can access your account by logging into My Account and selecting Update Info. You may also request these changes by contacting customer care or calling Customer Care at 612.722.5596 or writing to:
Dining-Navigator
c/o National Restaurant Marketing Group, LLC
20885 Channel Drive
Greenwood, MN 55331 USA
Website Security
We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to help us protect your nonpublic Personal Information against loss, misuse, disclosure and alteration. For example, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt your credit card information when you purchase products through our Website. When you establish an account at Dining-Navigator, you choose a password to help protect your account information. A password is only as strong as you make it: you should select a unique password and keep it safe. You may change the password as often as you wish by going to "My Account" and selecting "Update Info." Dining-Navigator authorizes only those persons who need to know Personal Information to administer your account, to provide or inform you about products and services, or to maintain, improve or administer our Website to access your Personal Information. With respect to certain website hosting and other products and services provided to you, we may obtain access to data about your end users or customers. We generally process and use such end user and customer data on your behalf and under your instructions in accordance with our role as a mere processor of any such information on your behalf.
Order Confirmation
Dining-Navigator sends an e-mail notice confirming acceptance of each order you place to the e-mail address you provided to us when signing up for a Dining-Navigator account.
