Last Updated: November 1, 2000

RestaurantPoll.com is committed to protecting your privacy. The information that you submit at RestaurantPoll.com is aggregated into statistical reports which are then provided to participating restaurants. Your personally identifiable information is not sold to third parties except as provided in this Privacy Policy. Our goal is to communicate your experiences back to restaurants so that they can better serve you.

RestaurantPoll.com has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy. Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you use RestaurantPoll.com. Please see our Terms of Use for more information about our online policies in general.

The Information We Collect
We collect personal information from you on RestaurantPoll.com only when it is specifically and knowingly provided by you.

User Registration. Registration is necessary to participate in RestaurantPoll.com. To register on RestaurantPoll.com, you must provide your e-mail address, a password, name, gender, year of birth and whether or not you are a foodservice industry employee. Becoming a registered user on RestaurantPoll.com allows you to complete surveys on line and be entered multiple times into the RestaurantPoll.com Monthly Sweepstakes Drawing. You are not required to provide additional demographic information, such as your occupation, level of education and special interests.

How We Use Your Information
We use your e-mail address and home address to periodically send you updates and newsletters about new surveys and special offers on RestaurantPoll.com. You may choose not to receive these communications by so indicating in the registration process or in response to one of our e-mails, or postal mailings and each update will clearly explain how to opt out of future communications. Your personal information is used by RestaurantPoll.com to create summary reports that are then given or sold to other companies with whom we do business. Your demographic information (gender, household size, etc.) will be shared only on an aggregated basis. None of your personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail, etc.) will be disclosed to third parties.

With Whom We Share Information
Agents. We hire other companies and independent contractors (“Agents”) to assist us in the provision of services to our registered users. These Agents may collect and organize the data you provide us, send postal mail and e-mail to registered users, remove repetitive information from our user lists, analyze data, provide marketing assistance, assist in the operation of the Sweepstakes and provide customer service. While these Agents have access to the personal information you provide us, they may not use it for purposes other than those described above. In addition, the Agents will not retain your personally identifiable information for use at a later date.

Promotional Offers. Sometimes we send offers to selected groups of our registered users on behalf of our clients. When we do this, we do not provide our clients your name and address. If you do not wish to receive these offers, you may opt-out of such further contact by following the steps listed in the “Opting-Out” provision below.

Business Transfers. As our business continues to grow, we may sell our assets to or acquire an existing company. Customer information usually is considered one of the business assets transferred in such transactions. If your personal information is sold in such a transaction, the company that acquires your personal information will be obligated to maintain your privacy pursuant to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Legal Disclosure. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such a disclosure is necessary to conform with the law or legal process, or to protect or defend our rights, property or registered users.

With Your Consent. Other than as set forth above, your personal information will be released to third parties only with your express written consent.

Security
RestaurantPoll.com has security measures in place to help protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. All information is stored in a secure operating environment.

Our employee orientation program includes a discussion of data integrity and network security. Employees are informed of our security policies and their access to applications and data on our network.

The Internet is a constantly evolving environment and we continuously add new content and functionality to RestaurantPoll.com. As such, we conduct reviews of our privacy and security policies and procedures regularly when changes are made to our site, when content is added, and when new applications are implemented. We reserve the right to revise RestaurantPoll.com’s security and privacy policies without notice to registered users. When feasible we will announce changes to our privacy and security policies via e-mail. We will also place an icon next to our privacy and security policy links indicating that changes have been made to such policies.

Special Policy With Regards to Information From Children Under Thirteen
In accordance with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), RestaurantPoll.com will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent. When we do receive information (with parental consent) from users under the age of 13, we will not share their personally identifiable information with third parties, other than our agents.

IP Addresses
RestaurantPoll.com on the Web also logs IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We do not use IP address logs to track your session or your behavior on our site. Your IP address is not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Cookies
We reserve the right to use cookies for limited purposes. Cookies are small pieces of text stored on your computer that help us know which browser you are using and where you've been on RestaurantPoll.com and on certain sites to which you may link in order to use some of our features. We do not use cookies to retrieve personally identifiable information about you. If you do not accept a cookie from RestaurantPoll.com, you will still be allowed to register and take complete surveys.

Links
We may provide links to third-party web sites as a service to our users. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection practices of such web sites, which may differ from those of RestaurantPoll.com. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies on these web sites before providing any information to them.

How You Can Control Your Information On Our Site
You can make changes to your personal information at any time by going to Edit Account or by e-mailing us with your requested changes at service@RestaurantPoll.com.

Questions
Protecting your privacy is one our highest priorities. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you may e-mail us at service@RestaurantPoll.com, or write to us at RestaurantPoll.com; 257 La Paloma, Suite 1, San Clemente, CA 92672

Opting-Out
Upon request, RestaurantPoll.com will permit you to "opt out" of further e-mail contact (excepting notification of major changes to the service) while still allowing you to access to the site and take surveys. To unsubscribe from the RestaurantPoll.com mailing list, simply enter your e-mail address at this web page -- http://www.restaurantpoll.com/registration/emailoptout.asp

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. You may determine when this Privacy Policy was updated last by noting the “Last Updated” date directly beneath the title of this page.