SchoolMenu.com Privacy Notice
School Menu, Inc. ("Schoolmenu.com") recognizes that its
customers, visitors, users, and others who use
schoolmenu.com or other web sites owned or
operated by Schoolmenu.com (the "Schoolmenu.com
Sites") (collectively or individually "Users") value
their privacy. This Privacy Notice details important
information regarding the use and disclosure of User
information collected on the Schoolmenu.com Sites.
Schoolmenu.com provides this Privacy Notice to help
you make an informed decision about whether to use
or continue using the Schoolmenu.com Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is
subject to the Schoolmenu.com Terms of Use. Your use
of the Schoolmenu.com Sites and any personal
information you provide on the Schoolmenu.com Sites
remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice
and our Terms of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content
posted at the direction of Users onto the
Schoolmenu.com Sites becomes published content and
is not considered personally identifiable
information subject to this Privacy Notice.
The Information Schoolmenu.com Collects
* User Provided Information: You provide certain
personally identifiable information (such as your
name and email address) to Schoolmenu.com when
choosing to participate in various activities on the
Schoolmenu.com Sites such as uploading videos,
posting messages in our forums or in the video
comments section, entering contests or sweepstakes,
taking advantage of promotions, responding to
surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other
mailing lists.
* Cookies Information: When you visit the
Schoolmenu.com Sites, we may send one or more
cookies - a small text file containing a string of
alphanumeric characters - to your computer that
uniquely identifies your browser. Schoolmenu.com
uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A
persistent cookie remains after you close your
browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your
browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent
cookies can be removed by following your web browser
help file directions. A session cookie is temporary
and disappears after you close your browser. You can
reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to
indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some
features of the Schoolmenu.com Sites may not
function properly if the ability to accept cookies
is disabled.
* Log File Information: When you use the
Schoolmenu.com Sites, our servers automatically
record certain information that your web browser
sends whenever you visit any website. These server
logs may include information such as your web
request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser
type, browser language, referring / exit pages and
URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names,
landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those
pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages,
the date and time of your request, and one or more
cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
* Clear GIFs Information: When you use the
Schoolmenu.com Sites, we may employ "clear GIFs"
(a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the
online usage patterns of our Users anonymously
(i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In
addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based
emails sent to our users to track which emails are
opened by recipients.
The Way Schoolmenu.com Uses Information
* If you submit personally identifiable information
to us through the Schoolmenu.com Sites, then we use
your personal information to operate, maintain, and
provide to you the features and functionality of the
Schoolmenu.com Sites.
* Any personal information or video content that you
voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards,
in messages and chat areas, within your public
profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and
can be collected and used by others. Your account
name (not your email address) is displayed to other
Users when you upload videos or send messages
through the Schoolmenu.com Sites and other Users can
contact you through messages and comments. Any
videos that you submit to the Schoolmenu.com Sites
may be redistributed through the internet and other
media channels, and may be viewed by the general
public.
* We do not use your email address or other
personally identifiable information to send
commercial or marketing messages without your
consent or except as part of a specific program or
feature for which you will have the ability to
opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email
address without further consent for non-marketing or
administrative purposes (such as notifying you of
major Schoolmenu.com Site changes or for customer
service purposes).
* We use both your personally identifiable
information and certain non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data,
cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream
data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the
Schoolmenu.com Sites and to create new features,
promotions, functionality, and services by storing,
tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
* We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file
information to: (a) remember information so that you
will not have to re-enter it during your visit or
the next time you visit the Schoolmenu.com Sites;
(b) provide custom, personalized content and
information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our
marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics
such as total number of visitors, pages viewed,
etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and
status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
When Schoolmenu.com Discloses Information
* We provide personally identifiable information and
non-personally-identifiable information to our
subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other
businesses or persons for the purpose of processing
such information on our behalf. We require that
these parties agree to process such information in
compliance with our privacy policy, and we use
reasonable efforts to limit their use of such
information and to use other appropriate
confidentiality and security measures.
* We do not share your personally identifiable
information (such as name or email address) with
other, third-party companies for their commercial or
marketing use without your consent or except as part
of a specific program or feature for which you will
have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
* We do share non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data,
referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types,
number of clicks, etc.) with interested
third-parties to assist them in understanding the
usage patterns for certain content, services,
advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on
the Schoolmenu.com Sites.
* We may release personally identifiable information
and/or non-personally-identifiable information if
required to do so by law, or in the good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to comply with
state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law)
or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search
warrant.
* Schoolmenu.com also reserves the right to disclose
personally identifiable information and/or
non-personally-identifiable information that
Schoolmenu.com believes, in good faith, is
appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of
Use, take precautions against liability, to
investigate and defend itself against any
third-party claims or allegations, to assist
government enforcement agencies, to protect the
security or integrity of our web site, and to
protect the rights, property, or personal safety of
Schoolmenu.com, our Users or others.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally
identifiable information through the Schoolmenu.com
Sites, in which case Schoolmenu.com may not be able
to provide certain services to you. Please note that
media files uploaded by Users to the Schoolmenu.com
Sites cannot be removed and remain subject to our
Terms of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take
reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique
password) to verify your identity before granting
you profile access or making corrections. You are
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
unique password and account information at all
times.
Please contact Schoolmenu.com with any questions or
comments about this Privacy Notice, your personal
information, your consent, or your opt-in or opt-out
choices by emailing contact@schoolmenu.com.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
Schoolmenu.com allows other companies, called
third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve
advertisements within the Schoolmenu.com Sites.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use
technology to send, directly to your browser, the
advertisements and links that appear on the
Schoolmenu.com Sites. They automatically receive
your IP address when this happens. They may also use
other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or
Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their
advertisements and to personalize the advertising
content you see.
Schoolmenu.com does not provide any personally
identifiable information to these third-party ad
servers or ad networks without your consent or
except as part of a specific program or feature for
which you will have the ability to opt-in or
opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser
asks Schoolmenu.com to show an advertisement to a
certain audience (for example, men ages 18-34) or
audience segment (for example, men ages 18-24 who
have viewed certain channels of content) and you
respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or
ad-server may conclude that you fit the description
of the audience they are trying to reach. The
advertiser may also use information regarding your
use of the Schoolmenu.com Sites, such as the number
of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally
identifiable information), to determine which ads to
deliver to you.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please see: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Our Commitment To Data Security
Schoolmenu.com uses commercially reasonable
physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to
preserve the integrity and security of your personal
information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant
the security of any information you transmit to
Schoolmenu.com and you do so at your own risk. Once
we receive your transmission of information,
Schoolmenu.com makes commercially reasonable efforts
to ensure the security of our systems. However,
please note that this is not a guarantee that such
information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered,
or destroyed by breach of any of our physical,
technical, or managerial safeguards.
If Schoolmenu.com learns of a security systems
breach, then we may attempt to notify you
electronically so that you can take appropriate
protective steps. Schoolmenu.com may post a notice
on the Schoolmenu.com Sites if a security breach
occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a
legal right to receive notice of a security breach
in writing. To receive a free written notice of a
security breach (or to withdraw your consent from
receiving electronic notice) you should notify us
using this contact form.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Schoolmenu.com does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on the Schoolmenu.com Sites from persons under 13 years of age. If Schoolmenu.com learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Schoolmenu.com Sites without verified parental consent, then Schoolmenu.com will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Special Note to International Users
The Schoolmenu.com Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the Schoolmenu.com Sites from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Schoolmenu.com Sites, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that Schoolmenu.com is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and
this will be reflected by the "effective date"
below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any
changes. In general, we only use your personal
information in the manner described in the Privacy
Notice in effect when we received the personal
information you provided. Your continued use of the
Schoolmenu.com Sites constitutes your agreement to
this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be
materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure
of the personal information you have already
provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your
consent before implementing such revisions with
respect to such information.
Contact Information
Please contact Schoolmenu.com with any questions or
comments about this Privacy Notice at contact@schoolmenu.com.
Last updated July 3, 2014