FreeEats.com, Inc., respects and safeguards your privacy on-line. FreeEats.com, Inc., has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protect your privacy. The following expresses our information-gathering and dissemination practices for this site, FreeEats.com, Inc. (www.FreeEats.com).
Personally Identifiable Information
When visitors voluntarily register to become members with FreeEats.com, Inc., and provide their name, address, some general demographic information, and their preference of coupon categories in the registration form, "Personally identifiable information" is the name and address which will be protected as described, below.
Collection and Use of Information
FreeEats.com, Inc., collects information about our visitors and their activities on our site in a non-intrusive manner, using optional, voluntary, self-service forms. The member registration form allows visitors to become members with FreeEats.com, Inc. All personally identifiable information collected about visitors and members of FreeEats.com, Inc., is kept confidential in its detailed, raw form - not sold, shared, or rented. Below are further details regarding specific kinds of information and how FreeEats.com, Inc., uses them to provide a convenient, valuable, and private consumer experience.
Email Communications
Visitors who have registered as members with FreeEats.com, Inc., and who have explicitly "opted-in" for the email-offer notifications, receive a periodic email notifications reminding them about new coupons on the site, occasionally including marketing and advertisement content. These communications are not sent to registered members who have "opted-out" for the email newsletter, nor are they sent to any other visitors who are not registered members. Registered members also get occasional (a few times per year) special event notifications about contests, promotions, site upgrades, and the like.
Cookies
In order to provide you with the best experience while using the FreeEats.com, Inc., website, we use a browser technology called "cookies". Cookies are used to recognize you. With cookies, we save you time by not requiring you to enter information we have already received. FreeEats.com, Inc., uses cookies solely for your benefit, and will protect your privacy. The web browsers receive a cookie during registration. This cookie contains the numeric ID of registered users, and activates their stored preferences (zip code and category preferences on the search form) when they visit the site. The numeric user ID is entirely proprietary to FreeEats.com, Inc., and provides no personally identifiable information.
Demographic Information
The member registration form and some coupon print forms may have a few optional demographic questions which visitors may answer if they wish. These questions may be left blank - they are not required to become a member or to print a coupon. The demographic information collected is used for marketing and planning purposes internally by FreeEats.com, Inc., and is not shared or sold in raw detail, that is, no personally identifiable information is released to others. Information may be summarized and used in marketing and promotional materials, but in a manner that cannot provide any personally identifiable information.
Contest Registrations
From time to time, FreeEats.com, Inc., may run contests for our visitors and registered members. Personally identifiable information provided in the contest registration form will be used only for contacting the winners.
Log Files
All web sites keep log files of their activity, as does FreeEats.com, Inc. These log files are analyzed for general traffic reporting and capacity planning purposes. Our log files don't indicate our visitors' identity and are not used for any targeting or identification purposes.
Mandatory vs. Optional Information
The only mandatory information requested on the FreeEats.com, Inc., member registration form is name, address, zip code, phone number and email address, and category preferences (at least one selected category). All other information is optional, demographics, and "opt-in" for the email newsletter.
Who Collects the Information?
All member, demographic, usage, and log file information is collected and processed by FreeEats.com, Inc., its agents and sub-contractors only. No third-party personalization or subscription services are used to collect or process this information.
Sharing the Information
All information collected about visitors and members of FreeEats.com, Inc., is kept confidential in its detailed, raw form - not sold, shared, or rented. The only information shared is in summary form, and is used by FreeEats.com, Inc., for marketing and promotional purposes, but in a manner that cannot provide any personally identifiable information. The actual data is maintained on secure systems, accessible by authorized FreeEats.com, Inc., system's administrators only.
"Opt-out"
When visitors to FreeEats.com, Inc., choose to register as members, they are provided the option of "opting-in" to receive periodic emails from FreeEats.com. This choice is optional; any visitor may register without choosing to receive the email newsletter. After registering, members may return to the member information form and update their choice to receive the email newsletter - they may "opt-in" to receive it, or "opt-out" to stop receiving it. Their choice is updated into the member database and takes effect immediately. All registered member benefits are available to visitors regardless of their choice to receive or not receive the email newsletter.
Correct, Review and Update Information
After registering, members may return to the member information form and update or review any of their information previously provided: email address, name, address, category selections, demographics, and email newsletter "opt-in". They may also email the webmaster at webmaster@FreeEats.com and request to be removed entirely from the member registration database. If such a request is made, all member information for that individual will be removed from all FreeEats.com, Inc., systems.
Security
Information about registered members of FreeEats.com, Inc., is stored and maintained on physically and electronically secure systems, accessible by authorized FreeEats.com, Inc., systems administrators only. These systems are owned and maintained exclusively by FreeEats.com, Inc., its agents or contractors.
Advertisers and Partner Sites
FreeEats.com, Inc., contains links and advertising for other sites. Please note that these other sites may have privacy policies that differ from our own. Some sites may share or otherwise use the personally identifiable information you provide them. We have no control over any personal information you choose to provide those sites, but FreeEats.com, Inc., will not provide those sites with personally identifiable information you provide to FreeEats.com, Inc..
DoubleClick
FreeEats.com, Inc., does not use any third party advertising solutions companies such as, DoubleClick, to serve up its advertising.
Voluntary Opt-In for Third Party Info
Personally identifiable information about individual users will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection. At such times of collection, users will have the opportunity to indicate whether they would like to "opt-out" of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from FreeEats.com, Inc., and/or any sources.
Unsolicited SPAM
Further, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the user, FreeEats.com, Inc., reserves the right to contact a subscriber regarding account status, changes to the subscriber agreement and other matters relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.
Changes to Privacy Policy
FreeEats.com, Inc., reviews its privacy policy periodically and reserves the right, at its discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page from time to time to remain updated regarding any changes.
Questions About Privacy and Security
We welcome any questions about the privacy and security of personal information on FreeEats.com, Inc. Please email your questions to info@FreeEats.com, or write to:
FreeEats.com, Inc.
13800 Coppermine Road
Herndon, Virginia 20171