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B&G
Foods, Inc. Online Privacy Policy
Last
modified: September 21, 2011
The
website you have entered is operated by B&G Foods, Inc.
(“B&G Foods”). We have adopted this online privacy
policy (this “Privacy Policy”) to explain the types of
personal information we collect on our websites, how we
may use that information and with whom we may share it.
This Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take
to protect your personal information. The use of our
websites is subject to this Privacy Policy, the
Terms & Conditions posted on this site and
applicable laws and regulations.
Your Consent to this Privacy Policy
By
accessing our websites, you indicate your informed
consent to this Privacy Policy and the
Terms & Conditions posted on this site. If you do
not agree to the terms contained in this Privacy Policy
or the
Terms & Conditions, please do not use our websites
or any services offered by our websites or provide any
personal information to us.
Personally identifiable Information and How We
Collect It
Personally identifiable information is any information
that would reveal specific information about you as an
individual. Examples of personally identifiable
information include, without limitation, your name,
street address, e-mail address and phone number. B&G
Foods only collects this type of information when
voluntarily supplied by users. Below are a few examples
of how we collect personally identifiable information.
Sweepstakes, Contests, Etc.
We may operate sweepstakes, contests, raffles and
similar promotions through our websites that may require
online registration. We typically ask you for certain
personally identifiable information when you enter and,
if applicable, win a sweepstakes, contest, raffle or
similar promotion. We may share this personally
identifiable information with third party sponsors of
such sweepstakes, contests, raffles and promotions
(irrespective of whether it is hosted by us), with
service providers who may assist us with administering
the promotions, or otherwise in accordance with the
rules applicable to such sweepstakes, contests, raffles
or promotions. You should carefully review the rules of
each sweepstakes, contest, raffle and promotion in which
you participate through one of our websites, as they may
contain additional important information about B&G
Foods’ or a sponsor’s use of your personally
identifiable information. Insofar as the terms and
conditions of such rules concerning the treatment of
your personally identifiable information conflict with
this Privacy Policy, the terms and conditions of such
rules shall control.
Recipe Club and Newsletter Registration.
If
you choose to register for one of B&G Foods’ recipe
clubs or newsletters, you will be asked to submit an
e-mail address and other personally identifiable
information. B&G Foods will use this information in
conjunction with activities of the recipe club or
newsletter, including, but not limited to, e-mailing
recipes and newsletters. If, upon registration, you
select to receive offers extended to recipe club or
newsletter members by B&G Foods and other third parties,
your personally identifiable information may also be
used by B&G Foods and third parties to provide you with
such offers. E-mails from the recipe club or
newsletters will routinely offer you the opportunity to
remove your e-mail address from our recipe and
newsletter distribution list and/or the distribution
list for related offers.
Questionnaires and Surveys.
We occasionally ask visitors to our websites to complete
online surveys and opinion polls about their activities,
attitudes and interests. These surveys help us
understand the needs of our visitors. We do not keep
any personally identifiable information about you in
connection with your participation in a website
questionnaire or survey unless you specifically agree to
provide this information.
Other
Site Features.
We
offer visitors to our website various features for their
enjoyment, which we change from time to time. We may ask
you to submit certain personally identifiable
information so we can provide you with these features.
Cookies and Web Beacons.
Like many companies, B&G Foods uses “cookie” technology
and similar devices on and off of our websites to
facilitate site-navigation. "Cookies" are pieces of
information that are sent to your browser from a web
server and may be stored on your computer's hard drive
until removed. Cookies make it possible for users to
avoid logging into websites upon each visit, and their
use by commercial websites is common. Your browser may
be reconfigured to either signal the receipt of a cookie
or to refuse the acceptance of cookies; however,
reconfiguration may affect your ability to properly
access and/or use this and many other sites.
B&G
Foods uses cookies and similar devices, such as web
beacons, to collect non-personal information about users
of B&G Foods’ websites, such as (1) a user's IP address,
the type of web browser and operating system being used,
(2) the pages of the website a user visits and (3) other
websites visited after a user leaves our site. Cookies
enabled by B&G Foods do not contain or collect any
personally identifiable information.
B&G
Foods collects non-personal information in order to
monitor usage of and to improve our websites.
Accordingly, B&G Foods reserves the right to share
information obtained from cookies, web beacons and other
similar devices with third parties compiling such
information for B&G Foods’ internal use.
How We Use Personally Identifiable Information
When
you supply personal information at a B&G Foods website,
we will consolidate such personally identifiable
information and use it for the purpose for which it was
collected (for example, to enter you in a sweepstakes or
to fulfill the delivery of a sweepstakes prize or
product order) in accordance with the terms of this
Privacy Policy. We may also use it to contact you
regarding B&G Foods’ products or promotions as well as
other products and services, which may be requested by
or otherwise of interest to you (including those we may
offer jointly with other companies). We also use
personally identifiable information to keep track of a
user's activities on our websites, to improve our
marketing, promotional and product development efforts,
to statistically analyze website usage, to improve our
website features, design and content and to refine our
business and marketing strategies. We may also use the
information in other ways for which we provide specific
notice at the time of collection.
We
may also enhance your personally identifiable
information by linking it to data obtained from third
parties, such as non-personally identifiable information
(e.g., demographic and geographic characteristics) as
well as other publicly available data such as census
information. Such enhanced information allows us to
provide our users with a more customized experience.
B&G
Foods’ primary goal in collecting and using personally
identifiable information is to give you a meaningful and
customized experience while you are using our websites
and to promote our products in a cost effective and
efficient manner.
How We Share Personally Identifiable Information
Except as described below, we don’t sell, transfer or
otherwise disclose to third parties the personally
identifiable information we collect on our websites
without your prior consent. We disclose information
where we think it is necessary to investigate or prevent
an actual or suspected crime or injury to ourselves or
others or where disclosure is required by law. We also
may disclose information in response to a request from
law enforcement authorities or other government
officials. We also disclose information to third parties
we retain to perform services on our behalf. For
example, we hire service providers to help us run
promotions, analyze data, fulfill orders you may place
and provide customer or consumer service. These service
providers may have access to personally identifiable
information about our website visitors if it is needed
to perform their functions for B&G Foods, but they are
not authorized by B&G Foods to use the information for
their own marketing purposes.
On
our website, we may conduct joint promotions with other
companies. If we conduct joint promotions, all of the
co-sponsors may receive the personally identifiable
information you submit to participate, and such
collection of personally identifiable information will
be subject to each co-sponsor’s privacy policy. This
Privacy Policy governs only B&G Foods’ data collection
and privacy practices, not those of any co-sponsor.
We
reserve the right to transfer any information we have
about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a
portion of our business or assets. If such a sale or
transfer occurs, we will use reasonable efforts to try
to require that the transferee use personally
identifiable information provided through this website
in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice.
Choice/Opt-Out
We
offer you certain choices about what personal
information we collect from you, how we use that
information, and how we communicate with you. Some areas
of our websites provide features that allow you to
access and update personal information you have provided
there. Some areas contain features that permit you to
register your communications preferences, such as by
indicating your preference to receive information about
particular types of products. You may visit the areas
of websites where you provided personal information to
learn if they provide these features. If they do not,
you can contact us as described below in the How To
Contact Us section to update your preferences, ask us to
remove your information from our mailing lists or submit
a request.
Children’s Privacy
Our
websites are intended for the use of visitors of all
ages. We intend to comply with federal laws and
regulations that address children’s online privacy, as
well as by the guidelines of the Children’s Advertising
Review Unit (CARU), a part of the Council of Better
Business Bureaus. We do not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from children under
13 on our website, except as permitted by legal
requirements and the CARU guidelines. Upon proper
identification, a parent may review any personal
information we have collected from his or her child if
we still have the information in our database. The
parent also may request that the child’s information be
deleted from our database and may refuse to permit
further collection or use of the child’s information.
If you are a parent and wish to exercise these rights,
please contact us as described below. We encourage
parents to monitor, supervise and join their children in
online activities.
User Submissions
All
comments, ideas, recipes or other food-related
information submitted to B&G Foods by users of our
websites ("User Submissions") shall be made with the
understanding that B&G Foods and/or its agents may have
developed or may develop identical or similar items and
that User Submissions are not made in confidence. Upon
receipt, User Submissions are to become the sole
property of B&G Foods, who shall be entitled to the
unrestricted use of same without any compensation due
the provider.
Links to Other Websites
Our
websites may contain links to other websites that are
owned and operated by third parties. We provide these
links solely for your convenience and information. We
encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of
each site you visit. B&G Foods does not endorse and
makes no representation as to the sufficiency, accuracy
or completeness of the content or privacy policy of any
third-party website to which you may be linked from our
websites.
Security
Our
websites have security measures in place to help protect
against the loss, misuse and alteration of the
personally identifiable information under our control.
B&G Foods employs security measures consistent with
standard industry practice to help protect against
public access to personally identifiable and account
activity information collected on and used by B&G Foods
at our websites. If you register with one of our
websites, personally identifiable information and
account activity are also protected through the use of a
user name and password. In order to help maintain the
security of your information, you should protect the
confidentiality of your user name and password.
Applicable Websites
This
Privacy Policy applies to the websites operated and
managed by B&G Foods, including but not limited to
www.bgfoods.com;
www.accentspices.com;
www.bgpeppers.com;
www.bmbeans.com;
www.brerrabbit.com;
www.creamofwheat.com;
www.donpepino.com;
www.grandmasmolasses.com;
www.joanofarc.com;
www.laspalmassauce.com;
www.maplegrove.com;
www.ortega.com;
www.polanerallfruit.com;
www.reginavinegar.com;
www.trappeys.com;
www.underwoodspreads.com;
www.vermontmaid.com;
www.wrightsmoke.com; and others that may be added in
the future.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
B&G
Foods reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy
Policy at any time. Please check back from time to time
to ensure you are aware of any updates or changes to
this Privacy Policy.
Governing Law
This
Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of
New Jersey, USA, without regard to its choice of law
provisions.
How to Contact Us
If
you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the
practices of our websites or would like to access,
correct or delete any of your personally identifiable
information, you may contact us at:
B&G
Foods, Inc.
4 Gatehall Drive
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Attn: Consumer Affairs
Phone: 1.888.887.3268
Or, to contact us electronically, please use this link:
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