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Nutrition Northwest Co
Privacy Policy
This Policy was last changed on
October 16, 2010
Welcome to Nutrition Northwest Co.
("NNW", "we" or "us"). We operate
this website (the "Site") and other
health, wellness, diet and fitness
websites that are part of the
Nutrition Northwest Network
(collectively the "Sites"),
including the network's flagship
property at
www.NutritionNorthwest.com. The
Sites provide a variety of online
services and products, including
articles, blogs, newsletters, tools,
and social networking platforms
(collectively, the "Services"). We
are strongly committed to protecting
the privacy of your information and
providing a safe and secure
environment for you, our users.
With this in mind, we provide you
this privacy policy (the "Policy")
to help you understand the kinds of
information we may gather about you
when you visit the Site or use any
of our Services, how we may use and
disclose the information, and how
you can control, correct and/or
update the information.
To be clear about the terminology we
are using, when we use the phrase
"Personal Information" in this
Policy, we mean information about
you that is personally identifiable,
like your name, address, e-mail
address, or phone number, as well as
other non-public information that is
associated with this personal
information. When we use the phrase
"Anonymous Information" in this
Policy, we mean information that is
not associated with or linked to
your Personal Information. Anonymous
Information does not enable
identification of or contact with
individual persons.
By visiting this Site or using the
Services, you are accepting the
policies and practices described in
this Policy. Each time you visit the
Site or use the Services, you agree
and expressly consent to our
collection, use and disclosure of
the information that you provide as
described in this Policy.
This Policy applies to all sites
Services that are operated by
Nutrition Northwest Co, including
this Site. In addition to this
general policy, each Site may have
additional privacy provisions that
are specific to the particular site.
These supplemental disclosures are
made in the site-specific addenda
below or in a disclosure adjacent to
the particular Service at the time
we collect the information. These
supplemental disclosures also govern
the use of your information.
The Information We Gather
Information you voluntarily provide
us.
We collect and maintain information
that you voluntarily submit to us
during your use of the Sites and
Services. For example:
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when you register for a Site,
you may provide us certain
information including your name,
e-mail address, screen name,
password, demographic
information, and the health
topics that interest you;
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to engage a Site's social
networking function, you may add
to your profile by providing
information about your interests
or health topics. For example,
your profile may list your
favorite healthy foods or movie;
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if you are registering for a
customized weight-loss program,
you may provide us answers to
questions we use to provide you
the program, like your actual
and goal weights, your preferred
method of exercise, or your
caloric intake;
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if you sign up to receive a
newsletter, enter a contest, or
participate in social networking
activities, we may require that
you provide us contact
information (e.g., e-mail or
physical address);
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if you purchase a product or
service through the Site, we
collect credit card information;
and
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you may provide us with personal
information in the course of
e-mail, customer support
interactions, and surveys.
You can choose not to provide us
with certain information, but this
may stop you from gaining access to
a Service or limit the features that
you can use.
How We Use Your Information
We will use your Personal
Information in the ways described
below or described at the time that
the information is collected.
To Target Advertising.
We believe that advertising on the
Internet is more interesting to you
when it is relevant. Accordingly, we
customize the advertisements that
you see based upon: (i) the
information that you knowingly
provide us (e.g., age, gender,
stated health interests and other
information in your profile); (ii)
geographic location which we
determine through your IP address;
(iii) data we receive from third
parties or (iv) your behavior on
this Site or other Sites.
To Provide the Sites and Services.
In general, we use your Personal
Information as necessary or
appropriate to:
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administer your account;
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register you and provide you
access to the Site or Services;
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respond to your inquiries or
requests that you direct to us;
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send communications and
administrative e-mails about the
Site or Services;
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personalize and better tailor
the features, performance, and
support of the Site and Services
for your use;
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send you promotional/marketing
information, newsletters,
offers, or other information
regarding opportunities and
functionality that we think
would be of particular interest
to you (provided that we will
not give your Personal
Information to any third-party
advertising partner without your
consent);
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improve the quality of the Site
and the Services; and
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analyze, benchmark, and conduct
research on, user data and user
interactions with the Site and
Services.
How We Disclose Information to Third
Parties
We know how important it is to keep
the information you've entrusted to
us confidential. We will not rent,
sell or share your Personal
Information with third parties
except as specifically approved or
under the circumstances described
below. If you do not want us to use
or disclose Personal Information
collected about you in the ways
identified in this Policy, you
should not use the Site or Services.
Disclosure for legal reasons.
We may disclose and release your
Personal Information to third
parties: (a) to comply with valid
legal requirements such as a law,
regulation, search warrant,
subpoena, or court order; or (b) in
special cases, such as a physical
threat to you or others, a threat to
homeland security, a threat to our
system or network, or cases in which
we believe it is reasonably
necessary to investigate or prevent
harm, fraud, abuse, illegal conduct,
or a violation or alleged violation
of this Policy or other agreement we
may have with you.
Agents and Contractors.
We may provide your Personal
Information to third-party service
providers who work on our behalf or
help us to operate our business, the
Site and the Services. Examples of
such service providers include
vendors and suppliers that provide
us with technology, services, and/or
content for sending e-mail,
analyzing data, providing marketing
assistance, processing payments
(including credit card payments),
and providing customer service.
Access to your Personal Information
by these service providers is
limited to the information
reasonably necessary to perform its
limited function. These service
providers have an obligation under
their contracts with us to keep your
Personal Information confidential.
Aggregated, Anonymous Information.
We may share aggregated Anonymous
Information about you with third
parties. Aggregated information is
your Anonymous Information that is
combined with the Anonymous
Information of other users and does
not allow you to be identified or
contacted. Depending on the
circumstances, we may or may not
charge third parties for this
aggregated information, or limit the
third parties' use of the aggregated
information.
Contests, sweepstakes, and polls.
Some or all of the information
collected during a contest or
sweepstakes may be disclosed
publicly. It may also be shared with
other third parties as disclosed at
the time of collection or in the
promotion rules. These third parties
may include a provider of prizes in
order to update you of your status
of your prize or other fulfillment
needs, or a co-sponsor who may use
your Personal Information to
administer the promotion or for
marketing purposes, but only in
conformance with their privacy
policy as made available to you at
the time of collection. If data will
be disclosed or shared in this
manner, we will include a notice at
the time of collection of such
information.
Sponsors - and other ways that you
approve at the time of collection.
We may collect Personal Information
about you and share it with third
parties to the extent that you give
us permission at the time of
collection. For example, we
sometimes gather Personal
Information on behalf of a sponsor
in association with a promotion. In
such a case, we will provide you
clear notice at the time of
collection that the information is
being collected on the sponsor's
behalf and link to the sponsor's
privacy policy. The sponsor is
contractually obligated to comply
with their privacy policy.
Within our Company; Changes to our
Company.
We may share all or some of your
Personal Information with any of our
subsidiaries, joint ventures, or
other companies under common
control, in which case we will
require them to honor this Policy.
Additionally, in the event we go
through a business transition such
as a merger, acquisition by another
company, or sale of all or a portion
of our assets, your Personal
Information may be among the assets
transferred. You acknowledge that
such transfers may occur and are
permitted by this Policy, and that
any entity that acquires us, is
merged with us or that acquires our
assets may continue to process your
Personal Information as set forth in
this Policy.
Message Boards and Chats
We may make message boards, chat
rooms, and other interactive forums
available as part of the Services.
You should be aware that any
information which you post to these
interactive forums or otherwise
choose to make publicly available,
including your Personal Information,
may be disclosed and available to
all users who have access to that
portion of the Site or Services, and
is therefore no longer private. By
using these interactive forums, you
agree that we are not responsible
for any information that you
disclose or communicate in such
forums, and any disclosures you make
are at your own risk.
Children's Information
The Site and Services are not
directed or intended for children
under 18 years of age. We do not
knowingly collect Personal
Information from individuals under
18 years of age. If you are under 18
years of age, you should not
register or provide Personal
Information on the Site or through
the Services. If we later obtain
actual knowledge that a user is
under 18 years of age, we will take
steps to remove that user's Personal
Information from our systems. If you
are the parent or guardian of a
child whom you believe has disclosed
Personal Information to us, please
contact us at
office@nutritionnorthwest.com so
that we may delete and remove such
child's information from our
systems.
Updating and Control of Your
Personal Information
We offer you choices regarding the
collection, use, and sharing of your
Personal Information. When you
receive promotional communications
from us you will have the
opportunity to "opt out" by
following the unsubscribe
instructions provided in the
promotional e-mail or newsletter you
receive or by editing your
preference to receive these
communications within the "Manage My
E-mail" or similar feature on the
individual Sites when you are logged
in as a registered user. Please note
that despite your indicated e-mail
preferences, we may send you
administrative e-mails regarding the
Site and the Services, including,
for example, administrative
confirmations and notices of updates
to our Policy if we choose to
provide such notices to you in this
manner.
If your Personal Information changes
or if you no longer desire to use or
access one of the Sites or Services,
we encourage you to correct, update,
or remove the Personal Information
from your profile. This can be done
at the "My Page" section on each of
the Sites. Keep in mind, however,
that even if you delete information
from your profile, we may retain
your Personal Information in
conformance with our data retention
policy and there may be residual
Personal Information that remains
within our databases, access logs,
and other records. In addition, we
are not responsible for updating or
removing your Personal Information
contained in the lists or databases
of third parties who have been
provided information as permitted by
this Policy.
Co-branded Sections of the Sites
Certain portions of the Site may be
co-branded with a third-party
business partner and subject to a
different privacy policy that is
either the partner's privacy policy
or a privacy policy developed
jointly by Everyday Health and our
partner (collectively the
"Co-branded Policy"). The partner's
collection, use and dissemination
practices regarding any data or
Personal Information provided by or
obtained from users of these
Co-branded portions of the Sites
will be governed by the Co-branded
Policy. The Co-branded Policy will
make clear if our use and
dissemination of Personal
Information will be governed by the
Co-branded Policy or this Policy.
Please read the Co-branded Policy
for each Co-branded Site before
providing any Personal Information.
Third-Party Links
The Sites may link to websites
operated by third parties that we do
not control. We do not monitor,
control, or endorse the information
collection or privacy practices of
any third parties. We strongly
encourage you to become familiar
with the privacy practices of every
website you visit and to contact
them if you have any questions about
their respective privacy policies
and practices. This Policy applies
solely to information collected by
us through the Sites or Services and
does not apply to these third-party
websites. The ability to access
information of third parties from
the Sites or Services, or links to
other websites or locations, is for
your convenience only and does not
signify our endorsement of such
third parties, their products,
services, websites, locations, or
their content.
Security
We place a priority on the security
of Personal Information, and we
undertake reasonable security
measures to protect the data that
resides on our servers. We also uses
secure server software (SSL) to
process all financial transactions
that occur on the Site. SSL
technology can encrypt Personal
Information transmitted over the
Internet. However, no security
system is impenetrable. We do not
warrant the security of our servers,
nor do we warrant that your
information, including Personal
Information, will be completely
secure or not be intercepted while
being transmitted over the Internet.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding
privacy or this Policy, you may
contact us as follows: Telephone:
425-747-5282 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail:
office@nutritionnorthwest.com
Address: Nutrition Northwest Co.
1601 116th Ave NE Suite
100
Bellevue, WA 98004
Privacy Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change,
modify, add, or remove portions of
this Policy at any time and without
prior notice, and any changes will
become effective immediately upon
being posted unless we advise you
otherwise. However, we will not use
your Personal Information in a way
that is materially different than
the uses described in this Policy
without giving you an opportunity to
opt out of such differing uses. Your
continued use of the Site or
Services after this Policy has been
amended shall be deemed to be your
continued acceptance of the terms
and conditions of the Policy, as
amended. We encourage you to
bookmark this Web page and review
this Policy regularly.
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