Privacy Policy

Last Updated November 15, 2023

 

We strive to protect the privacy of visitors to the sites that we operate (collectively, the “Site”). You can navigate the majority of the Site without giving us any personal information which identifies you. However, sometimes we need additional information about you in order to provide you with information or services you want to receive from us. Additionally, this Site provides a variety of interactive features which provides you with a public forum through which you have the ability to provide information about yourself to FoodFamilyTravel.com and others.  www.FoodFamilyTravel.com is a Truth Fairy, Inc. company. 

 

The Information We Collect and Process

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com collects and processes two basic types of information:

 

Personally identifiable information: This is information that personally identifies one individual from another or enables you to be individually contacted (for example, names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information). This information is voluntarily provided to us by Site visitors and is used by us for the purpose of responding to user submissions and fulfilling requests for further information about our services.

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Aggregate user and tracking information: This information gives us insights on how Site visitors use our site. This data is anonymous and does not contain any personally identifiable information. We use this information to ensure that our website, e-mails and marketing efforts continue to appeal to Site visitors and clients.

 

When you browse through any website, it can collect certain information about your visit. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

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• The date, location, and time of your visit.

• The pages you visit and the length of time you spend on them.

• The operating system and browser you use to access our site.

• Address of the website that connected you to our site (such as google.com).

 

Information you voluntarily provide to FoodFamilyTravel.com

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com only collects personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide, for example, when you use our “contact us” feature, sign up for a newsletter, set up a voluntary user profile to post content within our forums or interactive features. Examples of such personally identifiable information that you provide to us may include, among other information, your name, physical address and email address. Under such circumstances, you consent to our use/processing of the information you provide consistent with this policy.

 

Other information FoodFamilyTravel.com collects/processes

 

Our Site may use technologies such as “cookies” to provide visitors with tailored information upon each visit. Cookies are a common part of many commercial websites that allow small text files to be sent by a website, accepted by a web browser and then placed on your hard drive as recognition for repeat visits to the Site. Every time you visit the Site, our servers, through cookies, pixels and/or GIF files, collect basic technical information such as your domain name, the address of the last URL visited prior to clicking through to the Site, and your browser and operating system. We may also use third party analytical tools (e.g. Google Analytics) to analyze activities on the Site and use of the Site. You do not need to enable cookies to visit the Site; however, some parts of the Site and some services may be more difficult or impossible to use if cookies are disabled. Some FoodFamilyTravel.com cookie files remain on your computer’s hard drive unless and until you manually delete the file. FoodFamilyTravel.com cookie files do not contain personally identifiable information.

 

The Way We Use Information

 

We store the personal information you provide in a secure database in order to provide you with the information, products, and/or services you request and may be used to provide you with additional information about our services we believe may be of interest to you. The information is stored for a time period and in a manner relevant to responding to your request unless you request that it be removed. The information you provide us will be shared with FoodFamilyTravel.com employees and service providers to the extent necessary to administer our systems and/or accommodate your request.

 

For example, if you provide your name, mailing address, telephone and/or email address and request more information about FoodFamilyTravel.com services, this information will be shared with appropriate FoodFamilyTravel.com personnel to fulfill your request. This information will not be shared with non-affiliated third parties without your consent.

 

We use non-identifying and aggregate information about the use of the Site to improve the navigation, content, and design of the Site. This information may include, for example, the most and least requested pages, analyzing traffic regarding specific features, and the number of users from the U.S. and other countries, among other things.

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, including the onward transfer liability provisions. When personal information is transferred to outside service providers, it is done under a contract which requires the companies to use the shared information only for the limited purposes for which it is provided to them in providing services to FoodFamilyTravel.com, and to agree to hold the information securely and confidentially in accordance with this privacy policy, applicable law and any applicable Privacy Shield privacy principles mandated by the European Union.

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com will not sell or distribute personally identifiable information collected from you outside of FoodFamilyTravel.com without your consent (subject to the limited exceptions stated in this policy).

 

How Personal Information Is Protected

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You do not have to give us personal information to visit www.FoodFamilyTravel.com . However, if you choose to receive alerts or e-newsletters, we collect your email address to complete the contact process.

If you choose to provide us with personally identifiable information (information that is personal in nature and which may be used to identify you) through an e-mail message, request for information, paper or electronic form, etc., we will maintain the information you provide as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. FoodFamilyTravel.com retains the data as long as needed to support the mission of www.FoodFamilyTravel.com .

 

Exceptions

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com may preserve and has the right to disclose any information about you or your use of the Site without your prior permission if FoodFamilyTravel.com has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) protect and defend the rights, property or safety of FoodFamilyTravel.com or its clients or their respective partners, employees, affiliates, other users of the Site, or the public; (b) enforce the Terms of Use for the Site; or (c) respond to claims related to your use of the Site. We may also disclose information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or lawful governmental request (including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements) or in the event of a sale or potential sale of FoodFamilyTravel.com or one of its business units.

 

Data Security

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com understands that the safety of your personal information is extremely important to you. Accordingly, FoodFamilyTravel.com uses reasonable technological, physical and other measures to keep your information protected from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into due account the risks involved in the processing and the nature of the personal information. Due to the nature of the Internet and related technology, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and FoodFamilyTravel.com expressly disclaims any such obligation.

 

Children’s Privacy

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com understands the need to protect the privacy of children. The Site is not intended for use by individuals under 18 years of age. FoodFamilyTravel.com does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from children under the age of 18 at our Site.

 

How You Can Access or Correct Your Information

 

You may access, update or remove the information you provided to us by contacting us – see “How to Contact Us” below. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps (including seeking additional information or documentation) to verify your identity before updating or removing your information. Upon receiving your email with the request to update or remove your information, our privacy team will log the receipt of your request and will contact the appropriate data holder within the company in order to enable them to process your request. The information you provide us may be archived or stored periodically by us according to backup processes conducted in the ordinary course of business. Information stored as part of this backup process will be deleted in due course on a regular schedule.

 

Links to Other Websites

 

Our Site contains links to other websites. FoodFamilyTravel.com is not responsible for any websites that it does not own or operate. You should carefully review the privacy policies and practices of other websites that you link to from the Site, as we cannot control or be responsible for their privacy practices.

 

International Users

 

Information provided through this Site may be uploaded to a cloud and transferred to or accessed globally. By providing information to this Site, you consent to the transfer, processing and/or use of the information globally throughout FoodFamilyTravel.com. Wherever the information is transferred or accessed within FoodFamilyTravel.com it will be processed and used in accordance with this privacy policy.

 

Internal and Independent Recourse Mechanisms

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. FoodFamilyTravel.com is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Further, with respect to citizens to the European Union FoodFamilyTravel.com has agreed to cooperate in investigations by, and comply with the advice of, the Federal Trade Commission and appropriate EU data protection authorities (“DPA”) in managing and resolving any dispute or complaint and provide the relevant DPA with written confirmation of the action taken. If you have questions or complaints regarding the use or disclosure of Personal Information in compliance with the principles of this privacy policy, you should contact us first at contact@truthfairyinc.com and we will contact you promptly to attempt to resolve your concerns or complaint. If contacting us does not resolve your concern or complaint, you may raise your complaint with the relevant DPA where you live or work (see http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm for contact information). A binding arbitration option is available in the event that residual complaints are not resolved by any other means.

 

Notification of Changes

 

As we provide more services and/or functionality on our Site and as privacy laws and regulations evolve, it may be necessary to revise or update our Privacy Policy. We will put an “Updated” note on the link to the Privacy Policy on the Site’s home page so that you will be able to check regarding changes which may be of particular relevance to you.

 

Accessing and updating your information; Limiting or Opting out

 

Visitors who would like to access, correct, update or delete any personally identifiable information may contact us with a request to do so at contact@truthfairyinc.com.  Similarly, Site users who wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to our marketing and informational communications or limit our use of any personally identifiable information in any way can do so by using the subscribe/unsubscribe options contained in our emails or by sending an email to contact@truthfairyinc.com

 

We may take a reasonable period of time to respond to any request to update or modify any information, limit use of information or to opt out of or unsubscribe from any communications. We may also ask for additional information to authenticate the request. If you request the deletion, modification or limitation of use of your personal information maintained by us we will promptly review your request and respond. If we grant your request, such information may be retained for a period of time in our backup systems as a precaution against system failures. Some information may be retained for longer periods as required by law, contract or auditing requirements. In some circumstances we will not be able to limit use of your personal information without unsubscribing you from communications or deleting your information.

 

Members of the Media, Social Media Influencers/Users, Subject Matter Experts, Stakeholders

 

FoodFamilyTravel.com maintains lists of publicly available information regarding media contacts, journalists, social media influencers, social media users, subject matter experts and other stakeholders and individuals who make their personal and/or professional information and/or opinions publicly available. These lists are accessed and/or used by FoodFamilyTravel.com for specific business purposes in conducting its own business and in conducting business on behalf of potential and existing clients. FoodFamilyTravel.com takes reasonable measures to limit the information processed to be relevant to legitimate business purposes and to minimize any risks to individuals associated with the use of such information. Any individual may contact us to access, update and/or restrict use of such information consistent with applicable law by contacting us at contact@truthfairyinc.com

 

Jobs and Internships

 

The FoodFamilyTravel.com jobs and internships web pages may be linked to from this Site. A separate Privacy Policy may govern information collected by FoodFamilyTravel.com related to potential employment and/or internship matters.

 

Embedded content from other websites

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Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. photos, videos, logos, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Links to third-party websites

Occasionally, we may link to other websites of interests or third-party products or services. These third-party sites have independent and separate privacy policies, and may be different from FoodFamilyTravel.com We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. You should exercise caution and review the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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Social Media​

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www.FoodFamilyTravel.com and contributors participate in open forums through social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instragram, etc.) to enhance information sharing, promote public participation, and encourage community collaboration.

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Please note that associations and pages on third-party websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instragram, and Youtube are controlled and operated by the third-party organization, and www.FoodFamilyTravel.com Privacy Policy does not apply. www.TruthFairyInc.com does not own, manage, or control third-party websites. www.FoodFamilyTravel.com does not collect, maintain, or disseminate information you provide to or post on third-party websites. If you choose to provide information to third-party organizations through registration or other interaction with their sites, such actions are between you and the third-party organization. Any information that you provide to register on third-party websites is voluntarily contributed and is not maintained by www.FoodFamilyTravel.com . Although you may voluntarily contribute to third-party websites with the intent to share the information with others on our social media pages, to protect your privacy, please do not disclose personally identifiable information about yourself or others.

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) 

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Personal Information Purposes

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If you are a California resident, the information below also applies to you. Certain terms used in this section have the meanings given to them in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

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Your Rights

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If you are a California resident, you have the right to request more information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, sold and disclosed for a business purpose in the last 12 months, deletion of your personal information, and to opt-out of sales of your personal information, if applicable. You may make these requests by sending an email request to contact@truthfairyinc.com. Once we receive your request, we will verify it by asking you to provide contact information and information related to your recent interactions with us. If you would like to use an authorized agent registered with the California Secretary of State to exercise your rights, we may request evidence that you have provided such agent with power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests on your behalf. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your rights under the CCPA.

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General Data Privacy Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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If you are accessing www.FoodFamilyTravel.com from the European Economic Area, which includes the 28 European Union member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• Right to access your personal data

• Right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data

• Right to have any inaccurate personal data corrected

• Right to have your personal data erased

• Right to restrict use of your personal data

• Right to personal data portability

• Right to object to the processing of your personal data

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The data that you provide to us or we obtain as a result of your use of this Site will be collected, stored, and processed in a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) that may not be subject to equivalent data protection laws, including the United States. We may transfer your personal data outside the EEA in order to store it and enable us to provide advertising, products or services to you.

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Where your personal data is transferred outside the EEA, including the US, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is subject to appropriate safeguards and ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using this Site and/or providing us with your personal data, you (a) consent to the transfer and/or processing of any personal data outside the EEA, including to the U.S., (b) acknowledge that U.S. law may not be equivalent to the data protection laws of your location and (c) understand that we will collect, transfer, store, process and/or deal with your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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If you wish to exercise any of these rights under the GDPR, please email with your request. We will respond to any requests without undue delay and no later than one month after receipt of your request.

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How to Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@truthfairyinc.com