Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively "DVFD") is committed to the protection of its customers' privacy and the security of any personal information provided to DVFD.

This Website ("Website") is owned and operated by DVFD (referred to herein as "we," "us," or "our"). The purpose of our privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") is to inform you about the types of personally identifiable information we gather about you when you visit our Website, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct the information. The phrases "personally identifiable information" or "personal information" mean any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, etc. This Privacy Policy applies only to users accessing our Website from the United States. Please read our complete Privacy Policy. By using this Website, you agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, which is part of, and governed by DVFD'S Terms of Use. Whenever you submit information via this Website, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use, please do not use this Website or submit information to us.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

As you navigate through this Website, certain information can be passively collected using various technologies, such as navigational data collection. We, or third parties authorized by us, may transparently collect information that is not personally-identifiable, such as what browser is being used (e.g., Internet Explorer), the operating system of the device you use to access the Website, the domain name from which you entered a site (e.g., google.com), or your internet protocol address; however, this information is used for our internal purposes only.

This Website may use "cookies." A "cookie" is a small file stored by your Web browser to help a particular system recognize you and the pages you visit in a website. Cookies allow this Website to recognize you more quickly and provide a customized user experience. We use cookies to help us measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views, and other statistics relating to the Website. The information we gather through the use of cookies is not sold to vendors, advertisers, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc. If you disable cookies, certain functions of the Website may not work properly or be available to you.

We use third party analytical applications to analyze our Website traffic and collect non-personally identifiable information about the use of our Website by individual users and users in the aggregate. We do not change our information-collection practices or use of cookies based on the do not track settings in your browser.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Our Website may contain links to other websites including those that permit online transactions. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide links from our Website. DVFD does not endorse, approve or certify these other websites, and we do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of the information contained on these sites. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by our Website, and you should check the applicable privacy policy of the website sponsor when linking to other websites.

INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT

As a visitor to our Website you can be assured that at no time will we collect personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide that information to us as described below. We respect your privacy online and will never share any of your personal information with third parties.

The only exception to the collection of personal information is when you specifically and knowingly provide your contact information to us when communicating with us via our online form to request information or to be contacted. Any information provided by you through our online form is used solely for the purpose provided. While you may use our Website without providing any personally identifiable information, you will not be able to receive informational emails and other updates from DVFD if you do not provide that information.

We use customer data for these primary purposes:

To help you quickly find goods, services or information;
To improve our services to you;
To help us create content most relevant to you;
To conduct marketing research, such as questionnaires and surveys; and
To alert you to special offers, updated information, and other new products or services from DVFD.

We are the sole owner of all information collected on this Website. In addition, as we develop our business we may sell our business or buy another business. In such transactions, customer information is generally one of the transferred business assets. In the event that we or substantially all of our assets are acquired, personal information about our customers may be one of the transferred assets.

We will also disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on us; (b) protect and defend our rights or property; or, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our Website or the public.

We will not use your personal information in a way that is incompatible with these stated purposes, unless we obtain your prior consent.

SECURITY AND YOUR ACCOUNT

DVFD will take reasonable steps to protect your personally identifiable information that you transmit to DVFD and this Website and to protect such information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no Internet transmission is ever fully secure, and we cannot guarantee that information transmitted via this Website will remain confidential at all times. When we collect information from our users, it is stored in an area to which the general public does not have access. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to ensure that personal information is stored and treated responsibly.

In the event that any use of any aspect of the Website involves log-in credentials, please bear in mind that anyone you provide with your log-in information will also have access to your account and personally identifiable information. If you use this Website you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any log-in credentials associated with the Website.

EDITING, UPDATING, CORRECTING AND DELETING USER INFORMATION

If you prefer not to receive information from us, or if you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal information or the use of the information collected, please let us know by sending an email to us at [email protected]

Please be sure to include your email address, full name, and your question(s) and, if applicable, specifically what information you do not want to receive. If you would like to update or correct your email address, street address or other personal information with us, please contact us the same way. Please note that sometimes these requests may take some time to be effective, and if you delete certain information, you may not be able to continue to access certain portions of the Website without entering additional information.

USERS OF THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE AGE OF 13

You must be 18 to use the Website. DVFD takes children's privacy seriously. Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information through or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please email us at [email protected] or write us at: Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Inc., ATTN: Tracey Schroder, PO Box 465, 7615 Lancaster Ave, Myerstown, PA 17067.

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY POLICY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please use the Contact Us page to notify us.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

DVFD reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions on the Website and you agree to any such changes upon your continued use of the Website. Please check this page periodically for changes. When changes are made we will update the effective date of this Policy.