Privacy Policy

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR PRIVACY POLICY HAS CHANGED EFFECTIVE MARCH 18th, 2011.

Welcome to Savemytable.com.  Savemytable.com is an interactive online service operated by Dining Ventures, LLC (“Company”, “us”,  “we”, or  “our”). This “Privacy Policy” applies to this site (however accessed and/or used, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise (collectively, “Computer”)) and other interactive features, applications or downloads that are operated by us that are available through this site or that interact with this site and post this Privacy Policy (collectively, “Website”). Further, this Privacy Policy does not apply to our collection of information from other sources (unless specifically stated). Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy, which includes compliance with California Privacy Rights (see also http://www.privacyprotection.ca.gov).

We have adopted this Privacy Policy to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of Service posted on our Website and incorporated herein by this reference, sets forth the rules, policies and agreements governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions in accordance with the Terms of Service.  In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service shall apply.

 

We generally keep this Privacy Policy posted on our Website and you should review it frequently, as we reserve the right to change it from time to time without prior notice to you. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. WHEN YOU ACCESS OUR WEBSITE AND/OR OTHERWISE USE THE SERVICE (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AS WELL AS, THE TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE MAY SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE, IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE.

 

A. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

 

Our Website typically collects two (2) kinds of information about you: (a) information that you provide that personally identifies you and/or your customers; and (b) information that does not personally identify you and/or your customers that we automatically collect when you visit our Website or that you provide us.

 

(1) Personally Identifiable Information:

 

The collection and use of certain personally identifiable information about you, and in some cases your customers, is necessary in order to use the services associated with the Website (collectively the “Service). Our definition of personally identifiable information includes, but is not limited to, (i) any information that may be used to specifically identify or contact you, such as your name, phone number, email address and other forms of identification set forth in the Terms of Service;  (ii) credit card and bank information used to process your monthly License Fees (as defined in the Terms of Service); and (iii) personally identifiable information about your customers, which you or your customers may submit in connection with the Website and the Service such as the name that a restaurant reservation is to be held under.

 

(2) Non-Personal Information:

 

Our definition of non-personal information is any information that does not personally identify you or your customers. Non-personal information can include certain personally identifiable information that has been de-identified; that is, information that has been rendered anonymous. We and/or our third party service providers obtain non-personal information about you from information that you provide us, either separately or together with your personally identifiable information. We and/or our third party service providers also automatically collect certain non-personal information from you when you access our Website and use the Service.

 

B. HOW WE USE & SHARE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

 

(1) Personally Identifiable Information:

 

The personally identifiable information you submit to us is generally used to process your monthly License Fees, provide you with the various aspects of the Service and to generally better serve you in other ways naturally associated with the circumstances in which you provided the information and/or we provide the Service. We may also use this information to later contact you for a variety of reasons, such as customer service, to provide you with information or services or process transactions that you have requested or agreed to receive, to provide you with marketing or promotional information for our products/services or those of our parent companies, subsidiaries or other affiliated companies (“affiliated companies”), to communicate with you about your use of the Website and/or Service, in our discretion, changes to the Website, Service and/or Terms of Service, for internal business purposes, or for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out from receiving future promotional information from us, or direct that we not share your information in the future with any affiliated companies or third parties for their direct marketing purposes in accordance with the terms set forth in Section I, below.

 

In certain instances we may share your personally identifiable information with our third-party vendors performing functions on our behalf (or on behalf of our affiliated companies) – e.g., vendors that process credit card payments for monthly License Fees, administer our promotions, provide us marketing or promotional assistance, analyze our data, assist us with the provision of the Service and customer service, etc. Our vendors agree to use this information, and we share information with them, only to carry out our requests. In addition, we may share your personally identifiable information with participating sponsors of the Website and Service and with third parties who assist us in using the content or other information you have shared with us. Further, we may share your personally identifiable information with third parties such as our co-promotional partners and others with whom we have marketing or other relationships. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, or as set forth when you submit the information, your personally identifiable information will not be shared or sold to third parties without your consent.

 

(2) Non-Personal Information:

 

In addition to any personally identifiable information or other information that you choose to provide to us on the Website and in connection with the Service, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies, now and hereafter devised, that automatically collect certain web site usage information whenever you visit or interact with the Website and/or the Service. This information may include browser type, operating system, the page served, the time, the source of the request, the preceding page view, and other similar information. We may use this usage information for a variety of purposes, including to enhance or otherwise improve the Website and/or the Service. In addition, we may also collect your IP address or some other unique identifier for the particular device you use to access the Internet, as applicable (collectively, referred to herein as a “Device Identifier”). A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Computer, and we may identify your device by its Device Identifier. When analyzed, usage information helps us determine how our Website and the Service are used, such as what types of visitors arrive at the Website and what components of the Service are used most frequently. We may associate your Device Identifier or web site usage information with the personally identifiable information you provide, but we will treat the combined information as personally identifiable information.

 

Website usage information may be collected using various methods, such as the following:

 

Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1x1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our web pages, various aspects of Service functionality and e-mail messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a web page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to the Website, to monitor how users navigate the Website and to count how many e-mails that were sent were actually opened.

 

Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a Computer when it is used to visit the Website. Cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, tracking user preferences and web pages visited while using the Website and/or the Service. You may be able to remove, reject and/or disable some types of cookies using your browser’s preferences or other programs. Some features of the Website and/or the Service may not function properly or may operate slowly if you disable, delete, or refuse to accept cookies. Some of the cookies we use may be “Flash” cookies. A Flash cookie is a data file placed on a Computer via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built-in to or downloaded by you to your Computer. While they are harmless, depending on your browser, these cookies may not be deleted when your cookies are deleted or disabled and, in some instances, they may cause your cookies to reappear in your browser. Please check your browser to determine where these types of cookies are stored and how they may be deleted or disabled.

 

Mobile Device Identifiers. Certain mobile service providers uniquely identify mobile devices and we or our third-party service providers may receive such device information if you access the Website and/or otherwise use the Service through mobile devices. Certain features of our Website and/or the Service may require collection of mobile phone numbers, and we may associate that phone number to mobile device identification information. Additionally, some mobile phone service providers operate systems that pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service. Depending on the provider, we or our third-party service providers may receive this information.

 

Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Website and/or the Service, such as functions of the Service that you use and links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your Computer from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Website, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

 

Passive Means. Information collected through passive means may be non-identifying or may be associated with you. In the latter case it will be treated as personally identifiable information.  We use non-personal information in a variety of ways, including to help analyze site traffic, understand customer needs and trends, carry out targeted promotional activities and to improve our services. We may use your non-personal information by itself or aggregate it with information we have obtained from others. We may share your non-personal information with our affiliated companies and third parties to achieve these objectives and others, but remember that aggregate information is anonymous information that does not personally identify you. We may provide our analysis and certain non-personal information to third parties (who may in turn use this information to provide advertisements tailored to your interests), but this will not involve disclosing any of your personally identifiable information.

 

(3) Information You Provide About A Third Party

 

If you send someone else a communication from the Website, such as sending Website-related content or functionality to your customers, the information you provide (names, e-mail addresses, etc.) is used to facilitate the communication and is not used for any other marketing purpose unless we obtain consent from that person or we explicitly say otherwise. Please be aware that when you send correspondence to customers and other third parties through the Website, your e-mail address and other personally identifiable information may be included in such communication.

 

(4) Information Third Parties Provide About You

 

We also may, from time to time, supplement the information we collect with outside records from third parties in order to, among other things, enhance our ability to serve you through the Service, tailor the Service to your needs and the needs of our other customers and to offer you opportunities to purchase additional products and/or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We may combine the information we receive from those other sources with information we collect through the Website and/or the Service. In those cases, we will apply this Privacy Policy to any personally identifiable information received from you, unless otherwise specifically disclosed by us at the time you provide your personally identifiable information.

 

C. OTHER USES

 

(1) E-mail Communications:

 

If you send us an e-mail with questions or comments, we may use your personally identifiable information to respond to your questions or comments, and we may save your questions or comments for future reference. For security reasons, we do not recommend that you send non-public personally identifiable information, such as passwords, social security numbers , credit card or bank account information, to us by e-mail. Further, we may send you e-mail under the following circumstances: (a) if you request a particular service or sign up for a feature that involves e-mail communications; (b) if it relates to purchases you have made with us (e.g., payment of monthly License Fees, Service updates, customer support, etc.); (c) if we are sending you information about our other products and services; (d) if you consented to being contacted by e-mail for a particular purpose; (e) if you send us an e-mail, post information on the Website or otherwise submit information to us electronically, we may e-mail you to follow-up or otherwise communicate with you with respect thereto; (f) to provide you legal notices or notices with respect to your use of the Website and/or the Service; or (g) to otherwise facilitate a transaction between us. In certain instances, we may provide you with tools on the Website that will allow you to set your preferences for receiving e-mail communications from us; that is, agree to some communications but not others. Where made available to you, you may “opt out” of receiving future, third-party, commercial e-mail communications from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link or following the other instructions included at the bottom of some e-mails we send, or as provided below in Section I; provided, however, we reserve the right to send you transactional e-mails such as customer service communications and billing-related information and notifications.

 

(2) Transfer of Assets:

 

As we continue to develop our business, we may sell or purchase assets. If another entity acquires us or all (or substantially all) of our assets, the personally identifiable information and non-personal information we have about you will be transferred to and used by this acquiring entity, though we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your preferences are followed. Also, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, all such information may be considered an asset of ours and as such may be sold or transferred to third parties.

 

(3) Other:

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, we reserve the right to disclose any personally identifiable or non-personal information about you if we are required to do so by law and/or if we believe that such action is otherwise necessary necessary to: (a) fulfill a government request; (b) conform with the requirements of the law or legal process; (c) protect or defend our legal rights or property, our Website, the Service, or other users; or (d) in an emergency to protect the health and safety of our Website’s users or the general public.

 

(4) Sweepstakes Contests and Promotions:

 

We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions through the Website that may require registration. By entering any promotion, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the promotion to use your name, voice and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the promotion. If you choose to enter a sweepstakes, contest or other promotion, personally identifiable information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the promotion’s official rules, such as on a winners list.

 

(5) Your California Privacy Rights:

 

Residents of the State of California, under certain provisions of the California Civil Code, have the right to request from companies conducting business in California a list of all third parties to which the company has disclosed certain personally identifiable information as defined under California law during the preceding year for third party direct marketing purposes. You are limited to one request per calendar year. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response. You may request the information in writing at:

 

Dining Ventures, LLC
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attn: California Privacy Request
c/o Legal Department
privacy@scrippsnetworks.com

(6) Third Party Ad Server Networks:

 

The Website may use third parties such as network advertisers to serve advertisements on the Website and may use traffic measurement services to analyze traffic on the Website. Network advertisers are third parties that display advertisements based on your visits to the Website and other websites you have visited. Third-party ad serving enables us to target advertisements to you for products and services in which you might be interested. The Website’s third party ad network providers, the advertisers, the sponsors and/or traffic measurement services may themselves set and access their own cookies and other technologies on your Computer and track certain behavioral information regarding users of your Computer via a Device Identifier. These third party cookies and other technologies are set to, among other things: (a) help deliver advertisements to you that you might be interested in; (b) prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times; and (c) understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements that have been delivered to you. Note that any images (or any other parts of a web page) served by third parties in association with third party cookies may serve as web beacons, which enable third parties to carry out the previously described activities. Third party cookies, web beacons, and other third party technologies are governed by each third party’s specific privacy policy, not this Privacy Policy.

 

D. PUBLIC FORUMS

 

We may, from time to time,  offer message boards, bulletin boards or similar public forums where you and other users of our Website and the Service can communicate. The protections described in this Privacy Policy do not apply when you provide information (including personally identifiable information) in connection with your use of these public forums. We may use personally identifiable and non-personal information about you to identify you with a posting in a public forum. Any information you share in a public forum is public information and may be seen or collected by anyone, including third parties that do not adhere to our Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for events arising from the distribution of any information you choose to publicly post or share through our Website and/or any information you may elect to post on a micro site managed by you that is connected and/or associated with the Website ( Micro Site”).  Your obligations with respect to any Micro Site are set forth in the Term of Service.  In addition you and your Micro Site are also subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations pertaining to privacy and otherwise.

 

E. CHILDREN

 

The Website and Service are not intended for children.  We assume that users of the Website and Service are not minors and we therefore do not protect personally identifiable information in a manner that is compliant with privacy laws pertaining to children. 

 

F. KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE

 

We have implemented security measures that are in compliance with applicable laws and that we consider reasonable and appropriate to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Please be advised, however, that while we strive to protect your personally identifiable information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and are not responsible for the theft, destruction or inadvertent disclosure of your personally identifiable information. In the unfortunate event that your “personally identifiable information” (as the term or similar terms are defined by any applicable law requiring notice upon a security breach) is compromised, we may notify you by e-mail (at our sole and absolute discretion) to the last e-mail address you have provided us in the most expedient time reasonable under the circumstances; provided, however, delays in notification may occur while we take necessary measures to determine the scope of the breach and restore reasonable integrity to the system as well as for the legitimate needs of law enforcement if notification would impede a criminal investigation. From time to time we evaluate new technology for protecting information, and when appropriate, we upgrade our information security systems.

 

G. OTHER SITES/LINKS

 

Our Website may link to or contain links to other third party websites that we do not control or maintain, such as in connection with purchasing services and products referenced on our Website and banner advertisements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any third party website. We encourage you to note when you leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of all third party websites before submitting any personally identifiable information.

 

H. THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS

 

Third party applications may be available via the Website and the Service. The owners of these applications (“Third Party Owners”) may collect personally identifiable information from you and may have their own policies and practices. We are not responsible for how Third Party Owners or their applications use your personally identifiable information. These Third Party Owners may have their own terms of service, privacy policies or other policies and ask you to agree to the same. We are not responsible for these policies or the practices of Third Party Owners. Be sure to review any available policies before submitting any personally identifiable information to a third party application or otherwise interacting with it.

 

I. CONTACT & OPT-OUT INFORMATION

 

The Website includes subscription and registration management tools that allow you to make changes regarding, among other things, your personally identifiable information, Service Level (as defined in the Terms of Service) and method of payment of monthly License Fees.  You may contact us as at support@savemytable.com if: (a) you have questions or comments about our Privacy Policy; (b) wish to make corrections to any personally identifiable information you have provided to us; (c) want to opt-out from receiving future commercial correspondence, including e-mails, from us (we may continue to send you transactional messages such as responding to your inquiries and billing notices); or (d) wish to withdraw your consent to our future sharing of your personally identifiable information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

 

We will respond to your request and, if applicable and appropriate, make the requested change in our active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Please, note that we may not be able to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain benefits and features of our Website and/or the Service. Also, please note that it is not always possible to completely change, remove or delete all of your information from our databases and that residual data may remain on backup media or for other reasons and that our obligations with respect to deleting information is limited as set forth in the Terms of Service.  Also, if you have made any public postings on the Website, these communications are generally not removed by us.

 

J. CONSENT TO TRANSFER INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES

 

The Website is operated in the United States and intended for users located in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using the Website and/or the Service and/or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer and processing of your information in the United States.

 

K. SOLE STATEMENT

 

This Privacy Policy as posted on this Website, together with the Term of Service, is the sole statement of our privacy policy with respect to this Website and the Service, and no summary, modification, restatement or other version thereof or other privacy statement or policy, in any form, is valid unless we post a new or revised policy to the Website.