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PRIVACY STATEMENT
www.ronco.com and www.showtimerotisserie.com (the
"Sites") are owned by Ronco Acquisition Corporation
(“Ronco”). The following discloses our
information gathering and dissemination practices for these Sites. This privacy
policy applies only to data gathered on the Sites and does not apply to any offline
point of contact between Ronco and consumers. This
privacy policy is effective June 1, 2005
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy. Since any changes
will be posted on this page, we encourage you to check this page regularly. Your
continued use of the Sites following any changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute
your acceptance of such changes.
Your IP Address
Each time you visit a Site, our Web server automatically collects your IP address
and the Web page from which you came. Your IP address is used to help identify you
and to gather broad demographic information about you. We also use your IP address
to help diagnose problems with our servers, to administer the Sites, and to better
serve you while visiting a Site.
Demographic Information
We may also collect demographic information that you provide to us, such as your
zip code, age or income level. We use your demographic information to tailor the
Site to you and for internal business purposes.
Cookies
The Sites use cookies to keep track of your activity on the Site, technically administer
the Site, and enhance your experience on the Site. [Third parties present on the
Site, such as advertisers, may also place cookies on your browser.]
Information We Collect From You
While on the Site you may provide personal information such as your name, address,
phone number, and email address. Nowhere on the Site do we knowingly collect personal
information from children under the age of 13.
How We Use Personal Information
We will use your personal information to contact you, complete your transactions,
and provide you with information that you may request.
We may also use your personal information for internal business purposes, such as
analyzing and managing our business. We may also combine the information we have
gathered about you with information from other sources. We may also share your information
with our affiliates and subsidiaries. We may use third parties to help us operate
our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf. We may share your
information with these third parties for those limited purposes.
Unless you tell us not to, we may also use your personal information to contact
you about offers or promotions we think may be of interest to you. If you do not
want to receive these offers or information, indicate that we may not do so at the
point where you give us your personal information. If you change your mind later,
just click on this link Privacy Remove,
enter in your e-mail address and you will no longer receive these types of communications
from us.
We will also share your personal information with selected third parties so that
you may receive special offers and promotions from them which we think may be of
interest to you, unless you opt-out. If you would like to opt-out of our sharing
your personal information with these third parties, indicate that we may not do
so at the point where you give us such personal information or just click on this
link Privacy Remove, enter in
your e-mail address and we will no longer share your personal information with these
third parties.
Please note that deletions of your personal information or changes in your preferences
may not be effective immediately.
Your personal information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a transfer
of ownership, assets or the bankruptcy of Ronco.
We may also disclose specific information when we determine that such disclosure
is necessary to comply with applicable law or to protect the interests or safety
of Ronco or other visitors to the Site.
Financial Information
We may collect your financial information such as credit and/or debit card numbers,
bank account and/or other financial institution account numbers in connection with
the transactions you enter into with Ronco. We use
your financial information to help us process and fulfill your transactions. We
may use third party service providers to help us process some of these tasks. In
such instances, we will provide your financial information to these third parties
for the sole purpose of performing these tasks. We may also provide your financial
information to your credit card issuer, your financial institutions, or your credit
card processors to process transactions.However, we don't store your financial
information. You will have to reenter your financial data in your subsequent transactions
to protect you. Therefore, we will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any
use or disclosure of your financial information by third party to whom
Ronco is allowed to disclose your financial information under this Privacy
Policy.
Community Functions
The Sites may make available to its users chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or
other community functions. Remember that any information you disclose in these areas
becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose
your personal, financial or other information. You should use such community functions
at your own risk.
Other Sites
The Sites may contain links to other Web sites not owned or operated by
Ronco. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such Web sites or for the privacy policies and practices of other third parties.
Our Security Precautions
The Sites have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. We use industry standard technology
to protect the security of your information. Unfortunately, no data transmission
over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are
committed to protecting your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security
of any information you transmit to us.
Accessing Your Information
Ronco gives you the opportunity to remove personal
information that you have provided to us or change your preferences, just click
on this link Remove Email, enter in your e-mail address and state whether you want
your information removed from our database, if you want to opt-out of communications
from us or if you want you want to opt-out of communications from third parties.
Deleting your information or otherwise opting-out of receipt of communications from
Ronco or third parties will delete the data only
in our database for purposes of managing future communications from
Ronco and third parties. These deletions will not delete information
already collected that may have already been shared with third parties, all as provided
above in this Privacy Policy. You will need to contact third parties that may contact
you directly to delete your personal information that they may be using to contact
you.
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