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PRIVACY POLICY

MetroCooking DC Privacy Statement

(Updated May 25, 2018) MetroCooking DC is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This statement outlines our online privacy and data protection policy. This website is managed and operated by E.J. Krause & Associates:

Collection and Use of User Details:

We collect the information you give us: We collect information that you choose to provide to us when you register for a trade show, conference or other event; purchase trade show, conference or other event-related services; subscriptions, contests, surveys or other information submitted through our website.

During the registration process we may request certain contact information and demographic information about you such as your name, mailing address, email address, company name, size of company and title. We also may receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information you have provided to us. If you choose to register for a trade show, conference or other event thought this site, you may also be asked to provide your credit card information to fulfill your registration request.

How do we use the information:

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways: To personalize user’s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

 

User information is retained for in-house research to:

  • Improve our understanding of customer needs and product development
  • Build marketing profiles
  • Aid strategic development
  • Manage our relationship with advertisers

All results of such research and analysis will be anonymized or aggregated information and will not reveal any personal facts about individual customers.

Steps have been taken to ensure that consistently high standards of data protection are adhered to in all regional offices for all the forms of processing mentioned above.

Security Policy

MetroCooking DC will maintain appropriate measures to ensure that users’ personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered within the E.J. Krause & Associates server environment.

Occasions will arise when customer information is passed outside MetroCooking DC to other data processors (i.e. fulfillment bureaus, database consultants, etc.) but they will only act upon instruction from MetroCooking DC.  in order to perform the services required.
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

  • We use regular Malware Scanning.
  • We do not use an SSL certificate. We do not need an SSL because: This is provided by a third party that processes our tickets

Transfer of Personal Data Overseas

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing metrocookigndc.com and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Web Analytics Privacy and Cookie Policy

MetroCooking DC and its web properties use a third-party provider to track various online advertisement and analytics programs with a goal to understand and to help others understand how people are using their computers and the Internet in the United States and throughout the world.

Third Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

Third Party Links:

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Social Media

If you participate in our social media campaigns, we follow the respective policies of each social media platform. All of these platforms have their own privacy policies.

Collection and Use Information

We use cookies to gather statistical information that is designed to assist in understanding what users find interesting and useful on our clients’ Web sites. A cookie is a small text file containing a random and unique identifier (e.g., #12489) that is sent to your browser from a Web server and then stored onto your computer’s hard drive.

The technology used by MetroCooking DC and its web properties is not intended to collect personally identifiable information. In some limited circumstances, however, some personally identifiable may be captured–when, for example, personal information such as an email address is incorporated into a URL string. MetroCooking DC does NOT use personally identifiable information inadvertently captured in this manner, nor will we ever share any of this personally identifiable information with our clients.

Updating Customer Details

It is important to us that we have your correct contact information so that you don’t miss out on further correspondence or experience problems with the delivery of products. Please email any changes to your personal information to brewer@ejkrause.com

California Residents

California law permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request to brewer@ejkrause.com or contact us at 301.493.5500

Children Under 16

MetroCookingDC does not intentionally collect any personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 16. When necessary underage users will be told not to submit any personal details and we will make every effort to delete any details of such users where a parent of a guardian has informed us that these details have been collected.

Questions

Please contact us if you have questions or wish to take any action with respect to information to which this privacy policy applies.
For More Information:
E.J. Krause & Associates/MetroCooking DC
6430 Rockledge Drive, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20817
301.493.5500