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We care about your privacy
Thank you for your interest in the California Walnut Commission and the walnutinfo.com
website. The internet site walnutinfo.com is owned, published and/or operated by
the California Walnut Commission (collectively referred to below as "CWC").
We value your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to disclose to you
the type of personal information we gather, how we gather it, what we use it for,
and inform you of the choices that you have in our use of your personal information.
Personal information we collect
The types of personal information that we may collect from you from time to time
includes:
- your name
- your address
- your telephone number
- your e-mail address
- information about your preferences relating to food, your shopping preferences and
lifestyle preferences
We collect personal information in a number of ways, for example:
- when you contact us to ask questions,
- when you visit our website,
- when you respond to surveys we conduct or information questionnaires we may send
you or which appear on our Website, and
- when you enter various contests that we conduct (by participating in these contests,
entrants grant the CWC the right to use and publish their name and address in any
publicity related to the contests including on our Website).
We also collect what can be called "anonymous/aggregated information". We collect
such information via the following methods:
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Browser information (i.e. the URL of the web page you were just on, the IP address
of the computer you are using, your domain type, and your browser version). Browser
information is automatically recorded as part of transmitting information over the
Internet. We may use it to help us display information in the best format for you.
Cookies. Our website uses "cookies". A cookie is a small text file sent to your
browser's files for our reference. No one else can read this file. Cookies allow
our server computer to recognize you when you return to the site, so you don't have
to re-register and so we can retain any preferences you may have given us. If you
do not wish to receive cookies, most browsers allow you to be alerted when a cookie
is sent to your computer, so you can decide whether to accept it.
"Clickstream" Data. During your visit to our site, we may record choices you have
made and use this to provide more customized content or advertising. The data does
not identify you and is not retained after your visit. This is sometimes called
"clickstream" data. If we do market research studies or polls in any area that will
only be reported in aggregate, this will be indicated.
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Visiting a third party website via a link from our own website
In some instances, advertisers advertise on our website and you may visit their
websites by directly linking to those websites from our website. If you choose to
provide personal information when you visit those websites please remember that
the privacy provisions that the third party has will govern your relationship with
them and our privacy policy will not apply.
Our policy regarding sharing of information:
Our policy is simple: we never sell or rent your personal information to any third
parties under any circumstances.
How To Contact Us, and How To Control Our Use Of Your Information
We sometimes will use your personal information to send you information about our
products and services. You always have the option to instruct us not to use your
personal information. See "Contact Us" below to provide us with your current instructions
as to what personal information we can use and cannot use.
E-mail communications will always include an identification of the sender and an
"Unsubscribe" option.
If you have any questions pertaining to your personal information, or to be removed
from any of our lists, you may contact us in any one of the following ways.
In Writing:
Privacy Officer California Walnut Commission 101 Parkshore Drive Suite 250 Folsom,
California United States 95630
Email:
wmbcwc@walnuts.org (place "Attention: Privacy Officer" in the subject line)
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