Your information is safe with us. You can read our Privacy Policy below to see what information we collect and our security assurance.
This Privacy Policy covers Homemade Gourmet’s® treatment of personally identifiable information that Homemade Gourmet® collects when you are on a Homemade Gourmet® website, and when you use Homemade Gourmet® services.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Homemade Gourmet® does not own or control or to people that Homemade Gourmet® does not employ or manage.
Homemade Gourmet® uses information for three general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to contact you about specials and new products.
Cookies
Cookies are essential "invisible" data files that act as an electronic messenger between your computer and our website. Cookies enable us to save personal information about you on your computer. The most basic cookie tracks what is in your shopping cart. This saves you time, as you will not have to re-input your Personal Information each time you visit or shop with us. Cookies store your Personal Information for you. All Internet browsers have a notification option to let you know when an "invisible" cookie is being sent to you. Through your browser options you can choose not to accept the cookie. However, in not accepting the cookie, you may not be able to experience all functions of shop.homemadegourmet.com.
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer our websites. Your IP address also may be used to gather broad demographic information and to recognize customer traffic patterns and site usage. This information aids us in merchandising and in developing the design and layout of the site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Information Usage
Homemade Gourmet® may collect information from several different points on our website. This information includes but is not limited to the length of each visit, how often you visit, which areas of our site you visit, and items that you purchase, and is collected solely for the purpose of making your Homemade Gourmet® experience the best it can be. This data helps us make better choices about the information we include on our site.
In addition, we may also use the information collected to occasionally notify you about important changes to our website, new services and offers that we feel might interest you. If you would rather not receive this information, simply follow the directions in the mailing to unsubscribe from the mailing list.
Information Sharing
Homemade Gourmet® uses the information we collect solely for our business purposes. We do not sell or share personal information to third parties. However, we may provide aggregate information and statistics about our customers, sales and related site-information to our third party vendors, but this information and statistics will include no personally identifying information. Please note that we may release information in good faith as is reasonably necessary to comply with the law or protect our rights.
Security
Whether you place an order or create a profile, we offer the use of a secure server. The industry-standard secure server software (SSL) that we use encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. Our site is verified secured daily by GeoTrust QuickSSL. Sites secured by GeoTrust SSL certificates are providing up to 256 bit encryption thereby offering the highest level of encryption and security possible. This means you can rest assured that communications between your browser and this site's web servers are private and secure. Look for the GeoTrust banner toward the bottom left hand corner of this website to learn more.
To check the security of your connection, once you have reached checkout, look at your address ba, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https."
Children
We do not intend to collect any personal information (such as name, address, telephone number, age or email address) from persons under 13 years of age. If a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with such information would like the information deleted from our records, he or she should contact Customer Service at customerservice@homemadegourmet.com. We will make reasonable efforts to delete the child’s information from our existing files.
Surveys & Contests
Our site may request information from you via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site and for our internal marketing research purposes.
Links
Our site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information from them. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this site.
Your Consent
By using our site, you agree to let us collect and use information per the guidelines of this policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact shop@homemadegourmet.com.
