A Privacy Policy Statement from Indy Cooks
Indy Cooks is a division of Cumulus Indianapolis, which is part of the Cumulus Media Partners family of stations and as such, abides by and upholds the tenets of the personal privacy policy outlined below: Protecting your personal privacy is very important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how the social networking site, Indy Cooks, will collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us. Specifics about what information is collected and how it is used follow this Privacy Policy Statement.
Your personal privacy is a principal concern to us at Indy Cooks. Our goal in outlining our policy on the collection and use of member data is to ensure the highest level of confidentiality and security. When you provide your personal information this site, we will not give or sell your personal information to any outside company for its use in marketing or solicitation. We will maintain the confidentiality of your personal information and it will be used only to support your customer relationship with our social networking site, assisting us in providing better and more targeted services to you. Additionally, internal practices are in place to help protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of member data. When Indy Cooks asks for member information, it is done with the goal of improving the relationship between the social networking community and the member. At Indy Cooks, we allow our members to maintain control over their personal data while attempting to provide a more interactive online experience. Our intention is to send e-mail only to members who have chosen to receive such e-mails. At any time, you have the right to decline receiving future communications in any manner, including email, fax, telephone and postal mail.
Information Collection
When you browse Indy Cooks, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your e-mail address for purposes such as correspondence, site registration, membership, making a purchase, contests or participating in online surveys. We may ask for your name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address and birthdate. Other optional information may be asked that is needed to register or subscribe you to services or offers.
Like many other commercial Web sites, Indy Cooks may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies were originally designed to help a Web site distinguish a user's browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. A cookie is a small string of text that a Web site can send to your browser. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture your E-mail address. Currently, Web sites use cookies to enhance the user's visit; in general, cookies can securely store a user's ID and password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track of selections in a "shopping cart."
- We collect only information that is needed, and we tell members how we use it. We limit the collection of information about our members to what we need to know to manage their membership, to provide customer service, to offer new products and services, and to fulfill any legal and regulatory requirements. We tell our members about the general uses of information we collect about them, and we will provide additional explanation if requested.
- We give members choices about how their data will be used. On a regular basis, we provide our members the ability to decline any or all future email communications. Members may also decide if and how they wish to be contacted via other communication media.
- We give members access to their data online. A member may change, update or add additional information about themselves at any time through the Indy Cooks site, which offer this feature.
- We ensure information quality. We use advanced technology and well-defined employee practices to help ensure that member data is processed promptly, accurately and completely.
- We use information security safeguards. Access to member data is limited to those who specifically need it to conduct their business responsibilities. We use security techniques designed to protect our member data—especially that data which is used by employees and business partners to fulfill member services.
- We limit the release of member information. In addition to providing members with the opportunity to refuse marketing offers, we release information only at the members' requests, or when required to do so by law or other regulatory authority. When a court order or subpoena requires us to release information, we notify the member directly so that his/her legal rights can be exercised, if appropriate. The only exceptions to this policy are when we are prohibited by court order or law from notifying the listener/customer, or cases in which fraud and/or criminal activity is suspected.
- We hold employees responsible for our privacy principles. Each Cumulus Indianapolis employee is personally responsible for maintaining member confidentiality. Employees who violate these policies are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal. Employees are expected to report violations—and may do so confidentially—to their managers or other supervisors.
Information Use
If you provide us with your e-mail address, or have done so in the past, we may send you e-mail offers or newsletters. These offers or newsletters are based on information you provided in your membership application, registration forms, in surveys, from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as information available from external sources, such as census bureau data. These e-mail offers will come from a Indy Cooks only. Your information or email address is never sold to a third party. All offers are carefully developed to guarantee that they meet our standards. Our goal is to target offers to members who will find them of value.
- The data you provide is used to enhance the services and offers our radio stations bring you. As a result of providing personal information, Indy Cooks can provide a more customized online experience, making your interaction with us more productive, helpful and fun. You can also expect to receive occasional communications targeted directly toward your lifestyle interests.
- Declining e-mail offers. Indy Cooks provides members with an easy means to decline receiving e-mail offers and recognizes the importance of providing you with choices. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving these offers from us by simply replying to the e-mail address included in every e-mail message you receive from Indy Cooks.
Indy Cooks does not knowingly solicit data from children, and we will not knowingly market to children. Indy Cooks defines children as anyone under 13 years of age.
What else should I know about my privacy?
Third party Internet sites and services accessible through Indy Cooks have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of us. Indy Cooks has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords, membership ID, or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. While we aim to protect your personal information, Indy Cooks cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
