privacy policy
This Privacy Policy describes how FPL Food (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information. This Privacy Policy also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your personal information, and how you can reach us to get answers to your questions.
Information We Collect
We currently only have newsletters for our customers and not for general inquiries from people coming to our site.
We collect information about you in a variety of ways depending on how you interact with us, our website and services, including:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as when you place an order/make a purchase or contact us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise.
- Automatically through the use of cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies when you interact with our website and emails.
- From other sources, including our affiliates, business partners, service providers, and other third parties, or from publicly available sources. For example, if you submit a job application or become an employee, we may conduct a background check.
The following provides examples of the type of information that we collect in a variety of contexts and how we use that information.
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Customer Information
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We collect the name and contact information of our customers and their employees with whom we may interact.
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We use this information to contact our customers and communicate with them concerning normal business administration such as projects, services, and billing.
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Cookies and First-Party Tracking
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We use cookies and clear GIFs. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to a computer’s hard drive while a web site is viewed.
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We use this information to ensure that our website operates efficiently.
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Cookies and Third-Party Tracking
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We may place tracking technology on our websites that collects analytics, records how you interact with our websites, or allows us to participate in behavior-based advertising. This means that a third party uses technology (e.g., a cookie) to collect information about your use of our websites so that they can report analytics to us or provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests on our websites, or on other websitess. Note that we do not currently recognize the “Do Not Track” signal.
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US and Exports use this information to better understand the individuals that use our website and to better understand how our website is used.
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Email Interconnectivity
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If you receive email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open our message, click on any links or banners it contains and make purchases.
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We track emails through Hubspot |
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Employment
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If you apply for a job posting, we collect information necessary to process your application or to retain you as an employee. This may include, among other things, your Social Security Number.
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We use information about current employees to perform our obligations to employees. In some contexts, we are also required by law to collect information about employees or applicants. We also use this information to ensure that we have efficient staffing and work force operations.
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Feedback/Support
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If you provide us feedback or contact us for support we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content that you send to us, in order to reply.
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We use this information to receive and act upon your feedback or issues.
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Mobile Devices
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We collect information from your mobile device such as unique identifying information broadcast from your device when visiting our website.
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We use this information to identify unique visitors and to understand how users interact with us on their mobile devices.
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Order Placement
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We collect your name, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address, phone number, and credit card number when you place an order.
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We use your information to provide you with products or services.
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We limit people coming to the plant and collect data from employees during COVID spikes
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In certain situations where a serious public health threat has been identified, we may collect information from employees, guests, and other individuals accessing our facilities. This may include medical and health information, such as body temperature, symptoms, and underlying health conditions. In some cases, we may also collect medical, health, and related information about an employee’s children, family members, or other individuals under the employee’s care.
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We use this information to protect the health and safety of our employees and guests. In some jurisdictions we may be required by law, regulation, or governmental order to collect and retain information related to issues of public health and safety.
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Website interactions
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We use technology to monitor how you interact with our website. This may include which links you click on, or information that you type into our online forms. This may also include information about your device or browser.
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We use this information to understand how you interact with our website to better improve it, and to understand your preferences and interests in order to select offerings that you might find most useful. We also use this information to detect and prevent fraud.
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Web logs
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We collect information, including your browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to a computer when the Internet is used), domain name, click-activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors.
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We use this information to monitor our networks and the visitors to our website.
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How We Use Information
In addition to the purposes and uses described above, we use information in the following ways:
- To identify you when you visit our website
- To provide products or to process returns
- To improve our product offerings
- To conduct analytics
- To communicate with you, such as to respond to and/or follow-up on your requests, inquiries, issues or feedback
- To detect and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including violation of our policies and terms and conditions, security incidents, and harm to the rights, property or safety of our company and our users, employees or others
- To debug, identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality of our website
- To comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, to establish or exercise our rights, and to defend against a legal claim
- For internal administrative purposes, as well as to manage our relationships
How We Share Information
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may disclose personal information in the following situations:
- Affiliates and Acquisitions. We may share information with our corporate affiliates (e.g., parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control). If another company acquires, or plans to acquire, our company, business, or our assets, we will also share information with that company, including at the negotiation stage.
- Other Disclosures With Your Consent. We may ask if you would like us to share your information with other unaffiliated third parties who are not described elsewhere in this policy.
- Other Disclosures Without Your Consent. We may disclose information in response to subpoenas, warrants, or court orders, or in connection with any legal process, or to comply with relevant laws. We may also share your information in order to establish or exercise our rights, to defend against a legal claim, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies, or to comply with your request for the shipment of products to or the provision of services by a third-party intermediary.
- Service Providers. We share your information with service providers. Among other things service providers may help us to administer our website, provide technical support, process payments, and assist in the fulfillment of orders.
Your Choices
Some jurisdictions give you a right to make the following choices regarding your personal information:
- Access To Your Personal Information. You may request access to your personal information or confirmation that we have information about you.
- Changes To Your Personal Information. You may ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete. Note that we may keep historical information in our backup files as permitted by law.
- Deletion Of Your Personal Information. You may request that we delete your personal information. If required by law, we will grant a request to delete information, but you should note that in many situations we must keep your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another business purposes.
- California Shine the Light. If you would like more information concerning the categories of personal information (if any) we share with third parties or affiliates for those parties to use for direct marketing, please submit a written request to us using the information in the Contact Information section below.
Please note, not all of the rights described above are absolute, and they do not apply in all circumstances. In some cases, we may limit or deny your request because the law permits or requires us to do so, or if we are unable to adequately verify your identity.
Submitting Requests
You may exercise the rights described above by contacting us as indicated in the “Contact Information” section below. Note that we will require you to prove your identity. We may verify your identity by phone call or email. Depending on your request, we will ask for information such as your name, email address, or the date of your last order from us.
How We Protect Information
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is fully secure. While we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. In the event that we are required by law to inform you of a breach to your personal information we may notify you electronically, in writing, or by telephone, if permitted to do so by law.
Third-Party Applications/Websites
For your convenience, we may provide links to websites and other third-party content or services that we do not own or operate. The websites and third-party content to which we link may have separate privacy notices or policies. Please note, we have no control over the privacy practices of websites or services that we do not own. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website or application for details about such third party’s privacy practices.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may change our privacy policy and practices over time. To the extent that our policy changes in a material way, the policy that was in place at the time that you submitted personal information to us will generally govern that information unless we receive your consent to the new privacy policy. Our privacy policy includes an “effective” and “last updated” date. The effective date refers to the date that the current version took effect. The last updated date refers to the date that the current version was last substantively modified.
Children
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children without parental consent. Children under the age of 13 should not provide their personal information to us.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints concerning our privacy practices, or if you need to access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format due to having a disability, please contact us at the appropriate address below. We will attempt to respond to your requests and to provide you with additional privacy-related information.
Email: info@fplfood.com
Address: FPL Food, LLC 1301 New Savannah Road Augusta, GA 30901
Phone number: 706-722-2694
Effective Date: November 4, 2022
Last Update: February 9, 2023