Privacy and AI Policy

Effective Date: March 1, 2022

This Privacy Policy explains how Menus4You and its subsidiaries and affiliates collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process personal information in connection with our Platform and Services. Our Platform includes:

  1. our websites, including related subdomains;
  2. our mobile, tablet and other smart device applications;
  3. application program interfaces;
  4. other online services; and
  5. any other tools, technology and programs now or in the future; in each case, that reference this Privacy Policy. “Services” includes all services associated with the Platform.

This Privacy Policy does not cover or address the privacy practices of Merchants available on our Platform, including their authorized licensees and franchisees; services provided to Merchants; or our privacy practices relating to the personal information of job applicants, employees, and other personnel.

If you see any undefined term in this Privacy Policy, it has the definition specified in our Terms of Use.

By accessing or using the Platform and/or Services, you agree that you have read, understood and agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

1. Personal Information We Collect

1.1. Data provided directly by you

Contact and profile information. When you create an Account, complete your Account profile, sign up for a mailing list, or otherwise communicate or interact with us (whether or not through an Account), we may collect information from you, such as your name, phone number, e-mail address, and physical address. We use this contact and profile information to:

  1. create and personalize your Account;
  2. communicate with you directly about the Services as well as answer any questions; issues or concerns you or other users may have; and
  3. send you marketing communications in accordance with your preferences.

Communications, Participation and other content. We maintain all communications (including email, phone, mail and chat) resulting from your interactions with us. We also record comments and opinions you express when responding to surveys or taking part in promotions we run. We use all of the foregoing communications to address your questions, issues and concerns and provide other related customer support services, for safety and security purposes, to improve our Services, and for analytics. We also maintain your Ratings and Reviews regarding content on the Platform and/or Services, which we may post for the benefit of all of our users.

Additional data relevant to site interaction. We may also use aggregate personal information for regulatory compliance, industry and market analysis, research, demographic profiling, marketing and advertising, and other business purposes, as long as the end-product does not uniquely identify you or any other user of the Platform and/or Services.

1.2. Personal Information Generated and/or Automatically Collected during your use of the Platform and/or Services

Information about your device and its software. Information about your device and its software includes your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, device type/model/manufacturer, operating system, date and time stamp, and a unique ID that allows us to identify your browser, mobile device, or your Account, and other similar information. We may also work with third-party partners to employ technologies, including statistical modeling tools, that permit us to recognize and contact you across multiple devices. We use this device and software information to diagnose and fix technology problems, serve you personalized advertising, personalize your experience, perform analytics/identify usage trends, and improve our products, Platform and/or Services.

Information about the way you access and use our Services. Information about the way you access and use our Services includes the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave. In addition, we track the pages you visit on the Platform, the links you click on the Platform, whether you open emails or click the links contained in emails that we send, other actions you take on the Platform, and whether you access the Services from multiple devices. We may use third-party analytics tools to record your mouse movements, scrolling, and click activity to understand how our users engage with our Services and to monitor and improve our online offerings. We may also use the information about the way you access and use our Services to determine products and services that may be of interest to you, to improve our products and Services, to evaluate the success of our advertising and marketing campaigns, and to send you marketing communications.

Analytics information. We may collect analytics data or use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics to help us measure traffic and usage trends and the demographics of our users in order to improve our Platform and/or Services. You can learn more about Google’s practices at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

Advertising information. We typically collect the foregoing generated and/or automatically collected information through a variety of tracking technologies, including cookies, Flash objects, web beacons, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies, and similar technology (collectively, “tracking technologies”), and we may use third-party partners or services to assist with this effort. Information we collect automatically about you or your device may be combined with other personal information we collect directly.

We, or the third-party partners we use, may use the data collected automatically through tracking technologies to:

  1. remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Platform and/or Services;
  2. provide custom, personalized content and information;
  3. identify and contact you across multiple devices;
  4. provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Platform and/or Services;
  5. perform analytics and detect usage patterns on our Platform and/or Services;
  6. diagnose or fix technology problems;
  7. detect or prevent fraud or other harmful activities; and
  8. otherwise plan for and enhance our Platform and/or Services and for other internal purposes.

1.3. Data from other sources

Information we receive from third-party sites you connect to our Services. We may receive personal information about you from third parties and combine that with information we collect through our Platform and Services. For example, we may obtain information when you login through a third-party social network or authentication service, such as Facebook or Google. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us, which could include your name, email address, or other information. Similarly, when you interact with us through a social media site or third-party service, such as when you like, follow or share Menus4You content on Facebook, Twitter, or other sites, we may receive information that you permit the social network to share with third parties. The data we receive from these third-party sites is dependent upon that third party’s policies and your privacy settings on that third-party site.

Information we receive from affiliates or third parties. From time to time, we may receive information about you from third parties, including without limitation: Merchant partners, other Menus4You entities and affiliates, co-marketing partners and service providers. We may receive additional information about you, such as fraud detection information, from third-party partners and combine it with other information that we have about you. We use this information from affiliates or third parties to create your Accounts, to contact you, to send you advertising or promotional materials or to personalize our Platform and Services, to protect against bot attacks and account takeovers, and to better understand the demographics of our users.

We do not control, supervise, or respond to how third parties providing your information process your personal information. Therefore, any information request regarding the disclosure of your personal information to us should be directed to such third parties.

2. How We Use Your Personal Information

Provide, maintain, improve and develop the Platform and Services. We may use the personal information to provide, maintain, improve and develop the Platform and Services. For example, we:

  • Enable you to create Accounts or otherwise access and use the Platform and Services (e.g., remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit);
  • Provide custom, personalized content and information (e.g., “most popular near you” and “since you enjoy” features);
  • Perform analytics, detect activity patterns on our Platform and Services, and otherwise research usage; and
  • Test and develop new features and functionality and otherwise enhance the Platform and Services.

Maintain the safety, stability and security of our Platform and Services. We may use the personal information to maintain the safety and security of our Platform and Services. For example, we:

  • Detect or prevent fraud, abuse, or other harmful activities;
  • Diagnose or fix technology problems;
  • Conduct security investigations and risk assessments; and
  • Improve and enforce our security measures.

Communications with you to provide support and other important messages. We may use personal information to communicate important messages to you and/or to provide you with support. For example, we might send you service-related emails or messages (e.g., user Account verification, changes or updates to features of the Platform or Services, technical and security notices) and other communications from or about Menus4You.

Provide, personalize, measure and improve our advertising and marketing. We may use personal information to provide, personalize, measure, and improve our advertising and marketing. For example, we may:

  • Administer rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Menus4You or its third-party partners;
  • Inform you of products, programs, services, and promotions that we believe may be of interest to you, including, without limitation, through emails and push notifications;
  • Determine the effectiveness of our Platform, Services and our promotional campaigns; and
  • Identify and contact you across multiple devices.

Enforce our rights. When you access or use our Platform or Services, you are bound by our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. To ensure you comply with them, we may use your personal information to monitor, investigate, prevent, and/or mitigate violations of our Terms of Use as well as enforce our agreements with third parties and business partners.

Other purposes disclosed at the time of collection. From time to time, we may use personal information for a specific purpose not described within this Privacy Policy. In such an event, we will specifically disclose that use to you.

3. Our Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information

Service providers and contractors. We disclose personal information to third parties that provide services for us or on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, infrastructure provisioning, IT services, customer service, email delivery services, fraud detection, security monitoring, advertising and marketing, and other similar services.

Analytics providers. We share personal information with third-party analytics providers to better understand the demographics of our users and visitors, and to personalize, enhance and improve our Platform and Services.

Advertising, Marketing, and Promotions providers. We share personal information with third parties in connection with co-marketing activities, the development of customized and targeted marketing campaigns, to launch promotions and for other similar advertising efforts. For example:

  • Promotional partners. We disclose personal information to third-party sponsors of promotions to provide contests, sweepstakes, joint promotional activities, or co-branded services when such disclosure is necessary to fulfil your request or application. You should carefully review the rules and/or terms of each promotion in which you participate, as the promotion may contain additional important information about our, a sponsor’s, and/or other third parties’ use of your personal information. To the extent that the rules or terms of those promotions concerning the treatment of your personal information conflict with this Privacy Policy, the rules of those promotions will control.
  • Ad networks and advertising partners. We work with third-party Ad Networks and Advertising Partners to deliver advertising and personalized content to you on our Platform and Services, on other sites and services you may use, and across other devices and advertising channels you may use. These parties may collect information directly from your browser or device when you visit the Platform through cookies or other tracking technologies. This collected information is used to provide and inform targeted advertising, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics and market research.
  • Social networks. We disclose personal information, such as a unique identifier, hashed email address, or information automatically collected through tracking technologies, to social networks for the purpose of displaying personalized advertising and content on those social networks.

Affiliate Sharing. We share your personal information with other companies owned or controlled by Menus4You, and other companies owned by or under common ownership as Menus4You, which also includes our subsidiaries (i.e., any organization we own or control) or our ultimate holding company (i.e., any organization that owns or controls us) and any subsidiaries it owns, for operational or business purposes or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

Public. We make available through the Platform and Services certain features which may enable you to post information and materials, for example, Ratings and Reviews, photo uploads, and chat functionality. Please note that any information you provide in connection with such Services may be available to site visitors and to the general public. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose information and/or materials in these public or interactive areas on the Services, and in no event should you disclose your personal information in these public or interactive areas on the Platform or Services.

Business Transaction or Reorganization. We may take part in or be involved with a corporate business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of all or a portion of company assets. We may disclose personal information to a third party during negotiation of, in connection with, or as an asset in such a corporate business transaction. Personal information may also be disclosed in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

Legal Obligations and Rights. We may disclose personal information to third parties, such as legal advisors and law enforcement, as required by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to:

    1. comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement;
    2. enforce our Terms of Use or to protect the security or integrity of our Platform and Services;
    3. exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Menus4You, our visitors, or others.

Consent. We may disclose personal information about you to other third parties with your consent.

4. Control Over Your Personal Information

Profile Settings. You may update your profile information in the “Your Account” section of the Services.

How to control your communications preferences. You can stop receiving promotional email communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe link” provided in such communications. You may not opt out of service-related communications (e.g., Account verification, transactional communications, changes/updates to features of the services, technical and security notices).

5. How We Store and Protect Your Information

Data storage and transfer. If you create an Account on the Platform as a visitor from outside the United States, by using and/or accessing the Platform or Services, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, and processing of your information to and in the United States. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.

Keeping your information safe. We care about the security of your information and employ physical, administrative, and technological safeguards designed to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through our Platform. However, no security system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems.

Please recognize that protecting your personal information is also your responsibility. Accordingly, we strongly recommend that you change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, make sure you use a secure browser, and otherwise take precautions when communicating your personal information on the internet. If you know or have reason to believe that your Account credentials have been lost, stolen, misappropriated, or otherwise compromised or in case of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your Account, please contact us following the instructions in the Contact Us section below.

6. Children’s Personal Information

Our websites and online Services are not directed to, and we do not intend to, or knowingly, collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you have a basis for believing that we have any information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

7. Third-Party Websites

Our websites and online Services may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Except where we post, link to, or expressly adopt or refer to this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, any personal information practices of third-party websites and online services or the practices of other third parties. To learn about the personal information practices of third parties, please visit their respective privacy notices.

8. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will change the “Effective” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. In addition to posting the updated Privacy Policy and “Effective” date, we may elect to provide additional notice to you of the updated Privacy Policy, such as by sending an email to you or providing a notice through the Platform and/or Services. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided. If you do not cancel your Account before the date the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective, your continued access to or use of the Platform and/or Services will be subject to the revised Privacy Policy.

 

Menus4you.com AI Policy

 

Menus4you recognizes the potential benefits of incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into our journalistic practices. Our AI policy establishes our guidelines for responsible and ethical use of AI in our editorial processes while upholding the principles of accuracy, fairness, transparency and accountability.

  1. Purpose of AI Integration: AI technologies may be employed to enhance efficiency, accuracy and innovation in our journalistic endeavors. The primary goal is to streamline production processes rather than replace journalistic judgment and ethics.
  2. Ethical Considerations: AI applications may be used in alignment with journalistic ethics and values. We ensure that AI algorithms do not perpetuate biases or contribute to unfair representation.
  3. Editorial Oversight: Our editorial team always maintains human control over all decision-making processes. Editorial teams are responsible for overseeing and validating all AI-generated content.
  4. Data Privacy: We protect user privacy and adhere to data protection regulations. Our site clearly communicates to users how their data is collected, processed and used in relation to AI technologies.
  5. Transparency and Disclosure: Our site clearly discloses when AI technologies are used in content creation or curation. We provide information on the role of AI in the editorial process to ensure transparency with the audience.
  6. Bias Mitigation: We regularly assess content generated by AI algorithms to minimize and correct biases.
  7. Accountability and Responsiveness: Our team has established mechanisms for accountability in case of errors or unintended consequences related to AI. We are responsive to user concerns and feedback regarding the use of AI technologies.
  8. Continuous Learning and Adaptation: We strive to stay informed about advancements in AI technologies and ethical considerations, and adapt AI policies as needed to address emerging challenges and opportunities.
  9. Review and Revision: This AI policy will undergo regular review to incorporate advancements in AI technology, address ethical considerations, and adapt to changes in industry best practices.

Date of Last Revision: January 9, 2024

Have more questions? Email the team directly at talisventures.com 

 

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