cheesesteaktown.com is made available subject to this Privacy Policy. By using cheesesteaktown.com, you agree – without limitation or qualification – to be bound by this Privacy Policy, so please read it carefully. We may update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check back periodically.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

If you register with cheesesteaktown.com or update your registration information, or if you post a message on cheesesteaktown.com, or if you send us an e-mail and/or a photo, we may collect some or all the following information from you:

1. Your e-mail address;
2. A user ID and password (which you create);
3. Your gender – male or female;
4. Your age or age category;
5. [IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES] your ZIP Code; and
6. Your preferences as to receiving (or not receiving) newsletters, etc. from us.

We may also collect some or all of the following information from cheesesteaktown.com users, including you:

RESPONSES TO ONLINE POLLS. Every time you view an online poll (such as, for example, a poll of favorite cheese steak places) and vote for your favorite(s), cheesesteaktown.com automatically updates the overall results for that poll. We may collect information on the length of your user session and whether you not you cast (or attempt to cast) votes, but we do not track your personal voting preferences or your voting history.

COMMUNICATIONS TO cheesesteaktown.COM. Using comments/message boxes, links or contact information provided on cheesesteaktown.com homepage, or through other forms of communication, you or other users may send us communications containing information about you, or about others. Further, we may receive information from advertisement banners and other items that appear on cheesesteaktown.com and are linked to external websites we do not own or control. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such external websites.

IP ADDRESS / URL INFORMATION / BROWSER INFORMATION. Many websites now collect this type of Information. Each time you access cheesesteaktown.com, we may collect and store your Internet Protocol (IP) address. As you use cheesesteaktown.com, we may track the URL you just came from and the URL you go to next. We may also track the browser you are using.

COOKIES. A “cookie” is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a website to your computer hard drive so that the website’s computer may identify your browser whenever you visit the website, and may track your activities on the website. Many cookies are “session cookies” that are deleted automatically at the end of a session. Cookies make your use of a website easier and more streamlined.

COOKIES DO NOT ENABLE US TO OBTAIN ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (NAME, STREET ADDRESS, ETC.) ABOUT YOU, AND WE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION USING COOKIES. LIKEWISE, COOKIES CANNOT RUN ON YOUR COMPUTER, SEARCH YOUR COMPUTER FOR OTHER INFORMATION, OR TRANSMIT ANY INFORMATION TO ANYONE. The use of cookies is now an industry standard. Most major websites use cookies, and most browsers are initially set up to accept them. You are free to decline a cookie if your browser enables such a choice, but you may find that many areas of cheesesteaktown.com do not function properly or as smoothly as they did prior to your declining the cookie.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use the personal information you provide for the following internal purposes:

1. Delivering the services you request;
2. Enabling you to access, update, change or delete your registration information;
3. Improving website layout, functions, content and service offerings;
4. Analyzing website usage to improve our marketing and promotional efforts;
5. Notifying you of issues, problems or actions taken with respect to your registration;
6. Announcing offerings and features on cheesesteaktown.com; and
7. Making your overall cheesesteaktown.com experience as enjoyable as possible.

In rare instances, we may also use personal information you have provided to contact you and:

1. Notify you that you have won, or are eligible to win, a special cheesesteaktown.com contest or promotion (such as, for example, Miss Cheesesteak or Mr. Cheesesteak);

2. Request that you be featured in a cheesesteaktown.com newsletter or in other cheesesteaktown.com publication(s) or materials; or

3. Inform you that an outside party involved in entertainment, media or fashion (such as, for example, a casting, advertising or modeling agency) has expressed a particular interest in a photo you have submitted to us and would like to contact you directly.

IN ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS, WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION UNLESS YOU GIVE US YOUR PERMISSION TO DO SO. WE WILL NOT SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANY OUTSIDE PARTY UNLESS YOU GIVE US PERMISSION TO DO SO.

We use your IP address to:

1. Administer cheesesteaktown.com;
2. Diagnose server problems, if any; and
3. Assist in handling violations, if any, of our TERMS OF USE.

If you send us an e-mail, we may use your e-mail address to answer that e-mail. We will not use it for any other purpose and will not share it with any outside party.

We may analyze the non-identifying aggregate user data we collect and use it to inform advertisers and prospective advertisers as to the number of people who visit cheesesteaktown.com (or who receive communications, such as newsletters, etc. from cheesesteaktown.com) and their demographic characteristics, as well as the number of people who view or click on individual advertisements appearing on cheesesteaktown.com (or in the cheesesteaktown.com newsletter) and their demographic characteristics. THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE TO ADVERTIESERS AND PROSPECTIVE ADVERTISERS IS IN AGGREGATE FORM ONLY – WE DO NOT DISCLOSE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO SPONSORS OR PROSPECTIVE SPONSORS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

WHEN AND HOW OUTSIDE PARTIES MIGHT USE CERTAIN INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, there are certain limited instances where outside parties might use certain information we collect. . If you register with cheesesteaktown.com, or if you post a message on cheesesteaktown.com, or if you send us an e-mail, photo and/or other communication, you give us permission to disclose information you provide, as follows:

DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION MAY BE NECESSARY. We will disclose such information as may be necessary to: (a) comply with the law or with authorities acting properly under the law; (b) identify and troubleshoot server or website problems; (c) resolve disputes involving users or outside parties; (d) enforce the cheesesteaktown.com TERMS OF USE; or (e) protect the personal safety of users or outside parties.

OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS. We may use companies and individuals to perform certain website administrative functions and other functions (data analysis, marketing assistance, etc.) on our behalf. To the extent these companies and individuals have access to user information in the course of performing such functions, they may use such information only for purposes related to the work they are performing for us and may not use it for any other purposes.

JOINT CONTESTS OR PROMOTIONS. If a cheesesteaktown.com advertiser and we run a joint contest or promotion on the cheesesteaktown.com website that involves the collection of personal information from cheesesteaktown.com users, we will inform you at the point of collection whether the personal information you are about to provide will be shared with such sponsor or any other outside party. If you do not want us to share your personal information, you may choose not to participate in the contest or promotion.

EXTERNAL WEBSITES LINKED TO cheesesteaktown.COM. Advertisement banners and other items appearing on cheesesteaktown.com may be linked to external websites that we do not own or control. Although we hope such websites observe privacy standards as high as ours, we are not responsible for what happens to information you may provide to such websites.

SALE OF cheesesteaktown.COM TO AN OUTSIDE PURCHASER. In the event we contemplate selling all or a portion of cheesesteaktown.com to an outside purchaser, such prospective purchaser will likely require access to all information related to cheesesteaktown.com, including the information cheesesteaktown.com users have provided to us. You give us permission to share with such prospective purchaser any information, etc. you have provided to use, but we will not do so unless and until the prospective purchaser first agrees in writing to keep such information confidential.

ACCESSING, UPDATING, CHANGING OR REMOVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION

If you have registered with cheesesteaktown.com, you may – any time you wish – use the REGISTRATION link on the cheesesteaktown.com home page to access, update, change or remove your registration information.

SECURITY

We are concerned about protecting against the loss, misuse or alteration of user-provided information under our control. Although we cannot guarantee that security breaches will never occur, we have implemented measures to reduce their likelihood and potential severity, including:

1. Programming the cheesesteaktown.com website so that you can register without having to disclose your name, street address or telephone number;

2. Programming the cheesesteaktown.com website so that access to your personal information is ID-protected and password-protected; and

3. Allowing only individuals we consider trustworthy – and only a limited number of such individuals at that – to have access to databases containing user information, or to the server(s) used to host cheesesteaktown.com.

You can help protect your personal information as well by carefully safeguarding your e-mail address, user ID and password.

PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF UNDERAGE INDIVIDUALS

We believe that protecting the privacy of underage individuals is especially important. For that reason, we expressly prohibit anyone under 18 years of age from registering or submitting a photo to cheesesteaktown.com, and will not collect or maintain information from, or display a photo of, anyone we actually know is under 18 years of age.

UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We may update or change our Privacy Policy from time to time. If this occurs, we will promptly incorporate such updates or changes into this PRIVACY POLICY link.

If we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time such information was collected, we will send an electronic notification to the on-file e-mail addresses of all users so affected. We will then afford the recipients of such notification a reasonable amount of time to remove all of their personal information from the cheesesteaktown.com website if they so choose. We will not be responsible for the non-delivery of the notification if such non-delivery is due to a mechanical malfunction or a user’s failure to provide us with a correct, current and actively functioning e-mail address.