Introduction
At Black Rock Pizza Co. (“Company” or “We“), we deeply value your privacy and are dedicated to safeguarding it through strict adherence to this policy. This privacy policy is designed to clearly explain the types of information we may collect from you, or that you may willingly provide, when you visit our website, https://blackrock.pizza/ (our “Website“). It also comprehensively outlines our practices for collecting, utilizing, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing your information.
This policy is applicable to information we collect in the following contexts:
- Directly on this Website when you interact with our online platform.
- Through email exchanges, text messages, and other forms of electronic communication between you and this Website, ensuring transparency in our digital interactions.
- Via mobile and desktop applications that you may download from this Website, which are designed to offer dedicated, non-browser-based engagement with Black Rock Pizza Co.
- When you engage with our advertisements and applications on third-party websites and services, provided that these applications or advertisements contain links directing you to this privacy policy, ensuring you are always informed about our data practices.
However, this policy explicitly does not extend to information collected:
- Offline by us or through any other channels, including other websites operated by Black Rock Pizza Co. or any external third parties, ensuring clarity about the scope of this online privacy policy.
- By any third party, which includes information gathered through applications or content (including advertisements) that may be linked to, accessible from, or via our Website, as we are not responsible for the privacy practices of external entities.
Please carefully read this policy in its entirety to fully understand our approaches to managing your information and how we are committed to treating it. If you disagree with any aspect of our policies and practices, your option is to refrain from using our Website. By choosing to access or use this Website, you are indicating your agreement with this privacy policy. It is important to note that this policy may be updated periodically. (Refer to “Changes to Our Privacy Policy” section.) Your continued engagement with our Website following any policy modifications will be considered as your acceptance of these revisions. Therefore, we encourage you to review this policy regularly for any updates.
Children Under the Age of 16
Black Rock Pizza Co.’s Website is not designed for or directed at children under the age of 16. We maintain a firm stance against collecting personal information from anyone under 16 years of age knowingly. If you are under 16, it is imperative that you do not provide any personal information on our Website or through any of its features. This includes refraining from registering on the Website, making any purchases, utilizing interactive or public comment features, or providing any personal details such as your name, address, phone number, email address, or any username you might use.
Should we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 16 without obtaining verifiable parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete this information from our records. If you have reason to believe that we might possess information from or about a child under 16, we urge you to contact us immediately at [email protected].
For residents of California who are under 16 years of age, there are specific additional rights concerning the collection and sale of their personal information. Please refer to the “Your State Privacy Rights” section for detailed information regarding these protections.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
When you interact with the Black Rock Pizza Co. Website, we collect various types of information from and about our users. This collection is essential for improving user experience and our services. The information we gather includes:
- Personal Information: This is information that can identify you directly, such as your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, and any other identifiers that could allow us to contact you, either online or offline. This is crucial for personalizing your experience and communicating with you effectively.
- Non-Identifying Information: We also collect data that pertains to you but does not identify you individually. This type of information is often aggregated and used to understand broader user trends and preferences.
- Technical Information: Details about your internet connection, the devices you use to access our Website, and your usage patterns are also collected. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing behavior on our site. This information helps us optimize our Website for different users and devices.
We employ several methods to collect this information:
- Direct Collection: Information you actively provide to us, such as when you fill out forms on our Website, is collected directly. This includes information provided when registering for an account, subscribing to services, posting content, or requesting further information or services.
- Automatic Collection: As you navigate through our Website, we automatically collect certain data. This includes usage details, IP addresses, and data gathered through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies. This helps us understand how users interact with our site and improve its functionality.
- Third-Party Sources: Occasionally, we may receive information about you from third parties, such as our business partners. This helps us enhance our understanding of our customer base and tailor our services accordingly.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our Website directly from you may include:
- Form Submissions: Information that you provide by completing forms on our Website. This encompasses data you input when registering to use our Website, subscribing to our services, contributing content, or requesting additional services. We may also request information when you participate in a contest or promotion we sponsor, or when you report an issue with our Website, helping us to address your needs and improve our offerings.
- Communication Records: Records and copies of your communications with us, including your email addresses, if you contact us. This allows us to maintain a history of our interactions and ensure we address your inquiries effectively.
- Survey Responses: Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes. These surveys help us gather valuable feedback to improve our services and understand user preferences.
- Transaction Details: Detailed records of transactions you conduct through our Website and the fulfillment of your orders. If you place an order through our Website, you may be required to provide financial information to facilitate the transaction.
- Search Queries: Information regarding your search queries on our Website, which helps us to understand what content and products are of interest to you and improve our site’s search functionality.
Additionally, you may choose to provide information to be published or displayed (“posted“) in public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions“). It’s important to understand that your User Contributions are posted and shared with others at your own risk. While we implement measures to manage access to certain features and allow you to adjust privacy settings in your account profile, it is crucial to recognize that no security measures are infallible. We cannot control the actions of other Website users with whom you might choose to share your User Contributions. Consequently, we cannot, and do not, guarantee that your User Contributions will remain private or will not be viewed by unauthorized individuals.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate and interact with the Black Rock Pizza Co. Website, we utilize automatic data collection technologies to gather specific information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This data collection is crucial for enhancing website functionality and user experience. The types of information collected automatically include:
- Website Visit Details: This encompasses traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, as well as information about the resources you access and utilize on the Website. This data helps us understand website traffic and usage patterns.
- Device and Connection Information: Information about your computer and internet connection, such as your IP address, operating system, and browser type. This technical information is vital for optimizing website compatibility and performance across different devices and browsers.
Furthermore, we may employ these technologies to track your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services. This practice, known as behavioral tracking, helps us understand user interests and preferences to provide more relevant content and advertising.
The information we automatically collect may include personal information, or we may associate it with personal information collected through other means or from third parties. This integrated data approach enables us to:
- Analyze Audience and Usage: Estimate our audience size and understand usage patterns, which is crucial for website analytics and planning future improvements.
- Personalize User Experience: Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests, making your interactions more personalized and efficient.
- Enhance Search Efficiency: Speed up your searches by remembering past queries and preferences, improving the overall user experience on our site.
- Recognize Returning Users: Recognize you when you return to our Website, allowing us to maintain your settings and preferences for a seamless experience.
The technologies we use for automatic data collection include:
- Cookies (or Browser Cookies): These are small files placed on your computer’s hard drive. You have the option to refuse browser cookies by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may restrict access to certain parts of our Website. Unless you have configured your browser to block cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
- Web Beacons: Pages of our Website and our emails may contain web beacons, which are small electronic files (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs). These beacons allow the Company to count users who have visited specific pages or opened an email, and are used for website statistics, such as assessing the popularity of content and verifying system and server integrity.
- Flash Cookies: Certain features of our Website may utilize local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation patterns within, to, and from our Website. It’s important to note that Flash cookies are managed differently from browser cookies and are not controlled by standard browser settings. For details on managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, please refer to “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications on the Black Rock Pizza Co. Website, including advertisements, are provided by third-party entities such as advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may employ cookies independently or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to gather information about you when you use our website.
The data collected by these third parties might be linked to your personal information, or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across various websites and online services. This information may be used to present you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content, tailoring the advertisements to your presumed interests.
It is important to note that we do not have control over these third-party tracking technologies or how they are utilized. If you have concerns or questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, we recommend contacting the responsible provider directly. For information on how to opt out of receiving targeted advertising from numerous providers, please see the section “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”
How We Use Your Information
Black Rock Pizza Co. utilizes the information collected about you, or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for a variety of purposes aimed at enhancing your experience and improving our services. These uses include:
- Website Presentation: To present our Website and its contents in an optimal and effective manner for you, ensuring you have the best possible online experience.
- Service Provision: To provide you with information, products, or services that you specifically request from us, fulfilling your needs and expectations efficiently.
- Purpose Fulfillment: To fulfill any other purpose for which you provided the information, ensuring that your intentions when providing data are honored.
- Account Notifications: To send you notifications about your account or subscription, including crucial updates such as expiration and renewal notices, keeping you informed about your account status.
- Contractual Obligations: To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any agreements entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection purposes, ensuring fair and secure transactions.
- Website Updates: To notify you about changes or updates to our Website or any products or services we offer through it, keeping you informed of new features or changes that may affect your use of our services.
- Interactive Features: To enable your participation in interactive features on our Website, enhancing user engagement and providing a more dynamic online experience.
- Disclosed Purposes: For any other purpose that we may describe when you provide the information, ensuring transparency in our data use practices.
- Consent-Based Use: For any other purpose with your explicit consent, respecting your choices and preferences regarding your information.
Furthermore, we may use your information to contact you about our own products and services, as well as those of third parties, that we believe may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to have your information used in this manner, please indicate your preference by checking the relevant opt-out box located on the data collection form (such as the order or registration form) or by adjusting your user preferences in your account profile. For more details on managing your preferences, please refer to “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”
We may also utilize the information we have collected to help us display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. While we do not disclose your personal information directly to advertisers for these purposes without your consent, it’s important to note that if you interact with or click on an advertisement, the advertiser may infer that you meet their target criteria.
Disclosure of Your Information
Black Rock Pizza Co. may disclose certain types of information under specific circumstances. Our practices regarding the disclosure of your information are as follows:
- Aggregated and Non-Identifying Information: We may freely disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not personally identify any individual, without restriction. This type of data is often used for statistical analysis and business insights.
- Personal Information Disclosures: We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide, under the conditions described in this privacy policy:
- To Subsidiaries and Affiliates: We may share your information with our subsidiaries and affiliates, who are obligated to protect your information in accordance with this policy.
- To Service Providers: We disclose information to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we engage to support our business operations. These entities are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and use it solely for the purposes we specify.
- During Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of our assets, personal information held by us about our Website users may be transferred to a buyer or successor. This is applicable whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceedings.
- For Third-Party Marketing: We may disclose your personal information to third parties for marketing their products or services to you, but only if you have consented to such disclosures or have not opted out. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it exclusively for the purposes for which we disclosed it. For more details, see “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”
- To Fulfill Your Requests: If you provide information for a specific purpose, we may disclose it to fulfill that purpose. For example, if you use our “email a friend” feature, we will transmit the email content and your email address to the intended recipients.
- For Disclosed Purposes: We may disclose your information for any other purpose that we clearly communicate when you provide the information.
- With Your Consent: We will disclose your personal information in circumstances where you have given us your explicit consent.
Additionally, we may disclose your personal information in the following situations:
- Legal Compliance: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to government or regulatory requests.
- Enforcement of Terms: To enforce or apply our terms of use, terms of service, and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes, ensuring adherence to our legal and contractual obligations.
- Protection of Rights and Safety: If we believe that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Black Rock Pizza Co., our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction, safeguarding against illegal activities and protecting our assets and users.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
Black Rock Pizza Co. is committed to providing you with control over how your personal information is used and disclosed. We have implemented mechanisms that offer you the following control options:
- Tracking Technologies and Advertising: You have the ability to manage cookies through your browser settings. You can configure your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to notify you when cookies are being sent. To manage Flash cookie settings, you should visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. Please be aware that disabling or refusing cookies may result in certain parts of our Website becoming inaccessible or functioning improperly.
- Third-Party Advertising Disclosures: If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt out by sending us an email with your request to [email protected]. We will process your request to ensure your preferences are respected.
- Targeted Advertising: If you prefer that we do not use your information to deliver advertisements based on our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt out by emailing your request to [email protected]. We are committed to honoring your choices regarding targeted advertising.
- Third-Party Ad Choices: While we do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information for interest-based advertising, many third-party providers offer mechanisms to opt out of this type of data collection. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) by visiting the NAI’s website. This allows you to manage your preferences across various advertising networks.
Residents of certain states, including California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah, may have additional rights and choices concerning their personal information. Please refer to “Your State Privacy Rights” for more detailed information regarding these state-specific rights.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You have the right to review and modify the personal information Black Rock Pizza Co. holds about you. To access, correct, or request deletion of any personal information you have provided to us, please send an email to [email protected]. Please note that while you can request deletion of your personal information, the only way to completely remove your personal information from our systems may be to also delete your user account, as some data may be necessary for account maintenance.
We may not be able to accommodate requests to change information if we believe such changes would violate any legal requirements or cause the information to be inaccurate. We are committed to maintaining the integrity and legality of the data we hold.
Residents of specific states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah, are granted additional rights and choices regarding their personal information under state privacy laws. We encourage you to review “Your State Privacy Rights” to understand these additional protections.
Your State Privacy Rights
State consumer privacy laws may afford residents of those states with additional rights concerning our use of their personal information. Black Rock Pizza Co. is committed to respecting these rights and ensuring compliance with applicable state laws.
Currently, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with specific rights, including:
- Confirmation of Processing: The right to confirm whether we process their personal information.
- Access and Deletion: The right to access and request the deletion of certain personal information we have collected about them.
- Data Portability: The right to data portability, allowing them to obtain their personal information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
- Opt-Out Rights: The right to opt out of the processing of personal data for purposes of targeted advertising and sales of personal data.
Furthermore, residents of Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia are also provided with the rights to:
- Correction of Inaccuracies: The right to correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing.
- Opt-Out of Profiling: The right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us directly at [email protected]. We are dedicated to facilitating these rights for our users.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is Black Rock Pizza Co.’s policy to communicate any changes to our privacy policy transparently and effectively. We will post any updates or modifications to our privacy policy on this dedicated page. If we make material changes to how we handle our users’ personal information, we will provide notification by updating this page. The date of the latest revision of the privacy policy is always indicated at the top of this page.
We encourage you to ensure that we have your current email address on file, as we may use email for important updates. However, it remains your responsibility to periodically visit our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes. Your continued use of our Website following any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this privacy policy or our privacy practices, we encourage you to contact us. You can reach us at:
