The Missing Ingredient Privacy Policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how The Missing Ingredient, its subsidiary and affiliate corporations, successors, and assigns (collectively referred to as “The Missing Ingredient”) uses and protects the information you provide. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to this website and any variations or successors to this website (The Missing Ingredient.co, the “The Missing Ingredient Site”), any The Missing Ingredient computer software downloadable or otherwise available from the The Missing Ingredient Site (“The Missing Ingredient Software”) and any The Missing Ingredient services purchased or otherwise made available from the The Missing Ingredient Site (“The Missing Ingredient Services”) (collectively, the “The Missing Ingredient Properties”). This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all Users (“Users”) of the The Missing Ingredient Properties.

WHAT INFORMATION The Missing Ingredient COLLECTS FROM YOU

The Missing Ingredient may collect two (2) types of information about you: Personal and Non Personal.

“Personal Information.” Personal Information refers to information that lets The Missing Ingredient know the specifics of who you are and which may be used to identify, contact or locate you (e.g. name, mailing address, telephone number and email address). The Missing Ingredient may collect Personal Information when you use the The Missing Ingredient Properties including, without limitation, setting up account information, filling out surveys, corresponding with The Missing Ingredient, or otherwise volunteering information about yourself.
“NonPersonal Information.” NonPersonal Information refers to information that, by itself, does not identify you as a specific individual (e.g. demographic information or website visitations). The Missing Ingredient may collect NonPersonal Information through any of the methods discussed above as well as automatically through use of industry standard technologies described further below.

HOW The Missing Ingredient COLLECTS YOUR INFORMATION

The Personal Information practices set forth apply to all The Missing Ingredients’ customers worldwide.

Registration. Prior to using one or more of the The Missing Ingredient Properties, The Missing Ingredient may require certain Personal Information and NonPersonal Information to create an individual account (“Account”) or to enable features or functionality of the The Missing Ingredient Properties. Failure to provide all information required by The Missing Ingredient may prevent access to any or all The Missing Ingredient Properties, and failure to maintain accurate information may result in suspension or termination of access to any or all The Missing Ingredient Properties.
Information Collected Through Technology. While you are able to visit the The Missing Ingredient Site and remain anonymous, The Missing Ingredient or its third party service providers may still collect Non-Personal Information about your use of the The Missing Ingredient Properties (e.g. your Internet browser, operating system, IP address, connection speed, and the domain name of your Internet service provider). Such information may be gathered by the following methods:

(a) Cookies. Cookies, including local shared objects, are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive which work by assigning to your computer a unique number that has no meaning outside of the The Missing Ingredient Site. Cookies do not generally contain any Personal Information. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually configure your browser to prevent this. Not accepting cookies may make certain features of the The Missing Ingredient Properties unavailable to you.

(b) IP Address. You may visit many areas of the The Missing Ingredient Site anonymously without the need to become a registered User. Even in such cases, The Missing Ingredient may collect IP addresses automatically. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you begin Services with an Internet services provider. Each time you access the The Missing Ingredient Site and each time you request one of The Missing Ingredient’s pages, the server logs your IP address.

(c) Web Beacons. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in web pages and emails. The Missing Ingredient may use these technical methods in HTML emails that The Missing Ingredient sends to Users to determine whether they have opened those emails and/or clicked on links in those emails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is Personal Information.

(d) Tracking Content Usage. If you use the The Missing Ingredient Services and you post audio visual materials including, without limitation, text, logos, artwork, graphics, pictures, videos, advertisements, sound and other related intellectual property contained in such materials (collectively, “Content”) to your website or to a third party website, The Missing Ingredient tracks and captures Non-Personal Information associated with User accounts and the use of Content.

HOW The Missing Ingredient USES YOUR INFORMATION

System Administration. The Missing Ingredient may use Non-Personal Information for the purposes of system administration, assisting in diagnosing problems with The Missing Ingredient servers, monitoring The Missing Ingredient’s system performance and traffic on the The Missing Ingredient Properties and to gather broad demographic information about The Missing Ingredient’s customers.
Personalization. The Missing Ingredient uses Cookies and IP Addresses to track features such as delivering Content specific to your interests and informing you of new, relevant services or certain third party offerings.
Notices to Registered Users. If you have registered for an Account, The Missing Ingredient may use your Personal Information to send emails regarding your registration, including confirmation to verify the accuracy of any information you have provided, and instructions on how to post Content. The Missing Ingredient may also send you emails to verify your identity or to notify you if The Missing Ingredient believes your use of The Missing Ingredient Properties violates any applicable agreement for the use of the The Missing Ingredient Properties.
Advertising. The Missing Ingredient may use NonPersonal Information to assist in optimizing the delivery of advertisements to viewers of your Content.
Promotional Emails. The Missing Ingredient may use your Personal Information to send you emails periodically listing promotions or events relating to the The Missing Ingredient Properties or from The Missing Ingredient’s marketing partners or sponsors. You have the choice to optout of receiving such promotional emails by sending an email to info@The Missing Ingredient.co and/or following the instructions in such correspondence.

Once The Missing Ingredient has processed your optout request, The Missing Ingredient will not send you promotional emails unless you opt back in to receiving such communications.
Contact Information. If you contact The Missing Ingredient by telephone, email or letter, The Missing Ingredient may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence. If you report a problem with the The Missing Ingredient Properties, The Missing Ingredient may collect this information in a file specific to you. You may contact The Missing Ingredient at info@The Missing Ingredient.co to request the removal of this information from The Missing Ingredient’s database.

HOW TO ACCESS AND CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Upon request, The Missing Ingredient shall allow Users to update or correct Personal Information previously submitted, but only to the extent such activities will not compromise privacy or security interests. Additionally, upon request, The Missing Ingredient shall delete Personal Information from the database where such information is stored; however, it may be impossible to entirely delete a User’s entry without some residual information being retained due to the manner in which data backups are maintained. Requests to delete Personal Information shall be submitted to info@The Missing Ingredient.co.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

Without your affirmative consent (and on a casebycase basis), The Missing Ingredient does not sell, trade or rent Personal Information collected through the The Missing Ingredient Properties to any third party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Missing Ingredient shall: (1) fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies; and (2) may be required to disclose Personal Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation.

You should understand that information you provide through the registration process or post to the public areas of the The Missing Ingredient Properties, including your “User Profile” or generally through the use of The Missing Ingredient Properties (including your name (if provided) and location information) may be accessible by and made public through syndication programs and by search engines, metasearch tools, crawlers, metacrawlers and other similar programs, and may be searchable by other users of the The Missing Ingredient Properties.

SAFEGUARDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIO

Security Measures. The Missing Ingredient takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of Personal Information. These include, but are not limited to, internal reviews of: (a) The Missing Ingredient’s data collection; (b) storage and processing practices; (c) electronic security measures; and (d) physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where The Missing Ingredient stores Personal Information. All The Missing Ingredient employees, contractors and agents who access Personal Information are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution or unauthorized use or disclosure of Personal Information.
Third Party Links. The The Missing Ingredient Properties may contain links to third parties who may collect Personal Information and Non Personal Information directly from you. Additionally, The Missing Ingredient may use third parties to provide components of the The Missing Ingredient Properties. In either case, such third parties may have separate privacy policies and data collection practices, independent of The Missing Ingredient. The Missing Ingredient: (a) has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions; (b) is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites; and (c) does not make any warranties or representations about the contents, products or services offered on such websites or the security of any information you provide to them.

INTERNATIONAL USERS AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

If you are located outside of the United States, please note that this site is hosted on our computer servers in the United States. Therefore, your information may be processed and stored in the United States. As a result, United States federal and state governments, courts, or law enforcement or regulatory agencies may be able to obtain disclosure of your information through laws applicable in the United States. Your use of the The Missing Ingredient Properties or your submission of any Personally Identifiable Information to us will constitute your consent to the transfer of your Personally Identifiable Information outside of your home country, including the United States, which may provide for different data protection rules than in your country.

Furthermore, your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those within your jurisdiction. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to provide information to us, The Missing Ingredient Properties transfers Personally Identifiable Information and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. If you do not agree to this transfer, do not use the The Missing Ingredient Properties.

BUSINESS TRANSFERS

The Missing Ingredient may sell, divest, transfer, assign, share or otherwise engage in a transaction that involves, some or all of our assets, including any or all of the information described in this Policy, in the course of a corporate divestiture, merger, acquisition, joint venture, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or any other similar transaction or proceeding.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

The Missing Ingredient continually strives to implement new technologies and processes to better protect you, your privacy and your use of the The Missing Ingredient Properties. As a result, changes to this Privacy Policy may be made by The Missing Ingredient from time to time. In no event will these changes result in the degradation of any of the security measures designed to protect you from unauthorized disclosure, as such measures are described in this Privacy Policy.