Privacy Statement

We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personal information about our site visitors. Personal information includes all of the personally identifying information that is provided to us. We are sensitive to these privacy interests and believe that protecting valuable personal/financial information is one of our most significant responsibilities.

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website, HowToBeAChef.com.

Contact Information

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

A subscriber's email address is included with our mailing list. It is used only when mailing to the entire list. That is, addresses are never used individually. We do not share any of your personal information with anyone at any time for any reason.

Updating your Personal Information

You can update your personal information by sending us an . According to your request, your personal information will be updated or permanently deleted from our database upon receipt of any message to our above mentioned email address. However your request will be verified before taking action.

Spam

We never use spam. We will not associate with any firm or individual who does use spam. A verified complaint against anyone using spam associated with this site in any way results in immediate termination of the relationship. Please report any incident of unsolicited email that includes any mention of HowToBeAChef.com. You will receive a prompt reply and our thanks. The matter will be dealt with swiftly.

Links To Other Sites

This site contains links to other sites. HowToBeAChef.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. Please let us know if you find a site to which we link that is objectionable to you. We will investigate promptly and we will keep you informed. We will promptly remove the link from our site if our findings are that that is the appropriate course of action.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses.

How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

As you visit and browse our Web site, the site uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our clients. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.

Cookies and AdSense

Third parties, such as Google AdSense, may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons to collect information, while serving ads on this web site.

Here is how Google explains cookies: "A 'cookie' is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies."

Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to display ads to you based on your visit to our site and to other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Any concerns should be made to us by  .

Choice/Opt-Out

This site offers users the following option for removing their information from our database, to not receive future communications, or to no longer receive our service. Please us. We will respond to confirm your request.

Correct/Update

This site provides users the following option for changing and modifying information previously provided. Please us. We will respond to confirm your request.

Contacting HowToBeAChef.com

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please us.