Disclaimer
The information on Carolyn’s The DNA Diet ® web site is provided as general information only. It is not intended as medical advice and should not be used in place of appropriate medical treatment. Further, information relevant to nutrition and medicine is constantly evolving as research continues, and Carolyn’s The DNA Diet ® web site makes no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, or currency of this information nor its suitability for any particular purpose. Therefore, you should not rely upon any of the information as a substitute for consultations with qualified health professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs.
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Privacy Policy
What This Privacy Policy Covers. This policy covers our treatment of personally identifiable information that we obtain from you when you register as a new member and when you purchase Services that may be offered for sale on our Website. Personally identifiable information also includes health information that you disclose to us and information generated from test results provided by you. We regard personally identifiable information as information that someone can use to identify or contact you in person, such as real name, telephone number, email address, physical mailing address, financial account information, genetic Information, and certain medical information you voluntarily provide to us such as your birth date, gender, and personal and family disease history. Information that we use internally to identify you as a member in our system, such as your selected username or password, is not considered personally identifiable information.
What This Privacy Policy Does Not Cover. This policy does not cover the privacy practices of third parties that we do not own or control, such as our partners and advertisers. In addition, we may provide links to other services and on occasion to other sites that may interest you. All of these sites operate independently and they have their own privacy or security practices. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Accordingly, we encourage you to review their policies before submitting any personal information to them.
HOW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
1. Information You Provide.
Required Registration Information. When you register as a Member, we collect the following information from you: full name, email address, and the username and password you have created.
Required Information When You Order Products. When you order products on our Website, we collect your full name, your billing and shipping address, telephone number, credit card number, expiration date and security code.
Email Information. In addition to providing the foregoing information to us, if you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone. It will remain safeguarded and not be shared with any outside services or companies, except as necessary to provide the services that you have requested.
Access to Your Personal Information. In general, we make it easy for you to view the personally identifiable information we have collected from you in your member profile, where you can add, edit, or delete it as you see fit.
2. Information We Track. Similar to other commercial web sites, our Website utilizes a standard technology called cookies and Web server logs to collect information about how our Website is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Website, and the websites visited just before and just after our Website. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
Cookies are stored on computers to increase the security of your personal information and make it easier for you to navigate a website. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser, while other cookies, called persistent cookies, remain on your computer for long periods of time. To remove persistent cookies from your computer, follow the instructions in the help menu of your web browser. If your internet settings block cookies altogether, you will not be able to log into an account on the Website.
INFORMATION WE DO NOT COLLECT
1. Personal Information of Children Under the Age of 18. You should be aware that our Website is not intended for, or designed to attract, children under the age of 18 and as such, we do not intentionally gather personally identifiable information of children who are under the age of 18. If you believe that we have collected personal information about a child who is under the age of 18, please contact us at privacy@thednadiet.com and such personal information will be deleted.
HOW PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS USED, CONTROLLED, AND SECURED
1. Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information That You Provide To Us. We may use your personally identifiable information for the following purposes:
To process and fulfill your order, including to send you emails confirming your order status and shipment of relevant materials or products.
To generate and send you requested test interpretative results and diet recommendations.
To communicate with you and to send you information by email, mail, or other means about our products, new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable.
To notify you about important changes to our Website.
As a member, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually to notify us of your desire not to receive promotional offers.
2. Use of Information We Collect From Cookies. We may use the information we collect from cookies for the following purposes:
To analyze trends and statistics about the use of our Website
To design our Website in the most user-friendly manner so that we can enhance your shopping experience
To help us improve our Website, products and services and better serve our existing and potential members
3. Control of Your Personally Identifiable Information. Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, personally identifiable information you provide to us will not be shared outside of Carolyn’s The DNA Diet ® and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
4. Security of Personally Identifiable Information. To prevent unauthorized access to personally identifiable information, we have put into practice a number of procedures set forth below:
User access is protected using personally assigned usernames and passwords.
Our network is secured using server firewalls. In addition, the Website will use firewall to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and/or destruction.
Archives containing personally identifiable information are securely stored on the database server which will be securely stored behind the firewall
Employee and third party consultant access to personally identifiable information is limited to their needs related to provision of Services. Employees and third party consultants may only access this information using a password.
All employees and third party consultants with access to personally identifiable information are trained appropriately and are required to sign a confidentiality agreement that aligns with this privacy policy.
Please note that email correspondence that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security or financial account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
HOW INFORMATION IS SHARED AND DISCLOSED
1. With third parties. We may provide anonymous, aggregate information about our members, sales, Website traffic patterns and related information to our affiliates, partners or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifiable information.
2. Linked Services. In some cases, we may allow you to access or link to other products or services through our Website. In all of these cases, our partners may choose to collect your personal information as they deem appropriate. We are not responsible for or in control of how our partners collect, use, or disclose your information obtained through these linked services. We encourage you to be aware when you are using these partner services and, for your best online experience, we encourage you to review their policies before submitting any personal information to them.
3. As Necessary In Certain Legal Circumstances. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Carolyn’s The DNA Diet or others, respond to claims and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us.
COMMUNICATION
We will contact members using the method of communication they specify. Information will not be communicated to any other individual unless the member directs us to do so in writing or it is required by law.
ACCOUNT TERMINATION
If a member decides to terminate his or her account with us, we will delete the member's user account, access and personally identifiable information from our system.
FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING YOU
Some people worry that once they know a genetic fact about themselves, they could be forced to share that information with an insurer or employer. The United States instituted a new law on May 21, 2008 called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which protects Americans against unfair treatment from employers and insurers on the basis of genetic information. As a result, you are not required to disclose genetic information to an employer or insurer, nor can they legally discriminate against you.
NOTICE TO VISITORS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
You should be aware that the United States and other countries have not harmonized their privacy regulations. Because Carolyn’s The DNA Diet® is located in the United States, we have written our Privacy Policy to satisfy United States regulations. By registering as a Member, you expressly agree to the transfer into and out of the United States and the use of your personally identifiable information as necessary to provide the services that you request. You also agree to the level of privacy protection set out in this Privacy Policy.
LINKED WEBSITES
This Website contains links to third-party Websites operated by other organizations. We are not responsible for their privacy practices and we encourage our members to read the privacy policies of each Website that collects personally identifiable information. We will not disclose our members' personal information to these organizations.
BUSINESS TRANSITION
In the event that undergoes a business transition such as a merger or an acquisition by another company, or if any personally identifiable information is transferred to another company, we will require the successor to comply with the terms of this policy.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and changes will be posted on the Website. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use or disclose your personally identifiable information, we will notify you at the email address listed in your member profile. If you object to any such changes, you may request that we delete your member account.
How to Contact Us
Questions about this Summary, our Privacy Statement, or about Carolyn’s The DNA Diet® handling of your Personal Information may be emailed to privacy@thednadietcom, or sent to:
Privacy Administrator
Carolyn’s The DNA Diet®
12011 San Vicente Blvd., Ste 402
Los Angeles, CA 90049-4946
Status through your Account Settings at any subsequent time; however, we cannot withdraw information that has previously been used for published research or shared with external collaborators prior to your request to withdraw consent.
Contact information. Carolyn’s The DNA Diet® will ask for and require your explicit consent to allow partner organizations direct access to your Registration Information.