Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit epicbr.org (the “Site”).
The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society (The Society) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the Society’s firm commitment to the privacy of our members and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society's website, www.epicbr.org, and how this information is used.

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
1. Delete your personal information from our records; and
2. Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
1. Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall
conducted in accordance with federal law, and provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
3. Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right
provided for by law;
5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such
research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
8. Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
9. Otherwise, use your personal information internally in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information
about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about
how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”. www.epicbr.org collects information using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more
information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider,
referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.“Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy includes both Device Information and Contact Information.

What Personally Identifiable Information is Collected
Individuals that purchase tickets or sign up to receive Epicurean Society e-news voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes.You may always "opt out," either now or at any time in the future, if you do not wish to receive our messages.

IP ADDRESSES
The Epicurean Society uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.epicbr.org, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send e-mail alerts to you; to answer your requests; to process
your tickets; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitors of our website.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society does not sell email addresses or personal information to anyone outside the organization.

EXTERNAL LINKS
www.epicbr.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.epicbr.org domain, and the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.

GOOGLE LLC
We use Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google Website Optimizer, and Google Fonts.
• Google Tag Manager is a tag management service and we use it to manage the tags or scripts needed on the Site in a centralized fashion. This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
• Google Analytics is a web analysis service and we use it to help us understand how visitors use the Site. Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of the Site, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• Google Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service and we use it to help optimize the Site for visitors and provide a better user
experience.
• Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service and we use it display webfonts on the Site's pages.
• Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Google processes data in the United States. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information : https://policies.google.com/privacy

META PLATFORMS, INC
We use Meta Pixel and Meta Custom Audience.
• Meta Pixel allows user behavior to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Meta ad on
Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta platforms. This allows us to measure the effectiveness of ads for statistical and market research purposes. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, i.e. we do not see the Personal Data of individual users.
• Meta Custom Audience is a tool that allows us to personalize our ads based on your Personal Information available through Meta platforms. We may display interest-based ads to you when you are using Facebook with this tool. You can opt-out of Meta Custom
Audience ads here: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
• Meta processes the data for Pixel and Custom Audience. Meta may link this information to your accounts and also use it for its own promotional purposes, in accordance with Meta’s Data Usage Policy, which you can read here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can allow Meta and its partners to place ads on and off its platforms. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes.

HOTJAR LTD.
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users
do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy by clicking on this link.

You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on
other websites by following this opt-out link. Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, a search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe
may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work. You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

• Meta / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
• Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info
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DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
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YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal
information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information
below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information to pursue our legitimate business interests
listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to the United States.

DATA RETENTION
When you message us through the Site, we will maintain your Contact Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this
information.
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CHANGES
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated.
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OPT-OUT & UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIRD-PARTY COMMUNICATIONS
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt out ofreceiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt out of
receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society by contacting us here: Website: epicbr.org Email: info@epicbr.org

DATA SECURITY AND BREACH NOTIFICATION
The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society maintains reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal
information from unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, or use. In the event of a security incident involving personal information, the
Baton Rouge Epicurean Society will promptly investigate the incident and provide notice to affected individuals and, where required, to
applicable regulatory authorities in accordance with applicable law.
The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society will provide any required notice in
the manner and within the timeframes prescribed by applicable law.

CHILDREN UNDER 13
The Baton Rouge Epicurean Society does not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from children under the age of
thirteen. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or
guardian for permission to use this platform.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions,
or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail
at info@epicbr.org or by mail using the details provided below:
Baton Rouge Epicurean Society
P.O.BOX 14178 Baton Rouge, LA 70898
Email Address:
info@epicbr.org
Visitation and usage of the Site indicates acceptance of these Privacy
Policies.