ICS Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the ICS website. While being a Chilihead is all
about food and fun, we also recognize the importance of your privacy.
To alleviate any concerns you may having regarding the use of the information
collected during your visit to our website, we've developed the ICS Chilicookoff.com
Privacy Policy outlined below. This Policy may be updated from time to
time, so please check back occasionally. If you have any questions about
our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at ics@chilicookoff.com.
Information Collected
Chilicookoff.com allows its users to apply for membership, renew membership,
submit recipes, send greeting cards, purchase merchandise and submit applications
to be contestants, sanction a cookoff, or become a sponsor. The types
of personally identifying information that may be collected about you
throughout the website include: name, address, telephone numbers, fax
number, email address, credit card information, company information. The
types of personally identifying information that may be collected about
other people throughout the website include: recipient's name, e-mail
address.
Chilicookoff.com does not collect your personally identifiable information
unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we don't
require you to register or provide information to us in order to view
our website. However, certain features of our website are only accessible
by those persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable
information, required during the registration process.
How Information is Used
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your
requests submitted throughout this website. We will not provide you unsolicited
promotional information should you not request them during the membership
application process. Contact information may be provided to users of this
website if you are designated as a public contact for a cookoff. Volunteering
for cookoff positions may require submitting contact information such
as name, telephone number, and email address to a cookoff chairman.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to
notify you when your membership has been activated or a recipe has been
posted, or to contact you should we have difficulties processing your
requests.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send
them your greeting cards.
If you choose to submit recipes for posting on our website, we will publish
your name and provided source along with the recipe.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites and Sponsors
Chilicookoff.com contain links to other sites whose information practices
may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy
policy as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or
collected by, these third parties.
Cookies
Our website has limited use of "cookie" technology. We may place
a "cookie" in the browser file of your computer, however the
"cookie" itself does not contain any personally identifying
information about you. The "cookie" does not track your personal
information or provide us with any way to contact you, and the "cookie"
does not extract any information off your computer. We use the "cookie"
as necessary to provide messaging functionality.
Privacy Policy Changes
By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your information,
as described above, by Chilicookoff.com. If we make any changes to our
privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page so that you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we disclose it.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of
this site, or your dealings with Chilicookoff.com, please contact us at ics@chilicookoff.com or use the following address:
International Chili Society
P.O. Box 1027
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693
(877) 777-4ICS (4427)
Office:(949) 496-2651
Fax:(949) 496-7091
