Privacy policy

OLIVE OIL DISTRIBUTORS LLC

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: August 23, 2022

  • INTRODUCTION

Olive Oil Distributors LLC (“Olive Oil,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of its Users (“User,” “your,” or “you”). This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use Olive Oil Platform (the “Platform”) through Olive Oil’s websites at exauoliveoil.com or oliveoildistributors.com (collectively the “Website”) or Olive Oil’s mobile application (the “App”).

Olive Oil is committed to protecting the privacy of its Users whose information is collected and stored while using Olive Oil’s Platform through our Website or App.

The capitalized terms have the same meaning as ascribed in our Terms of Use or Terms of Service as applicable, unless otherwise noted here.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL TREAT IT. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE, APP, AND PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE WITH THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE, APP, AND PLATFORM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT hello@exauoliveoil.com.

WE DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, NOR DO WE INTEND TO DO SO. WE DO NOT GIVE ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES EXCEPT TO SUBPROCESSORS TO ASSIST US IN THE PROVISION OF OUR SERVICES TO YOU.

  • TERRITORIAL RESTRICTION

Our Website, App, and Platform are only available for use and download outside the European Union/in the United States. Our Website, App, and Platform are not available for use or download by residents of, visitors to, or your employees who reside in the European Union (collectively a “European”). If you are a European, please do not download, register, and/or use our Website, App, or Platform. If you are a resident of the United States (“US”), the laws of the State of Delaware, United States shall apply.  If you are a resident of any other country, please ensure compliance with all local laws prior to using our Website, App, or Platform.  You must comply with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and Terms of Service, as applicable.

  • WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

When you register to use our Website, App, or Platform, we collect personal information (also referred to as personally identifiable information or “PII”) which may include your name, address, online contact information such as your email address or username, phone number, and other personal information. The information so collected will be stored on our servers or Shopify/Braintree/Recharge/Flodesk/Substack/Yotpo.

  1. Account Information. When you buy from our website, we will collect your personal information. We may also collect information that does not personally identify you such as (i) your geolocation, and (ii) information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, App, or Platform, and usage details.
  2. Financial Information. We currently do not collect or store any credit cards or bank information, as we are using a third-party payment processor.  However, we will update this Privacy Policy when we start using and storing such information. We will also inform you via reasonable means if we start collecting such information from you.
  • HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION?

We collect personal information from you in the following ways:

  1. At registration or purchase from our Website, App, or Platform;
  2. In email, text, and other electronic messages between User and our Website, App, or Platform;
  3. Through mobile and desktop applications User downloads from our Website, App, or Platform, which provides dedicated non-browser based interaction between User and our Website, App, or Platform;
  4. When User interacts with our advertising and applications on third-party website and  services, if those applications or advertising include a link to this Privacy Policy;
  5. From User placing an order, which includes details of transactions User carries out on our Website, App, or Platform;
  6. From User’s responses to a survey;
  7. From forms filled out by User;
  8. From records or copies of correspondences (including email addresses) if User contacts us;
  9. From search queries on our Website, App, or Platform; and
  10. When User posts information to be published or displayed on our Website, App, or Platform.

We collect information from you automatically when you navigate through our Website, App, or Platform in the following ways:

  1. Usage details;
  2. IP addresses;
  3. Information obtained through browser cookies;
  4. Information obtained through flash cookies;
  5. Web beacons on our Website;
  6. Web beacons on emails sent by us; and
  7. Other tracking technologies.
  • HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

We use the information that you provide to:

  1. Personalize User experience in using our Platform;
  2. Provide Users with information, products, or services requested from us;
  3. Present our Website, App, and Platform and their contents to Users;
  4. Provide Users with notices about account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices;
  5. Deliver products and services on a timely basis.
  6. Carry out obligations and enforce rights arising from contracts entered into between Users and us, including billing and collection;
  7. Notify Users about changes to our Website, App, and Platform and any products or services;
  8. Allow Users to participate in interactive features on our Website, App, and Platform;
  9. Improve the Website, App, and Platform;
  10. Improve our customer service;
  11. Administer contests, promotions, and surveys or other Website, App, and Platform features;
  12. Process transactions;
  13. Anonymize data and aggregate data for statistics;
  14. Contact Users for other purposes with Users’ consent;
  15. Contact Users about our products and services that may be of interest;
  16. Contact Users about third parties’ goods and services;
  17. Enable the display of advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences, although personal information is not shared with advertisers without User’s consent; and
  18. Send User periodic emails, in accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 as detailed in Section 14, via the email address provided by User to (i) send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions; (ii) process orders and send information and updates pertaining to such orders; (iii) send additional information related to User’s product and/or service; and (iv) market to our mailing list or continue to send email to User after the original transaction has occurred.
  • OUR COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to all of these technologies as “Cookies.”

We use Cookies on our Website and App to (a) help remember and process items in the shopping cart, (b) understand and save User’s preferences for future visits, (c) keep track of advertisements, (d) compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future, and (e) allow trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.  You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser Cookies, but it may affect User experience. We honor Do Not Track signals and, if one is in place, we will not track, plant cookies, or use advertising.

We allow third party behavioral tracking and links to third-party web pages.  Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our Website, App, or Platform.  These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies.  We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Website, App, or Platform and welcome any feedback at about these sites.  Please contact us at hello@exauoliveoil.com.

  • AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

We participate in several affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to websites including Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, Sovrn.com, Shareasale.com, and Impact.com. As part of these programs, we can post customized links, provided by the company/brand, to track the referrals to their websites. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commissions on these sales.

We participate in other non-specified affiliate programs, which have the capability to track the referrals to their websites and utilize cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

  • SPONSORED CONTENT

We may get opportunities to work with companies by creating a recipe using a specific product, hosting a giveaway, or reviewing a product. A disclosure will be included at the top of every sponsored post. We will only share products that we believe in and are a good fit for us and our customers. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

  • HOW DO WE PROTECT INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

Our Website and App are reasonably scanned to meet or exceed PCI Compliance. Our Website and App receive regular security scans and penetration tests.  Our Website and App also receive regular malware scans.  In addition, our Website and App use an SSL certificate as an added security measure. We require username and passwords for our employees who can access the personal information of Users that we store and/or process on our Platform and servers. In addition, we actively prevent third parties from getting access to the personal information of Users that we store and/or process on our Platform and servers.  We accept payment by credit card through a third party credit card processor on our behalf.  We will implement reasonable security measures every time you (a) place an order, or (b) enter, submit, or access your information, (c) register, or (d) access our Platform, on our Website and App.

  • DATA SECURITY MEASURES.

Security Measures.  We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.  The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, App, or Platform, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website, Platform, or Platform. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website, App, or Platform.

Fair Information Practice Principles.  In the event of a personal data breach, we will notify the User within fifteen (15) days via (i) email and/or (ii) our Platform notification system on our Website and/or App.  We agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

  • DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

There are times when we may share Personal Information that you have shared with us may be shared by Olive Oil with others to enable us to provide you over Services, including contractors, service providers, and third parties (“Partners”). This section discusses only how Olive Oil may share such information with Partners. We will ensure that our Partners protect your Personal Information. The following describe how and with whom we may share your Personal Information:

Disclosure of Personal Information. 

  1. We may disclose aggregated, de-personalized information about you that does not identify any individual to other parties without restriction, such as for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
  2. We may disclose personal information to our subsidiaries and affiliates.
  3. We may disclose personal information to contractors, services providers, and other third parties.
  4. We require all contractors, service providers, and other third parties to whom we disclose your personal information to be under contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose them.
  5. We may disclose personal information in the event of a merger, sale of business, etc.
  6. We may disclose to third parties to market their products and services to you if you have either consented or not opted out of these disclosures.
  7. We may disclose personal information to third parties to market their products and services if you have either consented or not opted out of these disclosures.
  8. We require all other Partners, to whom we disclose your personal information, to enter into contracts with us to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to such Partners.
  9. We disclose personal information to fulfill the purpose for which you have provided it, for instance, if you gave us an email address to use the “email a friend” feature of the Platform.
  10. We may disclose personal information for any other purpose for which you have provided it.
  11. We may only disclose personal information as described in this Privacy Policy or your consent.

Other Disclosure of Personal Information. 

  1. We will disclose personal information (i) to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, (ii) to enforce or apply our Terms of Use or Terms of Service and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes, (iii) if we believe it is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Olive Oil, our customers or others, and/or (iv) if it is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Olive Oil, our customers, or others, and this includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Third Party Disclosure.

  1. We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer personal information to others, unless we provide you with advance notice.  This does not include our hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our Website, App, or Platform, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
  2. We do not provide non-personally identifiable visitor information for marketing purposes.

Choices Users Have About How Olive Oil Uses and Discloses Information. 

  1. Tracking Technologies and Advertising. Users can set their browser to refuse some or all the browser cookies, but if the Users disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our Website may not be accessible or function properly.
  2. Disclosure of Users’ Information for Third-Party Advertising.  Users can opt-out by (i) checking the relevant form when we collect the data; (ii) logging into the Website, App, or Platform and adjusting their preferences in their account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes, or (iii) emailing us their opt-out request at hello@exauoliveoil.com. Users receiving promotional email can opt-out by sending a return email requesting to be omitted from future promotional email distributions. This opt-out will not apply to information provided by Olive Oil for product purchases, warranty registration, or other transactions.
  3. Disclosure of User’s Information for Targeted Advertising.  Users can opt-out by (i) checking the relevant form when we collect the data, (ii) logging into the Website, App, or Platform and adjusting their preferences in their account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes, or (iii) emailing us their opt-out request at hello@exauoliveoil.com.

 

  • GOOGLE ADSENSE AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses Cookies to serve advertisements to Users on our Website, App, and Platform. Google uses first-party Cookies, such as Google Analytics Cookies, to compile data regarding User interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our Platform. We currently use Google Analytics to collect and process certain Website and App usage data. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners.

We have implemented advertising features on our Website, App, and Platform including: (a) remarketing with Google AdSense; (b) Google Display Network Impression Reporting; (c) Google Demographics and Interests Reporting; and (d) Google’s DoubleClick platform integration.

We use these Cookies to compile data regarding User interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our Website or App.

  • YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

Olive Oil does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside third parties your “Personal Information” as the term is defined under the California Civil Code Section § 1798.82(h).  Additionally, California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits Users of our Website, App, or Platform that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of their Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request for such disclosure, or identification and/or deletion of Personal Information in all our systems that we store on you, please send an email to hello@exauoliveoil.com or write us at Olive Oil, 2028 E. Ben White Blvd. STE240 #2528 Austin, TX 78741.

Note that (i) if we delete your Personal Information as requested, we will no longer be able to provide our services to you and (ii) we may need to keep such Personal Information for a while during the shutting down and billing process. If you would like to discuss our Personal Information storage and processing process with us, please send us an email at hello@exauoliveoil.com or write us at Olive Oil, 2028 E. Ben White Blvd. STE240 #2528 Austin, TX 78741.

  • COPPA COMPLIANCE (FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 USERS ONLY)

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) is a federal legislation that applies to entities that collect and store “Personal Information,” as the term is defined under COPPA, from children under the age of 13. We are committed to ensure compliance with COPPA. Our Website, App, and Platform are not meant for use by children under the age of 13. Our Website, App, and Platform do not target children under the age of 13, but we do not age-screen or otherwise prevent the collection, use, and personal disclosure of persons identified as under 13. If you would like to know more about our practices and specifically our practices in relation to COPPA compliance, please email us at hello@exauoliveoil.com.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 13, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBSITE, APP, OR PLATFORM.

  • CAN-SPAM ACT OF 2003

The CAN-SPAM Act establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have businesses stop emailing them, and spells out penalties for violations.  Per the CAN-SPAM Act, we will:

  1. not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses;
  2. identify the email message as an advertisement in some reasonable way;
  3. include the physical address of Olive Oil, which is,  2028 E. Ben White Blvd. STE240 #2528 Austin, TX 78741;
  4. monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used;
  5. honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly; and
  6. give an “opt-out” or “unsubscribe” option.

If you wish to opt out of email marketing, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email or contact us at hello@exauoliveoil.com and we will promptly remove you from all future marketing correspondences.

  • TERRITORIAL RESTRICTION

Our Website, App, and Platform are only available for use and download outside the European Union. Our Website, App, and Platform are not available for use or download by residents of, visitors to, or your employees who reside in the European Union (collectively a “European”). If you are a European, please do not download, register, and/or use our Website, App, or Platform. If you are a resident of the United States of America (“US”), you must comply with our Terms of Use or Terms of Service, as applicable, and this Privacy Policy. If you are a resident of any other country, please ensure compliance with all local laws prior to using our Website, App, or Platform.

If you have any questions regarding this Section, please email us at hello@exauoliveoil.com.

  • MODIFICATIONS TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Olive Oil reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event we modify this Privacy Policy, such modifications shall be binding on you only upon your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy. We will inform you about the modifications on our Privacy Policy page via email, on our Website, App, or Platform by posting a modified version of the Privacy Policy page, or by a comparable means within a reasonable time period.  Your continued use of our Website, App, or Platform shall constitute your consent to such changes.

  • LIST OF THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS

We use the following third-party service providers for the provision of services as detailed under the Terms of Use or Terms of Service, as applicable

Name of Third-Party Service Provider Contact Information
Amazon Web Services Inc. (North Virginia, US) Website: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/aws-phone-support/

 

Address: 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109-5210

Google Cloud Website: www.support@google.com

 

Telephone: (855) 817-0841

Additionally, if you have any questions or concerns about our third-party service providers, please email us at hello@exauoliveoil.com.

  • COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/DMCA NOTICE

If you believe that any content on our Website, App, or Platform violates your copyright, and you wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA Takedown Notice”)) must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent.

  • Your physical or electronic signature;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
  • Identification of the material on our Website, App, or Platform that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
  • Sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
  • Your address, telephone number, and email address;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Olive Oil’s Copyright Agent to receive DMCA Takedown Notices is Skyler Mapes, hello@exauoliveoil.com, at Olive Oil, Attn: DMCA Notice, 2028 E. Ben White Blvd. STE240 #2528 Austin, TX 78741. You acknowledge that for us to be authorized to take down any content, your DMCA Takedown Notice must comply with all the requirements of this Section. Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact (falsities) in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs and attorney’s fees incurred by Olive Oil in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.

  • CONTACT US. 

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

  • Privacy Officer
  • Email: hello@exauoliveoil.com
  • Address: Olive Oil Distributors LLC, 2028 E. Ben White Blvd. STE240 #2528 Austin, TX 78741

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU USE OUR WEBSITE, APP, OR PLATFORM, YOU HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN OUR TERMS OF USE OR OUR TERMS OF SERVICES, AS APPLICABLE.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY OR OUR TERMS OF SERVICE, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR WEBSITE, APP, OR PLATFORM.