FingerLakesCoffee.com respects and is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement is made available so you may become aware of our practices regarding the collection and use of information from the individual users of our site, including what type of information is gathered and with whom it is shared.

Type of Information Collected

As an individual user of the information and services provided herein, you may be required to give basic contact information such as a name and email address. This information may then be used to contact you regarding the website areas in which you have expressed interest. Providing such information may or may not be optional, however we do encourage your full participation as we will then be able to provide you with a more complete browsing experience.

To be able to potentially customize the experience of each of our individual website users, FingerLakesCoffee.com makes use of cookies on our site. A cookie is a data file sent to the user's computer by our website. This data file is then stored on the user's computer and can be called for use from time to time by our website and our website only.

Users can opt to refuse cookies from our website. Disabling cookies, however, may cause some sections of our website to not work properly. The use of cookies allows our site to identify users, maintain user profiles and track their viewing preferences. This information, in turn, allows FingerLakesCoffee.com to potentially adapt the content of our site to the specific needs of each individual user. In addition to gathering demographic information, FingerLakesCoffee.com also keeps log files of traffic across our site. These log files register such information as the IP addresses of users accessing our site. This information is used only at the aggregate level and is not in any way tied to personally identifiable information.

Use of Collected Information

The primary reason we collect the information we do is so that we might customize our services for users of our website. In addition, FingerLakesCoffee.com may also employ demographic information for the purpose of conducting market research (conducting surveys, for example). In some instances FingerLakesCoffee.com may also share data with third parties, including (but not limited to) business partners, for marketing or other purposes.

Data Security and Accuracy

In order to safeguard the privacy of users and maintain the integrity of the data collected, FingerLakesCoffee.com makes all reasonable efforts to ensure data security. Any information of a personal nature (order transaction information, for example) is taken over a secure internet connection and encrypted prior to storing that information in our protected database. Data collected and stored in this manner is virtually immune to the illicit procurement and utilization by any outside source.

Children

We require our users to be of the appropriate age and locale to take advantage of the goods and services we provide and offer through our website. FingerLakesCoffee.com does not target children through its web site or any other marketing effort and we will not knowingly collect any information from children. Should we find that we have inadvertently gathered personal information from a child using our website through fraudulent means, we will promptly delete this information from our records and databases.

Business Relationships

The FingerLakesCoffee.com web site may display links to other industry websites, including those of our business partners. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites or their parent companies.

Site Policies

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, terms and conditions of its use, and these Privacy Policies at any time. If any of these conditions are deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Notification of Changes to our Privacy Policy

Any changes to our privacy policy will be reflected in updates to this statement. To further understand our practices, please review our Terms & Conditions of Use, which also governs your visit to FingerLakesCoffee.com.