Zestuous LLC dba Girls Can Grill® and Competition BBQ Tips (“we,” “community,” “us,” or “our”) operates competitionbbqtips.com and may operate other websites. It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE HANDLE YOUR INFORMATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.

Information We Collect

We obtain information about you through the means discussed below when we provide the Services. Please note that we need certain types of information so that we can provide the Services to you. If you do not provide us with such information, or ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use our Services.

Information You Provide to Us

We collect a variety of information that you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information from you through:

• The Services you use or processing your orders
• Requests or questions you submit to us via online forms, email or otherwise
• Your participation in sweepstakes, contests or surveys
• Any reviews that you submit about the Services
• Account registration and administration of your account
• Uploads or posts to the Services
• Requests for customer support and technical assistance

Information about you. While parts of the Services may not require you to provide any information that can directly identify you by name (such as if you choose to browse the website without logging in), the specific types of information we collect will depend upon the Services you use, how you use them and the information you choose to provide. The types of data we collect directly from you include:

• Email address
• Name, if you choose to provide it
• Log-in credentials, if you create an account
• Billing information, such as shipping address of a gift card recipient, credit or debit card number, verification number, and expiration date
• Information about purchases or other transactions with us
• Information about your customer service interactions with us
• Demographic information such as your gender or other information you choose to provide as part of your profile
• User-generated content you post in public forums such as when you comment on or review a class
• Any other information you choose to directly provide to us in connection with your use of the Services

Information about others. If you request that your purchase be provided to someone other than yourself (such as a gift recipient), we use the information you provide about the other person to fulfill the shipment.

Information We Collect Through Automated Means 

When you use our Services, we collect certain information as described in this Section. As discussed further below, we and our service providers (which are third-party companies that work on our behalf) may use a variety of technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to assist in collecting this information.

Websites. When you use our website, we collect and analyze information such as your IP address, browser types, browser language, operating system, software and hardware attributes (including device IDs) referring and exit pages and URLs, the number of clicks, pages viewed, and the order of those pages, the date and time you used the Services, error logs, and other similar information.

Location Information. When you use the Services, we and our service providers may automatically collect general location information (e.g., IP address, city/state, and or postal code associated with an IP address) from your computer or mobile device.

Information We Collect From Social Media and Other Content Platforms

If you access the Services through a third-party connection or log-in (e.g., through a social network like Facebook or Twitter), you may allow us to have access to and store certain information from your social network profile. This can include your name, gender, profile picture, your “likes” and check-ins, and your list of friends, depending on your settings on such services. If you do not wish to have this information shared, do not use a social networking connection to access the Services. For a description of how social networking sites handle your information, please refer to their privacy policies and terms of use, which may permit you to modify your privacy settings. You may also have the option of posting your Services activities to Social Networking Services when you access content through the Services (for example, you may post to Facebook that you enrolled in a class on the Service); you acknowledge that if you choose to use this feature, your friends, followers, and subscribers on any Social Networking Services you have enabled will be able to view such activity.

Information We Collect from Others

We may receive additional information such as demographic and statistical information from third parties, such as business partners, marketers, researchers, analysts and other parties that we may attribute to you based on your assignment to certain statistical groups. We use this information to supplement the information that we collect directly from you in order to derive your possible interests and to provide more relevant experiences for you and improve our products, analytics, and advertising.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Aggregated Statistics

Competition BBQ Tips may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Competition BBQ Tips may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Competition BBQ Tips does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at:   https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Embedded content from other websites

Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We, or our service providers, use your information for various purposes depending on the types of information we have collected from and about you, in order to:

• Complete a purchase or provide the Services you have requested, including invoicing and accounting
• Respond to your request for information and provide you with more effective and efficient customer service
• Provide you with updates and information about classes in which you have enrolled
• Contact you by email, postal mail or phone regarding Competition BBQ Tips and third-party products, services, surveys, research studies, promotions, special events and other subjects that we think may be of interest to you
• Customize the advertising and content you see on the Services
• Help us better understand your interests and needs, and improve the Services, including through research and reports, and test and create new products, features, and services
• Secure our websites and resolve issues being reported
• Comply with any procedures, laws, and regulations which apply to us where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others
• Establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others
• When a user adds a product to cart and doesn’t complete their purchase within a specified time, their cart will be considered as abandoned.
  • An email will be sent to the user who has abandoned the cart. The user can complete the purchase by clicking the purchase link provided in the email
  • The user can unsubscribe from the abandoned car emails using the unsubscribe link provided in the emails.

Combined Information. For the purposes discussed in this Privacy Policy, we may combine the information that we collect through the Services with information that we receive from other sources, both online and offline, and use such combined information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Aggregate/Anonymous Data. We may aggregate and/or anonymize any information collected through the Services so that such information can no longer be linked to you or your device. We may use such information for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes, and may also share such data with any third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners, and sponsors.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Business Transfers

If Competition BBQ Tips, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Competition BBQ Tips goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Competition BBQ Tips may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Competition BBQ Tips may change from time to time, and in Competition BBQ Tips’ sole discretion. Competition BBQ Tips encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes. If you have a CompetitionBBQTips.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Google Analytics Advertising

Google Analytics will collect visitation information and associate it with Google information from accounts of signed-in users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalization. This Google information may include end user location, search history, YouTube history and data from sites that partner with Google—and is used to provide aggregated and anonymized insights into users’ cross device behaviors. 

If you want to opt-out, download and install the add-on for your web browser. The Google Analytics opt-out add-on is designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. In order to function, the opt-out add-on must be able to load and execute properly on your browser. Learn more about about the Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.

Affiliate Marketing

Competition BBQ Tips participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may post customized links, provided by retailers, to track referrals to their websites, and we may earn an advertising fee from any purchases made through these links. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.