Privacy Policy

Restaurant Sciences takes privacy very seriously. The following discloses our privacy practices for our company website located at www.thrivespot.com (the “website”). By using the website, you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use
Restaurant Sciences is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Restaurant Sciences collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Web Site Registration
In order to use some features of this Web site, users must first complete the registration form. During registration, users are required to give their contact information (name, mailing address and e-mail). For certain services, we also request credit card or other payment account information which are maintained in encrypted form on secure servers. This information is used to contact users about the topics on our site for which they have expressed interest and to enable users to retrieve lost passwords.

Cookies
ThriveSpot uses cookies to remember if users have logged in while on our site. This allows web site users to avoid logging in more than once, thereby saving time. Users have the option of disabling or not accepting cookies by changing the preferences on their browsers*. If users opt to disable cookies, they will still be able to use our Web site. However, they will not be able to use some functionality. No personally identifiable information (e-mail address, name, etc.) is collected with the cookies that we set. Accepting cookies while on the ThriveSpot site will not put the user at risk for marketing from other sites.

Web Statistics
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement for reporting purposes. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We may share certain information you submit during the signup process with third parties in order to enhance the quality of our services and offerings. Third parties are obligated to comply with this Privacy Policy by not disclosing information we share with them.

Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Updates
We may also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to unsubscribe from service announcements that contain important information about the service. We communicate with users to provide requested services and to discuss issues relating to their accounts via e-mail or phone.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code or e-mail address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that the personal data that was provided to us. Users can e-mail our Help Desk to change, correct, or remove information.

Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to “opt out” to newsletters e-mail messages. To unsubscribe from mailings, please click the “opt out” link in the email message, or contact our Help Desk.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Contacting Restaurant Sciences
We welcome any questions and comments about privacy. Please feel free to contact us at:
Restaurant Sciences
Attn: Privacy Officer
90 Rowe Street
Auburndale, MA 02466
        
Alternatively, you may send an e-mail to ThriveSupport@thrivespot.com.

This Privacy Policy became effective as of Oct. 10, 2012