Privacy Policy
Pilgrim's Corporation ("Pilgrim's") recognizes that many adults and children who
visit our web site are concerned about how personal information they provide on-line
is maintained and used by Pilgrim's. To address these concerns and to demonstrate
our firm commitment to privacy, especially for children who visit our sites, we
have developed and implemented this privacy policy so you will know how Pilgrim's
gathers, and provides, information. Please review our privacy policy from time to
time as we may update or change it periodically.
Gathering and Use of Information
Pilgrim's collects personally identifiable information from visitors to our sites
solely on a voluntary basis. Such personally identifiable information may include
your name, postal address, e-mail address, company name and/or telephone numbers
(collectively referred to herein as "Personal Information"). We will never sell,
transfer, or disclose any Personal Information we gather at our web sites to any
third parties without your prior consent, except in cases when we believe in good
faith that we have a legal obligation to disclose such Personal Information. We
never require that this Personal Information be provided in order to gain access
to our sites, nor will we require visitors to disclose more Personal Information
than is reasonably needed to participate in an activity on our sites. We collect
Personal Information primarily for three reasons: 1) to e-mail consumers with updates
and news, 2) to notify winners of contests, games and sweepstakes, and to distribute
prizes, and 3) to send out brochures, etc. via regular mail to subscribers. There
may be times when we share aggregate information about our users (for example, the
percentage of male and female visitors to our sites) with advertisers, business
partners, sponsors, and other third parties in any effort to customize or enhance
the content and advertising on our sites for our users.
We recognize there are unique issues raised about the protection of our children's
privacy over the Internet. All children-directed Pilgrim's web sites are designed
to comply with the requirements of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA) and Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) guidelines for web sites gathering
identifiable information from children (under age 13). Consistent with these requirements
and guidelines, and provided that we have been given accurate information by the
child when asked, we do NOT:
- collect personally identifiable off-line contact information without prior parental
consent;
- distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information without prior
parental consent;
- entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge
more information than is needed to participate in the activity;
- use or disclose on-line contact information without prior parental consent or parental
notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of
the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent,
on-line information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request
and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent. We collect
on-line contact information from children only in connection with on-line contests
and sweepstakes; our policy with respect to using this information is provided below
in the "Contests/Sweepstakes" section; or
- enable children to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable
contact information without prior parental consent.
Parents can always ask to review any Personal Information about their child that
may have been collected at one of our sites, have us delete any such Personal Information,
and/or instruct us not to collect or use such Personal Information about their child
in the future. To do so, simply contact us following the procedure outlined below
in the "How To Contact Us" section.
As the new technology of the Internet evolves, and the COPPA requirements and CARU
guidelines evolve as well, Pilgrim's intends to comply with these requirements and
guidelines in a manner and in as timely a fashion as is technologically feasible
in order to protect our children and their privacy.
Contests/Sweepstakes
We periodically run contests and sweepstakes on our sites for which we ask users/participants
to provide contact information (like their e-mail address). This information is
used to contact the participant only when necessary in accordance with the rules
of the contest or sweepstakes.
If a participant has indicated upon entering a contest or sweepstakes that he/she
is under 13 years of age, the participant is instructed to enter the e-mail address
of his/her parent or guardian. Further, for any game or contest where the screen
names of the high scorers are posted, a user under 13 can only select a generic
screen name from a list that has been developed in advance. This prevents the disclosure
of any personally identifiable information.
Cookies/IP Addresses
Like many companies, Pilgrim's may use "cookie" technology to track customer visits
through our sites. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to
an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. They enhance the on-line
experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site.
The cookies Pilgrim's uses do not contain any personally identifying information
and cannot profile your system or collect information from your hard drive. And
although you may receive cookies from many different sites, each cookie can only
be read by the Web server that originally issued it. You are not even identified
by name or e-mail address, just by a unique string of numbers that we assign the
first time you come to our site.
We use your IP address in two ways: to help diagnose problems with our server and
to administer our web sites, and also to gather broad demographic information.
Polls & Surveys
Information gathered from polls and surveys are only for internal use of Pilgrim's
Pride. If sample answers to polls or surveys are posted on the web site, then no
identifiable Personal Information is ever included.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our sites will provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications
from us at the point where we request information about the visitor. Simply follow
the procedure outlined at each site. Likewise, we will provide users with the opportunity
to change any information previously provided.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the Legal Policy, the practices
of this site, your dealings with this web site, or your Personal Information, you
can always contact us at our e-mail address,
info@pilgrimspride.com.
Final Note
Our goal at Pilgrim's is to provide a safe Internet environment for you and your
children. While children and young adults are encouraged to play our games and explore
the web sites, we remind them often that their parents will be notified if they
give us their e-mail address and their parent's written permission is required for
them to be eligible to win prizes. We urge parents to spend time with their children
on our web sites. Sit with them and share the experience. While Pilgrim's Pride
does everything we can to ensure your child's privacy and safety, informed parents
are the best protectors of their children.