Private Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Fancy & Spicy Inc. uses and shares the personal information of consumer users of this website, www.fancyandspicy.com (the “Site”). This Policy also applies to any of our other websites that post this Policy. This Policy does not apply to websites that post different statements.

What We Collect

We get information about you in a range of ways.

Information You Give Us

• We may collect personal information from you, such as your first and last name, email address, username, and password when you create an account to log in to our network.
• When you post content (text, images, photographs, messages, comments, or any other kind of content that is not your e-mail address) on our Site, the information contained in your posting will be stored on our servers and other users may be able to see it, along with your first name and first initial of your last name, profile photo and any other information that you choose to make public on your public profile page (“Profile”). Other users with whom you are connected via Facebook or the Services may also be able to see your full last name.
• If you will host an event (such as a dinner party), we may collect the address of the location where the event will be held, along with your phone number, in order to share this information with the attendees of your event. For example, if you, as a chef, will be hosting a dinner party, we may share the address where your dinner party will be held, along with your phone number, with those Guests who will be attending the event, so that they can contact you and attend the event. Likewise, if you are a Guest that will be hosting an event, we may share your phone number and the address of your event with the chef who will be cooking for you.
• We also collect payment information, including your name, credit/debit card information, and billing information, in order to make payments to the hosts of certain social events you attend.
• We may collect personal information from you, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you provide us when you create or book an Event and/or register for a Member Account.
• If you provide us feedback or contact us via email, we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content included in the email, in order to send you a reply.
• When you post comments, reviews, testimonials, or ratings on the product rating areas of our Site (“Reviews”), the information contained in your posting will be stored on our servers and other users will be able to see it. This information may also be shared with Facebook for posting on your Facebook wall or timeline.
• When you participate in one of our surveys, we may collect additional profile information.
• We may also collect personal information, such as at other points on our Site that state that personal information is being collected.

Information We Get from Others. We may get information about you from other sources. We may add this to the information we get from this Site.

Information Collected by our Payment Provider. We currently use Stripe as our third-party service provider for Internet-based payment services. Stripe’s privacy policy is located at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy. You should review Stripe’s privacy policy along with its terms located at: https://stripe.com/us/legal.

Information is Automatically Collected. As is true of most websites, we automatically log information about you and your computer. For example, when visiting our Site, we log‎ your computer operating system type,‎ browser type,‎ browser language,‎ the website you visited before browsing our Site,‎ pages you viewed,‎ how long you spent on a page,‎ access times,‎ and Internet protocol (IP) address.

• Cookies. Like many online services, we may log information using "cookies." Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Cookies help us make our Site and your visit better. We use cookies to see which parts of our Site people use and like and to count visits to our Site.
• Web Beacons. We may log information using digital images called Web beacons on our Site or in our emails. We use Web beacons to manage cookies, count visits, and learn what marketing works and what does not. We also use Web Beacons to tell if you open or act on our emails.
• Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Site. Google Analytics uses Cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other personally identifying information. We do not combine the information generated through the use of Google Analytics with your Personal Data. Although Google Analytics plants a persistent Cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Site, the Cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

​Use of Personal Information

We use your personal information as follows:

• To respond to comments and questions and provide customer service.
• To send by email, telephone, text message, or other means, information including confirmations, Event notices, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
• To communicate about promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our selected partners.
• To link or combine user information with other personal information.
• To protect, investigate, and deter fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
• To provide and deliver products and services customers request.
• To operate, maintain, and improve our sites, products, and services.
• To process and deliver contest entries and rewards.
• To respond to provide the services your request.

A key component of our Site is the ratings and reviews we collect from users regarding the Events and meals of others. When you post a review or rating, only your first name and the first initial of your last name will be viewable by general users of our Site. Please note, that users with whom you have connected via Facebook (“Your Friends”) may be able to see your full name and profile picture when you post a Review. If you post any Reviews on our Site, you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these Reviews. We also often receive and collect testimonials and feedback regarding our Site. Personal information collected in testimonials or feedback may be shared with third parties and used in marketing materials.

Sharing of Personal Information

• We may share personal information as described elsewhere in this Policy and as follows:
• We may share personal information with your consent.
• We may share personal information when we do a business deal, or negotiate a business deal, involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets. These deals can include any merger, financing, acquisition, bankruptcy transaction, or proceeding.
  • We may share personal information for legal, protection, and safety purposes.
  • We may share information to comply with laws.
  • We may share information to respond to lawful requests and legal processes.We may share information to protect the rights and property of Fancy & Spicy Inc., our agents, customers, and others. This includes enforcing our agreements and policies.
• We may share information in an emergency. This includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers, or any person.

We may share information with those who need it to do work for us.

​Certain portions of the information you provide to us may also be publicly displayed in your profile, such as your first name, first initial of your last name, and profile picture by default. The Reviews you post to the Site are also meant for public consumption. We may display this content on the Site and further distribute it to a wider audience through third-party sites and services. Once displayed on publicly viewable web pages, that information can be collected and used by others. We cannot control who reads your postings or what other users may do with the information that you voluntarily post, so it is very important that you do not put Personal Data in your posts. Once you have posted information publicly, while you will still be able to edit and delete it on the Site, you will not be able to edit or delete such information cached, collected, and stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines).

Our Site may enable you to post content to social networking sites (e.g., Facebook or Instagram. If you choose to do this, we will provide information to such social networking sites in accordance with your elections. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of those websites and that it is your responsibility to review the privacy policy of the third-party provider of such social networking sites. We will not be responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such social networking sites; (ii) the content, products, or services on or availability of such social networking sites; or (iii) your use of any such social networking sites.

We may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others for their own uses.

We provide access to or share your information with operations and maintenance contractors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf. They have access to perform these services but are prohibited from using your information for other purposes. They provide a variety of services to us, including billing, sales, marketing, product content and features, advertising, analytics, research, customer service, data storage, security, fraud prevention, payment processing, and legal services.

Information Choices and Changes

We know that members of our community value having control over their own information, so we give you the choice of providing, editing, or removing certain information, as well as choices about how we contact you. You may change or correct your Fancy & Spicy account information through your account settings. You may also remove certain optional information that you no longer wish to be publicly visible. In addition, our marketing emails tell you how to “opt-out.” If you opt-out, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your accounts and our business dealings with you.

You may send requests about personal information to our Contact Information or by emailing [email protected]. You can request to change contact choices, opt-out of our sharing with others, update your personal information or delete your personal information from our Site.

You can typically remove and reject cookies from our Site with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it could affect how our Site works for you.

Security of Your Personal Information

We take steps to help protect personal information. No company can fully prevent security risks, however. Mistakes may happen. Bad actors may defeat even the best safeguards.

Contact Information

We welcome your comments or questions about this privacy policy. You may also contact us via our email: [email protected].

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any material changes in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you by sending you an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us and/or by prominently posting a notice of the changes on our Site. Any changes to this Policy will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an email notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Site. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Site. Please always note that you are responsible for updating your personal information to provide us with your most current email address. If the last e-mail address that you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. If you do not wish to permit changes in our use of your personal information, you must notify us prior to the effective date of the changes that you wish to deactivate your Member Account with us. Continued use of our Site, following notice of such changes, shall indicate your acknowledgment of such changes