Privacy Policy

RIGHT TO PRIVACY

The Food Bank respects the right to privacy of users of our website. We make every reasonable effort to assure user confidentiality.

PROVIDING VISITORS WITH ANONYMOUS ACCESS

You can access our website pages and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. Only aggregated data, such as the number of hits per page, are collected. The collected data are only used for internal purposes and do not provide any personal identifying information. The website does not store information on the accessing computer by the use of cookies or other such related method.

THE SERVICES AND LINKS OF OUR WEB SITE

Our website does not enable our visitors to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. Our website does not include links to commercial third party providers.

DATA COLLECTION AND PURPOSE SPECIFICATION

Our website will solicit data for specific purposes such as surveys or donor information. The data is collected only on a volunteer basis and requires confirmation from the user. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations. We do not collect, or use, personal data for other than the specific stated purpose. We do not furnish information on our data collection practices to any outside agency.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children. We take specific steps to protect the privacy of children by making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent, or other guardian, has authorized the collection of any information about an individual child.

DISCLOSURE AND VISITOR CHOICE

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

CONFIDENTIALITY / SECURITY

We give you the option of using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

  • Primary personal data (such as name and contact details)
  • Identifiers (such as credit card details, website password)

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

  • Unauthorized access
  • Improper use or disclosure
  • Unauthorized modification
  • Unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors’ personal data and have signed the Information Technology Departments Policies and Procedures that contain such an obligation.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

ACCESS TO THE PERSONAL DATA WE MAY HOLD ABOUT YOU

To inquire if we have data about you or to review the data please send a postal mail to 9850 Distribution Avenue. San Diego, CA 92121.

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data within a month, although we may require proof of your identity.

We will provide the information without any charge. We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, rectified or amended or completed.

We reserve the right to refuse this service, but will give reasons for our refusal. We will furnish you with the procedure to appeal such a decision.