We strive to deliver outstanding products, services, and experiences across the country. We value your business and, most importantly, your loyalty. We recognize that privacy is an important issue. This Internet Privacy Policy demonstrates Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc.'s commitment to assuring a strong and meaningful customer relationship, and addresses questions about the type of personal information we collect on our websites, the third parties with whom we might share such information, and how you can review or change the personal information you provide to us when creating "profiles" on our websites.
On our websites we collect information that you voluntarily provide in order for us to provide services and products, and provide customer service. We may also use the personal information we collect for other business purposes such as to better understand customer needs, enhance relationships, make appropriate offers, or facilitate third party offers we feel will be of interest to you.
More detail about the personal information we collect and the collection of information through web technologies such as "cookies," is described below in the section called "Categories of Information We Collect." More information about the third parties with whom we may share your personal information is described below in the section called "Sharing Personal Information Collected on our Websites."
Additional information about the terms of use of our websites is available in our Site Usage Agreement. As used in this Policy, the terms "Cuppy's," "we", "our" and "us" means Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc.
This Internet Privacy Policy applies only to the personal information that is collected on those public websites where we post this policy (i.e. not information collected elsewhere,) including, but not limited to, cuppys.com and cuppyscoffee.com.
Categories of Information We Collect
Requests for Information
When you request additional information related to our services or properties, we will request your name and contact information such as street address, phone number, and email address.
Sweepstakes and Contests
In the future, we may conduct sweepstakes and contests that offer the opportunity to win prizes. Each sweepstakes has its own terms and conditions. Such sweepstakes and contests may require you to choose to enter and for others you will be entered automatically if certain elements described in the sweepstakes terms and conditions are met. As part of entering these sweepstakes and contests, certain personally identifiable information such as name and email address may be required.
Contacting Us by Email with Questions or Comments
When you send us an email from one of our sites, we may retain information such as the content, your email address, our response, and the text of any follow-up questions you may have. We may use this information, for example, to measure how effectively we address customer concerns online, to personalize your experience, and to continuously improve our service to you.
Electronic Cards and Forwarding to Friends
From time to time our websites may offer a feature that allows you to send an electronic card or otherwise share a message with a friend. If you choose to do so, we will ask you for your name and email address, and the recipient's name and email address, along with the text of any message you choose to include.
Online Surveys
Occasionally, we may conduct online surveys to better understand the effectiveness of our websites. Your participation in these surveys is voluntary. Information collected by us when you participate in a survey may include name, street address and email address.
Employment
If you choose to apply for employment online, you will be required to provide your name, street address, telephone number, email address and the name of the college you attended. You will also be asked to provide the schedule you are available to work, your Social Security Number, your desired rate of pay, whether you can submit proof of legal right to work in the U.S., whether you are of a legal age to serve alcoholic beverages in the applicable state; and whether you are eligible to receive any permits or licenses required by law. You will also have the opportunity to attach your resume into our electronic form. You will be asked to provide your email address if you choose to be notified of future openings.
Franchise Information
If you are interested in obtaining more information about franchise opportunities, we may collect your name and contact information such as street address, phone number, and email address; information about your specific interest such as brand, type of ownership, etc.; and information about your property type such as current ownership, size of parcel, location of parcel, number of rooms, height limitation, and time frame for planning or acquiring.
Collection of Information Through Web Technologies
We may automatically track and collect your IP address, domain server, the type of computer and type of web browser you are using and use "cookies" to (i) customize content specific to your interests, (ii) ensure that you do not see the same advertisement repeatedly, and (iii) store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you use the sites. Some of the websites operated on our behalf are hosted and managed by other companies who may track and collect this information.
What are Cookies?
- "Cookies" are pieces of electronic information (specifically, a string of text) that your browser and your operating system store on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes.
- Cookies can store a user's ID and password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track of previous selections or purchases.
- Cookies can enhance the user's visit.
- The use of cookies is an industry standard-you'll find they are used by most major commercial websites.
How We Issue and Use Cookies.
- We issue and use cookies to enhance your visit and the services we offer on the sites. The sites consist of thousands of pages of content. We want you to be able to find the information and offers that interest you, as quickly and easily as possible. The use of cookie technology helps us to achieve that objective.
- We issue and use cookies to keep track of the areas of the sites which interest our visitors most. In doing so, we can determine areas of the sites that are most popular and those that are not. Many improvements and updates to the sites are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.
- Visitors to the sites who accept cookies may be presented with targeted messages, offers and ads on the site and via email that we believe would be of value, based on observed preferences.
- If you have registered as a member of the sites and accept cookies, we can tailor your use to your personal preferences, and it is easier and faster to take advantage of the sites' benefits.
- If you have submitted your email address, you may receive targeted messages we believe you will find of value. Remember, you may request to be removed from your email subscription lists.
Your Choice to Accept or Deny Cookies
You can choose whether to accept or deny cookies; your browser on your computer is often initially set to accept cookies. However, you can choose to deny cookies and continue browsing the sites.
Keep in mind that your choice to accept or deny a cookie is different from your choice to accept/deny email messages.
Sharing Personal Information Collected on our Websites
We may share personal information among the owners and operators of our franchises. We may also share information with select third parties who offer goods or services we think may be of interest to you. From time to time we may partner with other companies to provide co-sponsored or co-branded promotions, products and services and may share your information with our co-sponsor. For example, we may co-sponsor some sweepstakes or contests on our site with other companies or we may provide prizes for sweepstakes and contests sponsored by other companies. If you enter one of these sweepstakes or contests, we may share your information with our co-sponsor or the third party sponsor. Use of shared information is subject to third parties' policies.
During the course of our business, we may also share aggregated demographic and statistical information that is not personally identifiable.
Business Transfers
In the event that Cuppy's merges with or is acquired by another legal entity, the personal information collected by Cuppy's may be transferred to that other legal entity as an asset.
Legal RequirementsCuppy's will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by law, or is necessary or desirable to investigate or protect against harmful activities to guests, visitors, employees, or others, or to property (including this site).
Third Party Websites
We do not control and shall not be responsible for the collection of personal information by third party websites, including websites owned or controlled by franchises or websites not controlled or authorized by Cuppy's. Third party websites that are accessed through links on our websites may have separate privacy practices. We have no responsibility or liability for the practices and policies implemented by third parties on their websites. Third party websites may have received permission from Cuppy's to use Cuppy's logos or trademarks but will not offer a link to this Internet Privacy Policy. You may contact them directly to ask questions about their privacy practices and policies.
If you enter or choose to leave our websites via links to other non-Cuppy's sites (including those of our advertisers, content providers, vendors, independent hotels, affiliates and partners), your visits to those sites are not covered by this Internet Privacy Policy.
Internet Privacy Policy Changes
In the future, we may make changes to this Internet Privacy Policy. The revised Internet Privacy Policy will be displayed via a link on this website so that you will know what types of information we gather and the categories of third parties with whom we may share the information.
Effective Date
This Internet Privacy Policy is effective as of August 9, 2006.
Special Notification for California ResidentsIndividual customers who reside in California and have provided their personal information to Cuppy's may request information about our disclosures of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Such requests must be submitted to us at the following address: Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc., Attn: Customer Privacy Assistance, 348 Miracle Strip Parkway SW, Suite 10, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. Within thirty days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.