Privacy notice

LATEST update 
Updated to be effective as of January 1st, 2017.

INTRODUCTION
GUGGISBERG CHEESE respects each individual's right to personal privacy. We will collect and use information through our Web site only in the ways disclosed in this statement. This policy applies solely to activity at and information collected by GUGGISBERG CHEESE's Web site.

WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS
This policy describes rights retained by GUGGISBERG CHEESE in regard to content ('Rights Information'), and covers how GUGGISBERG CHEESE treats personal information that we collect and receive, including that related to your past use of our products and services ('Privacy Information'). Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.

This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that GUGGISBERG CHEESE does not own or control, or to people that GUGGISBERG CHEESE does not employ or manage. In addition, certain associated companies such as Authorize.net have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by at their individual web sites.

Further, this policy describes specific rights retained by GUGGISBERG CHEESE for copyrighted materials and other intellectual properties contained within this site with regard to their protection.

GUGGISBERG CHEESE RIGHTS
GUGGISBERG CHEESE provides access to this site free of charge to provide information about GUGGISBERG CHEESE, its capabilities, products and services.

Copyright of all material on this site is owned by GUGGISBERG CHEESE or its clients; copyright in the compilation of all materials on this site is owned by GUGGISBERG CHEESE © 2009 GUGGISBERG CHEESE. All rights reserved.

No materials on this site may be reproduced, altered or further distributed without GUGGISBERG CHEESE's prior written permission.

All trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos and trade styles on this site are owned by GUGGISBERG CHEESE or its clients. Proper use is limited to use in connection with the products and services of the mark owner and no other use is permitted without the owner's prior written permission.

In order to improve our business, GUGGISBERG CHEESE may buy or sell a company, or one or more of the companies in our corporate family may merge with or be acquired by another company. If we sell a business, we would probably transfer some or all of your information as a part of the sale, in order that the service being provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice, through our Web site, of that change in control and practices, and we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make of us.

We may also release information when we believe it is necessary and appropriate to comply with applicable laws or to protect the rights, property or safety of GUGGISBERG CHEESE, our employees, customers, Web site visitors, or others.

GENERAL INFORMATION COLLECTION
We collect information and use it to keep you informed about GUGGISBERG CHEESE, and to make your visit to our site as useful and informative as possible.

We are committed to safeguarding all personally identifiable information we obtain about site visitors, whether internal or external. The only personally identifiable information we collect via electronic mail, or our web site, including site(s) currently being maintained by trusted third-party providers, is (1), that which is voluntarily provided by our visitors, and (2), that which is generally found within the user's browser, for purposes of identification.

TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
We may also collect personally identifiable information which our users divulge about other people when using services such as referrals or gift purchases.

GUGGISBERG CHEESE does not actively market to children, and we never knowingly ask a child under 13 to divulge personal information.

NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. For example, our Web site may automatically recognize the domain name of the Web site, or the advertisement, which you clicked-through to reach our site (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account), but not the e-mail address of visitors to our Web site. The information collected is used solely for internal review and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

INFORMATION PURPOSE AND DISSEMINATION
Tracking information is collected and analyzed so that we may improve our service offerings to our users. This tracking information is kept confidential. We will share personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when one or more of the following conditions apply:

- We have your consent to share the information;
- We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;
- We need to send the information to companies who work on our behalf to provide a product or service to you. Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us;
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or
- We find it necessary to protect and defend our legal rights or property.

In addition, in the event of a transfer of ownership of GUGGISBERG CHEESE, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

COOKIES
This site employs the use of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user's computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable GUGGISBERG CHEESE to track usage patterns and deliver customized content to users. Our cookies do have an expiration date, which is the end of the browser's session.


SPECIFIC INFORMATION USAGE
Registered users may receive additional announcements from us about products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.

The information we collect may be used to create customer profiles based on browsing or purchasing history. We will not supplement information collected at our Web site with data from other sources.

We may share data with the following third parties including: shipping companies and credit card companies.

PROBLEM RESOLUTION
If problems arise, users may contact GUGGISBERG CHEESE by contacting us by any of the means found at the bottom of this policy. We are committed to resolving disputes within a reasonable time frame.


INFORMATION SECURITY
We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.

REVIEWING, UPDATING OR REMOVING YOUR INFORMATION
Users may access their own personal information and contact us about inaccuracies they may find.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice.

CONTACTS
GUGGISBERG CHEESE may be contacted by any of the following methods:

5060 SR 557
Millersburg Ohio 44654

info@guggisberg.com
Phone:(330) 893-2500
Fax: (330) 893-3240
Toll Free: 1-800-262-2505
(Monday - Friday: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm)