Privacy Policy
MaineLobsterPotPie.com is a trade name of the Kennebunk Inn, L.L.C. MaineLobsterPotPie.com (“MaineLobsterPotPie”) respects the privacy rights of our users and is strongly committed to protecting your privacy online.
Information We Gather and Track
1. We request personal information when you place an order, register for a product or service, download information, request a service, answer a survey, enter a contest, correspond with us or engage in certain other activities on our Web site. For example:
a. If you submit an order on-line with us, we will ask you for information necessary to complete the transaction – such as your name, address, and credit card number.
b. If you request technical support online, we will ask you for information necessary to complete the transaction – such as your name address and information about your computer hardware, software and the nature of the problem you are experiencing.
c. You make the decision whether to proceed with any activity that requests personal information, such as signing up for our mailing lists. If you do not wish to provide the requested information, however, you may not be able to complete the transaction.
2. The only other information we automatically collect is information related to the use of our web site. This information is anonymous and is gathered through our servers’ log files and we do not use this information to identify you personally except in the case of abuse tracking. This information allows us to create better content aimed at our viewer’s preferences. These log files record generic information, such as:
a. General information when you log in: Internet domain (for example, “yourcompany.com” or “yourschool.edu”); Internet Protocol (IP) address; operating system; the browser used to access our Web site; files downloaded; the date and time you access our site; and the pages that you visited.
b. Referral and statistical information where we have links. Such data may include aggregate data such as the number of click-throughs that occurred. It may also include specific data, such as whether you are a repeat visitor; whether you viewed or clicked on a link and used our site, and the identity of the site which you linked to / or from. We do not use such data to identify you personally.
Information Collection and Use
MaineLobsterPotPie is the sole owner of the information collected on its sites. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. We may collect information from our users at several different points on our website.
Disclosure of Information
MaineLobsterPotPie may disclose your personal information to affiliates or unaffiliated third parties if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary: (a) to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; (b) to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of MaineLobsterPotPie or others; (c) to enforce any terms of service on this Web site; (d) to provide you with the services or products requested by you and to perform other activities related to such services and products; (e) to provide you with information, special offers, or promotions from MaineLobsterPotPie or the Kennebunk Inn Media to which you consented; (f) to operate MaineLobsterPotPie’s systems properly; (f) to help improve the quality of our service and offerings to you; (g) for use with Google Analytics for our site; or (h) to allow our payment processing gateway to manage your e-commerce transactions with the site.
Cookies
MaineLobsterPotPotPie or a designated service provider may use “cookies” or similar electronic tools to collect information, such as the IP address of your computer, to enhance your experience with this Web site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer and which collects information about your use of this Web site, such as the Web pages visited, the date and the time of a visit, the Web sites you visited immediately before and after visiting this Web site, etc. Any information collected by the cookies used by MaineLobsterPotPie will be collected anonymously and will not be used by MaineLobsterPotPie to subsequently identify you or to prepare the collection, processing, or use of personal information about you without your prior consent. MaineLobsterPotPie makes reasonable efforts to limit its designated service providers’ use of cookies or similar electronic tools in the same manner as set forth in this paragraph.
MaineLobsterPotPie or a designated service provider may also place or recognize unique cookies on your computer in order to display advertisements that you see on this Web site and other websites operated by MaineLobsterPotPie. Information about your visits to, and activity on, this site or related MaineLobsterPotPie sites, an IP address, as well as the number of times you have viewed an advertisement, is used to display on your computer screen customized advertisements that may be of particular interest to you.
MaineLobsterPotPie also uses cookies to enable personalization – specifically to allow our shopping cart software to process and track your orders with us. We take reasonable precautions to protect logged cookie data by keeping it in directories not accessible to the public.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement, and to track abuse of any area of the site. IP addresses are not routinely linked to personally identifiable information except in the case of abuse tracking.
Links to Third-Party Web Sites
MaineLobsterPotPie may provide links to third-party Web sites. Since we do not control third-party sites and are not responsible for any personal information you may provide while on such sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those Web sites before providing any of your personal information on such sites.
Surveys and Contests
Our website may now or in the future request information from users via surveys and/or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of our sites and/or for educational purposes.
Changing Your Information
We make a sincere effort to respond to your requests to update or correct the personal information you may have provided us. If you believe that we do not have your current personal information or wish to delete or correct such information, please contact us by filling out the form located here. We reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such access requests.
Access by Third Parties
Other than described above under the caption “Disclosure of Information,” we do not provide access to information about you that we obtained from your use of this web site to third parties. Please note that your use of any MaineLobsterPotPie commercial service will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to such service, which terms may be different than those stated in this privacy policy. You are urged to read such privacy policies when you register and use any other MaineLobsterPotPie service.
Privacy of Information
Since user participation in public areas of the site is visible to others, please use discretion when posting any information you wish to keep confidential. Please note that we discourage the dissemination of personal information in our discussion forums, but make no effort to control it. Use of the discussion forums is open to the public and we expressly deny responsibility for any postings there, even of confidential or personal information.
Electronic Mail (E-mail)
Use of your email address on the discussion forums is voluntary. However, please note that we do not collect email for any use and have no control over any email that takes place between or among site participants whether in the form of singular email or email lists or chains.
Notification of Changes
MaineLobsterPotPie reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by posting revisions on this Web page. Such changes will be effective upon posting.
MaineLobsterPotPie.com and The Kennebunk Inn know that your privacy is very important to you. We welcome questions and comments regarding this policy, so feel free to send postal mail to us at:
The Kennebunk Inn / MaineLobsterPotPie
45 Main Street
Kennebunk, ME 04043
(207) 985-3351
You can also contact us by emailing webmaster@mainelobsterpotpie.com. We will investigate and respond to your inquiry. Your inquiry will be treated confidentially. Because technologies on the Internet change so quickly, MaineLobsterPotPie reserves the right to modify its Privacy Statement from time to time. Should the policy be updated, we will post it here.