At Chick-fil-A, Inc. ("Chick-fil-A”, the "Company", “we” or “our”), we are sensitive to issues concerning your privacy, and we are committed to respecting the privacy rights of our customers, visitors, and other users of our website, www.Chick-fil-A.com (the "Site"). We believe that it is important that you understand how we collect, treat and use the personal information you decide to share on this Site. This Website Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") is intended to demonstrate our commitment to fair practices and the protection of privacy and is designed to help you make informed decisions about what information you share on this Site.
The Chick-fil-A Franchise System
Chick-fil-A owns and operates a franchise system that is a restaurant network made up of company-owned, franchised and licensed Chick-fil-A restaurants. Chick-fil-A franchised Operators own and operate their own individual franchised businesses. Chick-fil-A Licensees own and operate their own licensed businesses.
If Chick-fil-A chooses to share any information it collects through this Site with any of its franchised Operators or Licensees, such franchised Operators or Licensees will be required to adhere to this Privacy Policy
By viewing or posting any information to this Site, you are agreeing to our use of any information collected. In order for you to post messages, comments, or other information on this Site, we may collect certain personally identifiable information about you.
In addition to any information we collect from you, you may have the ability to post a message that may include personally identifiable information. You are responsible for all actions resulting from any information that you post on this Site. Messages, comments, and other information you post are accessible to the public. Accordingly, if you post comments, messages, or other information containing personally identifiable information on this Site, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. You assume complete responsibility and risk in your use of this Site. Questions or concerns regarding this Site should be directed to the Site administrator or webmaster identified at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Types of Information Collected:
Traffic Data
In addition to any information you post on this Site, this Site collects Traffic Data and Personal Information (described below). This Site automatically tracks and collects the following information when you visit this Site: your (i) IP address; (ii) domain server; (iii) type of computer; and (iv) type of web browser (collectively, "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes, for understanding how you interact with this Site, or for improving your experience on this Site. For example, we use this information for statistical purposes, such as measuring the average time spent on this Site and the pages viewed on this Site. We also use "cookies" (small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive) to help provide additional functionality to this Site and to help accurately measure usage of this Site. In all cases in which cookies are used, your Personal Information will not be collected unless you expressly agree to provide it. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. Further information about cookies can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm. We may share the Traffic Data we collect through this Site with third-parties, including, but not limited to, web service providers, third-party marketing companies, online ordering and credit card processors, Chick-fil-A and its subsidiaries and affiliates and Chick-fil-A® franchised Operators and Licensees.
Personal Information
In order for you to participate in certain activities or access certain services that we offer via this Site and/or to post information or comments on this Site, we may require you to provide certain information that identifies you (“Personal Information”). We collect Personal Information, including, but not limited to, names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, social security number, date of birth, educational background, criminal background, employment background, status to work lawfully in the United States, financial information, and similar identifying information, only when you voluntarily submit this information.
If you communicate with us via e-mail, post messages to this Site, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys, orders or contest entries, any such information provided may be collected as Personal Information. We may refer to your Personal Information to understand better your needs and how we can improve our products and services. We may also use your Personal Information to contact you. Finally, we may share your Personal Information with third-party web service providers, online ordering and credit card processors, our subsidiaries and affiliates and Chick-fil-A® franchised Operators and Licensees in order to fulfill any activity requests, product orders or service requests that you make via this Site. For example, any purchases made through this Site may require disclosure of your Personal Information, your credit card information and information about the name and address of the person(s) making and/or receiving the purchase. The credit card information may be subject to verification by the issuing credit card company or another company. Sales and shipping records will also be generated and maintained. Unless you give us permission at the time we collect such information, however, we will not use this information for any purpose except the fulfillment and record keeping of the transaction. We do not otherwise sell or transfer your Personal Information to any third party.
We do not require you to provide Sensitive Personal Information to use this Site. “Sensitive Personal Information” includes information pertaining to racial origins, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation.
Collection and Use of Personal Information of Prospective Chick-fil-A Franchised Operators
We will only collect Personal Information when you voluntarily submit such information via this Site.
If you complete an application for a franchise opportunity with Chick-fil-A on this Site, or express interest or otherwise request information about franchise opportunities, we will use your Personal Information to comply with your request for information or in connection with evaluating your application for a franchise restaurant business opportunity. By expressing interest in becoming and/or applying to become an Operator of a franchised Chick-fil-A Restaurant business, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information in order to assist you in applying to become a Chick-fil-A® franchised Operator, and to assist us in selecting Chick-fil-A Operator candidates. Personal Information collected from Operator applicants includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone numbers, social security number, email address, date of birth, educational background, criminal background and financial statement. Failure to provide any requested information, including, but not limited to, requested Personal Information, may negatively impact consideration of your application to become a Chick-fil-A® franchised Operator. In order to serve better the Chick-fil-A® franchised Operators, a Chick-fil-A Operator's Personal Information may be shared between Chick-fil-A and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Collection and Use of Chick-fil-A, Inc. Employment Applicant Personal Information
We will only collect Personal Information when you voluntarily submit such information to us at this Site.
If, through this Site, you complete an application for employment with Chick-fil-A, Inc. for a corporate staff position, or request information regarding such opportunities, we will use your Personal Information to comply with your request for information or in connection with evaluating your application for an employment position on Chick-fil-A's corporate staff. By applying to become a Chick-fil-A staff member, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information in this manner. Personal Information collected from an individual applicant includes, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone numbers, status to work lawfully in the United States, educational background, employment history and background, and other information pertinent to employment qualifications. Failure to provide any requested information, including but not limited to requested Personal Information, may negatively impact consideration of your application to become a Chick-fil-A employee on our corporate staff. The Personal Information included in your employment application may be shared by and among Chick-fil-A and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Children's Privacy
This Site is not directed to persons under the age of 13. WE DO NOT KNOWINGLY REQUEST, SOLICIT OR COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM ANY PERSON WE KNOW TO BE UNDER THE AGE OF 13. In the event that we receive actual knowledge that we have collected or received Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our data base as soon as practicable. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided personally identifiable information or otherwise made posts to this Site, the parent or guardian should contact us so that we can delete such information.
If we collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13 with verifiable parental consent, we will ensure that:
- Parents will be given a choice as to whether their child's Personal Information will be disclosed to any third parties prior to any such disclosure;
- Parents will have access to their child's Personal Information upon their request and the opportunity to remove or delete the child's Personal Information and opt-out of future collection or use of the child's Personal Information;
- We will not condition a child's participation in a contest, game or other activity on the child disclosing more Personal Information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that contest, game or other activity; and
- We will maintain the security, confidentiality and integrity of the Personal Information collected from a child.
Confidentiality and Security of Personal Information
We engage certain third parties to perform services and certain functions for this Site. For example, we may engage a third party to host and maintain this Site. As a part of the services provided by our third party vendors, we may share your personally identifiable information with these third parties. We use reasonable efforts to keep your Personal Information private and, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect your rights or our property; or (c) enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Site. We will request that our third party service providers do the same. We use, and ask that our third party service providers use, security measures (such as secured servers) to protect your information from unauthorized access. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of Personal Information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will only be disclosed in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Other Limits to Your Privacy
This Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for privacy practices, policies or the content of such websites. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas may become public information. We have no control over the use of such information, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your Personal Information. These websites may use their own cookies or solicit personally identifiable information from you. We encourage you to read and understand the privacy policies of any other websites that you visit.
Franchised Operator and Licensee Websites
Subject to certain terms and conditions, we may offer a Chick-fil-A franchised Operator the right to create and maintain a designated website for his or her franchised Restaurant business that is linked to our Site. As a condition to allowing the Operator to establish a separate website linked to our Site, the Operator must agree to abide by our current Privacy Policy set forth on this Site in operating his or her website for the franchised Restaurant business. Chick-fil-A® franchised Operators are independent businessmen and women and, therefore, you should carefully review the privacy policy of each linked Operator site to determine the privacy policies of that site. Chick-fil-A disclaims any responsibility or liability for any Operator website linked to this Site, as well as for any Operator's online behavior and actual privacy practices in connection with such a site.
To the extent any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator or Licensee owns, maintains or operates a website that is not linked to this Site, you should review the privacy policy of such franchised Operator or Licensee website to determine the privacy policies applicable to such site. Chick-fil-A disclaims any responsibility or liability for any Operator website that is not linked to this Site, as well as for any Operator's online behavior and actual privacy practices in connection with such a site.
Chick-fil-A does not:
- exercise control over any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website;
- monitor, endorse or review the content of any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website (provided, however, we do monitor and review the content of franchised Operator websites that are linked to this Site for adherence to Chick-fil-A's minimum website standards including design and the display and presentation of Chick-fil-A's proprietary marks);
- guarantee the accuracy of information on any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website; or
- assume any responsibility for the content or policies of any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website, including any privacy policies, or the online behavior or actual practices of any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator or Licensee.
Any access or use of any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website is subject to that site's terms and conditions/use and privacy policy and you assume complete responsibility and risk in your use of such website. Questions or concerns regarding any Chick-fil-A franchised Operator's or Licensee's website should be directed to the franchised Operator or Licensee, or to the franchised Operator's or Licensee's site administrator or webmaster.
Effective Date and Changes
This Privacy Policy is effective as of March 24, 2011. From time to time, it may be necessary to update or modify this Privacy Policy. Accordingly, we reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on this Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon its posting on this Site.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our use of your personally identifiable information,
please contact us at 404-765-8000.
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