Mobile Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last modified on 25 March, 2017.

FOODTEC SOLUTIONS, INC. (“FOODTEC”, “WE” “US” OR “OUR”) IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING YOUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIVACY OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR PRACTICES ABOUT HOW WE COLLECT, USE AND SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.  THIS PRIVACY POLICY PERTAINS TO YOUR ACCESSING AND USING THE FOODTEC INVENTORY IQ APPLICATION AND THE FOODTEC IQ APPLICATION (EACH, A “FOODTEC APPLICATION”, AND, COLLECTIVELY, THE “FOODTEC IQ APPLICATION SUITE”).

Certain Terms of Use regarding the FoodTec IQ Application Suite are located at the end of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy describes the information collected through the FoodTec IQ Application Suite.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE FOODTEC IQ APPLICATION SUITE. DOWNLOADING OR USING THE FOODTEC IQ APPLICATION SUITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN FULL. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE THE FOODTEC IQ APPLICATION SUITE. You acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy, and that this Privacy Policy shall have the same force and effect as a signed agreement. We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the FoodTec IQ Application Suite (or any portion of the FoodTec IQ Application Suite), temporarily or permanently, with or without notice to you, and are not obligated to support or update the FoodTec IQ Application Suite. You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party in the event that we exercise our right to modify or discontinue the FoodTec IQ Application Suite (or any portion of the FoodTec IQ Application Suite). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current FoodTec IQ Application Suite shall be subject to this Privacy Policy. We may change or add to this Privacy Policy, so we encourage you to review it periodically. If we materially change this Privacy Policy, we will let you know by showing it to you again when you open the FoodTec IQ Application Suite.

Scope and Application

This Privacy Policy applies to the managers, staff and other employees and contractors engaged by restaurants and other food service businesses using a FoodTec Application (“collectively, “Restaurants”). You will access the content and make use of functionality and features of the FoodTec IQ Application Suite through the Restaurant’s systems and procedures. As used in this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “us” or “our” includes both FoodTec and the Restaurants for which you work.

Information We Collect

We collect information from you in a few ways: directly from the Restaurants that you work for, directly from your input and automatically through the FoodTec IQ Application Suite’s technologies used in the Restaurants.

Information You Provide

The types of information that we collect directly from you may include:

  • Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number;
  • Your password that you’ve created;
  • access to your phone’s camera, microphone, phone and storage that you may voluntarily provide us with when you are using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite to improve your user experience; and
  • Any other information that you provide using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite.

Information Collected Automatically

Through various technologies, we may automatically collect information that tells us how you use the FoodTec IQ Application Suite, such as:

  • Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address used to connect your device to the Internet;
  • The FoodTec IQ Application Suite features that you use and the time of your use;
  • Location data; and
  • Computer, device and connection information, such as browser type and version, operating system, mobile platform and unique device identifier (“UDID”) and other technical identifiers.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information that we collect for various purposes, including:

  • The purposes for which you provided it;
  • To process and respond to your inquiries and comments;
  • To send you information about your relationship or transactions with us;
  • To develop new products and services;
  • To personalize and enhance your experience using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite;
  • To contact you with information that we believe will be of interest to you;
  • To generate and review reports and data about our user base and service usage patterns;
  • To compile aggregate data for internal and external business purposes;
  • To perform other business activities as needed, or as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy;
  • To prevent fraud and abuse of the FoodTec IQ Application Suite and to otherwise protect users and our business;
  • To assist law enforcement and respond to subpoenas;
  • To administer, operate and improve the FoodTec IQ Application Suite and for internal business purposes; and
  • As otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

How Your Information is Disclosed

Your information may be disclosed to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please note that If you want us to stop collecting your information through the FoodTec IQ Application Suite, you must uninstall the mobile application and discontinue using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite. You may use the standard uninstall processes available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network. you may choose not to share certain information as described in “Your Choices Regarding Your Information” below.

Third Party Service Providers and Business Partners

We may use third party service providers and business partners to perform functions in connection with the FoodTec IQ Application Suite. Examples include functions related to analyzing and improving the FoodTec IQ Application Suite usefulness, advertising, marketing, storing data, providing users with products and services, administrative functions such as back up and security, and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We may share information about you that they need to perform their functions. We may deliver advertisements to you. We may work with third-party advertising companies that help deliver these advertisements to you. We also utilize a third-party service to collect information about the FoodTec IQ Application Suite to improve its performance. The information collected includes unique device identifiers as well as information about the state and physical location of the device at specified times.

Third Party Use

We may share your information with third parties, including our business partners, for their direct marketing and other promotional purposes.

Business Changes

If we become involved in a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, or other transaction or if the ownership of all or substantially all of our business otherwise changes, we may transfer your information to a third party or parties in connection therewith.

Investigations and Law

We reserve the right to investigate fraud and abuse on the FoodTec IQ Application Suite. We may disclose your information to third parties if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

  • Take action regarding suspected illegal activities;
  • Enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or other agreements with us;
  • Comply with the law or guidance and cooperate with government or law enforcement officials or private parties;
  • Protect our rights, reputation, safety, and property, or that of users or others;
  • Respond to claims and legal process (for example, subpoenas); and/or
  • Protect against legal liability.

Aggregated Information

We may share your information in aggregated anonymous form with affiliated or unaffiliated third parties.

Security

While we take reasonable measures to protect your information you submit via the FoodTec IQ Application Suite against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. No Internet or app transmission is ever fully secure or error free. You should use caution whenever submitting your information through an application and take special care in deciding with which information you provide us.

Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information

We may retain some or all of your information for as long as you use the FoodTec IQ Application Suite and for a reasonable time thereafter. Please note that some or all of the information we have collected may be required in order for the FoodTec IQ Application Suite to function properly.

Links to Other Websites or Applications

This Privacy Policy applies only to the FoodTec IQ Application Suite. The FoodTec IQ Application Suite may contain links to third-party websites or apps or may forward users to third-party websites or apps that we may not own or operate. The links from the FoodTec IQ Application Suite do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed these websites or apps. The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to these websites or apps. We neither can control nor are responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites or apps. We suggest contacting these websites or app providers directly for information on their privacy policies.

Your California Privacy Rights

Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code permits California residents to request from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information about the types of personal information the business has shared with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes, and the names and addresses of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year. You may make one request each year by emailing us at info@foodtecsolutions.com or by contacting the Restaurant for which you work.

Your Consent

Location Based Services Consent

You hereby expressly consent to our use of location-based services and expressly waive and release us from any and all liability, claims, causes of action or damages arising from your use of a FoodTec Application, or in any way relating to the use of the precise location and other location-based services.

General Consent

By using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite, you are consenting to our processing your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. “Processing” means using cookies on a computer/hand held device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining, and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the U.S. your information will be transferred to the U.S. and processed and stored there under U.S. privacy standards. By using the FoodTec IQ Application Suite and providing information to us, you consent to such transfer to, and processing in, the U.S.

How to Contact Us

Please also feel free to contact us at info@foodtecsolutions.com  if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy.

CERTAIN TERMS OF USE

Use Outside of Work

As you are an employee or contractor of the Restaurant, the Restaurant is liable for any all wages and other compensation due to you as its employee or contractor. Unless otherwise required by the Restaurant for which you work, the use of a FoodTec Application outside of your scheduled work hours is not required. The Restaurant which you work for shall be solely liable for any wages and other compensation you may be due as a result of any use of a FoodTec Application outside of your scheduled working hours.

Submissions

All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to us through or in connection with the FoodTec IQ Application Suite (each, a “Submission”), including without limitation all intellectual property rights and other rights in and to a Submission, will forever be the property of FoodTec. We will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including without limitation, product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future FoodTec operations. Each Submission will be deemed a grant of a royalty free, non-exclusive right, license and consent to use, reproduce, modify, display, transmit, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such Submission worldwide in any medium and through any methods of distribution, transmission and display whether now known or hereafter devised, in each case without acknowledgement or compensation to you. You warrant that all so-called “moral rights” have been waived in connection with each Submission.