Privacy Policy | USA Peanuts

The National Peanut Board (“NPB” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is the owner of the www.nationalpeanutboard.org website (“Website”)”. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes the personal information that we may collect when you visit our Website or use another service that includes an authorized link or reference to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “Services”).

California residents: please review the “California Residents – Additional Information” information at the end of this Privacy Policy.

What Does this Privacy Policy apply to?

a. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:

On this Website or mobile apps linked to this Privacy Policy;
Through email, forms, texts, and electronic communications between you and us; and
When you interact with NPB content or promotions on third-party websites, including sweepstakes and contests, where we have included an authorized link or reference to this Privacy Policy in the official rules.

b. This Privacy Policy does NOT apply to:

Information collected by websites or content operated by third parties (“Third Party Sites”), even if linked from our Website.
Information collected by any third party from social media platforms on which we maintain our social media pages.
When you give us your information during a physical interaction, such as at an event.

When Do We Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you use our Website, send us a request for information, sign up to receive email newsletters from us, submit comments regarding content on our Website, or enter a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us.

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect the information we need to fulfill your request, send you newsletters by email, follow up with you about a comment you have posted, or allow you to enter a contest or sweepstakes sponsored by us. Generally such information may include your name, email address, mailing address or phone number. We also collect the information we need to provide our targeted advertising to you after you leave our website. The information we collect to provide our targeted advertising to you is anonymous web behavioral data such as time of web activity, the URL for the web activity, the type of web activity (i.e., page view or ad view), the IP address of the device performing the web activity, the operating system of the device, and the browser (i.e., Chrome, Safari, IE, etc.).

How is Your Information Used?

The information you provide us is used by us to fulfill your information request, send you newsletters by email, follow up with you about comments you may have posted, notify contest and sweepstakes winners and award prizes, and provide our targeted advertising to you after you leave our website. The National Peanut Board does not disclose to third parties information that users provide, except:

to third parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and deliver certain online activities (e.g., conducting contests and sweepstakes). Such third parties have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes; or
to third parties in order to comply with law or requests by law enforcement agencies, to enforce our Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property or safety of our Website, users of our Website and others.

Cookies and Log Data

Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer. We use cookies to determine the number of unique visitors to our website over a given period, track visitors to our website, and provide our targeted advertising to you after you leave our website. Cookies remember that you have visited our website, and enable us to provide you with our advertising when you are visiting other websites. Cookies help us provide our targeted advertising to you by collecting anonymous web behavioral data such as time of web activity, the URL for the web activity, the type of web activity (i.e., page view or ad view), the IP address of the device performing the web activity, the operating system of the device, and the browser (i.e., Chrome, Safari, IE, etc.). You can program your computer or device, or utilize security software, in order to receive a warning each time a cookie is being sent, block cookies, or remove cookies. The blocking or removal of cookies will prevent us from providing you with our advertising when you are visiting other websites, and it can limit our website’s utility and/or convenience. We will not store any personal information into cookies nor will we link or combine information collected through cookies to any personal information that users submit online. Log data may be collected on web servers both within the National Peanut Board’s control and under the control of the National Peanut Board’s third-party service provider, who is required to maintain such data on a confidential basis, and may supply the National Peanut Board with aggregate information about the number of visits to different pages on our site. We do not link the log data collected to the personal information that users submit online when participating in our activities.

Opt Out

If you no longer wish to receive a newsletter or other communication from us, you may opt-out of receiving it by following the instructions included in the newsletter or communication or by emailing us at peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by the National Peanut Board. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of such websites.

Third Party Service Providers

We may employ third party service providers to perform a variety of functions on our behalf. For example, third party service providers may help us administer promotions, analyze data, deliver email, deliver targeted advertisements, determine the geographic location associated with your IP address, and host and improve the functionality of our Website. We may share your information with third party service providers so that they may provide services to us.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may change our privacy policy at any time. If we do so, we will notify you by posting those changes on this page. This privacy policy was last modified on the date noted above.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

a. Some states have enacted certain data protection laws that provide their residents with rights regarding a company’s use of their personal information. Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights to request that we:

Confirm whether we are processing your personal information and provide access to such personal information and other information about our processing activities;
Correct inaccuracies in your personal information in certain circumstances;
Delete your personal information in certain circumstances;
Provide you with a copy of your personal information in a commonly used electronic format (or provide it in that format to a third party at your direction); or
Stop selling your personal information or stop processing your information for the purpose of targeted advertising, which NBP does not currently do.

b. We will consider and respond to your requests in accordance with applicable laws, including available exceptions and limitations. Exercising your privacy rights will not result in any discriminatory treatment by us, nor will you receive a lesser degree of service from us, except to the extent permissible under applicable laws.

c. If you engage and authorize an agent to make the above requests or exercise your rights on your behalf, we will verify your agent’s authorization to act on your behalf and may require more information to properly do so.

If you are a California resident, please refer to the “Additional Information Regarding California” section at the end of this Privacy Policy for more information about your choices and rights with respect to your personal information.

8. Instructions for submitting requests to access, correct, delete, and port your personal information or appeal a denied request.

a. You can make relevant requests by contacting us in one of the following ways:

Website – submit your request(s) by email to: peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org; or
Call us at: (678) 424-5750

b. Depending on your request, we may reasonably verify your request by asking you to provide information to confirm your identity. This information may vary depending on your relationship with us. We will use the information collected through the request process only for verification purposes and to respond to your request. Please note that we may not be able to respond to your request if we cannot verify your identity, or your agent’s identity and authority to make the request, and confirm the personal information relates to you.

c. Appeals Procedure: If you are in a jurisdiction that recognizes your ability to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your attempt to assert a right under applicable laws, you may submit a request to appeal through our Website or email us at: peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org.

Additional Privacy Choices:

a. You may opt out of our processing of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising by following the instructions set out in this section.

(i) Targeted Advertising and Analytics Cookies – If you would like to opt out of our use of cookies and other technologies for purposes of targeted advertising and certain types of data analytics, you can adjust your cookie preferences by clicking the settings on your device or browner.

If you would like more information about targeted advertising more generally, or to learn how to opt out of it on the particular device on which you are accessing this Privacy Policy, please visit https://thenai.org/opt-out/ and https://youradchoices.com.

(ii) Responding to Do-Not-Track and Global Privacy Controls. We currently support Global Privacy Control (GPC) in accordance with applicable laws. A “do-not-track” signal is a privacy preference feature in some web browsers that tells a website that a user does not want their online activity to be tracked. GPC is a specification designed to allow internet users to notify businesses of their privacy preferences, such as whether or not they want to have their personal information sold or shared with third parties for targeted advertising. It consists of a setting or extension in the user’s browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that our Website can use to honor the user’s privacy settings. If you would like to use GPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browser extension. If your browser or device has enabled GPC, it will override your preferences selected in the privacy settings on this Website.

(iii) Email.You can stop receiving promotional email from us at any time by following the instructions provided in the email or by contacting us at this email address: peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org

(iv) Location Information.You can disable location-based services on your mobile device or web browser by adjusting the settings on your device or browser. This will prevent our Services from accessing your location information via your device or browser. Note that some services may not be available if you disable location-based services, and you may experience difficulties using our Services.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Services are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on our Services, enter any promotions offered by us, or provide any personal information to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address or any screen name or user name you may use.

In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), if we learn that a child under the age of 13 has submitted such information to us, we will delete such information and we will not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required by law). If you believe we have collected information from your child under the age of 13, please contact us at peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org so that we may delete such information.

Location of Your Information

Your information may be collected, processed, and maintained outside of the United States by our third-party service providers or us. Such countries may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access your information.

Notice of Financial Incentives

We may offer discounts, coupons, and similar benefits (each, a “financial incentive”) to customers who sign up to receive our marketing emails. When you participate in a financial incentive, we may collect personal information from you, such as your name, postal address, and email address. You can opt into a financial incentive by following the sign-up or participation instructions provided, and you have the ability to opt out of the financial incentive, or our subsequent use of your personal information in connection with a financial incentive, at any time by contacting us at peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org. In some cases, we may provide additional terms and conditions for a financial incentive, which we will present to you when you sign up. The value of the offer or discount presented to you is reasonably related to the value of your personal information.

Questions/Concerns?

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the National Peanut Board’s privacy policy and/or practices, please email peanuts@nationalpeanutboard.org or contact us at this address: 3350 Riverwood Parkway, Suite 1150 Atlanta, GA 30339.

CALIFORNIA – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Right Act of 2020, together with all implementing regulations (“CCPA”), we are providing the following details regarding the categories of personal information about California residents that we have collected (whether online or offline) or disclosed within the preceding 12 months. We may not collect and/or disclose all of the information listed below from you. What we collect and/or disclose depends on your relationship with us.

(a) We collected the categories of personal information (as defined by the CCPA) identified in the first section of our Privacy Policy.

We collect this personal information directly from you, automatically when you interact with our Services, emails, or digital advertisements (e.g., via cookies and web beacons), and from other categories of sources, such as social media platforms (e.g., when you contact us using our social media pages), publicly available databases, and joint marketing partners when they share the information with us. Generally, the categories of personal information we collect pursuant to this Privacy Policy are not considered sensitive under applicable law. If we were to collect sensitive personal information (such as if you were to share sensitive information through a comment or inquiry submitted using our Website’s “Contact Us” page), we would not use or disclose sensitive data to infer characteristics about you except as permitted under California law.

(b) We use the personal information identified in this Privacy Policy to operate, manage, and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, and to accomplish our business purposes and objectives as identified above.

(c) We disclose the personal information identified in (a) above to our service providers for our operational business purposes identified in (b) above.

We also may disclose the personal information identified in Subsection (a) to current and future affiliates, as may be permissible.

(d) Sale and Sharing of Personal Information:We may disclose or provide access to your personal information to third-party marketing partners, including for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising information about individuals we know are under age 16. In the previous 12 months, we may have sold or shared the categories of personal information listed below with the categories of third parties listed below

Categories of Personal Information	Shared with the following categories of third parties:
Personal and online identifiers (such as name, contact information, IP address, or online identifiers)	Advertising/marketing companies
Internet or network activity information (such as browsing history, search history, and information regarding interactions with a website, email, or advertisement, information about your internet service provider, and information about your browser or device and operating system)	Advertising networks
Non-precise geolocation data	Marketing data companies
Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences	Certain types of data analytics providers
	Social networks

(e) If you are a California resident, you have certain rights, as outlined in the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices” section above. You may exercise your rights as described in that section.