Bumble Bee Seafood Company
Privacy Policy
The Policy contents include:
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITIONS
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, PURPOSES, AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM CONSUMERS
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, PURPOSES, AND RETENTION OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM CONSUMERS
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, PURPOSES, AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM OTHER BUSINESSES (“BUSINESS TO BUSINESS”)
SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT
DISCLOSURES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
HANDLING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE EVENT BUMBLE BEE OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES IS SOLD TO, OR ACQUIRED BY A THIRD PARTY
THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
PRIVACY RIGHTS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW
USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES – “COOKIES”
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION
CONTACT BUMBLE BEE
INTRODUCTION
This Policy explains what “Personal Information” is, what information Bumble Bee may collect, its sources, why it is collected, how it is used, and how it is protected.
Bumble Bee uses five web domains and refers to them in this Policy as the “Websites.”
https://www.thebumblebeecompany.com
Your use of the Web Sites or Applications constitutes your agreement to and acceptance of this Policy and your consent to the practices it describes.
Bumble Bee updates this Policy every year. This version became effective on July 20, 2023.
DEFINITIONS
“PERSONAL INFORMATION”
Personal Information is information that identifies a particular person. This includes – for example – names, addresses, email and IP addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, and security question answers.
“SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION”
Under California law, “Sensitive Personal Information” means Personal Information that reveals aspects of a person’s identity that is considered particularly private, including – for purposes of this Policy – information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s health.
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM CONSUMERS
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT BUMBLE BEE MAY COLLECT FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee may collect the following categories of Personal Information from consumers:
- Name
- Address
- Phone number
- Email address
- IP address
- Voicemail recordings
SOURCES OF CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee may obtain this information from:
- Telephone contact
- Contacts through visiting a Bumble Bee website (IP address)
- Third party businesses with whom that Bumble Bee contracts to address consumer questions and concerns
PURPOSES OF COLLECTING AND USING PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee may collect Personal Information from consumers for addressing questions and concerns about products.
Bumble Bee may collect IP addresses of visitors to its websites for security in case of cyberattack. This information is not used unless a security event occurs.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee retains Personal Information from consumers for addressing questions and concerns about products for six years. Bumble Bee retains Personal Information relating to legal or litigated claims for ten years.
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, AND RETENTION OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM CONSUMERS
CATEGORIES OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT BUMBLE BEE MAY COLLECT FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee collects the following category of Sensitive Personal Information from consumers:
- A consumer’s health information as to relates to a product claim.
SOURCES OF CATEGORIES OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee may obtain Sensitive Personal Information from consumers who voluntarily submit their health information regarding a product claim.
PURPOSES OF COLLECTING AND USING SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee may collect Sensitive Personal Information in the form of a consumer’s voluntarily submitted health information for addressing questions and concerns about products.
RETENTION OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS
Bumble Bee retains Sensitive Personal Information from consumers for addressing questions and concerns about products for six years.
CATEGORIES, SOURCES, AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM OTHER BUSINESSES (“BUSINESS TO BUSINESS”)
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER BUSINESSES
Bumble Bee may collect the following categories of Personal Information from persons employed by other businesses:
- Name
- Business address
- Business phone number
- Business email address
- Voicemail recordings
- Visual recordings (for example, recorded video meetings)
SOURCES OF CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER BUSINESSES
Bumble Bee may obtain this information from:
- Telephone contact
- Voicemail recordings
- Visual recordings (for example, recorded video meetings)
PURPOSES OF COLLECTING AND USING PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER BUSINESSES
Bumble Bee may collect Personal Information from employees of other businesses for:
- Purchasing raw materials and ingredients
- Securing services
- Selling Bumble Bee products
- Executing contracts
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM OTHER BUSINESSES
Bumble Bee retains Personal Information from other Businesses for ten years.
Bumble Bee retains Personal Information relating to contracts for ten years after the expiration or termination of a contract.
SALE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bumble Bee does not sell for value any Personal Information.
EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT
Bumble Bee may obtain Personal Information – as well as Sensitive Personal Information as defined under California law – from employees and applicants for employment. This is covered under Bumble Bee’s Privacy Policy for Team Members and Applicants for Employment.
DISCLOSURES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bumble Bee may disclose Personal Information and a consumer’s voluntarily submitted Sensitive Personal Information regarding product claims to the third-party vendor that it uses to address consumer questions and concerns.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bumble Bee retains Personal Information in accordance with legal and policy requirements in line with its record retention schedule. Bumble Bee only collects, processes, and retains the minimum necessary personal information that is required for the purposes for which it was collected.
Bumble Bee retains Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information regarding consumer critical or litigated claims for ten years, and six years for all others.
Bumble Bee maintains Business to Business Personal Information for a maximum of ten years.
Bumble Bee retains IP addresses of visitors to its websites through access logs for security purposes for approximately one week.
HANDLING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE EVENT BUMBLE BEE OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES IS SOLD TO, OR ACQUIRED BY A THIRD PARTY
If Bumble Bee or any of its subsidiaries is sold or acquired by a third party (including through an asset sale, merger, or similar transaction), all Bumble Bee data assets will be transferred to, and become the property of, the acquiring party. That party will be subject to any consumer conditions regarding data.
THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
Bumble Bee is committed to providing a safe Internet environment for users and their children. Although Bumble Bee does not actively promote the Websites to children under 18 years of age, children and young adults are able to explore them.
Bumble Bee does not knowingly collect information from children.
Bumble Bee recognizes the unique issues involving the protection of children’s privacy over the Internet. If Bumble Bee decides to actively promote the Websites to children, they will be designed to comply with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) guidelines for websites gathering identifiable information from children under age 13. Consistent with these requirements and guidelines, and provided that Bumble Bee has been given accurate information by a child when asked, Bumble Bee will NOT:
- Collect personally identifiable off-line contact information without prior parental consent;
- Distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information without prior parental consent;
- Entice children by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity;
- Enable children to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent;
- Use or disclose online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child’s request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent.
Bumble Bee urges parents to spend time with their children on the Websites to learn more Bumble Bee products and recipes. Although Bumble Bee will do all it can to ensure children’s privacy and safety, informed parents are the best protectors of their children.
Parents can always ask to review any Personal Information about their child that may have been collected at one of the Websites, have Bumble Bee delete any such Personal Information, and instruct Bumble Bee not to collect or use any Personal Information about their child in the future by contacting Bumble Bee through one of the options found at the end of this Policy.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bumble Bee has in place procedural, technical, and administrative measures to safeguard information.
As a matter of policy, Bumble Bee does not disclose details regarding security measures because they could be used by those who intend harm or violate the law.
While Bumble Bee takes every reasonable step to securely maintain all information, no safeguards or standards are guaranteed to provide 100% security. Bumble Bee encourages users to use appropriate self-protection measures and practice safe browsing on all websites.
Finally, some who intend harm may attempt to use the Bumble Bee brand to create fake websites, send fake texts or emails, and conduct other activities to commit fraud or attempt to breach consumers’ security. If a user receives anything with the Bumble Bee brand that seems suspicious, please contact Bumble Bee using one of the methods described in the “CONTACT BUMBLE BEE” section at the end of this Policy.
PRIVACY RIGHTS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW
General disclosures to consumers
Bumble Bee is based in California. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), unless legally exempted, California consumers have the right to request a business that collects Personal Information about them to disclose free of charge:
- The categories of Personal Information a business has collected about them over the last 12-months;
- The categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
- The categories of Personal Information that a business sold or disclosed for a business purpose about them;
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties with whom a business shares Personal Information;
- The specific pieces of Personal Information a business has collected about them.
Disclosure of information sold or disclosed for a business purpose
Consumers have the right to request that a business that sells their Personal Information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to them:
- The categories of personal information that the business collected about them;
- The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about them for a business purpose over the last 12 months.
Deletion of Personal Information or sensitive personal information
Consumers also have the right to request that the business delete any Personal Information about them which a business has collected from them – unless legally exempted. For example, this right does not apply where the business needs to retain the personal information to:
- Provide goods or services to the consumer;
- Detect or resolve issues security or technical issues;
- Conduct public interest research;
- Safeguard the right to free speech;
- Conduct internal activity that a consumer would reasonably expect; or
- Comply with the law.
Correction of inaccurate information
Consumers have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information collected by a business.
California “Do Not Track” Disclosure
Because Bumble Bee does not track users of its Websites over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising, Bumble Bee does not respond to “Do Not Track” requests.
Non-discrimination for exercising CCPA and CPRA rights
A business may not discriminate against a consumer because the consumer exercised any of their rights under the CCPA or CPRA. For example, a business may not:
- Deny or threaten to deny the consumer goods or services;
- Charge the consumer different prices for goods or services by denying benefits or charging more for them, or threaten to do so; or
- Provide or threaten to provide the consumer with a different level or quality of goods or services.
How to exercise rights under California law
Consumers may request the Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information or the deletion of that information by submitting a verifiable request (meaning one that a business can reasonably verify) using one of the methods described in the “CONTACT US” section.
Only the consumer or an authorized agent of the consumer may make a verifiable request for information. A consumer may also make a verifiable request for that consumer’s minor children.
Consumers may submit requests twice within 12 months.
Within ten business days of receiving a request, Bumble Bee will confirm receipt and provide information about how the request will be processed, including the verification process and when the response should be expected.
Bumble Bee will conduct a search of records for responsive information, and then respond to requests within 45 days at no cost to the requestor.
USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES – “COOKIES”
“Cookies” are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. When a website is loaded onto a browser, cookies are stored on a website user’s device. They can make websites function correctly, make them more secure, provide a better user experience, and analyze how they perform so that they may be improved.
Bumble Bee allows users to accept or reject cookies from its websites by choosing options presented on the Cookie Banner that appears upon access of its websites.
The cookies that Bumble Bee uses do not collect users’ personally identifiable information.
More information on the cookies that Bumble Bee uses may be found in the Cookie Banner and Bumble Bee Cookie Policy located on all Bumble Bee websites.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION
Bumble Bee is located in the U.S., and this policy follows U.S. law – particularly California law. If Bumble Bee websites are accessed from outside of the U.S., information collected may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the U.S., where data protection laws may differ from that of a user. Use of Bumble Bee websites is presumed to be consent to transfer to, processing, usage, sharing, and storage in the U.S.
CONTACT BUMBLE BEE
Users may contact Bumble Bee:
By mail:
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
ATTN: Privacy Office
P.O. Box 85362
San Diego, CA 92186
By phone:
800-800-8572
Online:
The “Contact Us” link on Bumble Bee websites