PastryScoop.com is committed to protecting the privacy of on-line users to its Web site. The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the type of information we collect from you when you visit our Web site and how we may use that information. We have disclosed our information practices for our Web site below. PastryScoop.com may contain links to other Web sites. Please realize this policy does not cover information collected by our sponsors, advertisers, partners, or any other Web sites linked from PastryScoop.com.

If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should be directed to Judiaann Woo at (888) A-PASTRY or at info@pastryscoop.com.

PastryScoop.com is the sole owner of the information collected on www.pastryscoop.com. The user's email address and some general questions will be the only information collected on our site.

• Email Sign-Up
  Upon arrival to our Web site, users are invited to become a member of PastryScoop.com by entering their email address. The user's email address will serve as a member ID and will be added to an email list owned by PastryScoop.com as well as our sponsor, The French Culinary Institute. Periodically, you may receive email announcements from us, The French Culinary Institute, or our sponsors. If you wish to be removed from the list please follow the instructions at the bottom of any email you receive from PastryScoop.com and you will be removed from future mailings.
  
  
• Questions Some general questions will be asked preceeding the initial member sign-up. The questions are optional and the user can opt-out by simply continuing with the sign up procedure. Any information collected by PastryScoop.com will be used for the sole purpose of improving and modifying the Web site based on user preferences and demographics.

We do not sell or rent user information to third parties except when required to disclose such information by law or in response to a request from a law enforcement agency or authority. PastryScoop.com may use email addresses to send the user additional information about special events and offerings from PastryScoop.com, our sponsor, The French Culinary Institute and our partners.

We use an outside company to mail some promotional material. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

We log all connections to our Web servers including the user's IP address. An IP address is NOT personally identifiable information, but general information about user location, connection to the Internet, and Internet Service Provider. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the site.

A "cookie" is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about their computer. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. So, while the user session will be tracked to give us an idea of what sections of the site a user is visiting, the user will remain anonymous. If a user rejects cookies, they may still use our site.

We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once a user closes the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. We may use cookies to:

• Store non-sensitive information so users won't have to re-enter their log-in each time they visit our site
• Keep count of user's return visits to our site
• Accumulate and report anonymous, aggregate, statistical information on Web site usage
• Deliver content specific to our user's interests

We do not use cookies to identify, monitor, or track any personally identifiable information. Our cookies in and of themselves do not contain any personally identifiable information about the users. We do not merge or associate our cookie information with any personally identifiable information we obtain.

Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information.

The PastryScoop Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site, www.pastryscoop.com.

PastryScoop.com takes every precaution to protect our users' information. PastryScoop.com has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information.

If you wish to be removed from emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of any email you receive from PastryScoop.com. To remove or change your email address in our database, or to discontinue receipt of future communications, please contact us using one of the options below:

Email us at: info@pastryscoop.com

Contact us at: PastryScoop.com
Attn: Judiaann Woo
434 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Conditions of Use

PastryScoop.com provides information and services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit us on-line at www.pastryscoop.com, you accept these conditions.

Please review our privacy policy, which also governs your visit to www.pastryscoop.com.

Questions about PastryScoop.com's Conditions of Use or Privacy Practices, should be directed to Judiaann Woo at info@pastryscoop.com.

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, photos, digital downloads, data compilations, and software is the property of PastryScoop.com and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

PastryScoop.com attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, www.pastryscoop.com does not warrant that pastry course descriptions, dates, prices, or other content on this site is complete or error-free.

We welcome your feedback about the site. However, any comments, ideas, notes, messages, suggestions or other communications sent to the site shall be and remain the exclusive property of PastryScoop.com, and we may use all such communications in any manner, including reproducing, disclosing and publishing such communications, all without compensation to you.

Should you have any questions or complaints regarding violations of this Agreement, please contact us.

PastryScoop.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of www.pastryscoop.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of PastryScoop.com. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing the PastryScoop.com name or trademarks without the express written consent of PastryScoop.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by PastryScoop.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of www.pastryscoop.com so long as the link does not portray PastryScoop.com in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any logo of PastryScoop.com or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission. To request permission, please contact Judiaann Woo at info@pastryscoop.com.