At the Cookware Sustainability Alliance, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We want you to opt-in to engage with us. This policy was last updated and made effective on May 7, 2024.

The Cookware Sustainability Alliance Privacy Policy applies to our website and to our work on social media platforms. In this document, when we refer to our Privacy Policy, we will use the term "Website."

In this Privacy Policy, “we,” “our,” and “us” refers to the Cookware Sustainability Alliance.This Privacy Policy describes the information that we may collect from you during your visit our website. This Policy provides important information about your rights with respect to your personal information. By using our website, or by sharing your information with us, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES OR PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US.

We may receive or gather personal information about you in a variety of ways, including the

following:

• Directly from you. When you contact us, normally via our Website or when you contact our public education team; when you follow us on social media; and when you complete our survey questionnaires.

• Cookies and Other Technology. Automatically as you navigate through the Services.

• Other Third Parties. We may collect personal information about you from other sources such as our marketing partners and members.

When you visit the Website, we may collect information about you, including Personal Information. “Personal Information” means information that identifies or relates to you, or as defined under applicable law. The following identifies the categories of personal information we collect directly from you (or about you) and how we collect such data the following types of personal information about you:

• Contact Information: your first and last name, postal address, email address, and phone

number when you complete an online form or create an account on our Website;

• Other Identifying Information: IP address and other unique online identifiers, social

media user names;

• Financial Information: credit card, debit card and bank account information;

• Demographic Information: gender, professional or employment information, education

status, for example when you apply for a position with us or elect to complete a survey;

• Geolocation data;

• Internet or Other Electronic Activity: your browsing and click history, including

information about how you navigate within our Website;

As with many other websites and applications, as you navigate through and interact with our Website or Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.

We work with third-party network advertisers, ad agencies, analytics service providers, and other vendors to provide advertisements on third-party websites and elsewhere online and to provide us with information about web traffic on our Website. These service providers may set their own tracking technologies on your device (including cookies and web beacons) and may otherwise collect or have access to information about you (such as usage information and device identifier). We also use Google Analytics, among other search engine tools, to analyze how the Website is used and to monitor its performance. We use the data gathered to diagnose and correct technical issues with the Website and to make improvements based on what users find most interesting or useful. To learn more about how to adjust your settings and the choices available to you, please contact us.

Social Media Plug-Ins. We offer social media plug-ins for companies that include Facebook, Twitter (or X), YouTube, and Instagram. For example, we have Facebook like and share buttons, a

tweet button for Twitter, and embedded videos that offer certain interactive features and we and the company track your interactions with these functions. Additionally, even if you do not

choose to use these plug-ins, the relevant company may still collect certain tracking information about you and share it with us.

To exercise your rights, contact us. To make a request to know or request to delete your personal information, we may need to verify your identity (and if applicable, your agent’s authority to make the request on your behalf) before we are able to process your request. Only you or an authorized agent acting on your behalf have the ability to make the request related to your personal information. To do so, we will ask you for certain information to verify your identity, such as your name, address and e-mail address. We also may contact you by e-mail to verify your identity and ask you additional questions, such as your last order with us so that we can match your identity with the personal information we have about you. In some instances, we may ask you to declare under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us.

For mobile add users, check out participating members of the Digital Advertising Alliance by installing the AppChoices mobile app and selecting the user’s choices. Google Analytics: You can opt-out by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Do Not Track. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that You can set in Your web browsers. When You turn on the Do Not Track signal, the browser sends a message to websites requesting them not to track the user. At this time, we do not respond to Do Not Track browser settings or signals. For information about Do Not Track, please visit: www.allaboutdnt.org. Promotional Offers from us. If you do not wish to receive marketing emails, you can click “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email. You can also always exercise your right to ask us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by contacting us at the address below.

For any questions, please contact us at:

E-mail: info@sustaiabilitycookware.org

Mail:

Cookware Sustainability Alliance Privacy

2015 J St

Sacramento, CA 95811