Privacy Policy


HARVARD COOPERATIVE SOCIETY PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your privacy is important to the Harvard Cooperative Society (the "COOP"). This privacy statement provides information on the manner in which the COOP collects, uses, maintains, and discloses personal information collected from users, members, and customers (each a "User" or collectively, "Users") of the www.thecoop.com website (the "Site").

We do not disclose your personal data to any third party.

We will only use your personal information to enable us to deliver the products you have purchased from us to you and for our own accountancy requirements.

In the future we may use your email details to update you on our special offers and should you not wish to receive these at anytime our emails to you will include an automatic opt out option.


Personal Information Collection

The COOP may collect, use, and maintain the following kinds of personal information:

  • information about Users of the Site (e.g., product preferences and purchases and browser information);
  • information that Users provide for the purpose of registering with the Site (e.g., name and email address);
  • information about transactions carried out over the Site (e.g., billing information);
  • information that Users provide for the purpose of subscribing to Site services (e.g., name and email address); and,
  • any other information that Users send or provide to the COOP.


Using personal information

The COOP may use User personal information to:

  • administer the Site;
  • personalize the Site for Users;
  • improve customer service;
  • enable User access to and use of the Site services;
  • publish information about Users on the Site;
  • send Users products that they purchase;
  • supply Users with services that they purchase;
  • send Users statements and invoices;
  • collect payments from Users;
  • process User transactions; and,
  • send Users promotional communications and emails.

Where the COOP discloses User personal information to its agents or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement.

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, the COOP may disclose User personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.


Securing your data

The COOP will not sell or share User credit card information with any third parties, and will not use User credit card information for any purposes other than what Users have consented to purchase.

The COOP will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of User personal information.

The COOP will store the personal information Users provide on its secure servers.

Information relating to electronic transactions entered into via the Site will be protected by encryption technology.


Cross-border data transfers

Information that the COOP collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which the COOP operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy statement.

Users agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.


Web Browser Cookies

The COOP may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. A User's web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert them when cookies are being sent. If Users do so, some parts of the Site may not function properly.


Cookies & Google Advertising

We take part in advertising on Google Search and Google network. We take part in remarketing with Google PPC to advertise online. This means we use the 'Remarketing' PPC ads with Google where cookies are used by third parties (including Google) to show our ads on their websites.

if you wish to opt out of Remarketing or to control your preferences, go to

http://www.google.com/settings/ads

For information on how Google uses cookies for advertising, please see

http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/

and view > Category of use > Advertising


Cookie policy

This cookie policy ("Policy") describes what cookies are and how and they're being used by the The COOP website ("Website" or "Service") and any of its related products and services (collectively, "Services"). This Policy is a legally binding agreement between you ("User", "you" or "your") and the Harvard Cooperative Society (the "COOP", "we", "us" or "our"). You should read this Policy so you can understand the types of cookies we use, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used. It also describes the choices available to you regarding accepting or declining the use of cookies. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our privacy policy.


What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data stored in text files that are saved on your computer or other devices when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to remember you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a "session cookie") or for multiple repeat visits (using a "persistent cookie").

Session cookies are temporary cookies that are used during the course of your visit to the Website, and they expire when you close the web browser.

Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences within our Website and remain on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your computer. They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for you while visiting the Website and Services.

Cookies may be set by the Website ("first-party cookies"), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the Website ("third party cookies"). These third parties can recognize you when you visit our website and also when you visit certain other websites.


What type of cookies do we use?

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies allow us to offer you the best possible experience when accessing and navigating through our Website and using its features. For example, these cookies let us recognize that you have created an account and have logged into that account to access the content.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies let us operate the Website and Services in accordance with the choices you make. For example, we will recognize your username and remember how you customized the Website and Services during future visits.


What are your cookie options?

If you don't like the idea of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can change your browser's settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. Visit internetcookies.com to learn more about how to do this.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or do not accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features the Website and Services offer.


Changes and amendments

We reserve the right to modify this Policy or its terms relating to the Website and Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Policy on the Website. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. Continued use of the Website and Services after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.


Acceptance of this policy

You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By accessing and using the Website and Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to access or use the Website and Services.  A User's continued use of the Site following the posting of updates to this privacy statement is deemed to signify the Users acceptance of those updates.


Other Websites

The Site contains links to other websites.

The COOP is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.


Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with our Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and the COOP in relation to your use of the Site, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of the Site.


About this Privacy Policy

This document is based on a Contractology template available at www.freenetlaw.com.


Contact the Coop

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the COOP's treatment of User personal information, please write:

  • by email to info@thecoop.com or,
  • by post to Harvard Cooperative Society, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138