SYSCO Corporation and each of its operating subsidiaries and
affiliates adopting these terms is committed to protecting the privacy
of visitors to www.sysco.com, www.esysco.net and to each of their
respective websites (individually and collectively the "sites").
References to "SYSCO", "we" and "our" are to each of SYSCO Corporation
and each of its operating subsidiaries and affiliates, including various
redistribution centers that maintain separate web sites, that adopt the
privacy policy below. References to "you" and "your" refer to the
individuals visiting our sites as well as the organizations or
businesses that they represent. However, when we refer to "personal
information" we only mean information about an identifiable natural
person, but not information concerning name, title or business address
or telephone number of an employee of an organization or sole
proprietorship or passwords associated with the use of eSysco or
Onelink.
This is only a supplement to our Terms of Use, which is incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Privacy Policy. You should consult the
Terms of Use for terms and policies other than privacy relating to
information that you submit. (For example, you should review Submission
of Information; No Improper Use; Indemnity prior to submitting any
information to us.) This Privacy Policy relates only to certain
information obtained by or through our sites; it does not relate to any
other information that we may collect or obtain.
Our sites may have policies specific to them concerning the use of
information that you may provide through the sites or that we may obtain
when you visit them. Absent a specific policy to the contrary relating
to a site (which will be accessible from that site), the following
policies apply to all of our sites:
1. General
In general, you can visit one of our sites without telling us who you
are and without giving any personal information about yourself. There
are times, however, when we or our partners or suppliers may need
information from you. We try to make sure that the personally
identifying information you provide us remains private. We will not
sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose the personally identifying
information you provide to anyone outside of SYSCO Corporation, its
operating companies, except as otherwise provide in this policy or other
policies relating to specific sites. However,
When you visit any of our sites, your browser automatically sends us an
IP (Internet Protocol) address and certain other information (including
the type of browser you use). We may use this IP address and other
information to give you access to the sites and otherwise administer the
sites. In certain parts of a site, we may ask you to provide us with
your name or other information so that we can provide you with
information you request. You are under no obligation to provide us with
this information, but without it, we may not be able to provide you the
information you request.
We will use information that is generated by your visit or that you
provide to us to provide a product or service, a callback, or
information. To help us do this, we may share information, with others,
including our various affiliates, business partners, financial
institutions, shipping companies and postal or government authorities
involved in fulfillment.
We use any information that we collect through the sites in connection
with our fulfillment of orders and enforcing our Terms of Use, customer
orders or other arrangements with you or your organization.
You also should be aware that we collect certain usage information about
our sites, such as the number and frequency of visitors to certain parts
of a site and broad demographic information for aggregate use to analyze
trends and administer the sites. This allows us to improve services and
our sites. We may engage third parties with whom we share such
information in order to assist us in analyzing such information and in
making service and site improvements.
Some of our sites also include certain features that allow you to
communicate with us by electronic mail or otherwise. If you choose to
use such features (such as a "Contact Us" feature), you may be required
to supply such information (including your e-mail address and other
information we may deem necessary) in order for us to communicate and
respond. We may not only respond to the e-mail messages you send us, but
also use such information for any other business purpose, including
sending you subsequent communications concerning this site, SYSCO or our
services. Moreover, please be aware that it may be possible for others
to read messages that you send over the Internet, so do not send by
electronic mail any information that you would want to keep
confidential.
Like many companies, we use "cookie" technology on our Web site. Click
here to learn more about how we use cookies. These cookies may tell us
whether you have visited our site before or are a new visitor and what
material on our site you have viewed. These cookies also enable the
sending of e-mail messages from our Web site. The cookies we use do not
collect any personally identifying information about you or provide us
with any way to contact you, and the cookies do not extract any
information from your computer. We do not associate the cookie with any
information you may include in an e-mail message. You should check the
help information relating to the browser that you are using if you
desire to disable cookies.
If you provide us with personal information or other information about
somebody else, including information relating to another individual or
the business with which you are associated, we will assume that you have
their permission to do so.
2. Arrangements with Third Parties
We may make information covered by this Privacy Policy available to
third parties in a variety of circumstances:
If you are a member or participant in an exchange, group purchasing
organization, or other similar group, we may be required in our
arrangements with that exchange, organization or group to deliver your
transaction information and other data, including personally
identifiable information, regardless of whether the information arises
as a result of transactions through the exchange, organization or group
or directly with us. You acknowledge that we have no responsibility or
liability for any uses that such exchange, organization or group may
make with respect to any such data.
We also may contract with third parties to provide various services to
us, but in that case information is disclosed only for purposes of
providing those services. For example, in some cases we use suppliers to
collect, use, analyze and otherwise process information, to bill or
process payments, to fulfill and deliver orders, and perform other
functions on our behalf. Our practice is to require such suppliers to
handle information in a manner consistent with our policies.
We may supply information to third parties, including governmental
agencies, if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so by
law, rule or order.
We may share aggregated statistical information with our business
partners. This information does not include personally identifying
information.
We may provide personal identifying and account information in order for
us to enforce our Terms of Use, customer orders or other arrangements.
This includes exchanging information with other companies for purposes
of fraud and credit risk reduction and collection.
We may share your name, mailing and e-mail address, telephone and fax
number and other information (but not credit information) with third
party partners to enable them to market their products and services. You
will be provided with the opportunity to unsubscribe or to 'opt-out' of
having online information used for purposes not directly related to the
site at the point at which we ask for the information or when your
receive an online requested promotional communication. Before we allow
third parties to use such information for marketing purposes, we will
offer you the opportunity to choose whether or not to have your
information shared in this way. We may make other marketing uses with
respect to such information as described in this Privacy Policy and the
specific policies relating to our sites.
In some circumstances, we may decide to sell, buy, merge or reorganize
operations or businesses. During the course of these and similar
transactions we may disclose personal information to, or receive such
information from, prospective counterparties to such transactions. Our
practice is to seek contractual restrictions on the uses of information
acquired in these types of transactions; however, the restrictions vary
in terms of scope and exceptions.
3. Marketing by Us
We may send announcements and updates relating to our products or
services or those of third parties, and may make introductions of third
party service or product suppliers, to our customers and users of our
sites;
We may contact you as part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for
market research purposes;
We may enhance or merge the information we collect through the sites
with data from third parties and with data we collect in other ways for
purposes of marketing products or services;
We may communicate with you by various means (including e-mail,
telephone, mail, fax) to provide requested services, content, product
information, notification of special offers, or in regard to customer
service issues. We will provide you with an opportunity to 'opt-out' of
having online information used for purposes not directly related to the
site at the point at which we ask for the information or when your
receive an online requested promotional communication.
4. Human Resources
Some of the pages associated with our sites may relate to employment
opportunities or human resources. They usually will be captioned
"Careers" or "Career Opportunities" or will have similar labels or
captions clearly indicating the employment opportunity subject matter
(the "Careers Pages") and such pages may be co-branded with third party
service providers. For example, we have contracted with PeopleClick,
Inc. to provide us with an Internet-based, recruitment tracking system
that enables us to manage our recruitment process. PeopleClick, Inc.
collects and maintains a database of applicant data and processes data
for us. Any personal information that you submit through Careers Pages
will be collected in the United States and will be reviewed by our
employees or consultants to evaluate your qualifications and experience
for job opportunities in the United States. Your personal information
will not be disclosed to third parties other than PeopleClick, Inc. or
other third parties who provide services to us. We will (and each of our
third party service providers with access to such information, including
PeopleClick, Inc., will agree with us they will) take any legally
required steps to secure your personal information. We will use your
personal information for recruitment purposes, and if you are offered a
job or become employed by us, for other employment-related purposes. By
submitting information through Careers Pages, you agree that we may use
the information for recruitment and employment purposes (including
transferring the data to other countries, transferring your information
to other companies authorized to perform specific services, and/or other
processing relevant to recruitment purposes).
Resumes should include information relevant to your employment history
and education (degrees obtained, places worked, positions held, relevant
awards, and so forth). We recommend that you do not disclose sensitive
personal characteristics (e.g. gender, height, weight, religion,
philosophical or political beliefs, financial data, marital status) in
your initial resume or letters. Please note that your information will
be processed and/or stored in U.S. databases. By submitting your resume,
you are consenting to the export of your information to the U.S. for
processing and storage.
Except where you instruct us to remove your resume, we will keep the
information for other consideration. If you need to update or otherwise
make changes to you resume, simply resubmit a new resume. If you wish to
have your resume completely removed from our systems (or the PeopleClick
system), please send an e-mail to: resumes@corp.sysco.com. To aid us
(and PeopleClick) in locating your resume, please be sure and include
your name, email address and phone number as submitted with your resume.
5. Other Sites
Our sites may be linked to the web sites of others, as well as
co-branded or other sites of our business partners, which may have
privacy practices that differ from those at our sites. A co-branded site
typically is operated by a third-party and displays the third-party's
name or logo along with our name or logo. When you click on links that
take you to such external or co-branded sites, you will be subject to
their privacy policies. Please note that the privacy policies relating
to our sites apply solely to information collected by or on behalf of us
our those sites; we are not responsible for the privacy practices of
third parties, including our business partners, and the uses that they
may make of such information.
6. Your Consent
By accessing or using any of our sites, you consent and agree to (a) the
terms and conditions set forth in this Privacy Policy, the policies that
may specifically relate to the particular sites that you may visit, and
the Terms of Use, all of which are an integral part hereof, and (b) the
collection and use of information as described herein and therein. We
may revise this Privacy Policy or the policies that may specifically
apply to certain of our sites, as well as the Terms of Use, at any time
by updating postings to our sites, and you agree to be bound by any such
revisions in effect at the time of your accessing or use of any of our
sites. Therefore, you should periodically visit our sites to determine
the then current policies in effect.