Please take the time to review our Privacy Policy to better understand why we collect certain information and how we handle this information once it has been provided. Our goal is for you to feel welcome and comfortable while visiting our site. We are eager to provide information that is valuable and beneficial to your lifestyle.

Information Collection and Use Overview Statement

Merisant will make every effort to use your personal information according to the terms of the Privacy Policy. By using this site, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy. Merisant will only collect or use personally identifiable information (described below) if you voluntarily submit it to us. We will only sell, use, share, or rent this information to others as described below.
Our Privacy Policy was last updated on 11/28/05. Visitors to Equal.com are given the opportunity to provide information at several different locations on the website. The following details the types of information we capture on Equal.com and how we intend to use the information.
Equal.com is not directed at, or suitable for, children under the age of 13, and Merisant does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Active data collection and use

Active data collection occurs when a visitor voluntarily provides information on a form provided on this website. Name, address, and e-mail address information provided by a visitor are used to fulfill a visitor's request for information such as recipes, newsletters, etc. From time to time, Merisant may ask visitors to Equal.com whether they or a member of their family have diabetes. Merisant is not a healthcare provider or clearinghouse, as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the collection, storage or use of such information by Merisant is not covered by this Act. In addition to requesting information described on the site, a visitor who submits a registration form may be included in periodic mailings from Merisant, and/or from other organizations whose products and services we believe you may find interesting. Typically, we are compensated by these organizations for providing such information. If a visitor does not wish to receive such mailings, they may indicate so on the form. Merisant communicates with consumers who elect to receive information via postal mail and/or e-mail. We use the responses provided in the survey portion of the registration form to determine the types of mailings that would interest you. It is also possible that a third party might acquire your personal information if Merisant’s business is ever sold in whole or in part.
If you elected to receive information from Merisant or any of Merisant’s partner organizations in the past but wish to stop doing so, you may complete and submit our "Opt-out form" and Merisant will no longer make your information available to our partner organizations. However, in that event, we may not be able to remove your name from our partners' mailing lists and Merisant will not be obligated to take any action to cause any of its partner organizations to remove your name from its mailings lists or otherwise no longer use your personal information. You then will have to directly request that these organizations remove your name from their lists.

Review of personal information

Merisant does not provide past or present visitors to Equal.com with a process to review and request changes to personal information that Merisant has collected. Passive data collection and use Passive data collection may occur as a result of a visitor's activities while browsing a website. The Equal.com web server currently recognizes only a visitor's IP address. To maintain visitor anonymity, Equal does not associate IP addresses with records containing personal information. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard disk for record keeping purposes.
Cookies are not currently being collected on the Equal.com website. Merisant also currently does not have any special relationships with any ad server companies. In the future Merisant may, in its sole discretion and without notice to any past or then current user of the Equal.com website, collect passive data and develop contractual or other arrangements with one or more ad server companies.

Updates to the Privacy Policy

Since the Equal.com website is dynamic, we will periodically update this Privacy Policy to describe the information being collected at the time of a visit and how this information will be used by Merisant/Equal. A visitor to the Equal.com website will be provided with the opportunity to opt-out of any future communications from Merisant that may result from visiting the Equal.com website by completing our Opt-out form. Merisant disclaims any obligation to notify past users of the Equal.com website of any change or addition to the Privacy Policy.

Data Security

Merisant attempts to protect the information provided through this website and stored both online and offline. Servers storing electronic information are kept in a secure environment. However, Merisant makes no representation or warranty that it will be able to prevent unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, personal information stored electronically by or on behalf of Merisant. Merisant further disclaims any obligation to notify any past or current user of the Equal.com website of any unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, personal information stored electronically by or on behalf of Merisant.

Links

The Equal.com website provides links to other websites. Merisant/Equal is not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites. We encourage our visitors to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website.