Westin Packaged Meats Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2/17/2025

Westin Package Meats (“Westin Package Meats”, “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) values its users' privacy. This Privacy Policy (this "Policy") will help you understand how we collect, use and share information about you, including in person, by phone, through mail or email or through our website www.westinpackagedmeats.com, and any other Westin Package Meats -owned and/or operated website, mobile sites, mobile applications or social media accounts (collectively, our "Sites”). Our Policy has been designed and created to demonstrate our commitment and realization of our dedication not only to meet, but to exceed, existing privacy standards.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any given time. We advise you to frequently visit this page to review this Policy. By accessing or using our Sites or otherwise disclosing information to Westin Package Meats,you agree that you are providing freely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent to our collection, use, and sharing of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using our Sites. Please note that this Policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that Westin Package Meats does not control, nor by individuals not employed or managed by us. If you visit a website that we mention or link to, you should review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and conditions of any website you choose to use or frequent to better understand the way in which websites garner, make use of and share the information collected.

This Policy will inform you of the following:

• What personally identifiable information we collect;
• Why we collect personally identifiable information;
• How we use the collected information and with whom it may be shared;
• What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data; and
• The security procedures in place to protect your information.

 

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly to Us

We collect personal information you provide directly to us, for example, when you fill out a form on our Sites. These types of information we may collect may include, but are not limited to:

• Your Requests. We may collect personal information from you when you fill out a form for a specific request or otherwise choose to provide information through a “contact us” feature, for example, your name, address, email, and phone number.
• Transaction Information. If you choose to order products or services from us you may have to provide us with certain information, including personal information such as: your name, mailing and/or e-mail address, credit or debit card information.
• Content You Submit.  We collect the content you submit to the Sites. This includes all comments, feedback or materials submitted by you to us, for example, feedback, testimonials, images, reviews, questions, comments, suggestions or ideas (“Feedback”). You acknowledge and agree that Company will be free to use, display, perform, distribute, copy, adapt, and promote, without compensation to you, the Feedback for any purpose whatsoever.
• Other Information You Provide to Us. We collect information that you directly provide to us through any other means. This includes any submissions of information by you through the Sites.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you access or use the Sites, the types of information we may automatically collect about you may include:

• Usage Information. We may collect information about your usage of, and interaction with the Sites. For example, we may collect and store statistics and other information about the online activities of our users on an aggregated (collective) basis, including tracking the number of people who view each page to learn which features are the most popular.
• Device Information. We may collect information about the devices used to access the Sites. Such information includes the IP addresses of computers and mobile devices and information about your computers and mobile devices; other device features, including the type of browser, the type of operating system you use, your domain name, access time, referring website addresses, and page views.
• Log Information. When you access or use the Sites, our servers may automatically record certain log file information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type and language, referring URLs, access times, pages viewed, links clicked and other information about your activities on the Sites.
• Information Collected by Tracking Technologies. We and our service providers may use various tracking technologies, including cookies, to collect information about you when you interact with our Sites, including information about your browsing. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve the Sites and your experience, see which areas and features of the Sites are popular and count visits. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of the Sites.

Information We Collect from Third Parties

We may receive information that third parties provide to us, which may include information about you. This Policy does not apply to information collected through or by any third party. If you have any questions about such third parties’ privacy practices, you should review their privacy policies.
  

Why We Collect Information and For How Long We Retain Such Information

We may use your information for various purposes related to our operations and your use of the Sites. For example, we may use your information to:

• Better understand your needs and provide you with the services you have requested;
• Improving our products;
• Send you promotional emails containing information we think you may like;
• Contact you to fill out surveys or participate in other types of market research;
• Customize our website according to your online behavior and personal preferences;
• Provide, maintain and improve our Sites and provide you with relevant information and content, including subscriptions to our email list and newsletters;
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support, and administrative messages;
• Respond to your comments, questions and requests, and provide customer service;
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Sites;
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Company and others;
• Maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes;
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements, required disclosures, and choices and controls that may be available;
• Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
• Personalize online content and user experiences;
• Perform operational functions in connection with our business, including data analysis, audits, developing and improving products and services, enhancing the Sites and identifying usage trends;
• Conduct internal audits and workplace investigations;
• Train our staff;
• Investigate and enforce compliance with and potential breaches of Company policies and procedures;
• Engage in corporate transactions, such as for evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions of Company;
• Perform workforce analytics, data analytics, and benchmarking;
• Carry out debt-recovery functions;
• Fulfill any purpose that, under the circumstances, would be reasonably expected by you to be employed;
• For any purpose with your consent or at your direction; or
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Aggregated and de-identified information cannot reasonably be used to identify you and, therefore, no longer constitutes personal information. Such de-identified and/or aggregated information that does not identify individuals is not subject to this Policy.

The data we collect from you will be stored for no longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to protect ourselves in the event of a legal claim, or as permitted or required by law.

Disclosure of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Policy :

• With partners, vendors, consultants, service providers, contractors, or our related entities who need access to such information to carry out work or perform services on our behalf.
• With strategic partners who provide additional features on the Sites. These strategic relationships may include business partners, sponsors and co-branded Site features. The use of your information by these third parties is subject to their own privacy practices and you should check their website for information regarding their privacy policies.
• As may be permitted or required by law (including, but not limited to, court order or subpoena), or to prevent or investigate suspected fraud, violations of any agreement we have with you, or activity that appears to us to be illegal or may expose us to legal liability.
• In response to a request for information, if we believe disclosure is in accordance with or required by, any applicable law, court order, rule, regulation or legal process.
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, sale of assets of any business, and any other change of control transaction or business financing where Company is a party to such transaction.
• In connection with enforcement of any agreement we may have with you.
• Between and among Company and any current or future parent, subsidiary, and/or affiliated company.
• With your consent or at your direction.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provided such information.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• As otherwise would, under the circumstances, be reasonably expected by a consumer.

Children Under the Age of 18

Westin Package Meats Sites are not directed to, and do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from, children under the age of thirteen (18). If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of eighteen (18), we shall take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system's database, or in the alternative, that verifiable parental consent is obtained for the use and storage of such information. Anyone under the age of eighteen (18), must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website. You represent that you are over the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence.

Consumer Privacy Rights

The law of your jurisdiction may provide you with certain rights regarding our use of your personal information.Subject to any exceptions under applicable law, you may have the following rights with respect to your personal information collected by us:

• The right to know and access. You may have the right to request that we provide you with (i) a copy of the personal information that we have collected or maintained about you during any specific period of time; (ii) the categories of personal information that we have collected or maintained about you during any specific period of time; (iii) the categories of purposes for which such personal information was disclosed during any specific period of time; (iv) the categories of sources of such personal information that was collected during any specific period of time; and (v) the categories of third parties that such personal information may have been shared with during any specific period of time. If you exercise your right to know or access, we will endeavor to provide you with the information requested for the specific time period requested. If you choose to exercise your right to know or access and do not specify a time period, we will endeavor to provide all of the requested information collected or maintained after January 1, 2022, unless doing so would be impossible or involve a disproportionate effort. In the case that fulfilling a request to know or access proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort, we will endeavor to provide you the requested categories of information collected or maintained by us in the immediately preceding 12 months from the date of your request. All information provided to you under this right to know and access will be provided in a portable, easily understandable, and to the extent technically feasible, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable, and readily usable format that will allow you to transmit the relevant information to another entity without hindrance or impediment.
• The right to deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we or our vendors collected about you. There may be circumstances under which we will be unable to delete your personal information, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations, complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected, or if such deletion would be impossible or require a disproportionate effort. If we are unable to comply with your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why.
• The right to correct inaccurate personal information. You may have the right to request that any of your inaccurate personal information that is maintained by us to be corrected, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.
• The right to portability. You may have the right to request that we transmit your personal information to another entity in a portable, easily understandable, and to the extent technically feasible, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable, and readily usable format.
• The right to appeal. If you submit a request to exercise one of the above rights and we deny such request, you may have the right to appeal our decision.
• The right to file a complaint. You may have the right to file a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority or your state’s Attorney General. You may contact us, the relevant supervisory authority, or your state’s Attorney General for more information.

 

Exercising Consumer Rights

To exercise any of the foregoing rights, contact us at info@westinpackagedmeats.com or 402-729-3379.  In connection with submitting a request, you must provide the following information, as applicable: name, email address, phone number, state of residence, and you must state what type of request you are making.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to his or her personal information. In general, we have the right to require you to provide written permission granting authority to your representative and for your agent to verify its identity directly with us, and we may deny a request from your representative who does not submit proof of authorization as we request. We cannot respond to a request or provide personal information if we cannot verify the identity or authority to make the request.

We will endeavor to confirm receipt of a request within a reasonable time period following submission and provide information about how we will process the request. We will endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within a reasonable period following its receipt. If we require more time, we will provide notice in writing explaining the reason for the extended time period.

Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We may deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

If we deny a request, we will provide a response explaining the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. We may deny your request to exercise a right listed herein if (1) we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that such request is fraudulent or abusive; (2) we cannot verify the identity or authority to make the request; (3) we reasonably determine that, as applicable, the contested personal information being requested to be corrected is more likely to be accurate based on the totality of the circumstances involved; or (4) we reasonably determine that compliance with the request would be impossible or involve a disproportionate effort.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may have collected and disclosed the following categories of personal information from a consumer for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months:

• Various identifiers, including, name, address, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers.
• Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), including, telephone number or financial information.
• Commercial information, including, records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
• Biometric information, including, behavioural characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information.
• Internet or other similar network activity, including, browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our Site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data in order to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer our Site.
• Geolocation data, including, physical location or movements.
• Sensory data, including, audio, electronic, visual, or similar information.
• Professional or employment-related information, including, current or past job history or performance evaluations.
• Educational information, including, transcript, student records, grades and performance, activities, school name or school ID.
• Inferences drawn from other personal information, including, profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.  
• Protected classification characteristics, including, race, color, national origin, marital status, sex, veteran or military status.
• Personal records, such as, power of attorney, family history or power of attorney.
• Information received from a government entity or other third party.
• Sensitive personal information, including: (a) a consumer’s Social Security or other state identification number; (b) a consumer’s account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; (c) consumer’s geolocation; (d) consumer’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; (e) the contents of a consumer’s mail, email, or text messages, unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication; and (f) consumer’s genetic data.

 

We may collect the above categories of personal information in accordance with the terms of this Policy. In the prior 12 months, we may have disclosed the categories of personal information set forth above for one or more of the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy, including disclosure to a service provider or other third party of ours for a business purpose.

Disclosures

Westin Packaged Meats has not, in the preceding 12 months, and does not currently, sell or share your personal data for money or other valuable consideration.
We do not use your sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.

We do not perform processing of your information which constitutes automated decision making or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning you.

“Shine the Light” Law

California’s "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California consumers asking about the business' practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@westinpackagedmeats.com.

How We Respond to “Do Not Track” Signals

Our Sites do not respond to DO NOT Track signals.

Nevada Resident Privacy Rights

Nevada residents may have certain rights to opt-out of sales of their personal information under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A. However, please know that Westin Packaged Meats does not currently sell data triggering this Nevada statute's opt-out requirements. If you have questions with respect to this right, please contact info@westinpackagedmeats.com.

Your Choices

• Cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of the Sites.
• Direct Mail Marketing.  To request to opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial direct mail please contact info@westinpackagedmeats.com.
• Email Marketing.  You can choose to opt out of receiving promotional emails from us at any time. Emails will include an unsubscribe link that will remove you from future emails. You may also submit a request to info@westinpackagedmeats.com.
  
  

Links to Other Websites

In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include third-party links on our Sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s website.  We have no control over these linked sites. Each third-party site has its own separate and independent privacy policies and practices, including in connection with their use or disclosure of information you disclose to them. Company is not responsible or liable for the content of any third-party site. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of third-party sites before providing your information to them. The fact that we may link to a third-party site or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement from a third party is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of any affiliation by us with that third-party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices.

Third-Party Analytics Services

We may work with certain third parties to collect, analyze, and use some of the information described above. For example, we may allow third parties to set cookies or use web beacons on the Sites or in email communications from us. The information collected by third parties using these technologies may be used to engage in analysis and reporting. These third parties may set and access cookies on your computer or other device and may collect information about your online activities across different websites or services over time, including on websites and mobile applications that are not owned or operated by Company. Company is not responsible or liable for information collected by such third parties, and Company is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third-party services.

Notice to International Users

The Sites are hosted in the United States and are subject to U.S. law. If you are accessing the Sites from outside the United States, please be advised that U.S. law may not offer the same privacy protections as the laws of your jurisdiction. By accessing and using the Sites, you agree that you are providing freely-given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent to the transfer to and processing of your personal information in the U.S

Security

We use reasonable security measures designed to safeguard the personal information under our control from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. Despite these measures, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from us via the Sites by Internet or email cannot be guaranteed. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password and all other credentials confidential. We ask you not to share your credentials with anyone. Company encourages you to learn as much as you can about your privacy on the Internet.

Changes to this Policy

We will change, amend and update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our privacy practices. In the event of any change to our policies, we will post a revised policy on our Sites with a revised date. We reserve the right to change, amend and update this Policy at any time in our sole and absolute discretion, and such changes will be effective upon posting of the revised policy. You should check this Policy on a regular basis to ensure you have reviewed and are familiar with the most current policy.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy as it relates to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email, telephone number or mailing address:
Email: info@westinpackagedmeats.com
Telephone Number: 402-691-8800
Mailing Address:
Westin Packaged Meats
11808 West Center Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68144

Accessibility

We are committed to facilitating the accessibility of our Sites for all people with disabilities. To access this Policy in an alternative format, please contact us at info@westinpackagedmeats.com