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Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) respects the privacy of our on-line visitors and subscribers to our email lists.

We only gather personal data, such as name, address, e-mail address, etc. when voluntarily submitted by a visitor, such as when signing up for Food Recall Alerts, Webinar notifications, the Food Safety Culture Toolkit, sharing your foodborne illness story, or requesting information via email.

No personal information is gathered by visitors to our web site who are just browsing. See STOP’s Cookie Policy

Your private information will not be sold, rented, leased, or disclosed in any manner to any person without your prior consent, unless otherwise required by law, or except as may be necessary as part of regulatory compliance. 

If you wish to be removed from our mailing/emailing list, please send an email to info@stopfoodborneillness.org


Website (stopfoodborneillness.org)

Everything on this web site is provided AS IS and without warranty of any kind.  Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) is not providing medical advice or serving as a substitute to a professional medical provider.  Information here is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor.  If you suspect you have a foodborne illness, we encourage you to visit an Emergency Room or a healthcare professional.

Stop Foodborne Illness has made every effort to offer current, correct, and as-clearly-expressed information as possible.  Inadvertent errors do occur, and changes will be made periodically when any error is brought to our attention.

Our site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. By providing this web site, STOP shall not be held liable, or undertake any responsibility whatsoever, for the content of linked sites, messages, articles, and any other third-party information.  Your activity on third‑party sites is governed by the security and privacy policies of the third-party sites.  We urge you to read those respective privacy policies.


Share Your Story

By submitting your story and photographs you authorize Stop Foodborne Illness to use your text description and photographs in connection with the STOP website’s story page (Honor Wall). 

Additionally, STOP may copy, exhibit, publish, and/or distribute these photographs (including composite and artistic representations) and stories both in print and electronically in conjunction with STOP’s program activities, outreach, promotion, and any other lawful purpose.

If you wish to submit your story and/or photograph(s) without having them posted on STOP’s website, or used by STOP for any other purpose, that option is available. Find permissions information here.

By submitting your story, you acknowledge and guarantee that you are the rightful owner of the text and image(s) and have the full legal capacity to enter in this agreement. STOP is not responsible for any copyright infringements or third-party claims that may occur as a result of your submission.

STOP reserves the right to remove any text and photographs posted at any time for any reason whatsoever, as determined by STOP’s sole discretion.

STOP agrees not to sell any of these images to any other organization. You acknowledge that no payment or other compensation will be made to you, or the person(s) portrayed in the photograph(s).

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Illniois applicable to agreements made and to be performed in that State and constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement with respect to the subject matter herein.


Donor Privacy

Stop Foodborne Illness is committed to honoring our donors’ privacy, including protecting any personally identifiable funding information. 

STOP does not sell, trade, or rent donors’ names or addresses, including email addresses, to others. All contact information is used for internal purposes only and is never published. Note that contact information is required by the IRS in relation to contributions but is not made available for public inspection.

If you have questions about this donor privacy policy or if you wish to be removed from our mailing/emailing list, please send an email to info@stopfoodborneillness.org or write to Stop Foodborne Illness at the postal address listed below.


Disclaimer 

Stop Foodborne Illness may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the website. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted and your continued access or use of the website after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

We welcome your comments or questions!

Stop Foodborne Illness

4809 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 214

Chicago, IL   60640

Phone: 773-269-6555

Fax: 773-883-3098

Website: stopfoodborneillness.org

Contact: info@stopfoodborneillness.org