Privacy Policy
In accordance with Federal Law we are describing the Alfred J. Villavecchia Corp., Buying Group, privacy policy concerning the use of our member’s personal data.
Our privacy policy is consistent with our long-term commitment to protect the interests of our members. As described below, we do not sell your personal information to any third party, and we hold ourselves to the highest standards in keeping your data private and safe.
If you have any questions about the information in our policy, be sure to contact us.
What personal information of yours do we have?
When you complete our membership application you provide us with some of your personal information. (If you enter personal data into our online application, we may store that data even though you choose not to complete or submit the application.)
We also may obtain private information about you from other parties and organizations that you authorize us to contact as references, such as banks and credit services. We reserve the right to contact third parties to verify your identity and prevent fraud, or to help us identify products and services that may benefit you.
Some examples of the kind of personal information we maintain include:
- Name and address
- Social Security or taxpayer identification number
- State licenses
- Assets
- Liabilities
- Income
- Account Balances
- Credit Reports
What do we do with your personal information?
Basically we collect and analyze your personal data in order to determine your eligibility for membership. We maintain that data on file so as to be able to contact you and service your account as required. We do not sell information about current or former members or their accounts to third parties. We only share your private data when needed to complete transactions at your request or to make you aware of related products and services that we offer.
Example
- When a member orders from a vendor for the first time, that vendor is required to verify membership status in our buying group and obtain certain personal information such as account numbers, addresses, and telephone numbers.
- To help you know about all the products and services that our buying group offers we may share your information with vendors that participate with our buying group.
- Sometimes we may contract with outside individuals or firms to perform services for us. Where necessary, we will share information we have about you with these third parties. We only provide the third party with the minimum information necessary to fulfill the contract. We require these third parties to treat your private information with the same high degree of confidentiality that we do.
- We will also release information about you at your request; to comply with the law; or, in other legally limited circumstances (for example, to protect your account from fraud, or to comply with court orders).
Online privacy
We also desire to keep your data safe and secure when you use our website, http://www.villavecchia.com
- Our website uses the most secure forms of online communication available on our website, including data encryption, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, and user names and passwords. These technologies ensure a high level of security and privacy when you access your account information, or send secure messages.
- http://www.villavecchia.com offers customized features that require our use of “HTTP cookies” (tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store). However, we make very limited use of these cookies. We do not use them to pull data from your computer to learn your email address, or to view data in cookies created by other websites. We will not share or sell the data in our cookies nor give others access to it, except to help us better serve your membership needs.
- Alfred J. Villavecchia Corp. is not responsible for the operation of, nor the content displayed by other Internet sites that are owned and operated by third parties which are linked through our website.
We safeguard your personal data
We restrict access to information about you to only those employees and sub-contractors that need to know the information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain strict physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information.
What you can do?
Do not share or provide your account information, user name, or password to anyone. If you become aware of any suspicious activity relating to your account, contact us immediately.
We will keep you informed
In accordance with Federal Law, Alfred J. Villavecchia Corp. will notify you of our privacy policy annually. We reserve the right to modify our policy at any time. If and when we make a change we will notify you promptly.
Trust
You have trusted the Group with your personal, financial, and demographic data. We are aware that we have established a business relationship based upon trust, and that you expect us to act responsibly and in your best interests. Because your personal and financial data is your private information, and because you are our valued and respected members, we will maintain the highest possible standards to keep your personal information safe and secure.