Privacy
We want to make your experience online satisfying and safe. We want to provide you
with the means to control your privacy and give you a way to voice questions or
concerns you may have.
When you use our website certain information about your online activity is collected.
We use this information to determine our website users’ preferences, to design initiatives
to meet those preferences, to eliminate online hassles, and to generally make your
online T.G.I. Friday’s® experience more satisfying. Very infrequently, we may initiate
a program, service or survey that requests your name, birthday, e-mail address,
city of residence, zip code, or information about what you like and do not like
about T.G.I. Friday’s. We recognize that the loyalty of our customers depends upon
our relationships with them and we strongly support the rights of customers to maintain
privacy of personal data. Don’t worry; at T.G.I. Friday's, your personal information
is safe. We don't give, share, sell, lend or let other people take a sneak peek
at your information.
Our Commitments to Your Family
Like you, we have children of our own and are concerned about their safety when
they use the Internet. We want you and your family to be safe while visiting our
website. That is why, consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection
act of 1998 (COPPA), personally identifiable information from children. For more
information about protecting the privacy and safety of minors online, we recommend
you visit http://www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy/index.html.
What Information Do We Collect?
We collect information in several different ways. We collect the domain name of
visitors to our web pages, user-specific information on the pages visitors access,
and information such as survey information or other information that you provide
voluntarily. Like many other commercial websites, our website may employ a standard
technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how our site is used.
Our website provides a direct link (among others) to the T.G.I. Friday’s® Give Me
More Stripes® Guest Recognition Program site (www.givememorestripes.com) where,
should you choose to enroll, you will be asked to submit personal information, which
will be subject to the Give Me More Stripes terms and conditions, separate privacy
policy and other policies. In addition, we may from time to time provide direct
links to news sites featuring articles about T.G.I. Friday’s, which would be subject
to those sites’ policies.
How the Information Is Used
We use the information that we collect to understand your preferences and history
using our website and related services. With this information we make it easier
and more rewarding for you to use our website, any related services, and enjoy your
guest experience at our restaurants (in the case of voluntary surveys).
Our ability to provide enhanced services may occasionally depend on our ability
to develop summary reports for our advertising agents that contain raw numbers or
statistics (but never tell them who it was that stated a preference or clicked on
an option).
It is our policy to never send messages to website users unless they request that
we do so.
Who Has Access to Your Personal Information
The information that you provide is collected by Carlson Restaurants Worldwide,
Inc. (CRW), our parent company. In the case of links to our gift card and guest
recognition sites, the information you voluntarily provide at those sites will only
be shared with those service vendors who help CRW administer those website and the
services they provide. In any case, CRW is the lawful “owner” of the information
and each of these vendors may use the information only for the purpose of administering
the website and its services for CRW, and will take all necessary precautions to
protect the information. Ownership of any information you provide us will be held
solely by CRW. We will not sell ownership of this data to any other company or organization.
We will not transfer information to competitors. Your information will always be
used only to help us ensure that our website and any related services meet your
expectations. At T.G.I. Friday's®, your personal information is safe. We don't give,
share, sell, lend or let other people take a sneak peek at your information.
Information Distribution
It is our strict policy not to share your personal information or preferences with
any third party, except as is necessary to operate and improve our website, or to
provide any service requested by you on our website.
Although unlikely, we may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities
to provide personally identifiable information to the appropriate governmental authorities.
If requested as part of a legal proceeding, we will provide this information upon
receipt of the appropriate documentation.
It is not our usual policy but from time to time we may permit other companies to
place advertising on our website, and these companies may collect information about
you through the use of cookies when you view or click on their advertising or content
(using the same techniques described above). Due to the way the Internet operates,
we cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these advertisers
or content providers if you have any questions about their use of the information
they collect.
There may be links that will let you leave our website, such as when purchasing
a T.G.I. Friday’s gift card or finding out more about the Give Me More Stripes Guest
Recognition Program. Except for websites directly related to T.G.I. Friday’s programs
and services, we cannot control the links or their websites and we are not responsible
for the contents of any linked website or any link contained in a linked website.
The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the website. The use and/or
privacy provided by a linked website as to any information you provide in accessing
that website is in no way subject to our privacy policy. Any linked website may
have its own policy that could differ considerably from our policy, or the linked
website may not display any privacy policy at all. In any case, even though a linked
website is accessed through our website, we cannot be responsible for any use that
a linked website may make of your information.
What Kind of Security Procedures Are in Place to Protect the Loss, Misuse or Alteration
of Information Under the Company's Control
We operate secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password
protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed
and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information
provided by our customers. Any particularly sensitive information, such as a customer's
credit card number, is encrypted prior to transmission.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy. We may also change the policy
from time to time, so please be sure to visit this site often to see if anything
has changed. If we post changes and you continue to use the site, you will be deemed
to have agreed to the changes.