FlockLeader Privacy Policy

Effective Date:  2/11/2025

Perdue FlockLeader (identified herein as “Company” or with “we” or “our”) has developed this policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to inform visitors (identified herein as “you” or “user” or with “your”) to the Company websites that link to this Privacy Policy (referenced collectively herein as the “Sites”) about our data collection, use, and sharing practices.

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the new policy at this location. Please review this Privacy Policy on a periodic basis.

Personally identifiable information (“PII”) includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, address, phone number, or email address. The type of PII collected by us will vary with your use of our Sites. We may collect PII when you provide it by registering and at other times, including, but not limited to, when you make a purchase, report a problem with our Sites, submit PII to a message or interactive communication area of our Sites, complete survey forms, enter a sweepstakes or other promotional program, request a coupon, respond to requests for information or content (such as photographs), leave a review, and request to receive communications from us.

We may collect the following types of information through our Sites. 

Name and Contact Information: We may request your name and contact information, such as address, phone number, facsimile number, and email address.

Purchasing Information: When you make a purchase, we will additionally collect your payment card information and your billing and mailing addresses.

Likeness Information:  We may request a photograph containing your likeness.

Third-party Information: We may collect PII and other information about you from third parties and combine it with the information that we collect through our Sites.

Technical Information:  We may automatically collect certain information when you use our Sites including Internet Protocol (IP) addresses; the date and time of access and the Web page(s) accessed; information about your device, browser, or operating system; and information about your use of our Sites.  As part of this technical information, we may use cookies and similar technologies to identify your browser or device.

Most areas of our Sites are informational and publicly available without providing any PII, although we will still collect technical information automatically. Below, is more detail on how we use and share the PII that we collect.

Use of Information: We may use the information that we process and collect for any lawful commercial or business purpose, such as to provide the products and services that you request, to advertise our products and services and the goods and services of third parties, to create a personalized experience for you, to provide you with news and information, to contact you regarding a survey, and to contact you about transactions conducted through our Sites, material changes in our Sites’ policies and agreements, new services we may offer, or otherwise. With your permission, we may also use information submitted in reviews about our products, including images, to promote or advertise our products.  We may also use a photograph containing your likeness in promotional programs on our Sites or in other marketing materials with your permission.

Sharing of Information:  We may share your PII as set forth below:

• With our affiliates.
• With our service providers, vendors, and contractors that carry out activities on our behalf, such as payment processing and marketing.
• As required by law, such as to a court or governmental agency or in response to a government request.
• In the event of a potential or actual business transaction, such as a merger or acquisition by another company or the sale of all or a portion of our assets, including in bankruptcy.
• To protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Sites or as otherwise needed to limit legal liability, protect or defend our rights, property, or interests, or protect the safety, rights, or property of our users or others.
• With your consent or as otherwise disclosed to you at the time of data collection or sharing.

Survey, Review, and Promotions Results: In addition to the types of sharing described above, we may share survey, review, and sweepstakes/promotions results with the general public, with the news media, and with the U.S. Government and state governments in order to participate in government programs and initiatives.

Public Forums: If you choose to use public posting features we may offer on our Sites, such as commenting on a blog, the information that you post will be available to the general public.

Aggregated and Deidentified Information: We may share technical information, as well as aggregated or deidentified information, without limitation including for advertising purposes.  We maintain and use deidentified information only in deidentified form-we do not attempt to reidentify such information except as needed to determine that the information is appropriately deidentified.  

We may use cookies and other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) in connection with your use of our Sites. Cookies are pieces of information that we use for record-keeping purposes, which our Sites store on your computer. Cookies enable us to operate and improve our Sites, such as to customize your experience, save your personal preferences, and ensure that you do not see the same advertisement repeatedly. If you would prefer not to receive Cookies, you may be able to use your browser settings to refuse or delete certain types of Cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse or delete Cookies, some areas of our Sites will not function properly when you view them.  Even if you use these browser settings, we or third parties operating on our Sites may be able to continue collecting information by other means.

Our Sites include links to third-party sites.  These third-party sites are not controlled by us and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We suggest that you check the privacy policies of these sites to learn how these third-party sites may collect, utilize, or share your information.

Our Sites may also include integrated social media tools or “plug-ins”, such as social networking tools offered by third parties. If you use these tools to share PII or you otherwise interact with social media features on our Sites, those social media companies may collect information about you and may use and share such information in accordance with your account settings, including by sharing such information with the general public. Your interactions with third-party social media companies and the use of their features are governed by the privacy policies of the social media companies that provide those features. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies of any social media accounts you create and use.

Our Sites have reasonable security measures or safeguards in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.  However, the confidentiality of any communication or material cannot be guaranteed.

We may partner with ad networks and other ad serving providers (“Advertising Providers”) that serve ads on behalf of us and others on non-affiliated platforms. Some of those ads may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information that Advertising Providers collect about your use of our Sites and other sites or apps over time, including information about relationships among different browsers and devices. This type of advertising is known as interest-based advertising.

You may visit the DAA Webchoices tool at www.aboutads.info to learn more about this type of advertising and how to opt out of this advertising on websites by companies participating in the DAA self-regulatory program.  If you delete your cookies or use a different browser or mobile device, you may need to renew your opt-out choices exercised through the DAA Webchoices tool.  Note that electing to opt out will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications.  It may make the ads you see less relevant to your interests.  Additionally, your browser may offer tools to limit the use of cookies or to delete cookies; however, if you use these tools, our Site may not function as intended.

We may also work with third parties that collect data about your use of our Sites and other sites or apps over time for non-advertising purposes. We use Google Analytics and other third-party services to improve the performance of our Sites and for analytics and marketing purposes. For more information about how Google Analytics collects and uses data when you use our Site, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and to opt out of Google Analytics, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We provide you with the opportunity to opt out of certain marketing uses of your PII. Specifically, users may opt-out of receiving direct mail marketing and/or marketing email communications or newsletters from us.

• To opt out of email marketing, you can use the “unsubscribe” link included in each marketing email that we send. If you opt out of email marketing, we will still send you emails about your transactions and relationship with us.
• To opt out of direct mailings, you can contact customer service by phone at 1-800-336-4094 or by email at michelle.pepper@perdue.com.

For choices with respect to third-party interest-based advertising activities, please see the “What About Digital Advertising & Analytics?” section above.

Residents of certain states may have rights under state privacy laws with respect to personal information subject to those laws.  If you are a resident of such states, this section of the Privacy Policy contains disclosures required by law and explains rights that may be available to you.

Personal Information We Collect and Disclose.  In the preceding 12 months, we collected and disclosed the following categories of personal information about consumers:

• Personal and online identifiers (such as first and last name, email address, or unique online identifiers);
• Record-keeping information (such as address and credit card information);
• Commercial or transactions information (such as records of products or services purchased, obtained or considered);
• Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as interactions with our Sites, emails, applications, and/or advertisements);
• Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences; and
• Other information about you that is linked to the personal information above.

Some of the personal information we collect may be considered "sensitive" under state privacy laws, such as your account credentials if you create an account on our Sites.

Categories of Sources. We collect personal information from the following categories of sources:

• Consumers;

Why We Collect, Use, and Disclose Personal Information. We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our commercial and business purposes, as further described in the “How Do We Use and Share the Information?” section of this Privacy Policy.  We do not use or disclose personal information for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you.

Recipients of Personal Information. We disclose the above categories of personal information to the below categories of third parties for commercial and business purposes:

• Service providers (such as companies that help us process orders and handle consumer reviews);
• Affiliates not under our brand; and
• Advertising Providers;

While we do not sell personal information for money, we may allow third parties to collect personal information through our Sites in ways that may be viewed as "sales: under state privacy laws.  This includes sharing such personal information for interest-based advertising purposes (also known as "cross-context behavioral advertising purposes or "targeted advertising") by allowing Advertising Providers to collect information on our Sites.  The following categories of personal information may be collected and "shared" through our Sites for interest-based advertising purposes:  (1) personal and online identifiers; (2) commercial or transactions information; and (3) Internet or other electronic network activity information.

Your Rights Regarding Personal Information. Residents of certain states have rights with respect to the personal information collected by businesses. You may be able to exercise the following rights regarding your personal information, subject to certain exceptions and limitations:

• The right to confirm whether we are processing personal information about you, and in some states, the right to obtain the categories or personal information we process.  In some states, the right to obtain the categories of third parties to which we disclosed your personal information.  In other states, the right to obtain a list of third parties to which we disclosed personal information. 

• In some states, the right to obtain the categories of third parties to which we disclosed your personal information.  In other states, the right to obtain a list of the third parties to which we disclosed personal information. 

• The right to access a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

• The right to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we have collected from you.
  
  
• In California, the right to know the categories of personal information we have collected about you; the categories of sources from which we collected personal information about you; our purposes for collecting or sharing personal information about you; the categories of personal information about you that we have either shared or disclosed for a business purpose; and the categories of third parties with which we have shared or disclosed for a business purpose personal information about you.
  
• The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you.
  
• The right to opt out of sales, including sharing of personal information for interest-based advertising.  Please note that if you opt out of certain practices, we may be unable to provide you with some services.  Additionally, we do not knowingly sell, share or process for interest-based advertising personal information of individuals under 18.
  
  
• The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the above privacy rights

While California law provides California residents with an opt-out opportunity related to sensitive personal information, we use and disclose sensitive personal information, as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act, only for purposes that do not require an opt-out opportunity under the law.  To exercise any of the above rights other than the "right to opt out", please contact us using the following information and submit the required verifying information, as further described below:

• By email consumerinfopf@cybercrs.net or
• By phone at 1-800-4PERDUE (473-7383).

Depending on your state, if you have submitted a request that you believe we have not fulfilled, you may contact us to appeal our decision by sending an email with the subject line “Appeal” to consumerinfopf@cybercrs.net.

Verification Process and Required Information. Note that we may need to request additional information from you to verify your identity or understand the scope of your request, although you will not be required to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled. We will require you to provide, at a minimum, your first name, last name, and email address and we may also need to ask for a mailing address and phone number.

Authorized Agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf by verifying your identity and providing signed, written permission to the authorized agent to make the request.  Alternatively, an authorizes agent with power of attorney can make a request for you.

Our Sites are not directed to minors and we do not knowingly collect PII from minors. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child or teen has provided us with PII, please contact us to have the PII deleted.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, you can contact us via email at consumerinfopf@cybercrs.net, by phone at 1-800-4PERDUE (473-7383), or by mail at Perdue, Salisbury Corporate Office, Attn. Legal Matters, P.O. Box 1537, Salisbury, MD 21802.