Privacy Statement / Terms of Use

Hormel Health Labs Web Site Privacy Policy

This Web site is owned and operated by Hormel Foods Corporation. As a visitor to our Web site, we recognize that you may be concerned about any uses that we may make of the information that you may provide to us or that we may be collecting about you. To address your concerns, we have developed this Privacy Policy which is intended to inform you of the guidelines that we follow in this sensitive area. Of course, it may be necessary for us to update our Policy as changes are made in and to our Web site. Therefore, we recommend that you check the Policy from time to time.

Currently, we count visitors to our Web site in order to gauge the traffic to our site. Our software informs us whether a visitor is new to our site or has previously visited our site. Our software does not collect any personal information about our visitors, provide any means for our visitors to contact us or extract any information from our visitors' computers for us. The information that we collect is used only to identify the features of interest to our visitors.

We do not collect from our Web site visitors information that personally identifies them unless they provide the information to us voluntarily and knowingly. We do not require that our visitors register with our site or that they provide us with personal information in order for them to view our site

If you are interested in ordering from our SPAM luncheon meat online catalog, you may do so at: www.spam.com. In order for us to fill your order, we will require your name and address. This information will not be used for any other internal purposes and it will not be provided to anyone else.

Contacting Hormel Health Labs

If you have any questions about the Hormel Foods Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Hormel Foods Corporation
1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN 55912-3680
Attention: Legal Department

Alternatively, you may call us at 1-800-523-4635, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

We would be happy to answer your questions and to address your concerns.

Hormel Health Labs Internet Terms of Use (Last Revised June 2001)

YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

1. Ownership. Hormel Foods Corporation ("Hormel Foods") owns all of the material in this site. The material in this site is provided by Hormel Foods solely for the purpose of providing you with information about Hormel Foods. This material may include unintentional errors or inaccuracies and may be updated and/or corrected at any time.

2. Use. Except as otherwise expressly provided on this site, you may download one copy of the material for your own personal, noncommercial use on your own personal home computer. You may not copy or make any changes to downloaded materials. Downloaded materials remain the property of Hormel Foods. Except as provided above, you may not copy, distribute, or publish materials from this site without Hormel Foods' prior written consent. This site has been designed to comply with United States law. Hormel Foods does not represent that the content of this site is appropriate for locations outside the United States. If you access this site from locations outside the United States, you are responsible for complying with all applicable local laws.

3. Communications. Hormel Foods welcomes your remarks, suggestions and ideas ("Communications"). All Communications made to Hormel Foods through this site shall become Hormel Foods' property and may be used by Hormel Foods for any purpose at any time, including Hormel Foods' commercial gain. You will not be compensated for Hormel Foods' use of any Communications. Hormel Foods may publish any Communications to any third parties. You are responsible for the legality and appropriateness of all Communications that you submit through this site.

4. Disclaimer. Although Hormel Foods strives to ensure that the content of this site is updated and correct, Hormel Foods makes no warranties as to its accuracy. ALL MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Hormel Foods does not warrant that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

5. Limitation on Liability. Hormel Foods and its affiliates and content providers are not responsible or liable to any person or entity for any direct or indirect loss, damage (whether actual, consequential, punitive, special or otherwise), or injury of any kind based upon or resulting from your use of or your inability to use this site, or from any information provided in this site. If you are in any way dissatisfied with this site or any of these Terms of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this site.

6. Links. Links on Hormel Foods web sites may take you to sites outside of the Hormel Foods web sites. Hormel Foods does not endorse any such linked third party web sites and is not responsible for the content of any third party web sites. Your linking to third party web sites is at your own risk.

7. Trademark Information. The following trademarks used or which are planned to be used in this site, whether registered or unregistered, are owned or licensed by Hormel Foods or its affiliates: 206; CLIFFDALE FARMS™; FIBERBASICS™; GLUTASORB™; GREAT NOG; GREAT SHAKE™; HERB-OX®; HI PROCAL™; HORMEL SOLUTIONS™; L-EMENTAL™; MAGIC CUP™; MED-PASS®; MENU MAGIC®; MIGHTY SHAKES™; MULTIMIX™; PLUS-2®; PRO PEPTIDE™; SIN FREE™; SUGARCARE™; THICK & EASY®; THICKEN RIGHT™; SUPER COFFEE.

8. Disputes. If you have concerns about our site, we encourage you to contact us. You agree to bring any claims against Hormel Foods exclusively in the state or federal courts of Minnesota. Our agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles. If any of the term(s) in these Terms of Use are unlawful or unenforceable, such term(s) shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms.

9. Modifications to Terms of Use. Hormel Foods reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time. Updated versions of the Terms of Use will appear in this site and are effective immediately. Continued use of this site after any such changes constitutes your consent to such changes.