Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy

Last modified: July 1, 2023

Western Growers Family of Companies, including Western Growers and its affiliates (collectively “Western Growers”), welcome you to our website. Western Growers respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Website Privacy Policy (“Policy”).

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, www.wga.com (“Website“) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

• Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
• Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

If you are an applicant, candidate or employee looking for information about how we collect and use personal information, including sensitive personal information, please review our Notice at Collection.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see below Changes to Our Privacy Policy); your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including information:

• By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, or telephone number (“personal information”); and/or
• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
• From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our website may include:

• Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website. This includes information provided when you request further services or apply for an available position(s) within the Western Growers Family of Companies. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our website.
• Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
• Your search queries on the website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to our website, including the date and time of your visit, the pages you visit, the amount of time you spend on each page, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalized service; for example, it enables us to:

• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our website according to your individual interests.
• Speed up your searches.
• Recognize you when you return to our website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
• Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see below  Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
• Web Beacons. Pages of our website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or for other related website statistics, such as recording the popularity of certain website content or verifying system and server integrity.

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie automatically collected information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.

To change your cookie preferences, access the Cookie Declaration page on the lower right of the website and click on “Do Not Sell My Information” to reach the Privacy Preference Center.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see below Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

• To present our website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To notify you about changes to our website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Western Growers’ assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Western Growers about our website users is among the assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our  terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Western Growers, our customers, or others.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to [email protected]. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see below Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

Links

This Website may contain links to other websites that may be of interest to its users. By using this Website, you acknowledge that any linked or referenced third-party sites are maintained by persons or organizations over which Western Growers exercises no control. Western Growers is not responsible for the content, the accuracy of the information, or the quality of products or services provided by these third-party sites. Unless expressly stated, Western Growers does not control, endorse, promote, or have any affiliation with any other website, and does not control or manage the privacy practices of any third-party websites.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by logging into HealthView and visiting your account profile page. Applicants, candidates and employees may review personal information provided to Western Growers for the purpose of applying for open positions by logging into their Jobvite account. Please visit https://www.employinc.com/privacy-notice-services/ to view Jobvite’s privacy policy.

You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see below Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

Children

Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this website or through any of its features, register on the website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us by email at [email protected].

California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see below Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

Do Not Track

“Do not track” is a privacy preference that you can set in your Internet search browser that sends a signal to a website that you do not want the website operator to track certain browsing information about you. However, because the Website is not configured to detect Do Not Track signals from a user’s computer, we are unable to respond to Do Not Track requests.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) website at www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits California residents who use our website to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected], call us at 877-942-4529 or write us at: Western Growers, 6501 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618.

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any personal information will be encrypted.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. California applicants, candidates and employees can find out more about how Western Growers collects and uses your personal information by viewing our Western Growers Family of Companies Notice at Collection for California Applicants, Candidates and Employees

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

By accessing the Website, you are indicating your agreement to the Policy. Western Growers reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time, without notice. Such changes will be incorporated into this document and posted on the Website and will become effective as soon as they are posted. The date the Policy  was last revised is identified at the top of the page. The current version of the Policy supersedes any prior versions. As a Website user you are responsible for periodically visiting the Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

Accuracy of Contents

Western Growers endeavors to keep the materials on its website up to date but does not assume responsibility for any errors or omissions in these materials. Western Growers may make changes to the materials included and products or services described on the website at any time without notice but makes no commitment to update the information contained herein.

Governing Law

The Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of California, without regard to its conflict of laws principals. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of the Policy will lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within California. If any provision of this Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Policy, which will remain in full force and effect.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WESTERN GROWERS HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR EXPENSES THAT MAY OCCUR WHILE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THESE WEBSITES; OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; OR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE BREACH OF THE POLICY, HOWEVER OCCASIONED.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Western Growers
6501 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92618
[email protected]
877-942-4529