Privacy Policy

Effective July 24, 2024

We respect and value your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and disclose information we collect from you through our website and services (the “Services”).  Georgetown Restaurant Corporation t/a Filomena Ristorante [and its subsidiaries and affiliates] (“Filomena” or “we”, “our”, “us”) owns and operates this website.  This Policy applies to the information we collect on this website and in our correspondence with you (text messages, email or other electronic means) as well as when you place an order by phone.

Please read this Policy carefully.  If you do not agree with any term in this Policy, please do not use our Services and refrain from providing any personal information to us.  Your use of the Services and your voluntarily providing personal information through the Services will constitute your acceptance of this Policy and your consent for us to process your information as disclosed here.

This Services is intended for those who are at least 18 years old.  Please do not provide any personal information to us if you are not yet 18 years old.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT

Personal Information or Personal Data means information that identifies, describes or is directly or indirectly related to an individual or a household, or that is reasonably capable of being associated with a particular individual.

We may collect, use, and retain the following types of Personal Information about you to help us respond to any questions you may have about our products and services, and to fulfill your order with us:  first name, last name, postal address, email address and telephone numbers.  We may collect technical information that may identify you, such as your internet protocol (IP) address and location information.  We may also collect our communications with you, including the contents and metadata of our communications with you by email, text message (SMS or MMS), telephone call and our communications with you by mail.

When you place an order with us, we will collect the order details and information about the fulfillment of the order.  You are required to provide payment information when you place an order.  Please note that your payment information, such as your credit card number, will be processed by our third party payment processors.  Filomena does not retain your payment information.

We also may collect, use, and store the following types of non-identifying information:

• Technical Data including the type of device used to connect to our website, browser type and version, operating system information, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technologies on the devices used to access our website.
• Usage Data including information about how our users use our Services.

2. SOURCES FROM WHICH WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Direct interactions with you. You may provide us with your personal information when you place an order of if you contact us through the website’s “Contact Us” feature. filling out forms or corresponding with us, through the Services, by mail, telephone, email correspondence or other means.
• Automated technologies or interactions. When you interact with our Services, we automatically collect Usage Data and Technical Data about your equipment, actions and browsing habits. We collect this data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
  • COOKIES are small text files placed on your device that uniquely identify your device and which a website can transfer to a user’s hard drive to keep records of his or her visits to a website. We, or third parties, may use cookies to streamline and enhance your user experience by recalling your use of the Internet and our Services, such as keep track of your shopping care. 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. Please note that if you reject cookies, you may still use our Services, but your ability to use some features or areas of the Services may be limited.
  • Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, on the Site. Google uses cookies, and the information generated by the cookie about the use of the Site by users is typically transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Google uses this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our Site, to compile reports on the activities on our Site and to provide us with other services related to the use of our Site. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data.
    If you do not want cookies to be stored by Google Analytics on your device, you can deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of your browser. You can delete stored cookies in the system settings of your browser at any time. In addition, you can disable the use of Google Analytics cookies by means of a browser add-on. You can download this add-on here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

3. PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will only use your personal information to the extent permitted by law, including in the following circumstances:

• Where it is necessary for a business or commercial purpose, such as to fulfill your order when you make a purchase from us.
• To provide you with information about our products and services that you request from us.
• To provide information about our products and services that may be of interest to you.
• To notify you of any changes to our products and/or our Services.
• To display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences.We do not share your personal information for targeted advertising purposes, but if you interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
• When we need to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• When it is necessary for us to exercise and enforce our rights or in defense of legal claims, including for billing and collection.
• For any other purpose for which you provided the information or with your consent.

4. Disclosure of your personal data

We may share your personal data with the parties mentioned below for the purposes above and other purposes as set forth in this section.

• Our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• Our service providers, contractors, and other third parties we engage to support our business.
• 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 Filomena’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Filomena about our users is among the assets transferred.
• To government agencies, law enforcement, or courts to comply with any order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Filomena, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

5. SECURITY

We take commercially reasonable, industry-standard measures to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.  Your Personal Information is contained behind secured networks and is protected during transmission by encryption technology.

Please keep in mind that no security measures can guarantee the complete safety of your Personal Information.  Whenever you give out information online there is a risk that third parties may intercept and use that information. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk.  You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose or share your personal or other information.

6. CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

You may choose to withdraw your consent and opt out of receiving any emails or newsletters from us.  To unsubscribe from our email list, please follow the link to unsubscribe that is included in the email; or you may contact us at [email protected] to exercise your right to opt out. We will respond to your request within a reasonable time after receiving your request.

To opt out of 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.  Please note that 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 (https://optout.networkadvertising.org).

7. SHINE THE LIGHT REQUESTS.

If you are a California resident, California law allows you to request that we tell you what categories of Personal Information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the previous twelve (12) months, and to whom we disclosed them.  If you are California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request via email to [Privacy Email] using the subject line “California Shine the Light Request.”

8. DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE.

Some internet browsers include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” signals.  We do not currently process or respond to “Do Not Track” signals.  To learn more about “Do Not Track,” please visit “All About Do Not Track” at www.allaboutdnt.com.

9. INFORMATION ABOUT MINORS

Our Services are not directed at minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.  We do not have actual knowledge that we have or are disclosing the Personal Information of those under the age of 16.  If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information, without your consent, then please contact us using the details below so that we can take steps to remove such information and terminate any account your child has created with us.

10. LINKS AND THIRD PARTY CONTENT

Occasionally, our Services may contain links to other websites, plug-ins, and applications, including websites of our partners or other third parties, which are not under our control. We provide these links on the Services for our users’ convenience only and do not endorse those sites, companies or their products or services. Those third parties’ terms of use, privacy policy, and cookies policy apply to how they collect and process personal information at those sites. You are responsible for reviewing and understanding these other sites’ policies and adhering to their terms and conditions.

11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

We regularly review our privacy policy and reserve the right to make changes to it without further notice to you as we may deem necessary or as may be required by law. The changes are effective when they are posted on this page. You should check this page from time to time to keep up to date on our most current policies and practices.

12. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about the Services or our Privacy Policy, please contact us by (1) sending us an email at [email protected], and use “Privacy Inquiry” in the subject; (2) calling us at 202-335-8806; or (3) sending us mail at our physical location at: 1063 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20007.