Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The following terms (“Terms of Use”) constitute an agreement between Sharon Palmer, RDN (“Sharon Palmer”), and you that governs your use of this website and all of its associated services, content, and functionality. This policy applies to the website administered by Sharon Palmer (“Website”), located at https://sharonpalmer.com/.

Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to, the following Terms of Use. Sharon Palmer reserves the right to modify, alter, amend or update its Website, policies and these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. If you do not agree with or do not accept any part of these Terms of Use, you must not use the Website.

PURCHASE POLICIES
On the Website, you may purchase products, such as books, products, and downloadable toolkits, meal plans, books, and workshops (“Products”).

REFUND POLICY
Refunds are not available for purchases of Products.

LICENSE FOR USE OF PRODUCTS
All Products for purchase on the Website were developed solely for your personal use and may not be reproduced for publication or for the personal or commercial use of others without permission.

PRIVACY POLICY

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

• Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: The Website may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. In addition, we may ask you to create a user profile, which would allow you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
• Information We Collect from Others: The Website may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
• Automatically-Collected Information: The Website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, The Website will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. The Website may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
• Cookies: The Website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. The Website may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
The Website may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain the Website;
• To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
• To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
• To respond to your comments or inquiries;
• To provide you with user support;
• To process payment for purchases you make through the Website;
• To track and measure advertising on the Website; or,
• To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Website may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

PayPal – The Website uses PayPal to host its ecommerce application. When orders are placed through the Website, PayPal will store information about the purchase, including your name, address, email address, IP address and location. This information is used for order fulfillment. You may automatically receive certain correspondence from us related to your order, but your purchase will not automatically add you to any marketing email lists. At no time is your banking information passed from PayPal to the Website. We receive only information used for order fulfillment.

Constant Contact – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, Sharon Palmer will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, Sharon Palmer may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, Sharon Palmer may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

ADVERTISING

Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies. No personally identifiable information is shared with the Website’s ad providers.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website. This means, after visiting the Website, you may see an ad for Sharon Palmer’s services. However, your personally identifiable information is not used by any remarketing service other than to present you offers from the Website. Sharon Palmer uses the following third-party service providers for remarketing:

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Sharon Palmer is an influencer in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels
This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, Sharon Palmer may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows Sharon Palmer to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at admin@sharonpalmer.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to admin@sharonpalmer.com.

Amend – You may contact us at admin@sharonpalmer.com to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you admin@sharonpalmer.com may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at and admin@sharonpalmer.com we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

AFFILIATE MARKETING
From time to time, the Website may engage in affiliate marketing. This means that if you use an affiliate link to make a purchase, the Website will receive a commission on that purchase. All efforts are made to ensure that affiliate links are disclosed in accordance with the FTC.

SHARON’S PROFESSIONAL DISCLOSURE
The content that appears on the Website is an expression of Sharon Palmer’s personal knowledge and experience as a registered dietitian nutritionist. Sharon Palmer does not allow the influence of organizations to alter her views on food and nutrition. However, as a small part of her work as a food and nutrition writer, she has accepted particular writing and communication projects in which she may write specific content in relationship to a food company or organization.

On these occasions, Sharon Palmer ensures that her assigned writing project is very clearly defined and that it does not affect the coverage of food and nutrition in other areas. For example, Sharon Palmer may accept a project to write a white paper on a particular food or nutrient that is limited in scope to that particular project. Or Sharon Palmer may provide consulting services to an organization to research and summarize the nutritional benefits of a particular food or nutrient.

On occasions, the Website will offer a giveaway and a sponsored post for products Sharon Palmer supports professionally. As a respected journalist, Sharon Palmer does not let these assignments interfere in unbiased coverage of food and nutrition. The Website discloses all relationships with food companies and organizations, as well as the specific posts which are sponsored. Sharon Palmer maintains the standards for FTC, regarding her professional standards pertaining to ethics.

Currently Sharon is offering her services as a nutrition and communications expert to Tomato Products Wellness Council, and Oldways.

DISCLAIMER
Sharon Palmer disclaims liability for incidental or consequential damages and assumes no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of use of the information provided on the Website. The Website assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of any information found on the Website.

CERTIFICATIONS
Sharon Palmar is a licensed registered dietitian. Nothing presented on the Website creates a professional-patient relationship between you and Sharon Palmer.

NUTRITION DISCLAIMER
All information provided regarding nutrition on the Website is intended to be used for informational purposes only. As stated above, Sharon Palmer is a registered dietitian; however, content related to nutrition is not medical advice nor is it intended to replace medical advice. The Website is not intended to diagnose, prescribe, or treat any disease, condition, illness, or injury. Before beginning any diet program, modifying your diet, or making changes to the diet of a child in your care, including following the nutrition information available on the Website, you should seek advice from a licensed professional.

We are not responsible for any liability, loss, or damage, caused or alleged caused, directly or indirectly, as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of nutrition information available on the Website.

The Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the statements contained in any information available on the Website. Individual results may vary.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
The Website was developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided on the Website. Sharon Palmer makes no representations, warranties or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. Sharon Palmer assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Website.

USE OF THE WEBSITE
Unless otherwise stated, Sharon Palmer owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download (for caching purposes only), and print pages for your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use.

The following uses are not permitted:

Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication;

Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from the Website;

Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes;

Modification of any content on this website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;

Redistribution of content of the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to the Website is included.

From time to time, the Website will utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of Sharon Palmer’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to Sharon Palmer.

You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impair the availability of access to the Website. You must not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Website, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit and/or other harmful code or malicious software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities, including, but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting on or in relation to the Website without Sharon Palmer’s express written permission.

You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications.

You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without Sharon Palmer’s express written permission.

COPYRIGHT
Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of the Website are copyrights owned by Sharon Palmer or third parties and are protected by United States and international copyright laws and should not be reused or republished without express written permission.

TRADEMARKS
Sharon Palmer’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Sharon Palmer’s, in any manner likely to cause confusion among consumers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Sharon Palmer or the Website.

From time to time, the Website will legally utilize trademarks owned by third parties related to Sharon Palmer’s Services. These trademarks are the respective property of their owners.

GRANT OF RIGHTS
You grant Sharon Palmer a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute any content you contribute to the Website. This includes, but is not limited to, text, images, audio material, comments, video material and audio-visual material. This license extends to all known and future media. You also grant Sharon Palmer the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

CONTENT CONTRIBUTED TO THE WEBSITE
Any content you contribute to the site, including, but not limited to text, images, audio material, comments, video material and audio-visual material, must not be illegal or unlawful, may not infringe on any third-party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or Sharon Palmer or a third party.
Sharon Palmer reserves the right to edit or remove: (i) any material submitted to the Website; (ii) stored on Sharon Palmer’s servers; or, (iii) hosted or published on the Website. Sharon Palmer takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

Notwithstanding Sharon Palmer’s rights under the Terms of Use, Sharon Palmer does not undertake to monitor the submission of all content to, or the publication of such content on, the Website.

TAKEDOWN REQUESTS
From time to time, the Website will publish posts with images from other third-party websites. Any such use is intended considered fair use under copyright laws and is fully attributed to the owner. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been used on the Website in a way that copyright infringement and falls outside of fair use, please send a request to admin@sharonpalmer.com and we will remove the image within 24 to 48 hours.

COMMUNICATION
If you send Sharon Palmer an email, register to use the Website or provide your email to Sharon Palmer in any other way, you consent to receive communications from Sharon Palmer electronically. You agree that all legal notices provided via electronic means from Sharon Palmer satisfy any requirement for written notice.

THIRD PARTIES
The Website contains links to third-party websites that are not governed or controlled by Sharon Palmer. You represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party website that relates to your use of the Website. Sharon Palmer assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless Sharon Palmer from any and all liability related to your use of a third-party website.

Prior to engaging in any events or commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked on the Website, you must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any events or commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked on the Website, you expressly hold Sharon Palmer harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.

NO WARRANTIES
The Website are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied. Sharon Palmer makes no representations or warranties in relation to the Website or the information and materials provided therein.

Sharon Palmer makes no warranty the Website will meet your requirements; will be available uninterrupted; timely and free of viruses or bugs; or represents the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the Website. Sharon Palmer is not responsible to you for the loss of any content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website. The Website is written in English and makes no warranty regarding translation or interpretation of content in any language.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SHARON PALMER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU, WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Sharon Palmer, its members, employees, officers, directors, managers and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, suits, actions, liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) which Sharon Palmer suffers as a result of third-party claims based on: (i) your negligence or intentional misconduct, (ii) your breach of any provision of the Terms of Use (including representation or warranty); (iii) materials prepared or provided by you including, but not limited to, any claims of infringement, or misappropriation of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right, infringement of the rights of privacy or publicity, or defamation or libel; or (iv) death, personal injury, or property damage arising out of, or relating to, your obligations hereunder.

ARBITRATION
The Terms of Use will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms of Use, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of any such arbitration shall be in or near Los Angeles County, California. The parties also agree that the AAA Optional Rules for Emergency Measures of Protection shall apply to the proceedings.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
If any provision(s) of the Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be severable and enforceable. If a provision is excessively broad, such a provision shall be limited or reduced in scope so as to be enforceable.

The Terms of Use may not be assigned by you without Sharon Palmer’s prior written consent, however, the Terms of Use may be assigned by Sharon Palmer in its sole discretion.

The Terms of Use are the final, complete and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the Website offered by Sharon Palmer.

All notices with respect to the Terms of Use must be in writing and may be via email to admin@sharonpalmer.com for Sharon Palmer and to your email address.

Privacy Policy Effective 11/17/18