Privacy Policy

Meal Forward Privacy Policy

Updated January 1, 2026

Maintaining your trust is our top priority. We want to be clear and straight-forward in how we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to products and services offered by Meal Forward Inc. ("Meal Forward"), and the use of the website www.mealforward.org.

What Information We Collect on Our Website

Meal Forward may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and phone number through our website. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future. This information is used for the operations of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Meal Forward website.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Meal Forward collects and uses information you've provided to operate its business, and/or to deliver requested services. Meal Forward may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Meal Forward and its affiliates.

Meal Forward does not sell, rent, or lease its collected personal information to third parties.

Meal Forward may share data with partners to help perform necessary services requested by the users and customers (e.g., analysis, send email, provide customer support). All such partners are strictly prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Meal Forward. Our partners are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Meal Forward may post a list and/or testimonials of users, donors, beneficiaries, and restaurants on the website that contains information such as names, titles, and entities. Meal Forward may identify users, donors, beneficiaries, and restaurants by name or its affiliations, with or without the use of the customer/client's trademark, in general promotional materials without prior consent.

Meal Forward may receive orders, subpoenas, or other legal demands for disclosing personal information that has been collected. In such cases, Meal Forward may disclose your personal or organization's information without notice to comply with the legal process, protect and defend the rights or property of Meal Forward, and/or protect the physical safety of employees, volunteers, and partners of Meal Forward.

Security of Your Personal Information

Meal Forward website secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure through encryption, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

Children

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") requires that online service providers obtain parental consent before they knowingly collect personally identifiable information online from children who are under 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under 13; if you are a child under 13, please do not attempt to send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 may have provided us personal information, please contact us at legal@mealforward.org.

Corrections to Information

You may contact us in order to correct, amend, or delete contact information you provided through the Meal Forward website that is inaccurate. You may request such changes by sending an email to legal@mealforward.org.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Meal Forward may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will provide notice of such changes through a posting on the Meal Forward website.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy in connection with Meal Forward, please send us a detailed message at legal@mealforward.org. We will make efforts to resolve your concerns.

Effective Date: June 14, 2020