How We Handle Information.

1. Information We Collect

The information collected depends on how you interact with the Website.

Information You Provide

You may provide:

• Name
• Business or company name
• Job title
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Mailing or business address
• Product category
• Retail channel
• Supplier or manufacturer information
• Product or private label information
• The contents of your inquiry
• Documents or materials you voluntarily submit
• Meeting preferences
• Other information you choose to provide

Please do not submit sensitive personal information or confidential business information through a general contact form unless it is necessary and JBM has agreed to receive it.

Information Collected Automatically

When you access the Website, JBM or its website providers may automatically collect:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate geographic region
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Links selected
• Date and time of access
• Time spent on pages
• Website interactions
• Error and diagnostic information
• Cookie or similar technology identifiers

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics tools, security technologies, and similar systems.

Information From Other Sources

JBM may receive business contact information from:

• Affiliates
• Manufacturers
• Suppliers
• Retailers
• Trade shows
• Business partners
• Professional networking services
• Public business directories
• Publicly available sources
• People who refer or introduce you to JBM

This Policy applies to such information when JBM combines it with information collected through the Website.

2. How We Use Information

JBM may use information to:

• Operate and maintain the Website
• Respond to inquiries
• Communicate with visitors and business contacts
• Evaluate potential suppliers, products, manufacturers, retailers, or opportunities
• Arrange calls or meetings
• Evaluate private label opportunities
• Assess product sourcing or importing requests
• Provide requested information
• Maintain business records
• Improve Website content and performance
• Understand how visitors use the Website
• Protect the Website, JBM, and other parties
• Detect fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful conduct
• Enforce applicable terms and agreements
• Comply with laws and legal obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
• Support corporate transactions or organizational changes
• Send relevant business communications where permitted by law
• Carry out another purpose disclosed when information is collected

JBM may use aggregated or de-identified information for lawful business purposes, provided the information is not reasonably capable of identifying an individual.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, server logs, and similar technologies.

These technologies may help JBM:

• Operate Website functions
• Remember preferences
• Maintain security
• Measure Website traffic
• Understand visitor interactions
• Diagnose technical problems
• Improve Website performance

Cookies may be placed by JBM or by service providers supporting hosting, security, analytics, forms, video, maps, or other Website functions.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or a cookie-management tool made available on the Website.

Blocking cookies may affect Website functionality.

JBM will provide additional cookie choices or disclosures when required by applicable law.

4. Analytics

JBM may use third-party analytics services to understand Website traffic and usage.

Analytics providers may collect information such as:

• IP address
• Device and browser details
• Page views
• Referring pages
• Time spent on the Website
• Website interactions

JBM may use this information to maintain and improve the Website.

The privacy practices of an analytics provider may also be governed by that provider’s privacy policy.

5. How We Disclose Information

JBM may disclose information to the following categories of recipients.

Affiliates

Information may be shared among JBM’s affiliated companies, business operations, personnel, and leadership for purposes consistent with this Policy.

Service Providers

JBM may use third parties to provide:

• Website hosting
• Website development
• Contact-form processing
• Email services
• Analytics
• Cybersecurity
• Data storage
• Information technology support
• Professional consulting
• Legal or accounting services
• Business administration

These providers may access information as reasonably necessary to perform services for JBM.

Business and Commercial Parties

When reasonably necessary to evaluate or respond to an inquiry, JBM may share relevant information with:

• Manufacturers
• Suppliers
• Retailers
• Logistics providers
• Importing or customs-related providers
• Packaging providers
• Product-development partners
• Consultants
• Business representatives
• Other parties involved in a potential opportunity

JBM will disclose only the information it reasonably considers relevant to the applicable inquiry or opportunity.

Legal and Safety Disclosures

JBM may disclose information when it believes disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with law
• Respond to a subpoena, court order, or government request
• Cooperate with regulators or law enforcement
• Protect legal rights or property
• Investigate fraud or security concerns
• Protect the safety of a person
• Enforce an agreement
• Establish or defend a legal claim

Corporate Transactions

Information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with:

• A merger
• Acquisition
• Financing
• Reorganization
• Sale of assets
• Corporate restructuring
• Bankruptcy
• Transfer to an affiliated entity
• Due diligence concerning such a transaction

6. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

JBM does not currently sell personal information collected through the Website in exchange for money.

JBM also does not knowingly use information collected through the Website to profile individuals for decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.

Certain privacy laws may define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. If JBM introduces advertising technologies or practices that are treated as a sale or sharing under applicable law, JBM will provide the notices and choices required by that law.

Where legally required, JBM will process recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals.

7. Marketing Communications

JBM may send business or marketing communications when:

• You request information
• You submit an inquiry
• You have an existing business relationship with JBM
• You provide permission
• Applicable law otherwise permits the communication

You may opt out of promotional emails by using the unsubscribe method included in the message or by contacting JBM.

Opting out of promotional messages does not prevent JBM from sending necessary communications concerning an inquiry, transaction, meeting, legal notice, or existing business relationship.

8. Data Retention

JBM retains personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Evaluate business opportunities
• Maintain business and communication records
• Support an existing or potential relationship
• Meet contractual requirements
• Comply with legal obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce agreements
• Protect JBM’s legal rights
• Maintain security and prevent fraud

Retention periods may vary based on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, and applicable legal requirements.

JBM may delete information when it is no longer reasonably required.

9. Data Security

JBM uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission, email system, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should use caution when deciding what information to transmit electronically.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request that JBM:

• Confirm whether it processes your personal information
• Provide access to personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete certain information
• Provide a portable copy of certain information
• Identify categories of information collected
• Identify categories of recipients
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Opt you out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
• Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
• Review or appeal the denial of a privacy request

These rights are subject to legal limitations and exceptions.

JBM may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Verification may require confirming information associated with your prior interactions with JBM.

An authorized agent may submit a request where permitted by law. JBM may require evidence of the agent’s authority and may separately verify the requester’s identity.

JBM will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

Privacy requests may be submitted through the Contact page or contact form on the Website. Clearly label the request “Privacy Request” and describe the right you wish to exercise.

11. California Privacy Information

This section applies only to the extent JBM is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act or another applicable California privacy law.

California residents may have rights concerning:

• Access
• Correction
• Deletion
• Data portability
• Categories of personal information collected
• Sources of personal information
• Business or commercial purposes for collection
• Categories of third parties receiving information
• Opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information
• Limiting certain uses of sensitive personal information
• Freedom from unlawful discrimination

During the applicable reporting period, JBM may collect the following general categories of personal information:

• Identifiers
• Internet or electronic activity
• Professional or employment-related information
• Commercial or business inquiry information
• Approximate location information derived from an IP address
• Correspondence and submitted content
• Inferences drawn from Website activity or business inquiries

JBM collects and uses these categories for the purposes described in this Policy.

JBM does not knowingly sell personal information collected through the Website for monetary consideration.

JBM does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of individuals under 16 years old.

Applicable California requests may be submitted through the Website’s Contact page. JBM may request additional information to verify the request.

12. International Visitors

JBM is based in the United States.

If you access the Website from another country, your information may be collected, processed, stored, or transferred to the United States or another country where JBM or its service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you reside.

Where required, JBM will use an appropriate legal basis or transfer mechanism for processing or transferring personal information.

13. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for business and general audiences and is not directed to children under 13.

JBM does not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13.

If JBM learns that it has collected such information, it may take reasonable steps to delete it.

A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact JBM through the Website.

14. Third-Party Websites

The Website may link to websites or services operated by third parties.

JBM does not control those third parties and is not responsible for their privacy practices.

You should review the privacy policy of each third-party website you visit.

15. Do Not Track

Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting.

Because no uniform technical standard applies in every jurisdiction, the Website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals.

Where applicable law requires JBM to recognize a specific opt-out preference signal, JBM will take reasonable steps to process that signal as required.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

JBM may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:

• Changes to the Website
• New features
• Changes to data practices
• Legal or regulatory developments
• Operational changes

The updated Policy will be posted on the Website with a revised effective date.

Material changes may be communicated through an additional Website notice when appropriate or legally required.

17. Contact JBM

Questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the Contact page or contact form available on the JBM Website.

Please identify the message as a “Privacy Request” when contacting JBM about personal information.