Dart Container/Solo Cup Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 2017, Last Updated: July 2026

APPLICABILITY

This policy describes Dart Container’s/Solo Cup’s information collection and use practices on the places where it appears. It applies to information we collect from you when you interact with us through our website services that link to this policy.

NOTICE AT COLLECTION

WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM AND ABOUT YOU.

Dart collects the below categories of information. California law requires us to tell you if we share information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. Described below by category is the information we may collect and if we share it for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. To learn how to modify your cross-contextual advertising preferences view our Notice of Right to Opt-out of Sale/RightsSharing.  

Contact information. We collect your name and email address when provided by you. When provided, we also collect your physical address and phone number. We may also collect your company name. In some cases, we may share this information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

Payment information. If you make purchases with us we collect your customer number and billing address. We do not share this information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

Employment information. We collect resumes, education, and employment history from applicants and employees. We also collect certification credentials and driver’s license information. We collect bank account information from employees. We do not share this information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

Site usage information. We collect information about the browser you are using. We also collect information about the sites you came from and where you visit when you leave us. We may also collect your operating system and IP address. We also look at the areas of our site you visit and any actions you make. We also collect device identifiers. This might include your hardware model. In some cases, we may share this information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

We keep these categories of information as long as necessary or relevant for the purposes for which it was collected. We also keep information as required or permitted by law.

WE USE YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED.

We use your  information for the business and commercial purposes outlined here:

We use the information to respond to your requests or questions. We use your contact information to respond to your questions, including customer service requests. This includes questions about our products or your relationship with us. We use employment information to process your application.

We use the information to improve products and services. We use your site usage information to improve our sites, products, and services. We use your contact and site usage information to customize your experience with us.

We use the information for employment purposes. We use employment information to provide payroll and benefits. We also use it for performance management.

We use the information for security purposes. We may use all categories of information to protect our company and our customers. We may also use your site information to protect our sites.

We use the information for marketing purposes. We use your contact information to provide you with information about products and special promotions. We may also use your contact and site usage information to serve you with ads and offers. We do this when legally permitted.

We use the information to communicate with you about our relationship. We will use your contact information to contact you about this Privacy Policy or other terms. We will also use your contact information to correspond with you about your account.

We use the information to process orders. We may use contact and payment information to provide service to that order.

We use information as otherwise described and permitted by law

If you are in Europe: Our basis for processing your information is typically to perform a contract. The performance of a contract includes responding to your request. We also process information based on your consent or for our legitimate interest.

We may use service providers that offer artificial intelligence-enabled functionality to assist our personnel in performing business functions. These providers process information on our behalf under contractual obligations designed to protect the confidentiality and security of personal information.

More Information

For more information about our privacy practices, read the rest of our privacy policy, below. 

WE COLLECT INFORMATION IN A VARIETY OF WAYS

We collect information directly from you. We collect contact and payment information when you place an order. It could also be collected on our sites. We collect employment information when you apply for a job with us.

We collect information about you passively. We use tracking tools to collect site usage information from you passively. Tracking tools include browser cookies and web beacons. To learn more about cookies visit the FTC’s Online Tracking page. We may work with third parties to gather information on our platforms and elsewhere. This includes usage and browser information. We do this on our websites and in emails that we send to you. We collect information about users over time when you use our websites. 

We get information about you from third parties. We collect contact and site usage information from our business partners. This includes social media sites. We may also collect information from referrals or industry associations.

WE COMBINE INFORMATION

As permitted by law, we combine information that we have collected offline with information that we collect online. We combine information we have collected across other third-party sites. We combine information collected across devices, such as computers and mobile devices. We also combine information that we get from  third parties with information we already have.

WE MAY DISCLOSE INFORMATION

Below are situations when we may disclose your information. We also explain the categories of entities with whom we might disclose your information.

We disclose your information with vendors who perform services on our behalf. We may disclose your contact information with trusted vendors.  These include companies who help us deliver products or services to you. We disclose employment information with vendors who help administer benefit services or other human resource administration.

We may disclose your information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. We may share information with third parties in order to provide cross-contextual behavioral advertising. In the Notice at Collection (above) we outlined which categories of information are shared for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

We may disclose your information in order to comply with the law or to protect ourselves. We will transfer all categories of information to respond to a court or administrative order or subpoena. We may also disclose it if required by law or in response to a lawful request from a government agency or investigatory body requests. This includes  law enforcement or regulatory authorities.

We may disclose your information as part of a transfer with any successor to all or part of our business. If all or part of our business was sold, we may transfer information as part of that transaction. If there is a merger or acquisition, we may disclose your information to the related company. Where legally required, we will give you prior notice and if you have the legal right to do so, allow you to object.

We may disclose your information with our third party business partners. We may also jointly collect  information with third parties. This might include promotion partners.

Additional information for California, Nevada and Virginia residents. California, Nevada, and Virginia law require that we tell you if we sell personal information to a third party for monetary or (in California) other valuable consideration. We do not sell personal information for monetary or other valuable consideration. We also do not sell personal information of minors under the age of 16 for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information, as defined by California law, for inferring characteristics or for purposes other than those permitted by law.

We may disclose information for other reasons we may describe to you or as permitted by law.

YOU HAVE CERTAIN CHOICES AND MAY HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS

OUR COOKIE AND AD POLICY 

You can control cookies and tracking tools. Your browser may give you the ability to control cookies or other tracking tools. How you do so depends on the type of tool. Certain browsers can be set to reject browser cookies. If you block cookies, certain features on our sites may not work. If you block or reject cookies, not all of the tracking described here will stop. 

Cross-contextual behavioral advertising. To opt out of cross-contextual behavioral advertising, update your preferences through the Cookie Settings tool available on our websites. The Notice of Rights to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing below also describes how to manage your choices for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. Additionally, the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising provides consumers with the ability to manage certain choices online here and provides a tool for managing mobile choices here.

Our Do Not Track Policy: Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. We do not currently respond to those features.

Options you make are browser and device specific.

You can opt out of certain marketing. To stop receiving our marketing emails please email us at marketing@dart.biz or follow the instructions in any marketing email message you get from us.  If you opt out of marketing emails you will continue to receive emails from us about your relationship with us where permitted by law.

If you live in California or Virginia, or a jurisdiction with a similar law, you may have certain additional legal rights. You can exercise those rights by contacting us here if you are a consumer and here if you are an employee or job applicant. In the alternative, if you are in the United States, you can call us at 833-472-3278. Those rights are listed below:

  1. Access: to learn the categories of information we collect and use, and for those in California, the categories of sources of collection and disclosure and the business purpose for collection;
  2. Portability: a copy of (Virginia) or specific pieces of (California) personal information collected;
  3. Deletion: to have us delete information we collected from you;
  4. Correction: to ask us to fix your information; and
  5. Non-retaliation: to not be discriminated against for exercising a privacy right;

How it works. When you submit your request, we use information you provide to verify your request. We do this by matching the information you provide with information we already have about you. In some situations we may not be able to process your request. This may include if a legal exception applies. If you disagree with our decision you can contact us as described at the end of this policy.

Notice of Right to Opt-out of Sale/Sharing: You can opt out of the sharing of your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising by selecting “Reject All Optional Cookies” for cross-contextual behavioral advertising cookies. Some browsers also allow you to tell websites not to share your information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. We will respond to these signals in a frictionless manner. If you configure this setting on your browser, certain features on our site may not work and you will receive less targeted advertising. To learn how to configure this setting, view. Selections are browser and device specific.

We currently do not sell personal information. If you live in Nevada, Nevada residents may also opt out of the future sale of their information to a third party so that they may license or sell that information by emailing us at: hrconnect@dart.biz. 

Third party agents: If you are submitting a request on behalf of an eligible resident, we may ask for additional information to verify your identity and relationship to the resident. This may include providing proof that you are registered with the Secretary of State to act on someone’s behalf or proof of a power of attorney.

OUR SITES ARE NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN

Our sites are meant for adults. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or legal guardian and think your child under 13 has given us information, you can contact us at hrconnect@dart.biz. Please mark your inquiries “COPPA Information Request.”

Parents can learn more about how to protect children's privacy online here.

WE USE REASONABLE SECURITY MEASURES

We use reasonable security measures as required by relevant law. The Internet is not 100% secure. We cannot promise that your use of our sites will be completely safe. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet.

OUR PLATFORMS ARE BASED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Information we collect may be stored and processed in the United States. If you live outside of the United States, you understand and agree that we may transfer your information to the United States. The United States may not afford the same level of protection as the laws in your country. By submitting your information you agree to the processing of it in the US as permitted by law.  To the extent required, we may provide you with additional rights if you are based in the EU or UK. Those may include rights to access, deletion and correction. They may also include the following:

  1. The right to a “portable” copy of your information;
  2. The right to ask us to restrict how we process your information;
  3. The right to restrict profiling activities;
  4. The ability to object to having your information used for other purposes; and
  5. The right to direct complaints about our privacy practices to your local Data Protection Authority.

THIRD PARTY SITES AND SERVICES

We may link to third-party sites. Our sites may also include third party content that collects information for our use and, potentially, for use by the third parties. We do not control these third parties. This Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of that website. Please read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for the practices of these third-party sites.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have other questions about this Policy or our privacy practices please email us at hrconnect@dart.biz.  You can also call us at 833-472-3278 (US Only) or write to us at:

Dart Container Corporation

Attn: IT Compliance

500 Hogsback Road

Mason, Michigan 48854

If you are in the E.U. or the United Kingdom you may have certain additional legal rights. You can exercise those rights by contacting us here if you are a consumer and here if you are a former employee of Dart or Solo Cup in the UK.

WE MAY UPDATE THIS POLICY

From time to time we may change our privacy policy.  When we do, we will notify you of any material changes as required by law. We will also post an updated copy here. Please check periodically for updates.