Privacy Policy
Litchfield Eats Text Club · Effective November 10, 2026
The Litchfield Eats Text Club is a service of Rieffer Media, a sole proprietorship owned by Edward Gene Rieffer, of Litchfield, Illinois. This policy says what information the Text Club collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. It's written plain on purpose.
1. What we collect
- Member (diner) information — when you join the club, we collect your first name, cell phone number, ZIP code, and the food interests you pick on the join form. If you join by texting EATS to (833) 845-3995, we collect the phone number you texted from.
- Restaurant information — when a restaurant signs up for a listing, we collect the restaurant's name, the contact person's name, cell phone number, email address, town, ZIP code, and the kind of food it serves.
- Texting records — records of your opt-in, the messages we send, and any STOP or HELP replies, so we can honor your choices and show we had permission to text you.
- Payment details for restaurants — handled by Stripe, our payment processor. We do not store full card numbers on our systems; Stripe processes and stores them.
- Basic technical information — what's needed to run and secure the website, such as error records.
2. How we use it
- To run the Text Club — sending members the daily specials and deals from local restaurants, matched to their ZIP code.
- To run restaurant listings — listing participating restaurants and sending their specials on their behalf.
- To honor opt-outs and keep records of consent.
- To answer you when you contact us, and to keep the service secure and working.
We use your information only to run the Text Club — nothing else.
3. Texting and your phone number
Your phone number and your texting consent are never sold, and are never shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes. Restaurants in the club never receive members' phone numbers — we send the texts on their behalf, and the list stays with us. We use your number only to send the club's specials texts described in our Terms of Service. Reply STOP to opt out at any time; reply HELP for help.
4. When we share information
We share information only as needed to run the service:
- Service providers — companies that process data for us, such as Twilio (text messaging) and Cloudflare (hosting). They may use the information only to provide their service to us — not for their own marketing.
- Legal requirements — if the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of our members and restaurants.
We do not sell personal information. We do not share it for anyone else's marketing.
5. Keeping and protecting information
We keep member, restaurant, and consent records while the club is active and for a reasonable time afterward (for example, for consent and billing records). We use reasonable safeguards and access controls, but no system is perfectly secure, and we can't guarantee absolute security.
6. Your choices
- Reply STOP to any of our texts to stop text messages — it takes effect right away and is final unless you join again.
- Email us at contact@rieffermedia.com to ask what information we have about you, to correct it, or to ask us to delete it. We'll respond within a reasonable time. Some records (such as opt-out and consent records) may be kept so we can prove we honored your choices and the law.
7. Children
The Text Club is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from children under 13.
8. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll post the new version on this page and update the date at the top.
9. Contact
Privacy questions: contact@rieffermedia.com.