GENERAL
___________________ (“Company” or “we” or “us”
or “our”) respects the privacy of its users (“user” or “you”) that use our
website located at ____________, including other media forms, media channels,
mobile website or mobile application related or connected thereto
(collectively, the “Website”). The following Company privacy policy (“Privacy
Policy”) is designed to inform you, as a user of the Website, about the types
of information that Company may gather about or collect from you in connection
with your use of the Website. It also is intended to explain the conditions
under which Company uses and discloses that information, and your rights in relation
to that information. Changes to this Privacy Policy are discussed at the end of
this document. Each time you use the Website, however, the current version of
this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time you use the Website you
should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the beginning of
this document) and review any changes since the last time you used the
Website.
The
Website is hosted in the United States of America and is subject to U.S. state
and federal law. If you are accessing our Website from other jurisdictions,
please be advised that you are transferring your personal information to us in
the United States, and by using our Website, you consent to that transfer and
use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You
also agree to abide by the applicable laws of applicable states and U.S.
federal law concerning your use of the Website and your agreements with us. Any
persons accessing our Website from any jurisdiction with laws or regulations
governing the use of the Internet, including personal data collection, use and
disclosure, different from those of the jurisdictions mentioned above may only
use the Website in a manner lawful in their jurisdiction. If your use of the
Website would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, please do not use the Website.
BY
USING OR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN
THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
GATHERING,
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF NON-PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Users
of the Website Generally
“Non-Personally-Identifying
Information” is information that, without the aid of additional information,
cannot be directly associated with a specific person. “Personally-Identifying
Information,” by contrast, is information such as a name or email address that,
without more, can be directly associated with a specific person. Like most
website operators, Company gathers from users of the Website
Non-Personally-Identifying Information of the sort that Web browsers, depending
on their settings, may make available. That information includes the user’s
Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type and the
locations of the websites the user views right before arriving at, while
navigating and immediately after leaving the Website. Although such information
is not Personally-Identifying Information, it may be possible for Company to
determine from an IP address a user’s Internet service provider and the
geographic location of the visitor’s point of connectivity as well as other statistical
usage data. Company analyzes Non-Personally-Identifying Information
gathered from users of the Website to help Company better understand how the
Website is being used. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, Company is
able to better design the Website to improve users’ experiences, both in terms
of content and ease of use. From time to time, Company may also release the
Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from Website users in the
aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the
Website.
Web
Cookies
A “Web Cookie” is a
string of information which assigns you a unique identification that a website
stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the
website each time the user submits a query to the website. We use cookies on
the Website to keep track of services you have used, to record registration
information regarding your login name and password, to record your user
preferences, to keep you logged into the Website and to facilitate purchase
procedures. Company also uses Web Cookies to track the pages that users visit
during each Website session, both to help Company improve users’ experiences
and to help Company understand how the Website is being used. As with other
Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the Website,
Company analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using
Web Cookies, so as to help Company, its partners and others better understand
how the Website is being used. COMPANY USERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE WEB
COOKIES PLACED ON THEIR COMPUTERS SHOULD SET THEIR BROWSERS TO REFUSE WEB
COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN
FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF WEB COOKIES.
WEBSITE USERS WHO REFUSE WEB COOKIES ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
Third-Party
Advertisers
We may use
third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website.
These companies may use information (not including any Personally-Identifying
Information) about your visits to the Website and other websites that are
contained in Web Cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and
services of interest to you. Using a tool created by the Network
Advertising Initiative, you
can opt
out of several third-party
ad servers’ and networks’ Web Cookies simultaneously. If you would like more
information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this
information used by these companies, please follow the following links: http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/, or http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. Please contact us if you would like to know the identity of the third-party
advertising companies we are currently using to serve ads.
We may allow advertisers to choose the
characteristics of users who will see their advertisements, and we may use any
of the Non-Personally Identifying Information we have collected (including
information you may have decided not to show to other users, such as your birth
year or other sensitive personal information or preferences) to select the
appropriate audience for those advertisements. We do not identify you to the
advertiser.
Web
Beacons
A “Web Beacon” is
an object that is embedded in a web page or email that is usually invisible to
the user and allows website operators to check whether a user has viewed a
particular web page or an email. Company may use Web Beacons on the Website and
in emails to count users who have visited particular pages, viewed emails and
to deliver co-branded services. Web Beacons are not used to access users’
Personally-Identifying Information. They are a technique Company may use to
compile aggregated statistics about Website usage. Web Beacons collect only a
limited set of information, including a Web Cookie number, time and date of a
page or email view and a description of the page or email on which the Web
Beacon resides. You may not decline Web Beacons. However, they can be rendered
ineffective by declining all Web Cookies or modifying your browser setting to
notify you each time a Web Cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or
decline Web Cookies on an individual basis.
Analytics
We may use third-party
vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google
Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie)
together to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past activity on the
Website, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising. The information
collected may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine
the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. If you
do not want any information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you
can install an opt-out in your web browser
(https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/) and/or opt out from Google
Analytics for Display Advertising or the Google Display Network by using Google’s
Ads Settings (www.google.com/settings/ads).
Aggregated and
Non-Personally-Identifying Information
We may share aggregated and Non-Personally Identifying Information
we collect under any of the above circumstances. We may also share it with
third parties and our affiliate companies to develop and deliver targeted
advertising on the Website and on websites of third parties. We may combine
Non-Personally Identifying Information we collect with additional
Non-Personally Identifying Information collected from other sources. We also
may share aggregated information with third parties, including advisors,
advertisers and investors, for the purpose of conducting general business
analysis. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors to the
Website and the most popular features or services accessed. This information
does not contain any Personally-Identifying Information and may be used to
develop website content and services that we hope you and other users will find
of interest and to target content and advertising.
Mobile
Device Additional Terms
• Mobile
Device. If you use a mobile device
to access the Website or download any of our applications, we may collect
device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer),
operating system, version information and IP address.
• Geo-Location
Information. Unless we have
received your prior consent, we do not access or track any location-based
information from your mobile device at any time while downloading or using our mobile
application or our services, except that it may be possible for Company to determine
from an IP address the geographic location of your point of connectivity, in
which case we may gather and use such general location data.
• Push
Notifications. We send you push
notifications if you choose to receive them, letting you know when someone has
sent you a message or for other service-related matters. If you wish to opt-out
from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your
device’s settings.
• Mobile
Analytics. We use mobile analytics
software to allow us to better understand the functionality of our mobile
software on your phone. This software may record information, such as how often
you use the application, the events that occur within the application,
aggregated usage, performance data and where the application was downloaded
from. We do not link the information we store within the analytics software to
any Personally-Identifying Information you submit within the mobile
application.
SOCIAL
MEDIA
We may provide you the option
to connect your account on the Website to your account on some social
networking sites for the purpose of logging in, uploading information or
enabling certain features on the Website. When logging in using your social
network credentials, we may collect the Personally-Identifying Information you
have made publicly available on the social networking site, such as your name,
profile picture, cover photo, username, gender, friends network, age range,
locale, friend list and any other information you have made public. Once
connected, other users may also be able to see information about your social
network, such as the size of your network and your friends, including common
friends. By connecting your account on the Website to your account on any
social networking site, you hereby consent to the continuous release of
information about you to us. We will not send any of your account information
to the connected social networking site without first disclosing that to you.
Each social network may further allow you to set privacy controls around your
information on their system, and our collection of information will always
follow such controls and permissions. This feature is subject to continuous
change and improvement by us and each social networking site involved, and
therefore the available features and shared information are subject to change
without notice to you.
We may use hyperlinks on the
Website which will redirect you to a social network if you click on the
respective link. However, when you click on a social plug-in, such as Facebook’s
“Like” button, Twitter’s “tweet” button or the Google+, that particular social network’s
plugin will be activated and your browser will directly connect to that
provider’s servers. If you do not use these buttons none, of your data will be
sent to the respective social network’s plugin provider. So for example, when
you click on the Facebook’s “Like” button on the Website, Facebook will receive
your IP address, the browser version and screen resolution, and the operating
system of the device you have used to access the Website. Settings regarding
privacy protection can be found on the websites of these social networks and
are not within our control.
COLLECTION,
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Website
Registration
As defined above,
Personally-Identifying Information is information that can be directly
associated with a specific person. Company may collect a range of
Personally-Identifying Information from and about Website users. Much of the
Personally-Identifying Information collected by Company about users is
information provided by users themselves when (1) registering for our service,
(2) logging in with social network credentials, (3) participating in polls,
contests, surveys or other features of our service, or responding to offers or
advertisements, (4) communicating with us, (5) creating a public profile or (6)
signing up to receive newsletters. That information may include each user’s
name, address, email address and telephone number, and, if you transact
business with us, financial information such as your payment method (valid
credit card number, type, expiration date or other financial information). We
also may request information about your interests and activities, your gender,
age, date of birth, username, hometown and other demographic or relevant
information as determined by Company from time to time. Users of the Website
are under no obligation to provide Company with Personally-Identifying
Information of any kind, with the caveat that a user’s refusal to do so may
prevent the user from using certain Website features.
BY REGISTERING WITH
OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS “COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION” SECTION.
Online Postings
Certain
Personally-Identifying Information collected from users may be disclosed as a
matter of course as a result of your use of the Website. We may provide areas
on the Website where you can post reviews and other information relating to your
activities on the Website. Such postings are governed by our Terms of Use.
In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are
executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily
disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information
will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For
example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages.
We cannot control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the
information you voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion
and caution with respect to your personal information. USERS ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY LOSS OF PRIVACY OR OTHER HARM RESULTING FROM THEIR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE
OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
Company
Communications
We may occasionally
use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services
offered by the Website that we think you may find valuable. We may also send
you service-related announcements from time to time through the general
operation of the service. Generally, you may opt out of such emails at the time
of registration or through your account settings, though we reserve the right
to send you notices about your account, such as service announcements and
administrative messages, even if you opt out of all voluntary email
notifications.
Company Disclosures
Company
will disclose Personally-Identifying Information under the following
circumstances:
• By Law or to Protect Rights. When we believe disclosure is appropriate, we may disclose
Personally-Identifying Information in connection with efforts to investigate,
prevent or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or
other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of Company,
our users, our employees or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate
with law enforcement; to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements or
policies, in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court
order or a request for cooperation from a law enforcement or other government
agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal
claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive
any legal objection or right available to us.
• Marketing Communications. Unless users opt-out from receiving Company marketing materials
upon registration, Company may email users about products and services that
Company believes may be of interest to them. If you wish to opt-out of
receiving marketing materials from Company, you may do so by following the
unsubscribe link in the email communications, by going to your account settings
(if applicable) or contacting us using the contact information below.
• Third-Party Marketing
Communications. Unless users opt-out from
receiving marketing materials upon registration, Company may provide users’
email information to third parties, so that those third parties may directly
contact them about additional products and services. To cease having your email
information provided to third parties, you may do so by going to your account
settings (if applicable) or contacting us using the contact information below.
Even after opting-out, you may continue to receive marketing emails from third
parties to whom Company already has provided your email information. You will
be responsible for directly contacting such third parties to request cessation
of further marketing emails.
• Third-Party Service
Providers. We may share your
Personally-Identifying Information, which may include your name and contact
information (including email address) with our authorized service providers
that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include
fulfilling orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance,
performing business and sales analysis, supporting the Website’s functionality
and supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered
through the Website. We may also share your name, contact information and
credit card information with our authorized service providers who process credit
card payments. These service providers may have access to personal information
needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such
information for any other purpose.
• Business Transfers;
Bankruptcy. Company reserves the right
to transfer all Personally-Identifying Information in its possession to a
successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or
other sale of all or a portion of Company’s assets. Other than to the extent ordered
by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred
Personally-Identifying Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or
to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of that new privacy policy and
are given an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it. Personally-Identifying
Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however, may be subject to
a new privacy policy adopted by the successor organization.
Changing
Personally-Identifying Information; Account Termination
You may at any time review or change your Personally-Identifying
Information by going to your account settings (if applicable) or contacting us
using the contact information below. Upon your request, we will deactivate or
delete your account and contact information from our active databases. Such
information will be deactivated or deleted as soon as practicable based on your
account activity and accordance with our deactivation policy and applicable
law. To make this request, either go to your account settings (if applicable) or
contact us as provided below. We will retain in our files some Personally-Identifying
Information to prevent fraud, to troubleshoot problems, to assist with any
investigations, to enforce our Terms of Use and to comply with legal
requirements as is permitted by law. Therefore, you should not expect that all
your Personally-Identifying Information will be completely removed from our
databases in response to your requests. Additionally, we keep a history of changed information to investigate suspected fraud
with your account.
General
Use
Company uses the
Personally-Identifying Information in the file we maintain about you, and other
information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Website (1) to
deliver the products and services that you have requested; (2) to manage your
account and provide you with customer support; (3) to communicate with you by
email, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about products or services
that may be of interest to you either from us, our affiliate companies or other
third parties; (4) to develop and display content and advertising tailored to
your interests on the Website and other sites; (5) to resolve disputes and troubleshoot
problems; (6) to measure consumer interest in our services; (7) to inform you
of updates; (8) to customize your experience; (9) to detect and protect us
against error, fraud and other criminal activity; (10) to enforce our Terms of
Use; and (11) to do as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At
times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems. In particular,
we may examine your Personally-Identifying Information to identify users using
multiple user IDs or aliases. We may compare and review your Personally-Identifying
Information for accuracy and to detect errors and omissions. We may use
financial information or payment method to process payment for any purchases
made on the Website, enroll you in the discount, rebate, and other programs in
which you elect to participate, to protect against or identify possible
fraudulent transactions and otherwise as needed to manage our business.
COLLECTION
AND USE OF INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES GENERALLY
Company
contractually prohibits its contractors, affiliates, vendors and suppliers from
disclosing Personally-Identifying Information received from Company, other than
in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, third parties are under no
obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy with respect to
Personally-Identifying Information that users provide directly to those third
parties, or that those third parties collect for themselves. These third
parties include advertisers, providers of games, utilities, widgets and a
variety of other third-party applications accessible through the Website. Company
neither owns nor controls the third-party websites and applications accessible
through the Website. Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information
provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before visiting
a third party, or using a third-party application, whether by means of a link
on the Website, directly through the Website or otherwise, and before providing
any Personally-Identifying Information to any such third party, users should
inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third
party responsible for that website or application, and should take those steps
necessary to, in those users’ discretion, protect their privacy.
SECURITY
We take the security
of your Personally-Identifying Information seriously and use reasonable electronic,
personnel and physical measures to protect it from loss, theft, alteration or
misuse. However, please be advised that even the best security measures
cannot fully eliminate all risks. We cannot guarantee that only authorized
persons will view your information. We are not responsible for third-party
circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures.
We are dedicated to
protect all information on the Website as is necessary. However, you are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Personally-Identifying
Information by keeping your password confidential. You should change your
password immediately if you believe someone has gained unauthorized access to
it or your account. If you lose control of your account, you should notify us
immediately.
PRIVACY
POLICY CHANGES
Company
may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any
and all changes to Company’s Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page and
the date new versions are posted will be stated at the top of this Privacy
Policy. Unless stated otherwise, our
current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and
your account. Users should
regularly check this page for any changes to this Privacy Policy. Company will
always post new versions of the Privacy Policy on the Website. However, Company
may, as determined in its discretion, decide to notify users of changes made to
this Privacy Policy via email or otherwise. Accordingly, it is important that
users always maintain and update their contact information.
CHILDREN
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA")
protects the online privacy of children under 13 years of age. We do not
knowingly collect or maintain Personally-Identifying Information from anyone
under the age of 13, unless or except as permitted by law. Any person who
provides Personally-Identifying Information through the Website represents to
us that he or she is 13 years of age or older. If we learn that Personally-Identifying
Information has been collected from a user under 13 years of age on or through
the Website, then we will take the appropriate steps to cause this information
to be deleted. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 who
has become a member of the Website or has otherwise transferred Personally-Identifying
Information to the Website, please contact Company using our contact
information below to have that
child's account terminated and information deleted.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about the Personally-Identifying Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of the Personally-Identifying Information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared Personally-Identifying Information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to our privacy officer as listed below.
DO-NOT-TRACK
POLICY
Most web browsers and some mobile operating
systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to
signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing
activities monitored and collected. Because there is not yet a common
understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, the Website currently does
not respond to DNT browser signals or mechanisms.
CONTACT
If you have any
questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer at:
___________________
Attn: Privacy Officer
___________________
___________________, ___________________
___________________
Email: ___________________
Phone: ___________________
Fax: ___________________
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