Web Site Privacy Policy Form
I. Collection of Information.
A. Survey Information. The Network collects information from individuals when
such individuals voluntarily complete product Network surveys, order forms, surveys, or
otherwise send an email through the Network's referral TYPE technology or submit
information via an online forms which may or may not be accompanied by a pre-checked
or non pre-checked checkbox indicating that such individuals consent to receiving
marketing communications from the Network, or a Network (a Co-registration ”), or
registration pages either online or offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order
forms, or registration pages operated by third parties (each, a Survey ). (As used herein,
online means using the Internet, including the websites and related technologies, and
offline means by methods other than online, including in person, via postal mail,
telephones, and other similar means.) In the Surveys, the Network or a third party may
ask individuals to provide various information to the Network, which may include their
name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers, birth date, gender,
salary range, education level, marital status, occupation, employment information,
personal and online interests, and such other information as may be requested from time
to time (collectively, Survey Information ). Completing the Surveys is completely
voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to the
Network or any third party, but individuals may receive incentives from the Network or a
third party in exchange for providing Survey Information to the Network.
B. Other Information. Other occasions when the Network obtains information from
individuals include when such individuals (i) make a claim for a prize or seek to redeem
an incentive offered by the Network or a third party, (ii) request assistance through the
Network's customer service department, and (iii) voluntarily subscribe to a Network
service or newsletter (collectively, Other Information ).
II. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Information Collected Using Technology. The Network
may use cookie technology to associate certain Internet-related information about individuals
with information about such individuals in our database. Additionally, the Network may use
other new and evolving sources of information in the future (together, Technology Information ).
A. Cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of the
individual's computer that allows Network to identify the individual with his or her
corresponding data that resides in the Network's database. You may read more about
cookies at http://www.cookiecentral.com/.
B. Web Beacons. Web beacons are graphic images, often transparent and no larger
than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that are placed on a Web site or in an e-mail. Web beacons are
used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the Web site or opening the e-mail.
When the HTML code for the Web beacon points to a site to retrieve the image, it
simultaneously can pass along information such as the IP address of the computer that
retrieved the image, the time the Web beacon was viewed and for how long, the type of
browser that retrieved the image and previously set cookie values. The Network, or third
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parties acting on the Network's behalf, may utilize Web beacons on Web pages or in
email for any legally permissible purpose.
C. General Behavior Tracking. The Network may track online behaviors
( Behaviors ) through its own technologies, including its desktop software products, in
order to increase the effectiveness of the advertisements it delivers. Examples of such
Behaviors may include advertisement responses, websites that individuals visit, and
products that individuals purchase. Individuals can prevent the tracking of Behaviors by
globally unsubscribing from the Network's marketing materials. As described in Section
II-A, the Network reserves the right to use such technologies for any purpose permitted
by law.
D. Information Automatically Collected. For site maintenance, optimization,
security and other legally permissible purposes, the Network's servers (or third party
servers) may collect certain information about website visitors automatically. Such
information may include such visitors' IP address, browser type, date, time and duration
of visit and particular pages viewed, and such other information as is permitted by law.
E. New Technology. The use of technology on the Internet is rapidly evolving, as is
the Network's use of new technology. As previously stated, the Network reserves the
right to change this policy at any time without any additional notice to the user. As a
result, the Network strongly encourages individuals to revisit this privacy policy from
time to time for any updates regarding its use of technology. Use of any of the Network
websites constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of the Network's Privacy Policy
and the Network's right to modify such Privacy Policy without additional notice.
F. Outside Information. The Network may receive Outside Information about
individuals. For purposes hereof, Outside Information shall include : (i) any non-
personally identifiable information received about individuals from a third party or from
other sources of information outside of the Network including information located in
public databases; provided however, that “Outside Information” shall not include any
information which allows the Network to directly or indirectly personally identify any
end user, and (ii) any information received in connection with any merger, acquisition,
reorganization, change in capital structure, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
any Network division or website databases ( Outside Information).
G. Individual Information. As used herein, Individual Information means Survey
Information, Other Information, Technology Information, and Outside Information, and
any other information the Network gathers or receives about individuals.
H. No Information Collected from Children. The Network will never knowingly
or intentionally collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. If the
Network obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child
under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from its database.
Because it does not knowingly or intentionally collect such information, to the best of the
Network's knowledge and belief, the Network has no such information to use or to
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disclose to a third party. The Network has designed this policy in order to comply with
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
I. Credit Card Information. The Network may in certain cases collect credit card
numbers and related information, such as the expiration date of the card ( Credit Card
Information ) when an individual places an order from the Network. When the Credit
Card Information is submitted to the Network, such information is encrypted and is
protected with SSL encryption software. The Network will use the Credit Card
Information for purposes of processing and completing the purchase transaction, and the
Credit Card Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete
the purchase transaction.
II. Use of Individual Information.
A. Discretion to Use Information. THE NETWORK MAY USE INDIVIDUAL
INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN THE
NETWORK'S SOLE DISCRETION. The following paragraphs in Section II describe
how the Network currently uses Individual Information, but the Network may change or
broaden its use at any time as permitted by law. As noted below, the Network may update
this policy from time to time. The Network may use Individual Information to provide
promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising, telephone marketing,
direct mail marketing, and online banner advertising, among other uses.
B. Email. The Network uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers
by email to individuals who have permitted use of their email address for this purpose.
The Network may maintain separate email lists for different purposes. If email recipients
wish to end their email subscription, they need to follow the instructions at the end of
each email message to unsubscribe.
C. Targeted Advertising. The Network uses Individual Information to target
advertising to individuals. When individuals use the Internet, the Network uses such
persons' Individual Information to show advertising for products and services in which
those users have expressed an interest, whether directly or indirectly.
D. Direct Mail and Telemarketing. The Network may use Individual
Information to advertise or provide promotional offers, directly or indirectly, to
individuals using direct mail marketing or telemarketing using telephones, as permitted
by law.
E. Storage of Individual Information. The Network stores Individual Information
in a database on Network computers. Network computers have security measures (such
as firewalls) in place to reasonably protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the
information under the Network's control. Notwithstanding such measures, the Network
cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent Network computers from being
illegally accessed, and the Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
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F. Rights of Third Party Affiliates. The Network may extend any of its rights
under this Agreement to third parties performing services on its behalf.
III. Dissemination of Individual Information.
A. Sale to Third Parties. The Network may sell or transfer Individual Information
to third parties in connection with any merger, acquisition, reorganization, change in
capital structure, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of any Network division or
website, or any activity specified in Section III-B, III-C, or III-D below.
B. Order Fulfillment. The Network will transfer Individual Information to third
parties as necessary to provide a product or service that an individual orders from such
third party while using one of the Network's websites or when responding to offers
provided by the Network.
C. Legal Process. The Network may disclose Individual Information to respond to
subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, or other legal process.
D. Summary Data. The Network may sell or transfer non-individualized
information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or
sub-groups of persons.
IV. Privacy Practices of Third Parties
A. Advertiser Cookies and Web Beacons. Advertising agencies, advertising
networks, and other companies (collectively, Advertisers ) who place advertisements on
the Network's websites and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web
beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals. The Network
does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and the Network has no
responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
B. Links. The Network's websites and email messages may contain hypertext links
to the websites of one or more third parties. The Network is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such other websites.
C. Affiliated Companies. The Network may disclose, transfer and sell Individual
Information to an entity which becomes affiliated with the Network through formation,
merger or acquisition, in the Network's discretion.
V. Unsubscribe from E-peddler.com Lists. The Network maintains multiple newsletter
and email marketing lists. To unsubscribe from one or more of such lists, click the link included
in the footer of any message delivered by the Network and follow the instructions provided.
VI. More Information. For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish
to visit http://www.privacyalliance.org/ or http://www.privacylaw.net/. If you have questions
about this policy, please contact us at info@e-peddler.com.
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THE NETWORK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE THIS POLICY FROM TIME TO
TIME, SO YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIS WEB PAGE PERIODICALLY.
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