Privacy Policy
Our Commitment To Privacy
This
Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we
collect and use your personal information in connection with our
advertising, content, e-commerce, promotional and service programs and
other business activities (the “Program”) and to assist you in making
informed decisions when using our site and our products and services
and the sites of our advertisers.
What Information We Collect
When
you visit our site we may collect two types of information: (a)
personal information you actively choose to disclose and (b)
information about you that is collected automatically by our servers or
obtained from third parties in a way not visible to you.
(a)
Information you actively choose to provide. By choosing to participate
in our Program, you must become a Member by disclosing the following
information, such as: your email address, name, address, phone number
and birth date. During the process of registering on our site,
participating in various offers, completing surveys, or sending us
emails or correspondence, we collect additional information that you
may disclose, including for example mobile telephone number, fax
number, payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing
address), credit information, social security number, health
information and personal preferences regarding lifestyle, products or
services.
(b) Passive information collected automatically by our
servers or obtained from third parties. We collect some information
about you simply by virtue of you connecting to our web site. Our
servers automatically identify your computer by its internet protocol
(”IP”) address, a unique string of numbers that is assigned to your
computer by your internet service provider. In addition, to participate
in our program you must allow cookies to be active on your system.
Cookies are a feature of web browser software (Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator, etc.) that allows web servers to recognize which
computer is used to access a web site. Cookies simplify subsequent
interactions on our site and streamline your transactions on related
web pages. Information collected through cookies may include the date
and time of your visits, the site pages you viewed, the time spent at
each page, and the web sites you visited just before and just after our
site. You can disable the cookie function by following the instructions
in the “help” section of your browser. However, doing so will likely
make it impossible for our system to properly recognize you when you
visit our sites, and consequently may make your participation in our
program more difficult or impossible. In addition to the information
you provide or that is collected automatically from our system, we may
obtain information about you from our marketing partners or other third
parties, and we combine that information with the information you
actively provide or that is automatically collected by our servers.
The
term “Information” is used in this policy to refer to both types of
information described above, as well as any Information that you
provide to us directly by phone (including any phone number displayed
via caller ID), text or SMS message, U.S. mail or through any other
written or oral communication with us.
How We Use And Share The Information Collected
We
use your Information to administer our business activities, provide
customer services such as technical support, distribute information
about changes to our site, and send you, and enable others to send you,
information about products and services that may be of interest to you
and to contact you or use your Information for any other purpose. We
send communications to you ourselves, and your Information also is
shared with other organizations that may contact you for any purpose by
email, phone, text message, U.S. mail or any other means of
communication.
OPT-IN NOTICE: By Participating, You Expressly “Opt In” To Receive Information And Grant Us Permission To Share Your Information
By
signing up for our Program you expressly opt in to receive future
information about products and services from us and from a variety of
advertisers to whom we may provide your Information. We will share your
personal information with third parties, including our advertisers, for
any reason we choose, including without limitation for the following
purposes: (1) to operate our Program (including the transfer of the
information to advertisers or to third parties who maintain on our
behalf a list of persons having registered with our Program), (2) to
permit advertisers or other third parties to use your Information for
any purpose such as contacting you by email, phone, text message, U.S.
mail or any other means of communication for any purpose, (3) to
confirm you have completed all of the necessary steps to receive your
gift, and (4) as we are required to do by law, including to notify the
IRS that you received your gift. As a result, we will transfer your
Information to third parties whose privacy policies and practices are
beyond our control.
In addition, in the event we consider a
transaction involving the purchase or sale of our assets or stock,
other companies may review our records, including your Information, to
make business decisions about the transaction. Likewise, your
Information may be transferred to third parties in the event of the
sale or acquisition of our company or any of its assets. The parties
who perform services for us (credit card processors, merchant banks,
our internet service provider, etc.) also may have access to your
information in performing their services.
Special Note About Information You Provide Directly To Our Advertisers.
You
are able to access certain advertiser’s sites through our site. When
you opt to receive information or sign up for an offer from an
advertiser, you may be doing so through third party sites and with
other companies over which we have no control. You should read those
sites’ privacy policies to make sure you agree to them before using
such sites. If you wish to opt out of those advertisers’ mailings, you
must do so directly with such advertisers or as otherwise provided on
or through their sites.
Security Of Your Information.
We
use reasonable technical efforts to prevent unauthorized access or
disclosure, or accidental loss or destruction of Information. However,
nearly all Internet transmissions pass through many servers not
controlled by us, and therefore we cannot guarantee that any
information you provide us or we collect will not be intercepted or
altered in that process. Also, as noted above, your Information is
shared with third parties whose privacy policies and practices are
beyond our control.
How You Can Choose To “Opt Out” Of Receiving Further Information About Products Or Services
by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in our newsletter emails.
We
will promptly update our records upon receiving your clear instructions
to opt-out, but it may take up to ten (10) business days from our
receipt of your request for the change to be fully effective. If you
later give us a clear statement that you want to receive emails from us
or our advertisers after such date, then that opt-in statement will
supersede any earlier opt-out request. If we have already provided your
email address or other information to an advertiser or other third
party before we receive your opt-out request, we cannot prevent them
from sending or continuing to send you information or emails and you
will need to contact such third party directly.
How To Correct, Delete Or Access Your Information
If
you wish to access, delete or correct the information you have provided
to us through this site, please contact us through the Contact Us
section of our site or through written request sent by U.S. mail to the
Customer Service Manager at the address listed above.
Special Rights For Residents Of Certain States
If
you are a California resident or another state with specific laws
relating to the collection and use of Information, you may have
specific rights not set forth in this policy. For example, California
residents have the right to receive: a) information identifying any
third party company(ies) to whom we may have disclosed, within the past
calendar year, personal information pertaining to you and your family
for the company’s direct marketing purposes; and b) a description of
the categories of personal information disclosed. To obtain such
information you must make a request in writing. Your request must
include your name registration (email address), the site name you
visited and a return address or it will not be processed. We will not
honor such requests more than once per calendar year. Requests made via
email will not be accepted. Please mail your request to Customer
Service Manager at the address listed in the footer of this site or the
Contact Us page.
PLEASE CHECK THIS PRIVACY POLICY PERIODICALLY
FOR CHANGES AS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REVISE THIS PRIVACY POLICY. SUCH
REVISIONS TO THE PRIVACY POLICY SHALL TAKE EFFECT WHEN POSTED. YOUR
CONTINUED USE OF OUR SERVICES THROUGH ANY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY CONSTITUTES
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.