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iPromote Media Inc., and each of its related web sites Privacy Policy
Last updated August 13, 2011.
This Privacy Policy outlines important information regarding the use
and disclosure of information collected via this Website. iPromote
Media Inc. provides this Privacy Policy to help users make an informed
decision as to whether to use or continue using the Website.
PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME AND CHANGES
ARE EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES AS
IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES. IPROMOTE MEDIA INC
DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTICES OF CHANGES IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN BY POSTING
THE CHANGES AT THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS
PRIVACY POLICY PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO IPROMOTE MEDIA
INC OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF
THE WEB SITES REFERRED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
This Privacy Policy applies to iPromote Media Inc.’s collection, use, storage
and disclosure of information by iPromote Media Inc. on its (a) websites, including
all its divisions, subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, the
"Website"), (b) on various third party websites, and (c) to iPromote Media Inc.’s
other information collection, including the purchase of customer lists
from third parties. iPromote Media Inc. is not responsible for the information
collection or privacy practices of third web sites or applications.
By reference, this Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject
to the Website Terms of Use. Your use of the Website and any personal information
you provide via the Website or through other official iPromote Media Inc. contact
remains subject to this Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms of Use and/or
other stated policies.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
iPromote Media Inc. collects information from individuals by various
methods, including, but not limited to, when an individual voluntarily
completes an iPromote Media Inc. survey, order form, or a registration
page either online or offline, or by means of online or offline surveys,
order forms, or registration pages operated by third parties (collectively,
a "Survey"). (As used herein, "online" means using the Internet, including
the Website, and related technologies, and "offline" means by methods other
than online, including in person, in the postal mail, using telephones
and cell phones, and other similar means.) In the Surveys, iPromote Media Inc.
or a third party (a "Third Party") may ask an individual to provide various
information to iPromote Media Inc., which may include his or her name, email
address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone
numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and
marital status, occupation, social security number, employment information,
personal and online interests, and such other information as may be requested
from time to time (together, "Survey Information"). iPromote Media Inc. may
also collect information concerning an individual from another source and
use that information in combination with information provided from this
Web Site. Completing the Surveys is completely voluntary, and individuals
are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to iPromote Media Inc.
or Third Party, but an individual may receive incentives from iPromote Media Inc.
or a Third Party in exchange for providing Survey Information to iPromote Media Inc..
1.2 Third Party List Information.
iPromote Media Inc. collects information from individuals when an individual
provides information to a Third Party and iPromote Media Inc. subsequently
purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires the information from the Third
Party (the "Seller"). Such purchased information may include, but is not
limited to, an individual's name, email address, street address, zip code,
telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date,
gender, salary range, education and marital status, occupation, industry
of employment, personal and online interests, and such other information
as the individual may have provided to the Seller (together, "Third Party
List Information"). When acquiring Third Party List Information, iPromote Media Inc. seeks assurances from the Seller that the Seller has a right
to transfer the Third Party List Information to iPromote Media Inc. and that
the Seller has a right to provide offers from advertisers to the individuals
whose personal information is included on the Seller's list.
1.3 Other Information.
Other occasions when iPromote Media Inc. obtains information from individuals
include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize or seeking
to redeem an incentive offered by iPromote Media Inc. or by a third party,
(2) when an individual requests assistance through iPromote Media Inc.’s customer
service department, and (3) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to
a iPromote Media Inc. service or newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
iPromote Media Inc. currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to
associate certain Internet-related information about an individual with
information about the individual in our database. Additionally, iPromote Media Inc.
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 iPromote Media Inc. to
identify the individual with his or her corresponding data that resides
in iPromote Media Inc.’s database. You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com.
Individuals who use the Website need to accept cookies in order to use
all of the features and functionality of the Website.
(b) Web Beacons. A web beacon is programming code that can be
used to display an image on a web page (by using an <img src="x"> programming
function -- see http://truste.org for more information), but can also be
used to transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the
form of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with previously
acquired information about an individual in a database. This allows iPromote Media Inc. to track certain web sites an individual visits online. Web beacons
are used to determine products or services an individual may be interested
in, and to track online behavioral habits for marketing purposes. For example,
iPromote Media Inc. might place, with the consent of a third party website,
a web beacon on the third party's website where baseball products are sold.
When Joe, an individual listed in iPromote Media Inc.’s database, visits the
fishing website, iPromote Media Inc. receives notice by means of the web beacon
that Joe visited the baseball site, and iPromote Media Inc. would then update
Joe's profile with the information that Joe is interested in baseball.
iPromote Media Inc. may thereafter present offers of baseball related products
and services to Joe. In addition to using web beacons on web pages, iPromote Media Inc. also uses web beacons in email messages sent to individuals listed
in iPromote Media Inc.’s database.
(c) New Technology. The use of technology on the Internet, including
cookies and web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is iPromote Media Inc.’s use
of new and evolving technology. As a result, iPromote Media Inc. strongly encourages
individuals to revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of
technology.
1.5 Outside Information.
iPromote Media Inc. may receive information about individuals from third
parties or from other sources of information outside of iPromote Media Inc.
including information located in public databases ("Outside Information").
1.6 Individual Information.
As used herein, Individual Information means Survey Information, Third
Party List Information, Other Information, Technology Information, and
Outside Information, and any other information iPromote Media Inc. gathers
or receives about individuals such as usage data, file transfer and viewing
data.
1.7 No Information Collected from Children.
iPromote Media Inc. will never knowingly collect any personal information
about children under the age of 13. If iPromote Media Inc. obtains actual knowledge
that it has collected personal information about a child under the age
of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from our database.
Because it does not collect such information, iPromote Media Inc. has no such
information to use or to disclose to third parties. iPromote Media Inc. has
designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information.
iPromote Media Inc. 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 iPromote Media Inc..
When the Credit Card Information is submitted to iPromote Media Inc., such
information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software.
iPromote Media Inc. 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.
Log File Data: When users log-in to access their account, our servers
will automatically record and archive certain information that web-browsers
send whenever visiting a Website. These server logs may include information
vital to validating the user’s authorization to access the account. Information,
such as a Web request, Internet Protocol (the “IP”) address, browser type,
browser language, referring pages, exit pages and visited URLs, platform
type, click counts, pages viewed and in what order, time spent, the date
and time of the request, and other important data is necessary to validate
and authorize a user’s entry and activity on the Website.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE
PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how iPromote Media Inc.
currently uses Individual Information, but iPromote Media Inc. may change or
broaden its use at any time. As noted, iPromote Media Inc. may update this
policy from time to time. iPromote Media Inc. may use Individual Information
to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising,
telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner advertising,
and package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2 Email.
iPromote Media Inc. uses Individual Information to provide promotional
offers by email to individuals. iPromote Media Inc. may maintain separate email
lists for different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email
subscription from a particular list, they need to follow the instructions
at the end of each email message to unsubscribe from the particular list.
To unsubscribe from all iPromote Media Inc.’s email lists, a person must send
an email to unsubscribe@mediabreakaway.com.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages.
In certain commercial email messages sent by iPromote Media Inc., an advertiser's
name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting the "Reply" button will
cause a reply email to be sent to iPromote Media Inc.. The "Subject:" line
of iPromote Media Inc. email messages will usually contain a line provided
from the advertiser to iPromote Media Inc..
2.2(b) Solicited Email.
iPromote Media Inc. only sends email to individuals who have agreed on
the Website to receive email from iPromote Media Inc. or to individuals who
have agreed on third party websites to receive email from third parties
such as iPromote Media Inc.. iPromote Media Inc. does not send unsolicited email
messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited
email are not applicable to iPromote Media Inc.’s email messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
iPromote Media Inc. uses Individual Information to target advertising to
an individual. When an individual is using the Internet, iPromote Media Inc.
uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to associate an
individual with that person's Individual Information, and iPromote Media Inc.
attempts to show advertising for products and services in which the person
has expressed an interest in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means
of Technology Information, and otherwise. iPromote Media Inc. may, at its discretion,
target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones,
and other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
iPromote Media Inc. uses Individual Information to advertise, directly
or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing or telemarketing
using telephones and cell phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information.
iPromote Media Inc. uses Technology Information (1) to match a person's
Survey Information and Third Party List Information to other categories
of Individual Information to make and improve profiles of individuals,
(2) to track a person's online browsing habits on the Internet, (3) to
determine which areas of iPromote Media Inc.’s web sites are most frequently
visited. This information helps iPromote Media Inc. to better understand the
online habits of individuals so that iPromote Media Inc. can target advertising
and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals.
iPromote Media Inc. uses Individual Information to make a profile of an
individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey Information and
Third Party List Information with other sources of Individual Information
such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information.
iPromote Media Inc. stores the Individual Information in a database on
iPromote Media Inc. computers. Our computers have security measures (such as
a firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration
of the information under iPromote Media Inc.’s control. Not withstanding such
measures, iPromote Media Inc. cannot guarantee that its security measures will
prevent iPromote Media Inc. computers from being illegally accessed, and the
Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third Parties.
iPromote Media Inc. MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD
PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN iPromote Media Inc.’S SOLE DISCRETION.
3.2 Order Fulfillment.
iPromote Media Inc. will transfer Individual Information to third parties
when necessary to provide a product or service that a person orders from
such third party while using iPromote Media Inc. web sites or when responding
to offers provided by iPromote Media Inc..
3.3 Legal Process.
iPromote Media Inc. may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, and other legal processes.
3.4 Summary Data.
iPromote Media Inc. may sell or transfer non-individualized information,
such as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or
sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access.
Individuals have access to their Individual Information collected to
provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or delete such
information. Access can be obtained by contacting contact@mediabreakaway.com.
iPromote Media Inc. may also grant advertising clients and email services providers’
access to an individual's email address to verify the origin of the Individual
Information collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies (together,
"Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Website and on the Internet
generally may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other technology
to collect information about individuals. iPromote Media Inc. does not control
Advertisers' use of such technology and iPromote Media Inc. has no responsibility
for the use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Website and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to
the web sites of third parties. iPromote Media Inc. is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. Linked web
sites may contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. Such
links are provided for your convenience and reference only. iPromote Media Inc.
does not operate or control in any respect any information, software, products
or services available on such third party web sites. The inclusion of a
link to a web site does not imply any endorsement of the services or the
site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization.
4.3 Affiliated Companies.
iPromote Media Inc. may disclose, transfer, and sell Individual Information
to entities affiliated with iPromote Media Inc. in iPromote Media Inc.’s discretion.
Should iPromote Media Inc. be subject to an acquisition, merger, sale or other
change of control or business entity status, iPromote Media Inc. reserves the
right to transfer or assign the Information collected from the Website.
5. Individuals Outside
of the United States.
Anyone using the Website outside of the United States acknowledges
that personal information will be collected and stored by iPromote Media Inc.
in the United States. By using the Website, you consent to the transfer
of information to and/or storage of information outside of your country
and in the United States.
6. Unsubscribe Procedures.
If you wish to discontinue receiving email messages from iPromote Media Inc.,
you have several options:
1. Unsubscribe from one email list. To unsubscribe
from a particular list, either (1) send an email to unsubscribe@mediabreakaway.com
or (2) follow the instructions in each promotional email message sent by
iPromote Media Inc..
2. Unsubscribe from all of iPromote Media Inc.'s email lists.
We reserve the right to add Individual
Information to multiple lists maintained by iPromote Media Inc.. To globally
unsubscribe from all of iPromote Media Inc.’s lists, send an email to unsubscribe@mediabreakaway.com.
For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to
visit: www.ftc.gov. If you have questions about this policy, please
contact us at legalnotices@mediabreakaway.com.
California User Consumer Rights. In accordance with California
Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know
that they may file grievances and complaints with California Department
of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by
phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov.
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