2. Collection of Information
a) Submission.
COMPANY collects PII in order to enhance the Service for Users. We may
collect your name, email address, billing information, mobile telephone
number and other information reasonably requested from time to time. You
voluntarily submit information to COMPANY when you (1) register for the
Service (via web, WAP, SMS or otherwise), (2) access or view our
content without registering for the Service, (3) participate in
activities like sweepstakes, contests, games, surveys and forums in
connection with content, or (4) suggest (via emails, chats, bulletin
boards, etc.) how we can improve the Service.
b) Third Party Sources. We may collect PII from reputable third parties and sources including, without limitation, public databases.
c) Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
When your computer contacts our web servers (for example, when you
visit the Site, or view an HTML e-mail), our web servers automatically
collect Site usage information. Site usage information is
non-identifying information that describes how our visitors use and
navigate our Site. It can include the number and frequency of visitors
to each web page and the length of their stays, browser type, referrer
data that identifies the web page visited prior and subsequent to
visiting our Site, and IP addresses (see below for more information on
IP addresses). We also may determine the applicable technology available
in order to serve you the most appropriate version of a web page,
e-mail or similar service. This information is used to analyze and
improve the Site.
d) Cookies. We may collect PII using
"cookies". Cookies are small bits of information that a website places
on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies remember information about your
activities on the Site and can make your visits to the Site easier and
more enjoyable. For example, COMPANY may store your password for easy
logon next time you visit the Site, and may save your preferences and
subscription options to personalize your home page. COMPANY may use
cookies to identify your web browser, determine whether you have
installed software necessary to access certain material on our Site,
determine the total number of visitors to our Site, and to recognize you
when you return to our Site. We may also use information about your
activities on the Site to limit the ads you see on our Site to those we
think you may be interested in. You can program your computer to warn
you when a cookie is being sent or to refuse cookies completely, but
without cookies you may not have access to certain Service features.
Our
Service uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by
Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text
files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users
use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of
the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and
stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this
information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website,
compiling reports on website activity for website operators and
providing other services relating to website activity and internet
usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where
required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the
information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP
address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of
cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however
please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full
functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the
processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the
purposes set out above.
How to control cookies: You can control
and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see
AllAboutCookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your
computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being
placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some
preferences every time you visit a site and some services and
functionalities may not work.
Third party advertisements displayed on
as part of the Service may also contain cookies set by the advertisers.
COMPANY does not control these cookies. Users should check the
advertiser’s privacy policy to determine whether and how it uses
cookies.
e) Use of Web Beacons. Our web pages or e-mail
messages may contain a small graphic image called a web beacon, which is
sometimes also called a "clear gif", that allows us to monitor and
collect certain limited information about our Users, such as the type of
browser requesting the web beacon, the IP address of the computer that
the web beacon is sent to and the time the web beacon was viewed. Web
beacons can be very small or invisible to the user, but, in general, any
electronic image viewed as part of a web page or e-mail, including HTML
based content, can act as a web beacon. We may use web beacons to count
visitors to Site or to monitor how our users navigate the Site, and we
may include web beacons in e-mail messages in order to count how many
messages we sent were actually opened or acted upon. We may also use web
beacons to compile aggregate statistics about the Service and our
marketing campaigns.
Google Analytics uses Google Analytics
Demographics and Interest Reporting. Our visitors can opt-out of Google
Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network
ads here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
f) Site Visitors. We
may collect certain information about Site visitors for site
maintenance, optimization, security and other legally permissible
purposes. Such information may include, without limitation, visitors’ IP
addresses, browser types, dates, times, and duration of visits, and
particular pages viewed. An IP address is a number that is assigned to
your computer or network when you are linked to the Internet. When you
request pages from our Site, our servers log your IP address. We may use
IP address for a number of purposes, such as system administration, to
report aggregate information to our business partners or to audit the
use of the Site. We may associate your IP address with the PII you
provide.
g) Manual. We may collect PII from consumers in manual format or off-line, such as a post card or subscription form.
Special Notice Regarding Children Under 13 Years of Age
COMPANY
respects the privacy of children of all ages. COMPANY particularly
recognizes the sensitivity of personal information concerning children
under the age of 13 and therefore provides this special notice to
parents and guardians regarding the collection and use of information
collected from children in this age group.
The Service is not
directed toward young children. If you are over the age of 13 but under
the age of 18, you should use the Service only with the involvement of a
parent or guardian and should not submit any PII to COMPANY. If we
discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided COMPANY with
PII, COMPANY will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such
person’s PII from its system.