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WWW.LOCATEFAST.COM PRIVACY STATEMENT
This privacy
statement discloses the privacy practices for www.locatefast.com
1.
What personally
identifiable information of yours or third party personally identification is
collected from you through the web site
2.
The organization collecting the information
3.
How the information is used
4.
With whom the information may be shared
5.
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information
6.
The kind of security procedures that are in place to
protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under www.locatefast.com control
7.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that this
company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first
contact privacy@locatefast.com by e-mail.
Information Collection and Use
www.locatefast.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this statement.
www.locatefast.com collects information from our
users at several different points on our website and uses the information for internal marketing and
administration purposes only.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form.
During registration a user is required to give their contact information
(such as name and email address). This
information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which
they have expressed interest. It is
optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level
and gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number), but
encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and
shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration
date). This information is used for
billing purposes and to fill customer orders.
If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used
to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage
of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while
on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates.
For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to
log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site.
If a user rejects the cookie, they may not use
our site because we would have no way of validating the user.
Cookies can also enable us to track and target the
interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
We use an outside credit card processing
company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
Links
This
web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that www.locatefast.com is not responsible
for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site
requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving
the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website
takes every precaution to protect our user's information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information
is protected both online and off-line.
When our
registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as
credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted
and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.
While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of
Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just . surfing.
. To learn more about SSL, follow this
link www.verisign.com
.
While we use
SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in
our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users. information, not just the sensitive information
mentioned above, is restricted in our offices.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for
example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted
access to personally identifiable information.
Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave
their desk. When they return, they
must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information.
Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and
privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added,
our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers. information is
protected. Finally, the servers
that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure
environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our website,
you can send an email to security@locatefast.com
.
Supplementation of Information
www.locatefast.com does not supplment user information
collected on our site with information from third party
sources.
Special Offers
We
send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we
present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our
choice and opt-out below.
Site
and Service Updates
We
also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able
to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information
about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services
and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating
Personal Information:
If a user.
s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or
if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct,
update or remove that user. s personal data provided to us.
This can usually be done at the member information page
or by emailing our Customer Support.
[Some sites may also provide telephone or postal mail options for
updating or correcting
personal information].
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity
to . opt-out. of having their information used for purposes not
directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information.
For example, our order form has an . opt-out. mechanism so users who buy
a product from us, but don. t want any marketing material, can keep their
email address off of our lists.
Users
who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our
partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to
unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at support@locatefast.com
[Some sites are able to offer opt-out mechanisms on member information
pages and also supply a telephone or postal option as a way to opt-out.]
Users
of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any
outside parties. We do this so our
users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with
services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If
at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner
different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by
way of an email. Users will have a
choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.
We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information was collected.
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