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IMPACT
MARKETING PVT. LTD, all its related web sites (“IMPACT”)
Privacy Policy
Last
updated August 20, 2007.
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. IMPACT 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 IMPACT OR USE ANY OF THE
SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEB
SITES REFERRED TO IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
The
information collection, use, and dissemination practices
of IMPACT
This
policy applies to IMPACT's collection, use, storage and
disclosure of information by Impact on its (a) websites,
including all its divisions, subsidiaries and related companies
(collectively, the "Websites"), (b) on various
third party websites, and (c) to IMPACT's other information
collection, including the purchase of customer lists from
third parties. Impact is not responsible for the information
collection or privacy practices of third web sites or applications.
1.
Collection of Information.
1.1
Survey Information.
IMPACT
collects information from individuals by various methods,
including, but not limited to, when an individual voluntarily
completes an IMPACT 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 Websites, 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, IMPACT or a third
party (a "Third Party") may ask an individual
to provide various information to IMPACT, 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"). Impact may also collect information
concerning an individual from another source and uses 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 IMPACT or Third Party, but an individual
may receive incentives from IMPACT or a Third Party in exchange
for providing Survey Information to IMPACT.
1.2
Third Party List Information.
IMPACT
collects information from individuals when an individual
provides information to a third party and IMPACT 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, IMPACT seeks assurances from the Seller that
the Seller has a right to transfer the Third Party List
Information to IMPACT 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 IMPACT obtains information from individuals
include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize
or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by IMPACT or by
a third party, (2) when an individual requests assistance
through IMPACT's customer service department, and (3) when
an individual voluntarily subscribes to a IMPACT service
or newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.4
Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
IMPACT
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,
IMPACT 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 IMPACT to identify
the individual with his or her corresponding data that resides
in IMPACT's database. You may read more about cookies at
http://cookiecentral.com. Individuals who use the Websites
need to accept cookies in order to use all of the features
and functionality of the Websites.
(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
IMPACT 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, IMPACT might
place, with the consent of a third party website, a web
beacon on the third party's website where fishing products
are sold. When Joe, an individual listed in IMPACT's database,
visits the fishing website, IMPACT receives notice by means
of the web beacon that Joe visited the fishing site, and
IMPACT would then update Joe's profile with the information
that Joe is interested in fishing. IMPACT may thereafter
present offers of fishing related products and services
to Joe. In addition to using web beacons on web pages, IMPACT
also uses web beacons in email messages sent to individuals
listed in IMPACT's database.
(c)
New Technology.
The
use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and
web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is IMPACT's use of
new and evolving technology. As a result, IMPACT strongly
encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any updates
regarding its use of technology.
1.5
Outside Information.
IMPACT
may receive information about individuals from third parties
or from other sources of information outside of IMPACT 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
IMPACT gathers or receives about individuals.
1.7
No Information Collected from Children.
IMPACT
will never knowingly collect any personal information about
children under the age of 13. If IMPACT 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, IMPACT has no such information to use or to
disclose to third parties. IMPACT has designed this policy
in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act ("COPPA").
1.8
Credit Card Information.
IMPACT
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 IMPACT. When the Credit Card Information is submitted
to IMPACT, such information is encrypted and is protected
with SSL encryption software. IMPACT 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.
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 IMPACT currently
uses Individual Information, but IMPACT may change or broaden
its use at any time. As noted below, IMPACT may update this
policy from time to time. IMPACT 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.
IMPACT
uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers
by email to individuals. IMPACT 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 IMPACT’s email lists, a person must visit:
www.thissiteisforreal.com
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages.
In
certain commercial email messages sent by IMPACT, an advertiser's
name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting
the "Reply" button will cause a reply email to
be sent to IMPACT. The "Subject:" line of IMPACT
email messages will usually contain a line provided from
the advertiser to IMPACT.
2.2(b)
Solicited Email.
IMPACT
only sends email to individuals who have agreed on the Websites
to receive email from IMPACT or to individuals who have
agreed on third party websites to receive email from third
parties such as IMPACT. IMPACT does not send unsolicited
email messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain
formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable to IMPACT's
email messages.
2.3
Targeted Advertising.
IMPACT
uses Individual Information to target advertising to an
individual. When an individual is using the Internet, IMPACT
uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below)
to associate an individual with that person's Individual
Information, and IMPACT 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. IMPACT 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.
IMPACT
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.
IMPACT
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 IMPACT's
web sites are most frequently visited. This information
helps IMPACT to better understand the online habits of individuals
so that IMPACT can target advertising and promotions to
them.
2.6
Profiles of Individuals.
IMPACT
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.
IMPACT
stores the Individual Information in a database on IMPACT
computers. Our computers have security measures (such as
a firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse,
and alteration of the information under IMPACT's control.
Not withstanding such measures, IMPACT cannot guarantee
that its security measures will prevent IMPACT computers
from being illegally accessed, and the Individual Information
on them stolen or altered.
3.1
Order Fulfillment.
IMPACT
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 IMPACT web sites
or when responding to offers provided by IMPACT.
3.2
Legal Process.
IMPACT
may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, and other legal processes.
3.3
Summary Data.
IMPACT
may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such
as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all
persons or sub-groups of persons.
3.4
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
support@thissiteisforreal.com. IMPACT 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
Websites and on the Internet generally may use their own
cookies, web beacons, and other technology to collect information
about individuals. IMPACT does not control Advertisers'
use of such technology and IMPACT has no responsibility
for the use of such technology to gather information about
individuals.
4.2
Links.
The
Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext
links to the web sites of third parties. IMPACT 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. Impact 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.
IMPACT
may disclose, transfer, and sell Individual Information
to entities affiliated with IMPACT in IMPACT's discretion.
5.
Unsubscribe Procedures.
If
you wish to discontinue receiving email messages from IMPACT,
you have several options:
(a)
Unsubscribe from one email list.
To unsubscribe from a particular list, either (1) send an
email to unsubscribe@thissiteisforreal.com or (2) follow
the instructions in each promotional email message sent
by IMPACT.
(b)
Unsubscribe from all of Impact Marketing’s email lists.
We reserve the right to add Individual Information to multiple
lists maintained by IMPACT. To globally unsubscribe from
all of IMPACT’s lists, send an email to unsubscribe@thissiteisforreal.com
6.
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.
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 support@thissiteisforreal.com
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