This
Privacy Policy was last modified and is effective as of April 16, 2010
THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS PART OF OUR TERMS OF USE AND
FORMS A PART OF YOUR LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH US. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY SINCE IT
DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT AND USE
INFORMATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE DISCLOSE OR SHARE INFORMATION AND
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS, UPDATE OR DELETE CERTAIN INFORMATION WE HAVE COLLECTED
ABOUT YOU.
Any terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in our Terms of
Use.
Information we collect and how we collect it.
When you access or visit any of our Websites, we and our operational service
providers and others who host our Websites often use technology that can
recognize, collect and/or transmit information that is associated with you, but
which do not personally identify you. Although the term "cookie"
specifically refers to a small text file that is stored on a user's computer
for record-keeping purposes, we will use the term "cookie" to refer
generically to any technology that can recognize, collect and/or transmit
information about your visits to our Websites. This type of information
includes such data as the Internet or web domain that referred you, the type of
operating system and browser you are using, the date and time of your visit,
data relating to activities on our Websites (e.g., so-called ‘clickstream'
data) and other technological attributes about your visit to our Websites. This
information is used to analyze trends, administer our Websites, track user
movements on our Websites, gather aggregate demographic information about
visitors so we can continually improve our Websites.
Cookies also allow our Websites to recognize a users' computer or access device
each time it is used to visit a particular Website and cookies can keep count
of how often you return. Cookies can also track how you use our Websites, your
preferences for features and functions and, for Websites that have registration
or similar features, cookies can store information such as your user name and
password so you don't have to re-enter them each time you return to visit.
Cookies don't personally identify you or any particular user or individual.
You can disable or turn the cookie feature off by changing the settings on your
Internet browser and you can also change the settings to stop your browser from
automatically accepting cookies. Although changing these settings may not
affect your ability to browse, it may affect your ability to use certain
features and functions of our Websites and it may also require you to re-enter
certain information each time you visit or attempt to use our Websites. You
should consult the operating instructions that apply to your browser to
determine how to best configure your browser settings for your needs.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use the term "Personal Information" to refer to any information
you provide in connection with your use of any of our Websites by which you can
be personally identified. Personal Information may include such things as your
name, street address, telephone number, date of birth, e-mail address and any
other information which might reasonably be used to identify you. We only
obtain Personal Information from you when you submit it to us or provide it on
one or more of our Websites that require it in order to allow you to register,
subscribe or take advantage of certain features, functions, services,
activities, promotions and content on our Websites (these are referred to as
"Content" in our Terms of Use). You may also email us with a question
or for more information and we will use your contact information (which
includes Personal Information such as an email address) to help us respond and
for customer service purposes. Unless you voluntary provide or send us Personal
Information, we will always ask you to submit or provide it to us before
collecting your Personal Information, although you may not be able to use the
particular Content, if you choose not to provide your Personal Information. If
you provide or submit your Personal Information to any of our Websites, we will
always give you the right to review, update and/or delete your Personal
Information, subject to our obligations to comply with legal, regulatory our
internal audit and record-keeping requirements.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, each of our Websites that ask you to submit
or provide Personal Information, will have additional disclosures and
information ("Supplemental Privacy Policies") that describe how that
Website collects, uses, shares and maintains your Personal Information and each
of those Supplemental Privacy Policies are incorporated and form a part of this
Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use when you use that Website and provide or
submit Personal Information.
Sponsors, advertisers and other third parties
Our Websites may contain or display information from our sponsors, advertisers,
operational service providers (see Disclosure to Third Parties below) or others
(each, a "Third Party") that offer to make information, goods or
services available, provide opportunities to participate in promotions or engage
in activities or that link or redirect your browser to other websites,
materials or organizations. We may also use Third Parties to display or serve
advertising on our Websites, as well as for distributing our online, email,
messaged or web-based newsletters and other information. Third Parties often
also employ cookies to measure advertising effectiveness. You should be aware
that even if you encounter an advertisement, link or reference to a Third Party
website on one of our Websites and even if we have a relationship with them, we
do not control them, their websites or their policies and practices regarding
use of their websites or any rules they have regarding the use of cookies or
collection, use or disclosure of your information (including Personal
Information). These are within their control and not ours and the terms and
conditions, as well as the privacy policies that apply to these Third Parties
and their websites are their responsibility, not ours.
Disclosure to Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, lease, provide or otherwise disclose your Personal
Information to unaffiliated entities unless the Supplemental Privacy Policy
that applies to your use of a particular Website. We will always let you know
if we intend to provide any of your Personal Information to a Third Party, you
will always have an opportunity to read and review the Supplemental Privacy
Policy that applies and we will ask you to consent ("Opt in")
whenever we intend to do so.
We always have the right to disclose your Personal Information to any Third
Party we engage for the purpose of administering, operating, configuring site
design, maintaining and providing internal support for our Websites and Content
on our Websites. These Third Parties are called operational service providers
that provide internal support to operations and activities and/or for Site
design, development, hosting and operations. We always request that our
operational service providers protect your privacy and not disclose your
Personal Information to third party marketers that are not associated with our
Websites, nor are they permitted to use your Personal Information for their own
marketing or promotional purposes.
We also reserve the right to make your Personal Information available:
You should
also be aware we are public service organization and simply because a website
or web page includes our logo, name or otherwise refers to us, does not mean
the website or web page is ours or under our control. We work with sponsors,
advertisers and government agencies to bring you public service advertising and
if you enter, provide or submit Personal Information on or to a co-branded
website or web page you may be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy
policies of the Third Party sponsor, advertiser, government agency or
co-branding organization.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We only use information that we collect or obtain when you use our Websites as
described in this Privacy Policy, for our internal research purposes or to
ensure compliance with our Terms of Use. If we or any of our Websites collect,
maintain, use or intend to share your Personal Information for other purposes
than as described in this Privacy Policy, we will ensure that is included
within the Supplemental Privacy Policy that applies to the Website or Websites
involved.
Security
We maintain reasonable standards of security and confidentiality. We also try
to limit information access to individuals who need to have such access to
perform their responsibilities associated with our Websites and the Content on
our Websites. Any employee found violating our standards of security and
confidentiality is subject to our disciplinary processes. We request our
operational service providers to follow the same policy. The Internet, however,
and communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure and it is possible that
others may unlawfully intercept or access information, transmissions or
communications to, from or within our Websites.
YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING PERSONAL INFORMATION.
In addition to any terms, conditions or rights that are described in any
Supplemental Privacy Policy applicable to particular Websites, you always have
the right to request that: (i) we correct or update your Personal Information;
(ii) we not share your Personal Information with third parties; or (iii) your
Personal Information be removed from our active marketing databases. Although
we will usually provide you with the ability to update or delete Personal
Information directly online, some Personal Information may not be changed or
deleted by you and requires you to contact us for verification (e.g., birth
date, email address, name). The Supplemental Privacy Policy that applies to the
Website will provide you with the email address or contact information that
applies to that Website so that you can contact us with a request to change
that type of information.
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are a resident of the State of California, under the California Civil
Code, you have the right to request information on how to exercise your
disclosure choice options from companies conducting business in California. For
each Website that collects or obtains any Personal Information from you, our
Supplemental Privacy Policy will provide you details, as well as contact
information for the Privacy Administrator for that Website and specifics
regarding how to send us a request for information. All requests sent via
postal mail must be labeled "Your California Privacy Rights" on the
envelope or post card and clearly stated on the actual request. We will not
accept requests via the telephone or by facsimile and we are not responsible
for requests that are not labeled, are not sent properly, or that do not have
complete information.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
We can change this Privacy Policy at any time (see our Terms of Use). As with
our Terms of Use, we encourage you to come back and review this Privacy Policy
often to be sure you are aware of the terms, conditions, rights and obligations
that apply to you.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy that applies to any of our
Websites, first check to see if that Website has a Supplemental Privacy Policy
with contact information if you have questions about that Website. For general
questions about our Privacy Policies or if a particular Website does not have a
separate Supplemental Privacy Policy please email us at 2gether@adcouncil.org
and please specify if you are inquiring about a specific Website to help us
better assist and respond to your questions.
GIVING US PERSONAL INFORMATION; KEEPING IT UP TO DATE
When you register or attempt to register on any of our Websites, you understand
and agree you are giving us your consent to track your use of our Websites,
your activities, exchanges of information and transactions in connection with
our Websites and are giving us the right to use your Personal Information in
connection with our Websites and as described in our Terms of Use, including
our Privacy Policy of which these Additional Terms are a part. You are required
to give us current, complete, truthful and accurate information. You also agree
to keep the Personal Information you provide us up to date and you will be able
to change the information we have in our records at any time either yourself
using the procedures described on the Website or by notifying us. Please
understand that for security reasons, we may require additional verification or
documentation to change certain personal information you have give us (e.g.,
your name, birth date, email address).
We have the right to terminate your use of any or all our Services and/or
reject or delete any entry you make, if we have reason to believe information
you provide to us is or may be false, fraudulent or in violation of our Terms
of Use. You, not us, are solely responsible and liable for any false,
fraudulent, inaccurate, incomplete or out of date information we obtain from
you and you will defend and indemnify us as described in the section of our
Terms of Use entitled "You Are Indemnifying Us" for any damage or
harm that results.
We reserve the right to deny, suspend, terminate and cancel any registration,
User ID and the use of any or all of our Services, if we believe there is a
question about the identity of the person trying to use any of our Websites. If
the burden or expense of providing access to your Personal Information is
disproportionate to the risks to your privacy or if the legitimate rights of
others would be violated, we may decide not to provide you access to your
Personal Information. In such cases, we will provide you with an explanation of
why access cannot be provided and a contact person for further inquiries.
HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Without limiting any other rights we may have, under our Terms of Use or at
law, we may use the information that we obtain from you, including Personal
Information: (1) for the specific purpose for which it was submitted (e.g.,
to receive email communications); (2) to improve our Website, its Content and
our ability to provide you with better experiences using our Services; (3) to
keep track of the use of our Websites and Service for internal research
purposes and to monitor compliance with our Terms of Use; (4) to notify you of
updates or important information about our Websites and Services; (5) to serve
advertisements and/or provide you with promotional offers and/or (6) to provide
customer service in response to your inquiries.
YOU CAN OPT-OUT
If becoming a Registered User on any of our Websites is automatically
associated with or allows you to sign up to receive email or other
communications from us on a periodic or regular, we will always disclose this
to you, your registration or request to receive these includes your consent to
receive them and you have the right to opt out of receiving them in the future.
Our Websites and email communications will provide you with instructions and
the procedures you can use to opt out when applicable. You cannot, however, opt
out of receiving communications related to the Services you request, in
response to your inquiries, or to manage your registration or status as a
Registered User.
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