Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains our online information practices and the choices that you, as a user of this Site, can make about the collection and use of your information. 

Information we collect

We may collect information about you (and the computer or device you use to access our Site) in a variety of ways:   

• You may directly provide information to us
• You may choose to allow a social networking service to share information with us
• We may gather other information when you visit our Site or other services

More details on these are immediately below.  

Information you directly provide

When you participate in our offers (or otherwise communicate with us), you may directly provide us with information, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Name
• Email address
• Postal address
• Username or password
• Phone number
• Age or birthdate
• Gender
• Demographic information
• Credit card or other payment information
• Marital status and number of children
• Contact information of family members or others
• Other information about you, your family, or others (such as interests or product preferences)
• Other information you  allow a third-party service  to provide to us

Information from social networking services

If you choose to access or make use of third-party social networking services (such as Facebook or Twitter), we may receive personal information about you that you have made available to those services, including information about your contacts on those services.  For example, some social networking services allow you to push content from our Site to your contacts or to pull information about your contacts so you can connect with them on our Site.  Some social networking services also will facilitate your log-in for our Site.  Your decision to use a social networking service will always be voluntary.  However, you should make sure you are comfortable with the information social networking services may make available to our Site by visiting those services’ privacy policies.

Please note that parts or all of the information we collect or obtain may be combined or linked (by us or by third parties providing services to us) for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to help us customize how we communicate with you and to improve our products, services, and marketing efforts. 

How we use this information 

We use the information we collect (in combination with other information we or third-party service providers may have) to communicate with you regarding our products, services, and promotions, to provide you with other information, services, products, or other materials you request, to customize your interactive experience (including by providing you with relevant advertising on our Site and elsewhere), and/or to manage and improve our sites, products, and service offerings.

Some specific ways that we may use this information are as follows:

• To register you to receive emails or other information or materials you request
• To register you for a sweepstakes, contest, or other promotion
• To register you to receive coupons, premiums, product samples, or other materials
• To create and manage your account as a user or member of our Site (or as someone who may post content to our Site)
• To provide you with services or offers you have requested
• To respond if you contact us
• To process your payment for purchases or other services
• To better understand the audience for our sites and services
• To analyze how our products, services, and sites are accessed and used
• To help us develop new products, services, and sites
• To develop and deliver advertising and other communications more tailored to your interests
• To help us improve our advertising
• To provide security and protect against fraud
• To enforce our Terms of Use or other legal rights

We will not send you any email marketing communication unless you expressly consent to receive such a communication from us.  And if you do sign up to receive these emails, you will always have the opportunity to “unsubscribe” from further email marketing messages.

How we may share information with others

We may share the information we collect with the following types of entities: 

• Other Parties When Required by Law or as Necessary to Protect Our Users and Services.  We also may disclose information – including information that personally identifies you – to third parties in order to: 

1. Protect our legal rights, as well as the rights of the users of our Site or others
2. Protect the safety and security of the Site, its users, or others
3. Prevent fraud
4. Comply with the law or respond to legal process or a request for cooperation by a government entity, whether or not legally required. 

• Other Parties in Connection with a Corporate Transaction.  We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets to a third party, or in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy.  Outside this context, we will not sell any lists of consumer contact information to unaffiliated companies for their marketing purposes.
• Otherwise with Your Consent.  In addition to the sharing described or permitted by this Privacy Policy, we may of course share information about you with third parties whenever you affirmatively consent to such sharing. 

One of the third parties that provides services on our Site is Google Inc.  Like many websites, we use Google Analytics, a service that provides information about how many users visit our Site, when they visit, and how they navigate the Site once they are here.  Google offers a browser add-on that enables users to opt-out of having data about their visits reported to websites by Google Analytics. 

We also may use other Google Analytics tools, such as Demographics and Interest Reporting, which enables us to learn more about the characteristics and interests of the users who visit our Site, and Remarketing with Google Analytics, which enables us to provide relevant advertising on different websites and online services.  You can opt out of having your data used for these additional Google Analytics tools by visiting Google Analytics and opting out.

Security For Credit Card Data And Transaction Information 

We are committed to keeping your online transactions safe and secure.  For example, in order to reasonably assure the privacy and security of your credit card data when making an order, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.  SSL uses encryption technology to create a secure connection between your computer and ours.  We have also put procedures in place to safeguard other information we collect from you.  Please note, however, that we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information you provide online; you provide it at your own risk.

Links to other sites

Our Site may contain links to the sites of our affiliates, and to sites that are owned and operated by third parties.  These other sites may have their own privacy policies and are not be governed by this Privacy Policy.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of sites owned and operated by third parties.  Other sites may collect and treat information collected differently, so we encourage you to carefully read and review the privacy policy for each site you visit.

User-generated content and public profile features

Our Site may, from time to time, contain interactive areas where Site users might submit comments or other content (including information about the user that might be displayed in the user’s public profile within an online community) that may be visible to others.  Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., name, email address, etc.) in content submitted for posting or publication, the information can be read and used by others.  This may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or parties.  We make no representations and undertake no obligations as to the security or use of information you voluntarily include when submitting content.

Send-to-a-friend tools 

This Site may, from time to time, include a send-to-a-friend application that makes it easy for you to forward information or materials from our Site to friends or family by email.  In order to address your email message, the application may ask you to input the recipient’s email address and/or similar information (including your email address).  This information is used by the application to address your message so that it can be properly sent.  We may temporarily maintain a log of this information for troubleshooting and fraud-prevention purposes.  In the event that we are offering you some form of referral award for encouraging an action on the part of the recipient (for example, if you are to earn a reward if the recipient chooses to register for one of our offerings after receiving the email from you), we may also retain the information as necessary to establish that the referral award was earned.

Children's privacy 

This Site is not directed to children and we will not request any information from children under 13 at this Site.    We recommend that parents monitor their children’s Internet activities and learn and employ software or other tools that can help their children enjoy the fun and entertainment of an online experience without compromising their personal safety or allowing them to use the Internet in a manner inconsistent with their parents’ preferences.

Changes to our privacy policy

We may change or replace this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion at any time.  Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of any updates or changes in this Privacy Policy.  Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information collected by or through any Site that displays an authorized link to this Privacy Policy.

Your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy 

By using this Site, you signify your assent to all of the terms of this Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree with any term of this Privacy Policy or our Legal Terms, please do not use this Site or submit any information.

Your control over your information 

You always have the right to review and update the information that you previously provided to us at this Site.  You may contact us in order to arrange this or to ask us to remove you from our list of email addresses.  

How to contact us 

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or about our collection or use of information, please Contact Us.