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Affiliate Official Privacy Policy
Affiliate Official Privacy Policy
SharpNET Solutions, Inc., all its
related websites and DBAs including SharpNET, SNS, Affiliate Official, Privacy Policy
Last updated April 25,
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. SharpNET 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 SharpNET 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 SharpNET
This policy applies to SharpNET's
collection, use, storage and disclosure of
information by SharpNET on its (a) websites,
including all its divisions, subsidiaries and
DBAs (collectively, the
"Websites"), (b) on various third party
websites, and (c) to SharpNET's other information
collection. SharpNET is not responsible
for the information collection or privacy
practices of third web sites or applications.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
SharpNET collects information from
individuals by various methods, including, but not
limited to, when an individual voluntarily
completes an SharpNET survey or subscription, 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, SharpNET or
a third party (a "Third Party") may ask
an individual to provide various information to
SharpNET, 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"). SharpNET 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 SharpNET or Third
Party, but an individual may receive incentives
from SharpNET or a Third Party in exchange for
providing Information to SharpNET.
1.2 Third Party List
Information.
SharpNET collects information from
individuals when an individual provides
information to a third party and SharpNET
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, SharpNET seeks assurances from the
Seller that the Seller has a right to transfer the
Third Party List Information to SharpNET 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 SharpNET
obtains information from individuals include (1)
when an individual is making a claim for a prize
or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by SharpNET
or by a third party, (2) when an individual
requests assistance through SharpNET's customer
service department, and (3) when an individual
voluntarily subscribes to a SharpNET service or
newsletter (together, "Other
Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web Beacons, and
Other Info Collected Using Technology.
SharpNET may use cookie and
web beacon technology to associate certain
Internet-related information about an individual
with information about the individual in our
database. Additionally, SharpNET 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 SharpNET to identify the
individual with his or her corresponding data that
resides in SharpNET'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 SharpNET 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.
(c) New Technology.
1.5 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 SharpNET gathers or receives about
individuals.
1.7 No Information Collected
from Children.
SharpNET will never knowingly
collect any personal information about children
under the age of 13. If SharpNET 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, SharpNET has no such information to use
or to disclose to third parties. SharpNET has
designed this policy in order to comply with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information.
SharpNET 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 SharpNET. When the
Credit Card Information is submitted to SharpNET,
such information is encrypted and is protected.
SharpNET 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 SharpNET currently uses
Individual Information, but SharpNET may change or
broaden its use at any time. As noted below, SharpNET
may update this policy from time to time. SharpNET
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.
SharpNET uses Individual
Information to provide promotional offers by email
to individuals. SharpNET 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 SharpNETs email lists, CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE.
2.2(a) Content of Email
Messages.
In certain commercial email
messages sent by SharpNET, an advertiser's name will
appear in the "From:" line but hitting
the "Reply" button will cause a reply
email to be sent to SharpNET. The
"Subject:" line of SharpNET email messages
will usually contain a line provided from the
advertiser to SharpNET.
2.2(b) Solicited Email.
SharpNET only sends email to
individuals who have agreed on the Websites to
receive email from SharpNET or to individuals who
have agreed on third party websites to receive
email from third parties such as SharpNET. SharpNET does
not send unsolicited email messages. As a result,
statutes requiring certain formatting for
unsolicited email are not applicable to SharpNET's
email messages. SharpNET does understand that mistakes can be made,
such as one individual accidently entering the email address of another individual, such as entering "DSMITH@DOMAIN.COM" rather than "D.SMITH@DOMAIN.COM".
If you feel that SharpNET has distributed advertisements to you in error, please
CLICK HERE TO BE REMOVED FROM RECEIVING FUTURE OFFERS.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
SharpNET uses Individual
Information to target advertising to an
individual. When an individual is using the
Internet, SharpNET uses Technology Information (see
also Section 2.5 below) to associate an individual
with that person's Individual Information, and
SharpNET 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.
SharpNET 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.
SharpNET 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.
SharpNET 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 SharpNET's web sites
are most frequently visited. This information
helps SharpNET to better understand the online habits
of individuals so that SharpNET can target
advertising and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals.
SharpNET 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.
SharpNET stores the Individual
Information in a database on SharpNET computers. Our
computers have security measures (such as a
firewall) in place to protect against the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the information under
SharpNET's control. Not withstanding such measures,
SharpNET cannot guarantee that its security measures
will prevent SharpNET computers from being illegally
accessed, and the Individual Information on them
stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual
Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third
Parties.
SharpNET WILL NEVER SELL OR TRANSFER
INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY
PURPOSE. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY SharpNET WILL REMAIN
CONFIDENTIAL UNLESS DEMANDED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.
SharpNET may disclose Individual
Information to respond to subpoenas, court orders,
and other legal processes.
SharpNET may sell or transfer
non-individualized information, such as summary or
aggregated anonymous information about all persons
or sub-groups of persons.
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. SharpNET does not control Advertisers'
use of such technology and SharpNET 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. SharpNET 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.
SharpNET 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.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures.
If you wish to discontinue
receiving email messages from SharpNET, you have
several options:
(a) Unsubscribe from one email
list.
To unsubscribe from a particular
list, either (1) CLICK HERE TO BE REMOVED FROM ALL SharpNET EMAIL LISTS or (2) follow the
instructions in each promotional email message
sent by SharpNET.
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
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