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As part of the PeerToPeerAdvertising
database, Users are registered at an PeerToPeerAdvertising
partner or affiliate website. Users are asked
to provide their name, email address, postal address
and self reported interest category selections.
Our Users may voluntarily provide additional information,
including personal, geographic and demographic
information. In addition to the information provided
by members, PeerToPeerAdvertising may also collect
information about consumers from third party sources.
These third party sources may include, but is
not limited to, co-registrations as part of a
User's registration on another website or acquisition
of information from a website who's privacy policy
allows for the data to be acquired.
PeerToPeerAdvertising uses this data to assemble
broad demographic information about its consumer
databases in general. The purpose of this data
collection is to ensure that PeerToPeerAdvertising
Users receive only the most relevant, targeted
promotions, offers and information.
In an attempt to customize PeerToPeerAdvertising's
service and provide consumers with the information
they may be most interested in, PeerToPeerAdvertising
also conducts internal research on our database's
demographics, interests, and behavior. This internal
research is based upon information provided directly
to PeerToPeerAdvertising. This internal research
may be in the form of surveys, sweepstakes, contests,
information obtained from consumer's response
to advertising and marketing offers or information
such as browser type or IP address which can be
collected electronically. PeerToPeerAdvertising
may also collect information from third party
sources. PeerToPeerAdvertising may combine or
otherwise overlay some or all of the foregoing
information to build profiles about PeerToPeerAdvertising's
database, which may be individual specific or
in aggregate form. By contributing to the PeerToPeerAdvertising
Database data contributors consent to PeerToPeerAdvertising
employing the foregoing techniques in its continuing
efforts to better serve its Users by providing
them with the information in which they may be
most interested.
PeerToPeerAdvertising does not collect information
regarding an individual's medical records or credit
or financial information relating to an individual's
credit worthiness and if such information is received,
PeerToPeerAdvertising deletes or destroys it upon
receipt.
PeerToPeerAdvertising does not use information
about its members for any purposes unrelated to
the services offered by PeerToPeerAdvertising.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does
not cover the conduct or practices of third party
sources. However, PeerToPeerAdvertising will treat
information that it receives from third party
sources according to the terms of this Privacy
Policy.
Children's Online Privacy
Protection
PeerToPeerAdvertising services are
not directed to nor intended for anyone under
the age of 13. PeerToPeerAdvertising will not
knowingly accept records of consumers who are
under the age of 13 years nor will it knowingly
collect or maintain personally identifiable information
from or about anyone under the age of 13 years.
PeerToPeerAdvertising relies on the truthfulness
of the owners of the consumer files when accepting
new data from 3rd party sources. In the event
that PeerToPeerAdvertising receives information
that establishes that a consumer is under the
age of 13 years, PeerToPeerAdvertising will delete
that record and any corresponding information.
Confidentiality
PeerToPeerAdvertising will not provide personally
identifiable information of an PeerToPeerAdvertising
database record or knowingly reveal any member's
identity to marketers, except as noted under "Limits
of Confidentiality." Personally identifiable information
means the member's name, postal address, email
address or other information from which the member's
identity may be reasonably ascertained.
Limits of Confidentiality
As part of its day-to-day business
activities, PeerToPeerAdvertising must disclose
certain aggregate level information about the
PeerToPeerAdvertising database to certain third
parties; principally,
PeerToPeerAdvertising Clients,
Marketers who use the PeerToPeerAdvertising
database and
To comply with the law or contractual obligations.
Below is the information and circumstances under
which PeerToPeerAdvertising may be required to
disclose information to third parties.
PeerToPeerAdvertising may disclose aggregate level
information to clients about the number of consumers
who have responded to any particular campaign,
the response rates of the PeerToPeerAdvertising
file; and statistics on the interest categories
selected by the PeerToPeerAdvertising consumers.
PeerToPeerAdvertising will disclose aggregate
level information about PeerToPeerAdvertising
files to marketers as reasonably necessary to
explain the services that PeerToPeerAdvertising
can offer, to report on the advertising campaigns
that PeerToPeerAdvertising undertakes for any
particular marketer, and/or to implement and explain
campaign strategies.
PeerToPeerAdvertising may release personally identifiable
information or account information as is necessary
to comply with the law; to enforce or apply the
terms and conditions of marketing contracts or
contracts when supplying 3rd party information;
or to protect the rights, property, or safety
of PeerToPeerAdvertising, its subsidiaries, affiliates,
partners or others. This includes exchanging information
with other companies and organizations for fraud
protection.
Use of Information
PeerToPeerAdvertising uses its database information
to deliver the PeerToPeerAdvertising services.
PeerToPeerAdvertising services include promoting
marketing offers to consumers and providing marketing
information to 3rd parties. A person's email address
will be used by PeerToPeerAdvertising to contact
that consumer about selected interests. Additionally,
PeerToPeerAdvertising may deliver marketing, promotional
and information messages through direct mail,
telemarketing or any other marketing or advertising
medium. PeerToPeerAdvertising also uses member
information to monitor, interpret, analyze and
report campaign results.
Protection of Consumer
Information
PeerToPeerAdvertising undertakes substantial efforts
to protect the confidentiality of the identity,
preferences and other information it has collected
about individual members and will never knowingly
allow access to this information to anyone outside
PeerToPeerAdvertising other than for the services
PeerToPeerAdvertising offers. PeerToPeerAdvertising
has made a substantial investment in its server,
database, backup and firewall technologies for
the protection and security of its information
assets, including the confidentiality of the information
assets. These technologies are deployed as part
of a sophisticated security architecture and protocol.
Consumers should also do their part in protecting
their information. Unfortunately, neither PeerToPeerAdvertising,
nor data transmission over the Internet, can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while
we strive to protect our database information,
PeerToPeerAdvertising cannot ensure or warrant
the security of our information. Thus, any information
a User transmits to us is done so at the User's
own risk. Once we receive User information, PeerToPeerAdvertising
undertakes substantial efforts to protect the
confidentiality of this information consistent
with this Policy.
Choices In Disclosing Information
Because we want our Users to feel completely
comfortable using the PeerToPeerAdvertising services,
Users are provided with various opportunities
to control how the information they provide to
us will be used. PeerToPeerAdvertising requests
information from our customers' registration,
as well as via surveys, contests or other promotions.
A User's participation in these activities is
completely voluntary and they therefore have a
choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Nevertheless, certain basic information is required
in order to register as a User. Information requested
may include contact information and demographic
information. Users also may choose whether or
not to get e-mails from PeerToPeerAdvertising
and whether or not to accept special offers from
our partners. If they choose not to receive e-mail
from PeerToPeerAdvertising, we will not send them
e-mail, although it may take a short time to remove
their name from our database.
Please note, PeerToPeerAdvertising
may send the user a confirmation e-mail to the
email address that was supplied us acknowledging
the new account. This e-mail will give the user
the option to delete the account if the user does
not desire the account. Users should keep the
confirmation e-mail, as it will also contain information
that will help in the case they run into problems
accessing our services.
Refund Policy: Refunds are issued by our sales
department at its sole discretion. Membership
may be cancel for the following month by noon
on the 30th to avoid fees.
Service Cancellation: PeerToPeerAdvertising reserves
the right to cancel anyones membership for any
reason at any time and without notice. In the
event the membership is canceled a full refund
will be granted.
Data Quality and Access: PeerToPeerAdvertising
uses a proprietary process to verify the validity
of the data received. This process validates several
data points including electronic and postal addresses.
PeerToPeerAdvertising regularly purges its database
of incorrect and outdated information. All data
is maintained until such time the user unsubscribes
or the data has been determined to be inaccurate
or obsolete. Should a User not want PeerToPeerAdvertising
to continue to utilize their data, they should
follow the unsubscribe procedures described in
this policy.
Privacy Audit and Third Party Verification: PeerToPeerAdvertising
employs the services of an independent, 3rd party
service to review the privacy policies and procedures
to ensure that they are in accord with the current
published privacy policy as posted and dated on
the PeerToPeerAdvertising website.
Cookies:
PeerToPeerAdvertising does not use cookies, although
we reserve the right to implement them in the
future. However, certain third party partners
and clients of PeerToPeerAdvertising may use cookies
in the process of sending email advertising to
you. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the
User's hard drive containing information about
the User. Cookies do not store any personally
identifiable information. They can be very beneficial
to the Internet user and allow for a more personal
and efficient Internet experience. For instance,
by accepting a cookie from a site, the User would
not have to log in a password more than once,
thereby saving time while on the site. Cookies
allow for personalization features such as stock
portfolio tracking and targeted news stories,
they allow for shopping cart capabilities and
quick navigation across multiple zones of e-commerce
sites, they remember user names and passwords
for future visits and allow for the delivery of
advertisements targeted to a user's interests
and controlling ad frequency. A User can reject
cookies and still use most websites. The only
drawback to this is that in some instances the
User will be limited in some areas of some websites.
For example, the User may not be able to participate
in selected Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings.
Cookies also can enable us to track and target
the interests of our Users to enhance their experience
on the PeerToPeerAdvertising Sites. You can set
your browser to not accept cookies. See your browser's
documentation for more information on accepting
cookies.
Privacy Policy Effective Date and Changes:The
foregoing policy is effective as of August 15,
2003. PeerToPeerAdvertising reserves the right
to change this policy at any time. Please check
this page periodically for changes. PeerToPeerAdvertising
will take reasonable measures to notify you if
there is a material change in our privacy practices
with respect to use of the information that has
been provided to PeerToPeerAdvertising. PeerToPeerAdvertising
will conspicuously post these changes in our Privacy
Policy. PeerToPeerAdvertising also will post a
message on the home page of its Web site that
states that the Privacy Policy has been changed,
and will provide a link to the Privacy Policy.
These postings will occur on the PeerToPeerAdvertising
Web site at least 30 days prior to any material
change.
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