VOTE DOWN
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VoteDown Values Your Trust. We value your trust -- So we have taken great care to inform you in this Policy what we do and do not do with information that you provide us in the course of using our website, purchasing our products or using our services Your Privacy is Important. We use our best efforts to maintain the personal information you give to us in a secure, safe and responsible manner within VoteDown. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, the personal information we collect will not be sold, rented or leased and will only be shared within VoteDown and/or with agencies and contractors engaged by VoteDown under strict NDA. VoteDown reserves the right to disclose personal information when required by laws. VoteDown seeks to be the most trusted, caring, complete, exciting and value oriented source for all your needs. To accomplish this, we offer wonderful products and services and occasionally team up with our suppliers to provide other offers of value to you. Your Choice. It is up to you whether you provide us with your personal information by participating in any of the activities mentioned in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to participate, your personal information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Personal Information. When you purchase our products, you provide us with information about you. Depending upon what information you provide to us and whether, and where, you purchase products and/or services, the information we receive may include your name, mailing, billing and/or shipping address, telephone number, driver's license number, birth date, form of payment, e-mail address, product and service preferences, and what you purchased. If you use a credit or debit card, the information we receive will include your account number and your form of payment. VoteDown uses the information you provide to service your account, to deliver an order to you, and to personalize your experience with VoteDown. Marketing.
Security of Your Transactions. VoteDown has policies and procedures in place to ensure that information you share with us is handled in a safe, secure and responsible manner. We use encryption and other types of technology to reasonably protect and safeguard your personal information and transactions. We never display your full credit card information. While we strive to maintain the best security features we can, VoteDown cannot guarantee that the information provided to us by you over the internet is 100% secure, and therefore, you agree to provide this information to VoteDown at your own risk. Product and Service Preferences. You have the option within the website, to provide us with information about your product and/or service preferences, or other interests. We use this information to improve the level of customization and to provide better recommendations for you. E-mail and Direct Mail Offers. To offer you customized promotions, we may also use your mailing, shipping and/or billing address or e-mail address you have provided us to send you special offers from time to time that would be of interest to you. When you sign up for an account or use certain features, you are opting to receive messages from VoteDown. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from VoteDown. For example, if you open a ticket, or request to be notified about an issue, we may send you messages about your transaction using the contact information you provide, including through automated SMS text messages to your phone number. We may also track your actions in response to the messages you receive from us or through the Service, such as whether you deleted, opened, or forwarded such messages. If you send or receive messages through the Service via SMS text message, we may log phone numbers, phone carriers, and the date and time that the messages were processed. Carriers may charge recipients for texts that they receive. We may also store information that you provide through communications to us, including from phone calls, letters, emails and other electronic messages, or in person. If you are inactive for a period of time, we may send a reminder email about the service. Surveys. From time to time, we may contact customers randomly about participating in a survey about our products, services and/or website. Your feedback helps us identify customer needs, levels of satisfaction, and improve and/or develop new products and services for you. These surveys are always voluntary. Activity. We may store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and purchases you make through the Service. We also may store information that your computer or mobile device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Service, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, location (including geolocation, beacon based location, and GPS location), and requested and referring URLs. We may also receive and store your location whenever our mobile applications are running, including when running in the background, if you enable our mobile apps to access such information in the course of using the Service. You may be able to limit or disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example by adjusting the "Location Services" settings for our applications in iOS privacy settings. Change Happens. VoteDown is continually improving its services, offerings, and products to you. This includes adding new functionality and features to its websites, stores and/or catalogs. Because of these changes, changes in technology and/or the law, this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. Please review our Privacy Policy each time you visit our website to make sure you understand our current practices and policies. Website Usage, Traffic and Purchasing Patterns. We keep track of customer purchases, related traffic patterns and site usage within our website to help us provide superior customer service and convenient access to our products and services, direct our merchandise orders, and improve customer access, website responsiveness and usefulness of the website. Non-Personal Information. When you visit our website, we may collect certain information about you that is not personally identifiable such as the type of internet browser or operating system you have, or the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site. Cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your computer when you view our website and/or advertisements. A cookie lets us recognize you, keep track of your shopping cart and provide a more meaningful and personalized shopping experience when you visit our site again. We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, advertising identifiers (including mobile identifiers such as Apple’s IDFA or Google’s Advertising ID) and similar technology ("Cookies") in connection with your use of the Service, third party websites, and mobile applications. Cookies may have unique identifiers, and reside, among other places, on your computer or mobile device, in emails we send to you, and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit information about you and your use of the Service, such as your browser type, search preferences, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or that you have clicked on, and the date and time of your use. Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session. Changing Your Cookie Setting. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies automatically, but you can change this setting. See your browser's "help topics" to learn how to change the setting. If you decide not to accept cookies, you may not be able to shop with us on-line and access all your account information on our website. Data Retention You can close your account by contacting customer service. We will disable all information on the account, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations. Aggregate Statistics. From time to time we provide aggregate statistics about our website traffic, product and service sales, customers, and/or other consumer-related information to carefully selected companies to identify trends and make inventory, marketing and other retail-related decisions. These aggregate statistics do not include personally identifiable information of individual customer. Hyperlinks. We may have agreements with third parties that allow you to link to their website from our website. If you link to these websites from votedown.org, you may be asked to give information to them. Please be aware that once you have left our website, VoteDown is no longer your host, does not control, and is not responsible for, the practices or policies of the third party and its website. We encourage you to check each website's privacy policy. VoteDown's Privacy Policy solely applies to the VoteDown Family and its websites. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) At VoteDown the safety of your children is very important to us. Consequently, VoteDown does not knowingly or intentionally collect information from children under 16 without prior parental consent. If you are under 16 and wish to purchase items from VoteDown.org or wish to provide personal information, please ask a parent or your guardian for assistance. VoteDown.org cannot prohibit minors from visiting our website and must rely on parent(s) or guardian(s) to decide which materials are appropriate for children under 16 to view. Individuals under the age of 18 must certify to VoteDown that they are using VoteDown.org with the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. If a parent becomes aware that a child has provided us with personal information, we ask that the parent or legal guardian of the child contact us by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or in writing to: VoteDown, 90 Church Street, #2356, New York, NY 10008 to request that this information be deleted from our records. Choice/Opt-Out Unless you affirmatively opt-out, we will maintain personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to receive direct mail, catalogs, email, product- and/or service-specific information and/or general marketing communications, please visit the MyAccount page on the web site or contact us at [email protected] Delete Your Account UIf you wish to fully delete your information, subject to legal data retention requirements for any donations, please visit the MyAccount page on the web site or contact us at [email protected] Disclosures Pursuant to an Acquisition or Merger. If VoteDown or its assets are acquired by another company, your personal information may be disclosed to the acquiring company to allow the acquiring company to fulfill your order or provide the products, services or information that VoteDown would otherwise provide to you and to generally carry on VoteDown business. We may also use and disclose your personal information to parties connected with the contemplated or actual financing, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets, including for the purposes of deciding whether to proceed or continue with such transaction or business relationship or fulfilling any records or other reporting requirements to such parties. We will require such parties to treat your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and to use and disclose it only for the purposes for which it was collected. Governing Law These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Comments If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, please send us an e-mail at [email protected] Other Legal Terms Please review the section called Terms of Use, which describes the terms and conditions for the use of our website, describes the content on our website, and provides information about your responsibilities when using the website. This Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. |