Your
privacy is very important to us. We want to make your experience on the
Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want you to use
the Internet's vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with
complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to
demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy
Policy describes how our company collects information from all end
users of our Internet services (the "Services")-those who access some
of our Services but do not have accounts ("Visitors") as well as those
who may purchase Products and/or pay a monthly service fee to subscribe
to the Service ("Members")-what we do with the information we collect,
and the choices Visitors and Members have concerning the collection and
use of such information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy
carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is Used
Introduction.
Our company collects information in different ways from Visitors and
Members who access the various parts of our Services and the network of
Web sites accessible through our Service.
Registration:
Members may be asked to provide certain personal information when they
sign up for our Products or Services including name, address, telephone
number, billing information (such as a credit card number), and the
type of personal computer being used to access the Services. The
personal information collected from Members during the registration
process is used to manage each Member's account (such as for billing
purposes). This information may be shared with third parties, as stated
herein, or in special circumstances.
However, in instances where
our company and a partner jointly promote our Services, we may provide
the partner certain personal information, such as the name, address,
and username of persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of
the joint promotion for the purpose of offering you other products and
services.
In this instance, personal information may not be used
by the partner for any other purpose. We may also generate
non-identifying and aggregate profiles from personal information
Members provide during registration (such as the total number, but not
the names, of Members). As explained in more detail below, we may use
this aggregated and non-identifying information to sell advertisements
that appear on the Services.
Also, with purchases, we supply
our member's contact information, to our business partners, who then
may contact the member by telephone after the member purchase. Sales
proceeds are collected by that business partner company. We also
may supply other companies with contact information, for mail offers we
believe would be of interest to our members, with or without
compensation from those companies. At times, we may send an
advertisement for a third party product, where we collect the sales
proceeds, and forward the purchaser's information to that third party.
Our
Company Partners and Sponsors: Some products and services may be
offered to Visitors and Members in conjunction with an affiliate,
independent contractor seller or non-affiliated partner. To provide
Visitors and Members some of these products and services, the partner
may need to collect and maintain personal information.
Online
Shopping: At some Web sites, you can purchase products and
services or register to receive materials, such as a newsletter,
catalog or new product and service updates. In many cases, you may be
asked to provide contact information, such as your name, address, email
address, phone number, and credit/debit card information.
If
you complete an order for someone else, such as an online gift order
sent directly to a recipient, you may be asked to provide information
about the recipient, such as the recipient's name, address, and phone
number. Our company has no control over the third parties' use of any
personal information you provide when placing such an order. Please
exercise care when doing so.
If you order services or products
directly from our company, we use the personal information you provide
to process that order. We do share this information with outside
parties that we do business with.
Online Advertisements:
Our company may display our online advertisements. In those cases we
share information about our Visitors and Members collected through the
registration process as well as through online surveys and promotions
with these advertisers.
Additionally, in some instances, we
use this information to deliver tailored advertisements or joint
ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture company tells us
the audience they want to reach and provides us an advertisement
tailored to the audience. Based upon the information we have collected,
we may then display or send the advertisement to the intended audience.
Our company does share personal information about its Visitors or
Members with these advertisers or joint venture companies.
Responses
to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or Members send email inquiries to
our company, the return email address is used to answer the email
inquiry we receive.
Voluntary Customer Surveys: We may
periodically conduct both business and individual customer surveys. We
encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they
provide us with important information that helps us to improve the
types of products and services we offer and how we provide them to you.
We may take the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys and combine (or aggregate) it with
the responses of other customers we may have, to create broader,
generic responses to the survey questions (such as gender, age,
residence, hobbies, education, employment, industry sector, or other
demographic information). We then use the aggregated information to
improve the quality of our services to you, and to develop new services
and products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying information
may be shared with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our
company's policy to use or share the personal information about
Visitors or Members in ways described herein without additional notice
or means to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Also,
we may disclose personal information about Visitors or Members, or
information regarding your use of the Services or Web sites accessible
through our Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we
believe that it is reasonable to do so, including: credit agencies,
collection agencies, merchant database agencies, law enforcement, or to
satisfy laws, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the
Child Online Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal
requests for such information; to disclose information that is
necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone
who may be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or Terms Of Service, or
other user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to protect
our company and our Members.
Notice to California Residents – Your California Privacy Rights
Under California Law SB 27, California residents have the right to receive, once a
year, information about third parties with whom we have shared information about you
or your family for their marketing purposes during the previous calendar year, and a
description of the categories of personal information shared. To make such a request,
please send an email to privacy@dentalmarketingtips.com and please include the phrase
"California Privacy Request" in the subject line, and provide us with your name,
address and email address. We will respond to you within thirty days of receiving
such a request.
"Cookies"
and How Our Company Uses Them. A "cookie" is a small data file that can
be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain Web sites. Our
company may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track
information for purposes stated herein as well as for statistical
purposes to improve the products and services we provide and to manage
our telecommunications networks.
Advertisers and partners may
also use their own cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and
expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through
them.
Our Company Commitment to Children's Privacy. Protecting
children's privacy is especially important to us. It is our policy to
comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and
all other applicable laws. Therefore we restrict our Web site to
persons eighteen years or older.
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS
OR OLDER TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF
AGE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY REASON. DUE
TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY ACT
(COPA) AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Public Forums:
Please remember that any information you may disclose in any Member
Directory, or other public areas of our Web sites or the Internet,
becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding
to disclose personal information in these public areas.
Our
Company's Commitment to Data Security: Services and Web sites we
sponsor have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse,
and alteration of the information under our control. While we make
every effort to ensure the integrity and security of our network and
systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent
third-party "hackers" from illegally obtaining this information.
Where
to Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy: If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein,
you may contact us through the contact information provided on this Web
site.
Revisions to This Policy: Our company reserves the right
to revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Terms Of Service
agreement, and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any
manner, by updating this posting. Your use of this site after such
changes are implemented constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance
of these changes. Please consult this privacy statement prior to every
use for any changes.
Last updated: January 2, 2009