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Privacy Policy
Effective
Date: July 6, 2007
The
Disinformation Company Ltd. (about our collection, use, and disclosure
of the personally identifiable information ("Personal Information")
that we collect when you use the Website and the services offered on the Website
("Disinformation Services"). This Privacy Policy describes the
information that we collect from you, how we collect this information, and what
we do with it after we collect it. By using the Website you are accepting the
practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or
comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us here
Does
Disinformation Ever Make Changes to its Privacy Policy?
We
may make changes to the Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of
any changes by sending you an email, posting a notice on the home page of the
Website, or posting a notice in your account when you first login after we have
made changes. If you receive notification of a change in our Privacy Policy,
you must review the new Privacy Policy carefully to make sure you understand
our practices and procedures. You may not be able to receive notices from us if
your cookies are not set to accept and/or are disabled.
What
Types of Information Does Disinformation Collect From Me?
Personal
Information. We
and/or our service provider partners may collect any Personal Information that
you provide to us, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email
address, and credit card number.
Non-Personal
Information. We
do not currently collect non-personal information from you, such as your
browser type, the URL of the previous website you visited, your ISP, operating
system, and your Internet protocol (IP) Address ("Non-Personal Information").
Non-Personal Information cannot be easily used to personally identify you.
How
and When Does Disinformation Collect This Information?
Providing
Information to Us.
We collect Personal Information from you when you provide it to us. For
example, if you purchase a product sold through our store, we or our store
fulfillment partner may collect your name, mailing address, telephone number,
credit card number, and email address. If you sign up to receive a newsletter,
we will collect your email address.
Communications
With Us. If you
communicate with us regarding the Website or the Disinformation Services, we
will collect any information that you provide to us in any such communication.
Analytic
and Reporting Technologies. Like the operators of most websites, we use analytic and reporting
technologies to record Non-Personal Information such as Internet domain and
host names, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser software, operating
system types, clickstream patterns, and the dates and times that the Website
and the Disinformation Services are accessed. To do this, we may use web
beacons and cookies.
How
Does Disinformation Use My Information?
Personal
Information. We
use Personal Information primarily for our own internal purposes, such as
providing, maintaining, evaluating, and improving the Disinformation Services
and the Website, fulfilling requests for information, producing and shipping
the products that you order, and providing customer support. Similarly, if you
sign up to receive a Disinformation newsletter, we will use the email address
you provide to send you the newsletters.
Non-Personal
Information. If
at any time we collect it, we may use Non-Personal Information to track the use
of the Website and the Disinformation Services and for other internal purposes,
such as providing, maintaining, evaluating, and improving the Disinformation
Services and the Website.
When
Will Disinformation Disclose My Information to Third Parties?
Disclosure
to Successors. We
may disclose your Personal Information to any successor-in-interest of ours,
such as a company that acquires us. In the event Disinformation goes through a
business transition, such as a merger or acquisition by or with another
company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information
will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email or
by a notice on our Website of any such change in ownership or control of your
Personal Information.
Disclosure
to Unaffiliated Third Parties. We may disclose your Personal Information to prevent an
emergency, to prevent harm to others, to respond to legal requirements, to
protect or enforce our rights and policies, to protect or enforce the rights of
a third party, or as required or permitted by law (including, without
limitation, to comply with a subpoena or court order).
Disclosure
to Third Party Service Providers and Online Partners. We may contract with various
third parties who help us provide, maintain and improve the Website and the
Disinformation Services. For example, we use a third party to operate and
manage our online store, including the processing of payments and fulfillment
of products, and we may subcontract out production, analytics, reporting or
other operations. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent such
third parties from disclosing your Personal Information, except for the purpose
of providing the services in question. We cannot guarantee that such third
parties will not disclose your Personal Information.
Disclosure
of Non-Personal Information. We will disclose Non-Personal Information, in aggregate
form, to potential strategic partners, advertisers, investors, customers, and
others. You may not opt-out of the sharing of this information. However, it
cannot be easily used to identify you personally.
What
About Cookies and Web Beacons?
A
cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Most websites
use cookies. We use cookies to track your use of the Website and the
Disinformation Services, provide you with a more personalized user experience,
and to allow you to login and begin use of the Disinformation Services
automatically when you visit the Website.
A
web beacon is an often-transparent graphic image, usually no larger than a 1x1
pixel that is placed on a web page or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the
behavior of the user visiting the Website or receiving the e-mail.
Cookies
and web beacons used by Disinformation and our online partners are not linked
to Personal Information.
Does
Disinformation Protect My Personal Information?
Personal
Information.
Whenever we obtain your Personal Information, we use commercially reasonable
efforts to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, we are
not insurers of the security of your Personal Information. Accordingly, we
assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission,
unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or
omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Website
Content. The
content that you store, post, or transmit on or through the Website, such as
message board postings, may be accessed by other users, including people that
you do not know. We are not responsible for the actions of others. Therefore,
you should use care in communicating with other users and only disclose your
Personal Information to other users that you know to be trustworthy. You should
not assume that your content will be kept private.
Security
The
security of your Personal Information is important to us. Our policy is to
require our third party service providers, such as the online store and
personals providers, to encrypt sensitive information such as a credit card
numbers using secure socket layer technology (SSL). However, we cannot
guarantee compliance with this policy and no method of transmission over the
Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we
strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal
Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Does
This Privacy Policy Apply When I Access Third Party Websites?
You
may be able to access third party websites directly from the Website. This
Privacy Policy does not apply when you access third party websites. We cannot
control how third parties may use Personal Information you disclose to them, so
you should carefully review the privacy policy of any third party website you
visit before using it or disclosing your Personal Information to its provider.
What
About Children's Privacy?
Under
Thirteen. The
Disinformation Services are intended for users ages 13 and older only.
Accordingly, we will not knowingly collect or use any Personal Information from
children that we know to be under the age of 13. In addition, we will delete
any information in our database that we know originates from a child under the
age of 13.
Thirteen
to Seventeen.
Prospective users between the ages of 13 and 17 can only use the Disinformation
Services under their parents or legal guardian's supervision. If you are
between the ages of 13 and 17, you, your parent, or your legal guardian may
request that we deactivate any of your Personal Information in our database
and/or opt-out from receiving communications from us. If you wish to do so,
please contact us at here
Can
I Opt-Out From Receiving Communications From Disinformation?
We
provide you the opportunity to opt-out of having your Personal Information used
for certain purposes. For example, you can unsubscribe from any email
newsletter list at any time by clicking on a link provided in all email
newsletters sent to you. If you purchase a product in our store but do not wish
to receive any additional marketing material, you can indicate your preference
on our store partner's order form.
If we disclose your Personal Information to a third party in a manner that is not set
forth in this Privacy Policy you will be notified so that you can make an
informed choice about sharing your Personal Information with that third party.
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