Yellowhammer media, llc
Privacy Policy
Last Updated July 29, 2010
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This Privacy Policy governs your use of this
Website and any content, products or services made available from or through
this website including any sub domains thereof (ÒWebsiteÓ). The Website is made available by
Yellowhammer Media, LLC (Hereinafter referred to as ÒCompanyÓ).
By visiting this Website and requesting
information, products or services offered on or through this Website, you agree
to the terms of this Privacy Policy, as they may be amended from time to
time. As Company updates or expands
its Website, services or products, this Privacy Policy may change and the
changes are effective upon posting. Please check back frequently for updates as
it is your sole responsibility to be aware of changes. Company does not provide notice of
changes in any manner other than by posting the changes at this Website. This Privacy Policy is incorporated
into, and part of, the Website Terms and Conditions which govern your use of
this Website in general.
This Website is intended for users who are located
in the United States of America.
The Privacy Policy shall be interpreted under the laws of the United
States.
Purpose
of the Privacy Policy.
This Policy describes the information collection,
use, and dissemination practices of Company, its parent, subsidiaries and
registered d/b/a companies (Collectively Referred herein after as ÒCompanyÓ)
and all related websites owned or registered to Company. It governs CompanyÕs right to collect,
use, store and disclose information provided by You on its (a) this Website,
(b) CompanyÕs other Websites, (c) on various Third Party websites, and (d)
Company's other information collection and distribution practices, including
the acquisition of your information from and to Third Parties. Company is not
responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of third party
websites or applications which company does not own or control.
By providing us with Personal Information about
yourself on our Website or in the course of using our services, you consent to
the transfer of your Personal Information, and any other data we acquire about
you from third-party service providers for commercial use.
Information
Collection, Use, and Dissemination practices.
1.0. Collection of
Information.
1.1. User Direct Information. Each time you provide or transmit
information via the Website, Company may obtain and collect personal
information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, email address,
mailing address, social security number, credit card information, bank account
information and telephone or cell phone number (collectively referred to as
"Personal Information").
1.2. Survey Information. Company may collect Personal Information
from you when you voluntarily complete a Company survey, order form, or a
registration page either online by using the internet or offline by providing
this information through the mail, in person or using a telephone. This
information may be collected by surveys, order forms, or registration pages
operated by third parties. This method of collection is collectively known as a
ÒSurvey.Ó In such Surveys, Company or a third party may ask you to provide
Personal Information including your 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. Company may also
collect such information concerning you from another source and uses that
information in combination with information provided from the Website or
Surveys. Completing the Surveys is completely voluntary, and you are under no
obligation to provide Survey Information to Company or a third party.
1.3. Third Party Information. Company may collect Personal Information
from you when you provide information to a third party and Company subsequently
acquires or uses the information provided by the third party. Such information
may include, but is not limited to, your 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 you
may have provided to the third party. When acquiring this information, Company
seeks assurances from the third party that you agreed to provide and have such
information acquired by Company. If
you did not give express permission, or you would like to remove your
permission, you may suppress all of your information by sending notification to
us at privacy@yellowhammermg.com
1.4. Other Methods of Collecting Personal
Information. Other occasions when
Company obtains information from you include: (1) when you claim a prize or
seek to redeem an offer by Company or by a third party; (2) when you request
assistance through CompanyÕs customer service department; and (3) when you
voluntarily subscribe to a Company service or newsletter.
1.5. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info
Collected Using Technology. Company
currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain
Internet-related information about you with information about you in its
database. Additionally, Company may use other new and evolving sources of
information in the future.
(a) Cookies. ÒCookiesÓ are a feature in your browser
software. If enabled, we may write cookies that may store small amounts of data
on your computer about your visit to any of the pages of this Site. Cookies
assist us in tracking which of our features appeal the most to you and what
content you may have viewed on past visits. When you visit this site again,
cookies can enable us to customize our content according to your preferences.
We may use cookies to: keep track of the number of return visits to this site;
accumulate and report aggregate, statistical information on website usage;
deliver specific content to you based on your interests or past viewing
history; save your password for ease of access to our Site. You can disable cookies, although the
Site may not function properly for you. Your browser preferences can be
modified to accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a
cookie is set. You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com. In
order to use all of the features and functionality of CompanyÕs websites, you
need to accept cookies.
(b) Web
Beacons. A web beacon is a
programming code that can be used to display an image on a web page, but can
also be used to transfer your unique user identification to a database and
associate you with previously acquired information about an individual in a
database. This allows Company to track certain websites you visit. Web beacons
are used to track online behavioral habits for marketing purposes to determine
products or services you may be interested in. In addition to using web beacons
on web pages, Company also uses web beacons in email messages sent to
individuals listed in CompanyÕs database.
(c) IP
Addresses. Company automatically
tracks certain information based upon your behavior on the site. We may use
this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests,
and behavior to better understand, protect and serve you and our community.
This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL
is on the site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the
site or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address. Your
Internet Protocol ("IP") is a unique Internet "address"
which is assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider ("ISP").
For local area network ("LAN"), DSL, or cable modem users, an IP
address may be permanently assigned to a particular computer. IP addresses are
automatically logged by Web servers, collecting information about a user's
traffic patterns. While the IP address does not identify an individual by name,
it may, with the cooperation of the ISP, be used to locate and identify an
individual using the Web. Your IP address can, however, reveal what geographic
area you are connecting from, or which ISP you are using. Finally, other
websites you visit have IP addresses, and we may collect the IP addresses of
those websites and their pages.
(d) Computer
Profiles. Company may also collect
and accumulate other anonymous data which will help us understand and analyze
the Internet experience of our visitors. For instance, Company may accumulate
visitor data relating to referring domain names, the type of browsers used,
operating system software, screen resolutions, color capabilities, browser
plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords and
JavaScript enablement. When you provide us with Personal Identification
Information, we are able to use such visitor data to identify you.
(e) Data
Analysis. Data Analysis technology
may be employed from time to time if used by a Client of Company.
(f) New
Technology. The use of technology
on the Internet, including cookies and web beacons, is rapidly developing. As a
result, Company strongly encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any
updates regarding its use of new technology.
1.6. No Information Collected from Children. Company will never knowingly collect any
Personal Information about children under the age of 13. If Company obtains actual knowledge that
it has collected Personal Information about a child under the age of 13, that
information will be immediately deleted from its database. Because it does not collect such
information, Company has no such information to use or to disclose to third
parties.
1.7. Credit Card Information and Bank Account
Information. Company may, in
certain instances, collect credit card numbers, bank account information and
related information when an individual places an order on CompanyÕs Website.
When the credit card or bank account information is submitted to Company, such
information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. Company
will use the credit card information or bank account information for purposes
of processing and completing the transaction you requested on the Website, and
the credit card information or bank account information will be disclosed to
third parties as necessary to complete the requested purchase transaction.
2.0. Use of Personal
Information.
2.1. General Use. The following paragraphs describe how
Company currently uses Personal Information, but Company may change or broaden
its use at any time. As noted
below, Company may update this policy from time to time. Company may use
Personal Information to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of
email advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, mobile
marketing, online banner advertising, and package stuffers, among other
possible uses.
2.2 Disclosure
of Information to Participating Service Providers of Services. Company will disclose your Personal Information
in order to effect or carry out any transaction that you have requested of us
or as necessary to complete our contractual obligations with you. WE RESERVE
THE RIGHT TO SELL, RENT OR TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO our
participating service providers, as authorized by you, which include: lenders,
agents, and debt management firms FOR ANY PURPOSE IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. We
prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to non-affiliated
entities for their use without giving you the opportunity to opt-out (See
Opt-Out below). We may share your personally identifiable information with
affiliated companies that are directly or indirectly controlled by, or under
common control of Company. We may send personally identifiable information
about you to non-affiliated companies that are not directly or indirectly
controlled by, or under common control of, Company.
2.3. Email and Unsubscribe Policy. Company uses Personal Information to
provide third party promotional offers by email to individuals. Company 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 CompanyÕs email lists, a person must send an
email to unsubscribe@yellowhammermg.com
2.4. Content of Email Messages. You may receive certain commercial email
messages sent by third parties for products which may be of interest to
you. In such case, an Advertiser's
name will appear in the "From:" and the email will have a method at
the bottom of the email to unsubscribe from that Advertiser. Company is not responsible for
third party emails sent to you.
2.5. Solicited Email. Company only sends email to individuals
who have agreed on the Website to receive email from Company or to individuals
who have agreed on a Third Party website to receive email from Third
Parties. As such, Company does not
send unsolicited email messages. As
a result, United States statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited
email are not applicable to Company's email messages.
2.6. Targeted Advertising. Company may use Personal Information to
target advertising to an individual.
When an individual is using the Internet, Company uses Technology
Information to associate an individual with that person's Personal Information,
and Company 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. Company may, at its discretion,
target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones, and
other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.7. Telemarketing. Company may use Personal Information to
advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing
or telemarketing using telephones and cell phones. You may have your telephone
number or cell phone number listed on a state or federal do not call
registry. By registering and using
this Site, you agree that such act constitutes a purchase, an inquiry and/or an
application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR ¤310
et seq. (the "ATSR"). Notwithstanding that your telephone number may
be listed on the Federal Trade Commission's Do-Not-Call List, you have
authorized us to contact you via telemarketing in accordance with the
ATSR. Moreover, by registering with, or requesting information from, a
third-party advertiser at or through the Website or other advertisement media
made available by us (e.g., email marketing), you agree that such action shall
constitute a purchase, an inquiry and/or an application with the respective
third-party advertiser for purposes of the ATSR and you may be contacted via
email, direct mail and/or telemarketing by such third-party advertiser in
accordance with the ATSR. We may use Personal Information to provide the services you've
requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
2.8. Wireless
Addresses. If the e-mail address
you provide to Company is a wireless e-mail address, you agree to receive
messages at such address from Company or its business associates (unless and
until you have elected not to receive such messages by following the
instructions in the unsubscribe portion of this policy). You understand that your wireless
carrier's standard rates apply to these messages. You represent that you are the owner or
authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and
that you are authorized to approve the applicable charges.
2.9. Short Message Service. Company may make available a service
through which you can receive messages on your wireless device via short
message service (ÒSMS ServiceÓ).
Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include
your name, address, cell phone number, your provider's name, and the date,
time, and content of your messages. You represent that you are 18 years of age
and the owner or authorized user of the wireless device on which messages will
be received, and that you are authorized to approve the applicable
charges. In addition to any fee of
which you are notified your provider's standard messaging rates apply to our
confirmation and all subsequent SMS correspondence. All charges are billed by and payable to
your mobile service provider. Company will not be liable for any delays in the
receipt of any SMS messages, as delivery is subject to effective transmission
from your network operator. SMS message services are provided on an AS IS
basis. Company may also obtain the
date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of the SMS
Service. We will use the
information we obtain in connection with our SMS Service in accordance with
this Privacy Policy. If fees are
charged to your wireless account invoice, we may provide your carrier with your
applicable information in connection therewith. Your wireless carrier and other service
providers may also collect data about your wireless device usage, and their
practices are governed by their own policies.
You
acknowledge and agree that the SMS Service is provided via wireless systems
which use radios (and other means) to transmit communications over complex
networks. We do not guarantee that
your use of the SMS Service will be private or secure, and we are not liable to
you for any lack of privacy or security you may experience. You are fully responsible for taking
precautions and providing security measures best suited for your situation and
intended use of the SMS Service. We
may also access the content of your account and wireless account with your
carrier for the purpose of identifying and resolving technical problems and
service-related complaints.
You
may remove your information from CompanyÕs database. If you remove your
information from CompanyÕs database it will no longer be used by Company for
secondary purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by Company or third
parties to send promotional correspondence to you. You may remove your
information by sending your request in writing via email to unsubscribe@yellowhammermg.com
or by sending "STOP", "END", "QUIT" to the SMS
text message you have received.
2.10. Use of Technology Information. Company may use Technology Information
(1) to match a person's Personal Information and Third Party List Information
to other categories of Personal 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 Company's websites are most frequently visited.
This information helps Company to better understand the online habits of
individuals so that Company can target advertising and promotions to them.
2.11. Profiles of Individuals. Company may use Personal 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 Personal Information such as information obtained
from public databases.
3.0. Other Use of Personal
Information. Company may use your
Personal Information in the following ways:
3.1. Public Forums. When you contribute to a public area or
feature of our Website, such as a chat room, bulletin board, list serve, blog,
wiki or other open forum that we may make available on or through our Website,
the information that you submit will be made available to the general public
and will not be considered ÒPersonal InformationÓ for purposes of this Privacy
Policy. For this reason, we
recommend that you do not submit any sensitive information, including your full
name, home address, phone number, other information that would enable other
users to locate you or your financial information on these areas of our
Website. Instead, make up a
username that does not disclose your personal identity.
3.2. Third Party Offers. Company may provide your Personal
Information to third parties with whom they have a business relationship for
the purposes of securing the services and products you have requested or provide
you with additional marketing materials from which you may choose additional
products or services. Company may
make your Personal Information available to companies or other entities not
affiliated with the Company that have goods, services and offers that might be
of interest to you so that they may send you these offers.
3.3. Marketing. Company will use your Personal
Information for any marketing and survey purpose on behalf of Company and its
affiliates and subsidiaries to send information to you about additional goods
or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, Company will disclose
your Personal Information to third party agents and independent contractors to
help us conduct our marketing and survey efforts including but not limited to
direct marketing. You may have no relationship with these other companies.
3.4. Co-sponsored Contests,
Sweepstakes and Offerings. Company
may provide a contest; sweepstake and other offering may be co-sponsored by
another company. In those situations,
the information we obtain from you in connection with such contest, sweepstake
or offering may be shared with our co-sponsor. In those situations, our co-sponsors
will have the right to use your information for their own purposes, in
accordance with their own policies.
If you do not wish for the information we obtain from you to be shared
with our co-sponsor, then do not enter such contest, sweepstake or other
offering or otherwise provide to us any Personal Information in connection with
such contest, sweepstake or other offering. We are not responsible for how our
co-sponsors may use your information.
3.5. Technical Service Providers. Company may use third-party advertising
companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These third partyÕs may use
information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone
number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Company may also use
third parties to help operate our Website, deliver products and services, and Company may
share your Personal Information with such third parties for our business (such
as Website or database hosting companies, address list hosting companies,
e-mail service providers, analytics companies, distribution companies,
fulfillment companies, and other similar service providers that use such
information on our behalf). Unless
otherwise stated, these parties do not have any right to use the Personal
Information we provide to them beyond what is necessary for them to assist
us. When you conduct e-commerce
with one of the e-commerce affiliates or service providers to which the Website
may be linked, certain Personal Information such as your e-mail and home
address may be collected by the service providerÕs server and made available to
us.
3.6. Aggregate Statistics. Company may disclose aggregate statistics
regarding user behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our Website
and e-mails to third parties in the form of aggregate data, such as overall
patterns or demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual
user.
3.7. Complying with Legal Process. Company will use or disclose your
Personal Information in response to subpoenas, court orders, warrants, or legal
process, or to otherwise establish or exercise our legal rights or defend
against legal claims or in the event you violate or breach an agreement with
Company. Company will use and disclose your Personal Information if we believe
you will harm the property or rights of Company , its owners, or those of
Company 's other customers. Finally, we will use or disclose your Personal
Information if we believe it is necessary to share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected
fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any
person, violations of CompanyÕs acceptable use policy, or as otherwise required
by law when responding to subpoenas, court orders and other legal processes.
3.8. Order Fulfillment. Company will transfer your Personal
Information to third parties when necessary to provide a product or service
that you order from such third party while using CompanyÕs websites or when
responding to offers provided by Company.
3.9. Data Summary. Company may sell or transfer
non-individualized information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous
information about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
4.0. Privacy Practices of
Third Parties.
4.1. Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies 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. Company does not control the use of such technology and Company
has no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information
about you.
4.2. Links. The websites and email messages sometimes
contain hypertext links to the websites of third parties. Company is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites.
Linked websites may contain links to websites maintained by third parties. Such
links are provided for your convenience and reference only. Company does not
operate or control in any respect any information, software, products or
services available on such third party websites. The inclusion of a link to a
website does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its
contents, or its sponsoring organization.
4.3. Affiliations/Merger/Sale. Company further reserves the right to
disclose, transfer or sell your Personal Information to companies who are
affiliated with Company in CompanyÕs sole discretion. If Company changes ownership through an
acquisition, merger, sale or other change of business status, it reserves the
right to transfer or assign the right to use your Personal Information
collected from the Website.
5.0. Foreign use of the
Website. To the extent that you are accessing the
Website while domiciled outside of the United States, you acknowledge that the
Personal Information you are providing Company is collected and stored in the
United States and therefore consent to the transfer of information to and
storage of the information outside of your domiciled country and in the United
States.
6.0 Security
We endeavor to safeguard and protect your
information. When you submit information at the website, such information is
protected both online and offline. The servers in which we store Personal
Information are kept in a secure physical environment. Company has security
measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of
personal information under our control. Currently, Company uses Secure Socket
Layer Software ("SSL") to protect data and to secure any
transactions. SSL encrypts information, including credit card numbers, names
and addresses as they are transmitted over the Internet. Please be advised
that, although Company takes reasonable technological precautions to protect
your data, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure. Therefore, Company cannot and does not warrant that your information
will be absolutely secure. Any transmission of data at or through our website
is at your own risk. However, access to your information is strictly limited,
and not accessible to the public.
7.0 Choice/Opt-out
Company provides you the opportunity to Ôopt-outÕ
of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes,
when it asks for this information. For example, if you purchase a
product/service but do not wish to receive any additional marketing material
from us, you can indicate your preference by emailing or calling us per the
information contained on our contact page.
If you no longer wish to receive our promotions,
you may opt-out of receiving it by following the instructions included in each
newsletter or communication or by emailing or calling us per the information
contained on our contact page.
Customer Care Contact
Information to CustomerCare@YellowhammerMG.com
7.1 AppNexus Cookies
Our ad-server, AppNexus, uses cookies in conjunction with web beacons in order to make ads more relevant to users. If youÕd like to opt-out from having AdNexus collect your Non-PII in connection with our Platform, please click here. When you opt out, we will place an opt-out cookie on your computer. The opt-out cookie tells us not to collect your Non-PII to help us tailor our ClientsÕ online advertisement campaigns. Please note that if you delete, block or otherwise restrict cookies, or if you use a different computer or Internet browser, you may need to renew your opt-out choice.
8.0. California User
Consumer Rights. California Civil Code
Section 1798.83 permits California residents who have provided Personal
Information to Company or third parties under a list management arrangement
with Company to request certain information regarding CompanyÕs disclosure of such
information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Within thirty
days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of Personal
Information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing
purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names
and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no more than once
per calendar year. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted
other than to the address specified in this section. If you have questions
about this policy, please contact us at Privacy@YellowhammerMG.com or in
writing at 469 7th Ave., Suite 338, New York, NY 10018.