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PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: September 1st, 2008
InstantBusinessAnswers.com
strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology
and to provide an interactive and personalized experience. We may use
Personally Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street
address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We
will never sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized
third party. Period."
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting,
the activities in which you elect to participate and the services
provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you
register for access to certain portions of our site or request certain
features, such as newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide
information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests, message
boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas of our site. Like most
Web sites, InstantBusinessAnswers.com also collects information
automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be
transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your
Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and
hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store
your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you
encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt
additional technology, we may also gather information through other means.
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for
example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do
you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked
to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to
customize the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit
and deliver more individualized content and advertising. We respect your
privacy and do not share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you)
may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about
your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to
help enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited
most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may
occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again,
this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information
about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on
InstantBusinessAnswers.com to communicate with you about your registration
and customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy policy;
services and products offered by InstantBusinessAnswers.com and other
topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by
InstantBusinessAnswers.com may also be used for other purposes, including
but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and
other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical
support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting service for
example) may access such information. We will use your information only as
permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop
our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or
businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the
transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a
court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to
do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to
us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate
or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to
disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements
InstantBusinessAnswers.com expects its partners, advertisers and
affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware, however, that
third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other
content providers accessible through our site, may have their own privacy
and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit
to our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a
InstantBusinessAnswers.com page, certain content that is actually created
or hosted by a third party. Also, through InstantBusinessAnswers.com you
may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites,
features, contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties.
InstantBusinessAnswers.com is not responsible for the actions or policies
of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of
those third parties when providing information on a feature or page
operated by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners or other third
parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of
your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of
our advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that
enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular
advertisement before. Other features available on our site may offer
services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology
to gather information. InstantBusinessAnswers.com does not control the use
of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is
not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally
Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that
information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third
parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from
other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control
of InstantBusinessAnswers.com and this policy.
Children
InstantBusinessAnswers.com does not knowingly collect or solicit
Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except
as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from
a child under 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that
information immediately. If you believe InstantBusinessAnswers.com has any
information from or about anyone under 13, please contact us at the
address listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
InstantBusinessAnswers.com
Email: support@InstantBusinessAnswers.com
Changes to this Policy
InstantBusinessAnswers.com reserves the right to change this policy at any
time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use
of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you
accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change
is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the
time the information was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are governed by Ontario law. If a
dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it with
the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the following location:
Toronto. Any costs and fees other than attorney fees associated with the
mediation will be shared equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution
through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration
at the following location: Toronto, under the rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitration may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so.
InstantBusinessAnswers.com is controlled, operated and administered
entirely within Ontario. This statement and the policies outlined herein
are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal
rights in or on behalf of any party. |
