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PRIVACY POLICY
DealPal
Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following privacy policy
("Privacy Policy") will help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us on this dealpal.com web site (the
"Site") and by ContentNow, Inc., d/b/a DealPal and all other sites operated under this parent domain ("dealpal.com").
We are committed to making your use of the Site easy and enjoyable as possible.
Please take a moment to read the following Privacy Policy to determine how your
personal information will be treated as you make full use of our many offerings.
By using the Site, or providing the information requested by the Site, or by
continuing to use the Site after having an opportunity to review this Privacy
Policy, you agree to accept the terms of our Privacy Policy and our use of the
information we collect. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy,
please do not use the Site.
DealPal reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time without
giving you prior notice. Your use of the Site following any such modification
constitutes your agreement to be bound by this Privacy Policy as modified. The
last date this Privacy Policy was revised or modified is set forth below
("Effective Date").
I. What personally identifiable information does
DealPal collect from me and
how does
DealPal use my information?
To create an account, we collect your name, email address, payment information
and a billing address. We provide your order information to the subscription
provider (s) you have selected. Subscription providers use your information to
create your account and will email you with account details. After your account
is created, you will be a customer of the subscription provider (s) and any
correspondence regarding your subscription should be directed to the
subscription provider (s) using the contact information contained in your
initial email from the subscription
provider(s). Once your personal information
is transferred to a third party subscription provider your personal information
is subject to that subscription provider’s privacy policy and
DealPal is not
responsible for use of your personal information by such business partner.
As a customer of the Site, we may be sending transactional emails for various
reasons as you continue to use our site. For example, a welcome email may be
sent thanking you for joining, or an email telling you an order has completed,
etc. These emails are required for logistical purposes and users cannot opt-out
of these types of emails.
If you contact
DealPal, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Wherever
DealPal collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to
this Privacy Policy on that specified page.
DealPal may from time to time send commercial e-mails with additional offers
and products.
DealPal is committed to ethical and responsible e-mail
practices. Accordingly,
DealPal strives to make sure that all commercial
e-mails sent by
DealPal are compliant with the Can-Spam Act of 2003. Customers
may opt-out of receiving promotional mailings by clicking on the opt-out link
contained in the body of any commercial e-mail sent by
DealPal or by emailing
info@dealpal.com.
Please note that we can only allow one account per household. This rule exists
to protect our content providers, as it serves to engender high quality, unique
leads. Potential users who reside in households with multiple people are
recommended to share an account.
With your prior consent, we will work with other third party businesses using
the personal information that you supply to us on the main signup page to bring
selected retail opportunities to our customers via direct mail, email and
telemarketing. These businesses may include providers of direct marketing
services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement,
suppression and validation and email marketing. At any time, you may choose to
unsubscribe from third party commercial e-mail messages by emailing
unsubscribe@contentnow.com
and referencing the e-mail address that you wish to unsubscribe from further
commercial e-mail messages from third parties. Keep in mind that if you take
advantage of an offer from a
DealPal business partner and thus, become their
customer, they may independently wish to send offers to you. In the event that
you are not interested in receiving future offers from these affiliates, you
must contact them directly to fulfill your list removal request.
We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as
required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal
process served on our Site.
To deactivate an account, please contact Customer Service directly with this
request.
II. What are cookies and how does DealPal use them?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on
your computer's hard drive.
DealPal uses cookies to better understand your
traffic patterns on the Site as well as keeping your login information securely
stored. This information helps us improve the navigation and flow of the web
site. Additionally this may allow users who choose to be remembered when they
come back to the Site to be automatically logged in. We link cookies to
personally identifiable information so that we may track your activities on the
Site in order to credit you for completing the offer. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but if you choose to disable the use of cookies,
you will run the risk of not receiving proper credit for completing an offer.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers/offer providers) may use
cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these types of
cookies.
Third-party Advertisers that serve ads onto the Site may also use their own
cookies.
III. Who is collecting information?
When you are on a Site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing
that information with
DealPal, unless it is specifically stated otherwise in
this Privacy Policy or in an offer or registration form that you may be asked to
complete as part of utilizing the service. For example, with your consent
certain information like name, e-mail address and address, may be shared with
affiliates and trusted business partners to better provide the services offered
on the Site.
Please be aware that
DealPal partners, advertisers and web sites that have
links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The
information practices of those Internet access partners, advertisers, and web
sites linked from
DealPal are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
DealPal
has no liability or responsibility for these independent policies or the use of
any personally identifiable information you independently transfer to these
companies.
IV. With whom does
DealPal share my information?
DealPal will share your personal information with other
ContentNow-owned sites
for the sole purpose of sharing and processing and unsubscribe request across
all ContentNow-owned sites.
As set forth in Section I,
DealPal may submit your personal information to
third party business partners to participate in their offer. Except as otherwise
set forth in this Privacy Policy,
DealPal will not disclose any of your
personally identifiable information except when you have decided to opt-in to
receive information, we have your permission or under special circumstances,
such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the
circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. The following describes some of
the additional ways that your information may be disclosed.
a. Other:
DealPal may also disclose account information in special cases when
we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating
DealPal's policies or may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) DealPal's rights or property, other
DealPal users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
DealPal may disclose or access account information when we believe in good
faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we
deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
Lastly, DealPal may disclose a user’s e-mail address as part of a suppression
file or do-not-e-mail list to its partners and affiliates to make sure that a
user’s unsubscribe requests are forwarded to the appropriate parties to ensure
removal of the user from partner and affiliate databases in compliance with law,
including without limitation, the Can-Spam Act of 2003.
b. Acquisitions. As
DealPal develops, we may buy other businesses or their
assets or sell our business assets. Customer information is generally one of the
business assets involved in such transactions. Thus, in the event that
DealPal
or all of its assets are acquired, customer information, including any visitor
information collected through the Site, would be one of the transferred assets.
c. Access. At any time you may send us an email to
info@dealpal.com
or by postal mail addressed to:
ContentNow,
Att: Privacy Policy, P.O. Box ,
Washington, DC 20091 to request a listing of all the types of your personal
information disclosed by
DealPal to third parties and business partners. If
requested,
DealPal will provide an e-mail response within thirty (30) days
informing you of the recipients of your personally identifiable information and
the type of information disclosed to third parties, or business partners.
V. What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or
alteration of my information?
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow
generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information
submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, 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.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
DealPal will
never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an
unsolicited email. Also remember to sign out of your
DealPal account and close
your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that
others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a
computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a
library.
VI. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
The Site is not intended for use by children and anyone who provides a date of
birth under the age of 13 will be prohibited from accessing the Site.
DealPal
encourages parents and guardians to be familiar with the web sites that their
children visit. The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") regulates the means by
which web site operators collect and use personal information from children
under 13, pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (the
"Act"). For more information about the Act and children's on-line privacy in
general, visit the FTC's web site at http://www.ftc.gov.
VII. Miscellaneous Provisions
a. Disclaimer of Liability. Under no circumstances shall
DealPal be liable for
any damages, including, but not limited to, indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or exemplary damages, that result from the use of the information
or materials posted to or collected as a result of the user's accessing the Site
or use of the service provided by
DealPal, even if
DealPal has been advised
of the possibility of such damages.
b. Enforcement/Redress. If for some reason you believe that
DealPal has not
adhered to this Privacy Policy, please notify Customer Service and they will
endeavor to respond to your concerns and, when appropriate, take steps to
correct a problem.
VIII. Additional Information.
If you have a question that was not addressed in this Privacy Policy, you may
contact us by sending an e-mail request to info@dealpal.com or
sending a letter via U.S. Mail to:
DealPal, Inc.
Attention: Privacy Policy Issues
1410 Q Street, NW,
Washington DC 20009
DATE OF LAST MODIFICATION
January 2, 2010
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ContentNow, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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