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PRIVACY POLICY
Gptmedia LLC, all its related web sites (“Gptmedia”) Privacy Policy
Last updated Dec, 1st, 2008.
PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME AND CHANGES
ARE EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES AS
IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES. Gptmedia DOES NOT
PROVIDE NOTICES OF CHANGES IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN BY POSTING THE
CHANGES AT THIS WEB SITE.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY PLEASE DO NOT
PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO Gptmedia OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES OR
PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEB SITES REFERRED TO IN
THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
The information collection, use, and dissemination practices of Gptmedia.
This policy applies to Gptmedia’s collection, use, storage and disclosure
of information by Gptmedia on its (a) websites, including all its
divisions, subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, the
"Websites"), (b) on various third party websites, and (c) to Gptmedia’s
other information collection, including the purchase of customer lists
from third parties. Gptmedia is not responsible for the information
collection or privacy practices of third web sites or applications.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
Gptmedia collects information from individuals by various methods,
including, but not limited to, when an individual voluntarily completes
an Gptmedia survey, order form, or a registration page either online or
offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order forms, or
registration pages operated by third parties (collectively, a
"Survey"). (As used herein, "online" means using the Internet,
including the Websites, and related technologies, and "offline" means
by methods other than online, including in person, in the postal mail,
using telephones and cell phones, and other similar means.) In the
Surveys, Gptmedia or a third party (a "Third Party") may ask an
individual to provide various information to Gptmedia, which may include
his or her 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
(together, "Survey Information"). Gptmedia may also collect information
concerning an individual from another source and uses that information
in combination with information provided from this web site. Completing
the Surveys is completely voluntary, and individuals are under no
obligation to provide Survey Information to Gptmedia or Third Party, but
an individual may receive incentives from Gptmedia or a Third Party in
exchange for providing Survey Information to Gptmedia.
1.2 Third Party List Information.
Gptmedia collects information from individuals when an individual
provides information to a third party and Gptmedia subsequently
purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires the information from the
third party (the "Seller"). Such purchased information may include, but
is not limited to, an individual's 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 as the individual may have
provided to the Seller (together, "Third Party List Information"). When
acquiring Third Party List Information, Gptmedia seeks assurances from
the Seller that the Seller has a right to transfer the Third Party List
Information to Gptmedia and that the Seller has a right to provide offers
from advertisers to the individuals whose personal information is
included on the Seller's list.
1.3 Other Information.
Other occasions when Gptmedia obtains information from individuals
include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize or seeking
to redeem an incentive offered by Gptmedia or by a third party, (2) when
an individual requests assistance through Gptmedia’s customer service
department, and (3) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to a
Gptmedia service or newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
Gptmedia currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate
certain Internet-related information about an individual with
information about the individual in our database. Additionally, Gptmedia
may use other new and evolving sources of information in the future
(together, "Technology Information").
(a) Cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of the
individual's computer that allows Gptmedia to identify the individual
with his or her corresponding data that resides in Gptmedia’s database.
You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com.
Individuals who use the Websites need to accept cookies in order to use
all of the features and functionality of the Websites.
(b) Web Beacons.
A web beacon is programming code that can be used to display an image
on a web page (by using an programming function -- see
http://truste.org for more information), but can also be used to
transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the form
of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with previously
acquired information about an individual in a database. This allows
Gptmedia to track certain web sites an individual visits online. Web
beacons are used to determine products or services an individual may be
interested in, and to track online behavioral habits for marketing
purposes. For example, Gptmedia might place, with the consent of a third
party website, a web beacon on the third party's website where fishing
products are sold. When Joe, an individual listed in Gptmedia’s database,
visits the fishing website, Gptmedia receives notice by means of the web
beacon that Joe visited the fishing site, and Gptmedia would then update
Joe's profile with the information that Joe is interested in fishing.
Gptmedia may thereafter present offers of fishing related products and
services to Joe. In addition to using web beacons on web pages, Gptmedia
also uses web beacons in email messages sent to individuals listed in
Gptmedia’s database.
(c) New Technology.
The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and web
beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is Gptmedia’s use of new and evolving
technology. As a result, Gptmedia strongly encourages individuals to
revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.5 Outside Information.
Gptmedia may receive information about individuals from third parties or
from other sources of information outside of Gptmedia including
information located in public databases ("Outside Information").
1.6 Individual Information.
As used herein, Individual Information means Survey Information, Third
Party List Information, Other Information, Technology Information, and
Outside Information, and any other information Gptmedia gathers or
receives about individuals.
1.7 No Information Collected from Children.
Gptmedia will never knowingly collect any personal information about
children under the age of 13. If Gptmedia obtains actual knowledge that
it has collected personal information about a child under the age of
13, that information will be immediately deleted from our database.
Because it does not collect such information, Gptmedia has no such
information to use or to disclose to third parties. Gptmedia has designed
this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information.
Gptmedia may in certain cases collect credit card numbers and related
information, such as the expiration date of the card ("Credit Card
Information") when an individual places an order from Gptmedia. When the
Credit Card Information is submitted to Gptmedia, such information is
encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. Gptmedia will
use the Credit Card Information for purposes of processing and
completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information
will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete the
purchase transaction.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how Gptmedia currently
uses Individual Information, but Gptmedia may change or broaden its use
at any time. As noted below, Gptmedia may update this policy from time to
time. Gptmedia may use Individual Information to provide promotional
offers to individuals by means of email advertising, telephone
marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner advertising, and
package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2 Email.
Gptmedia uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers by
email to individuals. Gptmedia 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 Gptmedia’s email lists, a person
must send an email to unsubscribe@Gptmedia.com.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages.
In certain commercial email messages sent by Gptmedia, an advertiser's
name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting the "Reply" button
will cause a reply email to be sent to Gptmedia. The "Subject:" line of
Gptmedia email messages will usually contain a line provided from the
advertiser to Gptmedia.
2.2(b) Solicited Email.
Gptmedia only sends email to individuals who have agreed on the Websites
to receive email from Gptmedia or to individuals who have agreed on third
party websites to receive email from third parties such as Gptmedia.
Gptmedia does not send unsolicited email messages. As a result, statutes
requiring certain formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable
to Gptmedia’s email messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
Gptmedia uses Individual Information to target advertising to an
individual. When an individual is using the Internet, Gptmedia uses
Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to associate an
individual with that person's Individual Information, and Gptmedia
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. Gptmedia may, at its
discretion, target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones,
cell phones, and other means of communication to provide promotional
offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
Gptmedia uses Individual Information to advertise, directly or
indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing or telemarketing
using telephones and cell phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information.
Gptmedia uses Technology Information (1) to match a person's Survey
Information and Third Party List Information to other categories of
Individual 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 Gptmedia’s web sites are most frequently
visited. This information helps Gptmedia to better understand the online
habits of individuals so that Gptmedia can target advertising and
promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals.
Gptmedia uses Individual 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 Individual Information
such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information.
Gptmedia stores the Individual Information in a database on Gptmedia
computers. Our computers have security measures (such as a firewall) in
place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the
information under Gptmedia’s control. Not withstanding such measures,
Gptmedia cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent Gptmedia
computers from being illegally accessed, and the Individual Information
on them stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third Parties.
Gptmedia MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR
ANY PURPOSE IN Gptmedia’S SOLE DISCRETION.
3.2 Order Fulfillment.
Gptmedia will transfer Individual Information to third parties when
necessary to provide a product or service that a person orders from
such third party while using Gptmedia web sites or when responding to
offers provided by Gptmedia.
3.3 Legal Process.
Gptmedia may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, and other legal processes.
3.4 Summary Data.
Gptmedia may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such as
summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or
sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access.
Individuals have access to their Individual Information collected to
provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or delete
such information. Access can be obtained by contacting
contact@Gptmedia.com. Gptmedia may also grant advertising clients and email
services providers’ access to an individual's email address to verify
the origin of the Individual Information collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies
(together, "Advertisers") 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. Gptmedia does
not control Advertisers' use of such technology and Gptmedia has no
responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information
about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to
the web sites of third parties. Gptmedia is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. Linked web
sites may contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. Such
links are provided for your convenience and reference only. Gptmedia does
not operate or control in any respect any information, software,
products or services available on such third party web sites. The
inclusion of a link to a web site does not imply any endorsement of the
services or the site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization.
4.3 Affiliated Companies.
Gptmedia may disclose, transfer, and sell Individual Information to
entities affiliated with Gptmedia in Gptmedia’s discretion.
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