PRIVACY POLICY
PLEASE READ. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
AND THE WEB SITE TERMS OF USE WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.
STATEMENT
This is A SQUARED GROUP Web site. A SQUARED GROUP strives to maintain the highest
standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, A
SQUARED GROUP is dedicated to protecting our customers’, consumers’ and online visitors’
privacy on the Site. This is A SQUARED GROUP’s online privacy policy ("Privacy Policy").
It applies only to activities A SQUARED GROUP engages in on the Site, and does not
apply to A SQUARED GROUP’s activities that are "offline" or unrelated to the Site.
Your use of this Web site or any Services constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy
Policy and any other applicable terms.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
A SQUARED GROUP collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address, telephone number and date of birth as entered
by you on the Site. You may also be asked to provide information that does not personally
identify you. For example, you may be asked to provide information concerning your
household income, film, music or other entertainment preferences, web browsing,
purchasing habits, etc. This information may be included in your User Account profile.
A SQUARED GROUP requests this information to match you with new services, programs,
or offers that may be of interest to you.
In certain instances, information about your computer hardware and software is automatically
collected by the Site. This information may include, but not be limited to, your
computer’s IP address, MAC address, internet browser type (e.g., Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Opera, etc.), operating system (e.g., Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc.), domain
names of your internet service provider (e.g., aol.com if you have an America Online
user account), access dates and times, and referring Web site(s) or portal addresses.
This automatically collected information is used by A SQUARED GROUP for the operation,
quality maintenance, and statistical monitoring of the Site. Furthermore, from time
to time, A SQUARED GROUP may use and share with third-parties aggregate, non-personally
identifiable user information to show general demographic, and preference information
among users of the Site.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
A SQUARED GROUP uses information about you to deliver the Services that you request,
to keep you informed about changes affecting its Services or your account, to inform
you of other Services or offers in which you might be interested, and to improve
and enhance the Site and Services. If you provide A SQUARED GROUP with personally
identifiable information, we will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect
it from unauthorized disclosure.
As stated in the Terms of Use, you will be deemed to have consented to the disclosure
to, and use by, a subsequent owner or operator of A SQUARED GROUP Site or Service(s),
of any information about you contained in the applicable A SQUARED GROUP database,
if A SQUARED GROUP or one of its companies assigns its rights and obligations regarding
any of your information at the time of a bankruptcy filing/proceeding, merger, acquisition,
or sale of all or substantially all of A SQUARED GROUP company's assets related
to the applicable Site or Service(s) to a subsequent owner or operator. In the event
of such a bankruptcy filing/proceeding, merger, acquisition, or sale, your continued
use of the Site or any related Service(s) signifies your agreement to be bound by
the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of the Site's or Services’ subsequent owner
or operator.
A SQUARED GROUP companies, including affiliates and/or subsidiaries, may work together
in order to provide portions of the A SQUARED GROUP Site and some Services. These
companies will handle your personally identifiable information in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
A SQUARED GROUP may also work with selected third-parties ("Business Partners")
to provide Services on, through and/or related to the Site. In connection with those
Services, you are deemed to consent to us sharing your information with these Business
Partners for purposes of delivering the Services agreed to and requested by you.
Such information will be shared under our separate agreements with these Business
Partners. These Business Partners may use your personal information to assist us
in communicating with you about offers from us as well as offers from such partners.
Business Partners who provide, or participate in, Services on, through, and/or related
to the Site are prohibited from using our users' personally identifiable information
for sharing, selling, or otherwise allowing access to such information by other
third-parties, unless you so consent. Moreover, if you opt-out of receiving newsletters
and promotional emails from us, you will automatically opt-out of receiving newsletters
and promotional emails from such Business Partners through their use of personal
information which we collected and provided to them.
Please note, however, that with respect to personal information our Business Partners,
or any third-party, may collect from you independent of us, A SQUARED GROUP has
no control over the use of such information by such third-parties. You should always
review the privacy policy of any party that collects your information to determine
how that entity will handle your information, and contact them accordingly.
A SQUARED GROUP will not share, sell, rent, or disclose any personally identifiable
information that we have collected except as stated herein, or in the following
instances: 1) we have been given your consent to disclose; 2) we have previously
informed you of the disclosure, including by means of our Privacy Policy or on the
Site, or through the Service where you provided your information; 3) we are required
by law, legal process, subpoena or court order to disclose; 4) disclosure is necessary
to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may cause or be
causing harm to, or interfere with, A SQUARED GROUP's rights or property, other
A SQUARED GROUP Site users, or the public; or 5) to respond to an inquiry, request
or complaint that you have made. A SQUARED GROUP may also use IP addresses in cooperation
with Internet service providers to identify users if we deem it necessary to comply
with law, to enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, or
to protect our Site, its users, or the public.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Some Services may offer support and technical assistance through customer service
centers via telephone, online chat, or e-mail. Whenever you communicate with customer
service, you do so with the understanding that an operator may view and make changes
to the information in your User Account for the Site in order to provide the assistance
that you need.
Cookies and Related Technology
A SQUARED GROUP Site, and some Services and advertisements may contain "cookies,"
clear gifs (also known as Web beacons or Web bugs), or similar technology. A cookie
is a text file that is placed on your computer’s hard disk by a Web page server.
Web beacons assist in the delivery of cookies and the collection of information,
such as "click path" and other data as described above. Cookies cannot be used to
run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned
to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued
the cookie to your computer.
A SQUARED GROUP uses cookies, clear gifs, frames, server log analysis and other
technologies as they are developed to customize your experience with the Site and
Services. Cookies, specifically, provide a convenience feature to save you time.
The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific
page. For example, if you personalize A SQUARED ONE’s pages, or register with A
SQUARED ONE Site or Services, a cookie helps the Site recall your specific information
on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information,
such as your name, physical and email addresses, and so on. When you return to the
same page of the Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved,
so you can easily use the Site’s features that you customized. You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies,
but you can modify a browser’s settings to decline cookies by default, receive a
warning before a cookie is stored, or delete all or certain cookies already stored.
If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive
features of A SQUARED ONE’s Services or the pages of the Site you visit. You should
refer to your browser instructions or "Help" screen to learn more about how to manage
cookies. A SQUARED GROUP does not control cookies in third-party ads, and visitors
are encouraged to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to
learn about their use of cookies and other technology. The ads appearing on the
Site may be delivered to you by third-party advertising companies. A SQUARED GROUP's
Privacy Policy does not cover the use of information collected from you by third-party
ad servers. These companies may use information (not including your name, address,
e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites
in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and
services that may be of interest to you.
SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING COPPA AND CHILDREN UNDER 13
A SQUARED GROUP recognizes the sensitivity of personally identifiable information
concerning children under the age of 13 and therefore provides this notice. A SQUARED
GROUP is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding
children, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). Except
in limited circumstances allowed by COPPA, A SQUARED GROUP will not knowingly collect,
maintain, or disclose any personally identifiable information from a child under
13 without first obtaining consent from that child's parent or legal guardian.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13, and your child would like
to participate in certain Services for which COPPA requires your consent (and, if
A SQUARED GROUP has chosen to make such Services available to children in this age
group), your child will be prompted to print out a form for you to complete and
mail in to A SQUARED GROUP. The form will list the information required from both
parent/guardian and child, as well as the intended uses of the information. A SQUARED
GROUP will only collect information that is reasonably necessary for your child
to participate, and A SQUARED GROUP will not share your child's personally identifiable
information with any third-party (except for purposes of fulfillment by a third-party
that has agreed to protect the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy),
unless you consent, or as permitted by COPPA or other applicable law. You may also
subsequently revoke your consent and request that your child's information be removed
from A SQUARED GROUP's active list. Please refer to the form for instructions and
further information.
If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child under the age
of 13 has submitted his or her personally identifiable information without your
permission or consent, A SQUARED GROUP will make reasonable efforts to remove the
information from its active list, at your request.
A SQUARED GROUP encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their
children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Site and
the Internet generally.
COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY
While A SQUARED GROUP takes reasonable and appropriate precautions to protect your
personally identifiable information from unauthorized disclosure and to prevent
possible security breaches into the Site, Services, and customer databases, no Web
site, Internet transmission, computer system, or wireless connection is completely
secure. Consequently, A SQUARED GROUP cannot guarantee that unauthorized access,
hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. Your use of the Site and
Services is at your own risk. A SQUARED GROUP urges you to take steps to keep your
information safe by memorizing your password or keeping it in a safe place (separate
from your account information), logging out of your User Account, and closing your
Web browser.
HYPERLINKS TO AND FROM OTHER SITES
A SQUARED GROUP sites may frame, and/or contain links to, or advertisements about,
non-A SQUARED GROUP Web sites. Other sites may also reference, advertise, or link
to A SQUARED GROUP sites. A SQUARED GROUP does not endorse or sponsor other Web
sites, is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of non-A SQUARED
GROUP sites, expressly disclaims any statements or assertions made on such Web sites,
and denies all liability associated with your use of, and the content on, such other
sites and advertisements.
CONSENT TO PROCESSING IN THE UNITED STATES
By providing any personally identifiable information to A SQUARED GROUP, all users,
including, without limitation, users in the member states of the European Union,
fully understand and unambiguously consent to this Privacy Policy and to the collection,
storage, and processing of such information in the United States of America.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
A SQUARED GROUP reserves the right to update, modify or change this Privacy Policy
at any time, simply by posting such changes on the Site. Any such change, update,
or modification will be effective immediately upon posting.
CONTACT US REGARDING PRIVACY
A SQUARED GROUP is dedicated to protecting your personally identifiable information
and welcomes comments and questions on this Privacy Policy. You may e-mail your
questions or comments to:
info@brandabouttown.com
Effective Date: February 28, 2008