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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
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