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PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: January 12,
2004
SecretUncovered.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,
SecretUncovered.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 SecretUncovered.com to
communicate with you about your registration and
customization preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy
policy; services and products offered by SecretUncovered.com
and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable
Information collected by SecretUncovered.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
SecretUncovered.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 SecretUncovered.com
page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by
a third party.
Also, through
SecretUncovered.com you may be introduced to, or be able to
access, information, Web sites, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties. SecretUncovered.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. SecretUncovered.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
SecretUncovered.com and this policy.
Children
SecretUncovered.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 SecretUncovered.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:
SecretUncovered.com
Email: dave@secretuncovered.com
Changes to this Policy
SecretUncovered.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 Texas 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: Conroe, Texas. 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: Conroe, Texas, 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.
SecretUncovered.com is
controlled, operated and administered entirely within Texas.
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.
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