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ADVERTISINGAGENT.COM,
(hereinafter “AD AGENT”) values the privacy of our customers and
takes reasonable measures to safeguard that information from
unauthorized use. The following is a detailed explanation of our
privacy policy with regard to the AD AGENT web site.
Please note we are not responsible for the information
collection practices of those web sites that are linked to our site.
You should review those sites privacy policies before
submitting any private information.
WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We
employ various methods for collecting information. To begin with, we use “cookies” that are needed to
compile aggregate non-personally identifiable information about the
visitors to our web site. Personally identifiable information consists
of information that is unique to you, such as credit card numbers,
bank accounts, social security numbers, home address, email address
and the like. This is the type of information that most people consider
private and deem the most important to protect from unauthorized
access.
Non-personally
identifiable information most often consists of things such as your
search preferences, the types of products you have bought, how many
times you have visited a particular web site, etc.
This type of information is usually associated with a
particular computer or IP address but not with a particular person.
“Cookies” are pieces of information generated by a Web
server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access.
Each time you access our web site; our server finds the
relevant cookie on your computer.
The information contained within that cookie is then used to
customize your experience with our site.
The following is a list of the information we collect:
We
automatically record the name of the domain (for
example,"123company.com" if you use a private Internet
access account, or "mycollege.edu" if you are connecting
from a university's domain); the IP address (a number that is
automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the
Internet) from which you access our website; the type of browser and
operating system used to access our site; the date and time you access
our site; the Internet address of the website from which you linked
directly to our site; and the pages you visit.
Should
you sign up for one of our newsletters or services we will need your
email address, and name.
WHY
DO WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION?
Your
name is needed in order for us to send you information regarding one
of our services or newsletters. The
non-personal information that we collect from you may be used for both
internal and external purposes, in order for us to make your
experience with our site more enjoyable.
The aggregate data we collect from you is used internally and externally
to help us increase our marketing efforts and to provide pertinent
data to the members of our Internet family. We may also use
your email address to notify of you other products or services you may
be interested in. Further,
your email address will be needed in order to communicate with you.
HOW
IS YOUR INFORMATION PROTECTED?
We use the latest in encryption technology,
including 128 bit SSL encryption to ensure that any sensitive
information that is sent by you to us via the Internet is protected
from unauthorized interception. All
information submitted by a customer via the Internet is stored on a
server, which requires proper-authentication for access. The server is
housed in a secure environment that employs a variety of techniques to
protect your information. We
also use anti-virus protection software to guard against outside
attacks on our networks. All
employees that we do hire have to sign a confidentiality agreement
that forbids them from disclosing any information to which the
employee has access, to other individuals or entities.
We also have back up servers and power supplies to guard
against power outages and other natural occurrences that could pose a
threat to the integrity of your personal information.
Our servers are manned 24-hours a day, in a building that is UL
approved for fire protection. When an employee is terminated or is no longer with the
company, we change the access codes that the employee used to access
any customer accounts. Employee
passwords must contain both numeric and alphanumeric characters; be at
least 6 characters long, and must be changed every 60 days.
Additionally, after 6 failed attempts, the employee is kicked
out of the administrative system.
Any information submitted by a customer by other
means such as the mail, or by facsimile, is stored in a secure area.
Access to this information is limited to only those employees
who need the information in order to do their job effectively.
WHO
HAS ACCESS TO MY INFORMATION
AD AGENT
does not lease, license, sell or share any of this information with
anyone or any company except as mentioned in the proceeding paragraphs
or in the paragraphs below. Only those employees that are
responsible for handling customer services have access to your
personal information. Additionally,
employees in our technical department may have access to your personal
information in order to conduct routine checks on the integrity of our
system and in order to perform necessary maintenance work.
The only time someone
other than a AD AGENT employee will ever see or be privy to your
personal information is in the case of a judicial request (such as a
subpoena) or if the company is acquired or sold. In the event
the later happens, AD AGENT will give reasonable notice to all
existing users of our service. The
aggregate data that we collect may be shared with outside companies in
order help promote the AD AGENT web site or to provide relevant data
to one of our sister companies, such as Trustgauge.com or Ranking.com
CAN I OPT OUT OF HAVING CERTAIN INFORMATION COLLECTED
You
have the option of disabling your computer’s ability to accept or
transmit cookies. This
will prevent us from gathering certain non-personally identifiable
information from your computer. Furthermore, you have the right to opt out of any email list you might
have signed up for in the past. You also have the option of requesting
not to be notified by email of any new product or service we are
offering. Please contact
us at info@advertisingagent.com
in order to complete one of the opt-out choices above.
NOTICE
OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this privacy
policy at any time. However,
if any changes do occur, we will publish the changes to our web site
and post a notice on the home page that a new privacy policy has been
implemented. We will also take reasonable steps to contact you personally
to let you know of the new changes.
Should the company be bought or sold to someone else, we will
take reasonable steps to notify you personally.
You will then be given the option to keep your account open or
to terminate. Please feel
free to contact us if you should have any questions regarding this
policy or to report a misuse of your personal information.
Our Chief Privacy Officer is Jared Steven Palmer, and he can be
reached at jared@emergency24.co
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