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Your privacy is very important to us. We want you to fully understand our
privacy practices. If you have additional questions, you may send email to
Privacy@businessopportunity.com.
The privacy practices of this statement apply to our services available under
the domain and subdomains of this website (the "Site"). By visiting this
website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Site. This Privacy
Policy describes the information, as part of the normal operation of our
services, we collect from you and what may happen to that information. Although
this policy may seem long, we have prepared a detailed policy because we
believe you should know as much as possible about our practices so that you can
make informed decisions. By accepting the Privacy Policy and any other
agreement presented to you on the Site, you expressly consent to our use and
disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance in registration for new
registering users, and is otherwise effective on December 19, 2005 for all
users.
Information Collection In general, you can browse the Site without telling us
who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give
us your personally identifiable information, you are not anonymous to us and we
reserve the right to share your personally identifiable information as outlined
in this privacy policy. If you choose to use our services, we may require you
to provide contact and identity information, billing information and other
personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the Site. Where
possible, we indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional.
You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a
particular service or feature. Under some circumstances we may require some
additional financial information.
We automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on the
Site. We use this information to do internal research on our users'
demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and serve
you and our community. This information may include the URL that you just came
from (whether this URL is on the Site or not), which URL you next go to
(whether this URL is on the Site or not), your computer browser information,
and your IP address.
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Site
to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and
promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive
that assist us in providing our services. We offer certain features that are
only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use cookies to allow you
to enter your password less frequently during a session. You are always free to
decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not
be able to use certain features on the Site and you may be required to reenter
your password more frequently during a session.
Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain
pages of the Site that are placed by third parties. For example, if you view a
web page created by a user, there may be a "cookie" placed within that web
page. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other
users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities on the
Site, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.
Communications from the Site On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a
strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is
temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally,
users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their
account. In some cases you agree to receive additional promotional items from
our company related to your profile information gathered.
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and
in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in
accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing Information Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we
may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have
a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current
judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers.
This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
BusinessOpportunity.com, shares Web site usage information about users with
reputable advertisers for the purpose of targeting our Internet banner
advertisements on this site and other sites. For example,
BusinessOpportunity.com, uses cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow
them to recognize a user's cookie when a user visits this site. The information
they collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable.
Other Corporate Entities We share your personally identifiable information with
third party businesses for purposes of direct mail, email marketing, and
telemarketing. To the extent that these entities have access to your
information, they will treat it at least as protectively as they treat
information they obtain from their other users.
In the event BusinessOpportunity.com, goes through a business transition, such
as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its
assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the
assets transferred.
Choice/Opt-out Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their
information used for purposes not directly related to our Site. Users who no
longer wish to receive communications may opt-out of receiving these
communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or
email us at remove@businessopportunity.com.
Links This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we,
BusinessOpportunity.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to
read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Security When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in
the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock
icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users
are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do
everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. Only employees
who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a customer
service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable
information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they
leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to
re-gain access to user information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept
up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that
store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send
an email to information@businessopportunity.com.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information If a user's
personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or
postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way
to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable
information. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Support or
contact us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.
Notification of Changes If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate
so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If, however, we are going
to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time of collection we will notify users by posting a notice
on our Site for 30 days.
Contact Information If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our
privacy policy, please Contact Us.
737 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 2020
Chicago, IL 60611
Ph: 1 (800) 223-5417
Fax: (312) 275-8593
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