This website (the
“Website”) is operated by All American Grant Guide
(“Company,” may also hereinafter be referred to as “us,”
‘we,” and “our”). Company has created this privacy policy to
demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our visitors and customers.
Company is committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for
appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information
you share with us (the phrases “personally identifiable information”
and “personal information” mean any information by which you,
individually, can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number,
etc.). The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you when you visit our
Website how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use
of, and your ability to review and correct, your information.
General
In general, you may visit some pages of the Website without telling us who you
are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track the
Internet domain address from which people visit the Web-site and analyze this
data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous
unless they voluntarily tell us who they are.
Sometimes (such
as when you purchase or order a product, subscribe to a service, register to
receive catalogs, or participate in contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) we
will ask you to provide personal information about yourself, such as your name,
shipping/billing addresses, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information,
birth date, gender, occupation, or personal interests. We also maintain a
record of your online purchases. Whether or not you choose to provide the
information we request is entirely up to you. But if you choose not to provide
the information we request, you may be unable to purchase products, or access
certain services, offers, and content on the Website.
A Special
Notice about Children
Children (under the age of 18) are not eligible to use
the Website unsupervised, and we ask that children do not submit any personal
information to us. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this
Website in conjunction with, and under the supervision of, your parents or
guardians.
Site
Technologies
Company does not provide the technologies used to build the Website, and
therefore, neither recommends nor endorses the same. Any information regarding
identified technologies, including their capabilities, limitations, and
applications, should be sought directly from their manufacturers. Company
hereby disclaims any rights to trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos,
copyrights, patents, domain names, or other intellectual property interests of
third parties.
Collection
and Use of Personal Information
If you choose to provide information to us through our online registration, you
may be asked to provide us with personal information, including your name,
address, postal address and telephone number, your e-mail address, a password,
and other identifying information. If you choose to purchase a product from us,
we will collect additional personal information, including your billing
address, shipping address, and credit card number and expiration date in order
to process your purchase properly. We also may ask you for personal information
when you ask us for information, subscribe to a Company service or publication,
or download information.
Your personal
information enables us to provide you with the information you have requested,
provide you with information regarding the status of your assets and
transactions, fulfill your purchases, and provide you with information
regarding future products and services that may suit your particular interests.
We also use your personal information to help identify you if you lose your
password and to help you quickly find information on the Website.
If you believe that any of your personal information is incorrect,
or has been changed since your registration at the Website,
please send email us at: support@allamericangrantguide.org explaining the correction or change and provide any relevant confirmation
or reference number.
Third-Party
Hosting
Company contracts with a third party to maintain and host the Website.
Therefore, any information you submit, including personal information, will be
placed and stored on a computer server maintained by this third-party host. The
third party has agreed to implement technology and security features and strict
policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from
unauthorized access or improper use.
Links to
Other Materials
The Website contains links to other sites. These links are an accommodation to
the respective third-party site owners and for your convenience. Sites linked
to and from the Website are not necessarily under the control of Company, and
Company shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content or
privacy practices of any linked sites, or any link or linking program at any
time. You should read and understand Company’s policies with respect to such
third-party links, as stated in the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website.
Security
The Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the information under our control. All credit card information
utilizes state-of-the-art Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology and
is Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) compliant.
Opt Out
You may “opt out” of having your personal information shared for purposes of
receiving product offers via e-mail, telephone, or postal mail, and from
receiving product offers directly from us via e-mail or postal mail, by simply
by providing us written notice identifying which communications you choose not
to receive by writing us at: support@allamericangrantguide.com
If you choose not
to give us your personal information at all, you can still access the Website;
however, you will not be able to access areas that require registration or
personal information.
Effective
Date and Changes
This privacy policy is effective as of March 2, 2009. Company reserves the
right to modify the terms of this privacy policy at any time and in its sole
discretion, by posting a change notice on this page. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE
WEBSITE FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING
ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES. BY USING OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING BY PLACING AN
ORDER ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.
Do We
Share Your Information
We will share your personal information with our partners and with third-party
independent contractors for purposes of: (1) performing functions on behalf of
Company, such as processing credit card transactions; (2) providing you with
product offers via e-mail, telephone sales, or postal mail; and (3) tracking
information generated through the Website. Our partners and third-party
independent contractors are obligated contractually not to use or share your
personal information for unauthorized purposes.
Company also may
disclose your personal information to comply with a court order, subpoena,
search warrant, or other legal process; to comply with legal, regulatory, or
administrative requirements of any governmental authorities; to protect and
defend Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors,
employees, attorneys, agents, contractors, and partners, in connection with any
legal action, claim, or dispute; to enforce the Terms and Conditions of the
Website; to prevent imminent physical harm; and in the event that we find that
your actions on the Website violate any laws, our Terms and Conditions, or any
of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
We reserve the
right to transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of a
transfer of all or substantially all of Company’s assets, provided t that the
third party agrees to adhere to the terms of this privacy policy.
Tracking
Information
The Website uses cookie technology to improve the quality of your experience. A
cookie is a small file that contains information sent by a website that is
saved on your hard disk by your computer’s browser. Cookies store information
that a website may need in order to personalize your experience and gather
website statistical data. Any time you visit the Website to browse or to read
or download information, we collect and store the name of the domain and host
from which you access the Internet (for example, msn.com, aol.com, etc.); the
Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser
software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access the
Website; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly
to the Website. We use this information to measure the number of visitors to
areas of the Website, and to help us make the Website more useful and
interesting to our visitors. We may also use cookies to (i) personalize your
experience on our Website (e.g., to dynamically generate content on web pages
specifically designed for you), (ii) assist you in using our Online Products
(e.g., to save you time by not having to reenter your name upon each visit to
our Website), and (iii) allow us to statistically monitor how you are using our
Website for purposes of improving our online offerings. Moreover, we also may
use cookies to conduct marketing and promotional efforts, tailor certain
advertisements to your browser that we think may be of interest to you, or to
determine the popularity of certain content. Some consumers may not know that
cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit websites. If you
want to know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set
your browser to advise you when a website attempts to place a cookie on your
computer.
Action tags, also
known as web beacons or gif tags, are a web technology used to help track
website usage information, such as how many times a specific page has been
viewed. Action tags are invisible to you, and any portion of our Website,
including advertisements, or e-mail sent on our behalf, may contain cookies
that are associated with action tags that our located on our Website. Unlike
cookies, action tags are not placed on your computer.
By using cookies
and action tags together, we are able to gain valuable information to improve
our Website and our Online Products and measure the effectiveness of our
advertising and marketing campaigns. We do not disclose any of your Personally
Identifiable Information to our advertising partners through the use of cookies
or action tags.
Finally, please
note that advertisers and other third parties may also use their own cookies or
action tags when you click on their advertisement or link to their website or
service, on or from our Website. This Privacy Policy does not govern the use by
such third-party websites or providers of third-party advertising.
