This
privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for 24HOUREMAIL.COM
(effective 02/01/2001).
Because this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to
your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices
and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by its
customers. This web site has agreed to notify you of:
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What
personally identifiable information of yours or third party
personally identification is collected from you through
the web site.
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2. |
The
organization collecting the information.
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How
the information is used.
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4. |
With
whom the information may be shared.
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5. |
What
choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information.
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The
kind of security procedures that are in place to protect
the loss, misuse or alteration of information under 24hourEmail.com's
control.
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7. |
How
you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CLICK ON THE HEADINGS BELOW:
Information Collection and Use
Registration
Cookies
Log Files
Sharing
Links
Newsletter
Surveys & Contests
Tell-A-Friend
Security
Special Offers
Site and Service Updates
Corrections and Updating Personal Information
Choice/Opt-out
Notification of Changes
Information Collection and Use
24hourEmail.com is the sole owner of the information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information
to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
24hourEmail.com collects information from our users at several
different points on our website.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user may be required to first
complete a registration form. During registration a user is
required to give their contact information (such as name and
email address). This information is used to contact the user
about the services on our site for which they have expressed
interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic
information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers
(such as social security number), but encouraged so we can provide
a more personalized experience on our site.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive
containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is
in no way linked to any personally identifiable information
while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie
simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our
site, the user would not have to log in a password more than
once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects
the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to
this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site.
For example, the user will not be able to participate in any
of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that may take
place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests
of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example,
advertisers). However, we have no access to, or control over,
these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site,
track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We partner with another party to provide specific services.
When the user signs up for these services, we will share names,
email addresses or other contact information that is necessary
for the third party to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable
information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware
that we at 24HOUREMAIL.COM are not responsible for the privacy
practices of 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.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for
contact information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via
surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice
whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested
may include contact information (such as name and shipping address),
and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Survey and contest email addresses and interest category choices
will be used to provide information to our participants, according
to their choices. Survey information will also be used for purposes
of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this
site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a
friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and
email address. 24HOUREMAIL.COM will automatically send the friend
a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. 24HOUREMAIL.COM
stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this
one-time email. The friend may contact 24HOUREMAIL.COM at Remove@24hourEmail.com
to request the removal of this information from our database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your
information is protected both online and off-line.
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 you are just 'surfing'. To learn more about SSL,
follow this link to www.verisign.com
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information
off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive
information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to perform a specific job
are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our
employees must use password-protected screensavers when they
leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their
password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore,
ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are
added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the
importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure
our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers
that we store personally identifiable information on, are kept
in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our website,
you can send an email to Security@24hourEmail.com.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password
and username. Established members will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter.
Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the
option to not receive these types of communications. Please
see our choice and opt-out section below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates.
Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements,
which contain important information about the service. We communicate
with the user to provide requested services and in regards to
issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such
as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service,
we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be
done at the member information page or by emailing us at Updates@24HourEmail.com.
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,
at the point where we ask for the information.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional
materials from our partners, may opt-out of receiving these
communications by replying to "unsubscribe" in the subject line
in our email to you, or email us at Optout@24hourEmail.com
Users of our site are always notified when their information
is being collected by any outside party. We do this so our users
can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed
with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on this page, so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated
at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of
an email or present those changes on this page. Users will have
a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this
different manner. We will use information in accordance with
the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
For more information,
or to respond in writing concerning our privacy practices, you
may contact us at:
24HourEmail.com
1134 S. Broadmoor Ave
West Covina, CA 91790