Chatting 4 Fun and all its related web sites (“Chatting 4 Fun”) Privacy Policy
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The information collection, use, and dissemination practices of Chatting 4 Fun
This policy applies to Chatting 4 Fun's collection, use, storage and disclosure of information by Chatting 4 Fun on its (a) websites, including all its divisions, subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, the "Websites"),
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
Chatting 4 Fun collects information from individuals by various methods, including, but not limited to, when an individual voluntarily completes a Chatting 4 Fun survey, order form, or a registration page either online or offline. (As used herein, "online" means using the Internet, including the Websites, and related technologies, and "offline" means by methods other than online, including in person, in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones, and other similar means.) In the Surveys, Chatting 4 Fun may ask an individual to provide various information to Chatting 4 Fun , which may include his or her name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and marital status, occupation, social security number, employment information, personal and online interests, and such other information as may be requested from time to time (together, "Survey Information"). Chatting 4 Fun may also collect information concerning an individual from another source and use that information in combination with information provided from this web site. Completing the Surveys is completely voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to Chatting 4 Fun, but an individual may receive incentives from Chatting 4 Fun in exchange for providing Survey Information to Chatting 4 Fun.
1.2 Third Party List Information.
Chatting 4 Fun collects information from individuals when an individual provides information to a third party and Chatting 4 Fun subsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires the information from the third party (the "Seller"). Such purchased information may include, but is not limited to, an individual's name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, credit card information, education and marital status, occupation, industry of employment, personal and online interests, and such other information as the individual may have provided to the Seller (together, "Third Party List Information"). When acquiring Third Party List Information, Chatting 4 Fun seeks assurances from the Seller that the Seller has a right to transfer the Third Party List Information to Chatting 4 Fun and that the Seller has a right to provide offers from advertisers to the individuals whose personal information is included on the Seller's list.
1.3 Other Information.
Other occasions when Chatting 4 Fun obtains information from individuals include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a prize or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by Chatting 4 Fun or by a third party, (2) when an individual requests assistance through Chatting 4 Fun's customer service department, and (3) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to a Chatting 4 Fun service or newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
Chatting 4 Fun currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain Internet-related information about an individual with information about the individual in our database. Additionally, Chatting 4 Fun may use other new and evolving sources of information in the future (together, "Technology Information").
(a) Cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of the individual's computer that allows Chatting 4 Fun to identify the individual with his or her corresponding data that resides in Chatting 4 Fun's database. You may read more about cookies at
http://cookiecentral.com. individuals who use the Websites need to accept cookies in order to use all of the features and functionality of the Websites.
(b) Web Beacons.
A web beacon is programming code that can be used to display an image on a web page (by using an <img src="x"> programming function -- see
http://truste.org for more information), but can also be used to transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the form of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with previously acquired information about an individual in a database. This allows Chatting 4 Fun to track certain web sites an individual visits online. Web beacons are used to determine products or services an individual may be interested in, and to track online behavioral habits for marketing purposes. For example, Chatting 4 Fun might place, with the consent of a third party website, a web beacon on the third party's website where fishing products are sold. When Bill, an individual listed in Chatting 4 Fun's database, visits the fishing website, Chatting 4 Fun receives notice by means of the web beacon that Bill visited the fishing site, and Chatting 4 Fun would then update Bill's profile with the information that Bill is interested in fishing. Chatting 4 Fun may thereafter present offers of fishing related products and services to Bill. In addition to using web beacons on web pages, Chatting 4 Fun also uses web beacons in email messages sent to individuals listed in Chatting 4 Fun's database.
(c) New Technology.
The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is Chatting 4 Fun's use of new and evolving technology. As a result, Chatting 4 Fun strongly encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.5 Outside Information.
Chatting 4 Fun may receive information about individuals from third parties or from other sources of information outside of Chatting 4 Fun including information located in public databases ("Outside Information").
1.6 Individual Information.
As used herein, Individual Information means Survey Information, Third Party List Information, Other Information, Technology Information, and Outside Information, and any other information Chatting 4 Fun gathers or receives about individuals.
1.7 No Information Collected from Children.
Chatting 4 Fun will never knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. If Chatting 4 Fun obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from our database. Because it does not collect such information, Chatting 4 Fun has no such information to use or to disclose to third parties. Chatting 4 Fun has designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information.
Chatting 4 Fun may in certain cases collect credit card numbers and related information, such as the expiration date of the card ("Credit Card Information") when an individual places an order from Chatting 4 Fun. When the Credit Card Information is submitted to Chatting 4 Fun, such information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. Chatting 4 Fun will use the Credit Card Information for purposes of processing and completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete the purchase transaction and will not be stored by Trumasa Limited.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how Chatting 4 Fun currently uses Individual Information, but Chatting 4 Fun may change or broaden its use at any time. As noted below, Chatting 4 Fun may update this policy from time to time. Chatting 4 Fun may use Individual Information to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner advertising, and package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2 Email.
Chatting 4 Fun uses Individual Information to provide promotional offers by email to individuals. Chatting 4 Fun may maintain separate email lists for different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email subscription from a particular list, they need to follow the instructions at the end of each email message to unsubscribe from the particular list.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages.
In certain commercial email messages sent by Chatting 4 Fun, an advertiser's name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting the "Reply" button will cause a reply email to be sent to Chatting 4 Fun. The "Subject:" line of Chatting 4 Fun email messages will usually contain a line provided from the advertiser to Chatting 4 Fun.
2.2(b) Solicited Email.
Chatting 4 Fun only sends email to individuals who have agreed on the Websites to receive email from Chatting 4 Fun or to individuals who have agreed on third party websites to receive email from third parties such as Chatting 4 Fun. Chatting 4 Fun does not send unsolicited email messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable to Chatting 4 Fun's email messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising.
Chatting 4 Fun uses Individual Information to target advertising to an individual. When an individual is using the Internet, Chatting 4 Fun uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to associate an individual with that person's Individual Information, and Chatting 4 Fun attempts to show advertising for products and services in which the person has expressed an interest in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means of Technology Information, and otherwise. Chatting 4 Fun may, at its discretion, target advertising by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones, and other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
Chatting 4 Fun uses Individual Information to advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing or telemarketing using telephones and cell phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information.
Chatting 4 Fun uses Technology Information (1) to match a person's Survey Information and Third Party List Information to other categories of Individual Information to make and improve profiles of individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing habits on the Internet, (3) to determine which areas of Chatting 4 Fun's web sites are most frequently visited. This information helps Chatting 4 Fun to better understand the online habits of individuals so that Chatting 4 Fun can target advertising and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of individuals.
Chatting 4 Fun uses Individual Information to make a profile of an individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey Information and Third Party List Information with other sources of Individual Information such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information.
Chatting 4 Fun stores the Individual Information in a database on Chatting 4 Fun computers. Our computers have security measures (such as a firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under Chatting 4 Fun's control.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
No personal information will be shared with any third parties without the customer's permission.
3.1 Legal Process.
Chatting 4 Fun may disclose Individual Information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal processes.
3.2 Summary Data.
Chatting 4 Fun may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access.
Individuals have access to their Individual Information collected to provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or delete such information. Access can be obtained by contacting customer service at the number on the order page.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies (together, "Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Websites and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals. Chatting 4 Fun does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and Chatting 4 Fun has no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to the web sites of third parties. Chatting 4 Fun is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. Linked web sites may contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference only. Chatting 4 Fun does not operate or control in any respect any information, software, products or services available on such third party web sites. The inclusion of a link to a web site does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization.
We reserve the right to add Individual Information to multiple lists maintained by Chatting 4 Fun.
For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to visit:
www.ftc.gov
If you have questions about this policy, please feel free to contact us at the number on the order page.