Privacy Policy Thank you for visiting the privacy policy page of CheckOutPath (the "Site" or “Company”). We take privacy seriously, and want you to feel comfortable using the Site. This page describes our online privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"). By visiting the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy, as well as our website Terms of Use. By applying for promotional offers, providing information to us, or otherwise using the Site in any way, you are further indicating your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and our
Terms of Use.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY OR OUR TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE OR VISIT THIS SITE OR PROVIDE THE COMPANY WITH ANY INFORMATION OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON COMPANY WEB SITES.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please
Contact Us.
Your California Privacy Rights
Beginning January 1, 2005, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use are entitled to either (1) a list detailing the categories of information shared and the entities to which such information was provided, or (2) be notified of a mechanism by which a consumer may opt-out of having their information shared with third parties.
To opt-out of having your information shared with third parties, send your request, including your full name, email address and postal address to:
Customer Service
PO Box 61389
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-1389
Collection of Personal Information
Each time you provide information to take advantage of a promotional offer, enter to win a contest, send us an email, or otherwise transmit information via the Site, Company may obtain and collect personally identifiable information including (but not limited to) your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number. You may also provide us with information that, when combined with personally identifiable information, provides us with a better idea of who you are, such as your gender, birthday, marital status, and education level (collectively with the personally identifiable information, "personal information"). If you choose to use our services, we may require you to provide information as indicated on the forms throughout the Site.
Use of Personal Information
Company may always use and share with others your personal information:
- to enable us to generally respond to you, or to process, validate and verify requests and/or purchase orders;
- to fulfill any of your requests;
- to send information to you about additional goods or services;
- to compile and/or distribute information about our website users and usage patterns;
- to provide useful information to our website designers for developing new features and services;
- to tailor your experience on our websites, e.g., showing content that we believe may interest you or altering the content based on your personal preferences; and in any way we deem advisable to provide better goods or services to our customers.
THE COMPANY MAY USE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTY ADVERTISERS AND MARKETERS FOR VARIOUS MARKETING PURPOSES, INCLUDING THEIR ON-LINE AND/OR OFF-LINE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.
By completing and submitting one of our registration pages, forms or surveys, you are consenting to receive commercial e-mail that informs you about new merchandise, sales, special discounts and promotions. If you no longer wish to receive email, follow the instructions at the bottom of every email.
The cost of the free gift is absorbed by the sponsoring companies featured on this site. Users who opt-in to the offerings from these companies are also electing to receive additional information from these companies. The companies may request additional demographic and/or personally identifiable information for their use in subsequent marketing and promotional activities.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
We also may use the information that you provide for various non-marking purposes. For example, we may use the information to communicate with you about the status of your premium and/or any offers you have selected from our sponsoring companies.
We use information provided by users of this Web site to enhance their usage of this and similar Websites.
We create internal reports on user demographics and traffic patterns to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and promotions, and to report results to our marketing partners. We do not use any personally identifiable information to compile these reports.
Additionally, Company will use or disclose your personal information under the following circumstances: (1) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; (2) in the event you violate or breach an agreement with Company; (3) we believe you will harm the property or rights of Company or those of Company's other customers, (4) we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Company's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law, or (5) personal information may also be shared with or sold to any successor to, or purchaser of, part or all of the assets of Company.
Opting-Out
Company members are automatically opted-in to receive Company newsletters and offer e-mails at the time of enrollment. You may opt-out from receiving Company newsletters and offer e-mails at any time by following the instructions that we include at the end of every mailing, or you may request an opt-out by sending your email address and the site name you would like to opt-out from to: Customer Service, PO Box 61389, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-1389
Please note that under the CAN-SPAM Act, an advertiser is required to provide an opt-out mechanism for consumers to unsubscribe from future emails about the advertiser. Although not required to by law, many email marketers also include an opt-out mechanism to enable consumers to be removed from their mailing list. This has caused some confusion for consumers in opting out. The table below clarifies which opt-out mechanism you should use.
To receive no further emails... | Opt-Out Mechanism to Use |
from the advertiser | Advertiser's |
from the email marketing company | Marketer's |
from the advertiser or email marketing company | Both |
Termination
You may cancel your membership at any time by sending us an Email or by writing to Customer Service, Cancel Membership, PO Box 61389, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-1389. Company reserves the right to terminate or suspend any account at any time with or without notice. Company does not tolerate any abuse, harassment, or fraudulent activity aimed towards other members or of this Site and breach of any Company policies may result in suspension or cancellation of the fulfillment of any gift.
Third Party Lists
The Company collects information regarding consumers when a consumer provides information to a third party and the Company subsequently purchases, licenses or otherwise acquires the information from the third party. When acquiring this information, the Company seeks assurances that the seller or provider of this information has the right to transfer this information to the Company and that the consumers whose personal information is included on the list opted-in to the list.
Cookies
"Cookies" are a feature on your browser software. If enabled, cookies may store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of this Site. Cookies assist us in tracking which of our features appeal the most to you and what content you may have viewed on past visits. When you visit this Site again, cookies can enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. We may use cookies to: keep track of the number of return visits to this Site; accumulate and report aggregate, statistical information on website usage; deliver specific content to you based on your interests or past viewing history; save your password for ease of access to our Site. You can disable cookies, although the Site may not function properly for you. Your browser preferences can be modified to accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a cookie is set.
IP Addresses
We automatically track certain information based upon your behavior on the Site. We may 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. Your Internet Protocol ("IP") is a unique Internet "address" which is assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider ("ISP"). For local area network ("LAN"), DSL, or cable modem users, an IP address may be permanently assigned to a particular computer. IP addresses are automatically logged by Web servers, collecting information about a user's traffic patterns. While the IP address does not identify an individual by name, it may, with the cooperation of the ISP, be used to locate and identify an individual using the Web. Your IP address can, however, reveal what geographic area you are connecting from, or which ISP you are using. Finally, other websites you visit have IP addresses, and we may collect the IP addresses of those websites and their pages.
Computer Profiles
Company may also collect and accumulate other anonymous data which will help us understand and analyze the Internet experience of our visitors. For instance, Company may accumulate visitor data relating to referring domain names, the type of browsers used, operating system software, screen resolutions, color capabilities, browser plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords and JavaScript enablement. Unless you provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not use such visitor data to identify you.
Links and Companies providing Offers
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site. The Site contains links that direct you to websites owned and operated by other companies. In particular, when you take advantage of a promotional offer, you will be directed to the web sites of our marketing partners that will also collect your personal information, such as credit card companies. Company does not control, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites, which may employ cookies and/or collect personal information. In addition, Company will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. Please be sure to read the privacy policy of each third party website that you visit.
Adult Supervision
Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to use this Site unsupervised and we ask that minors do not submit any personal information to us. Persons under the age of 18 may only use this Site in conjunction with and under the supervision of their parents or guardians.
We recognize the unique privacy concerns regarding children. We are committed to carefully protecting privacy where children are involved no matter the point of contact. In particular, our intention is to fully comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Per COPPA guidelines, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian is made aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information through any point of contact, please Contact Us and we will delete the information about the child referenced from our files.
Changes to Privacy Policy
If we change this Privacy Policy we will notify you by posting the revised privacy policy on the Site. It is your responsibility to periodically revisit the Site. We may also notify you by sending you an email notification to the email address that you provided to us. It is your responsibility to provide us with your current email address. If we revise our Privacy Policy to broaden our use of your personal information, you may contact us at the address below to request that we either refrain from using your personal information or destroy your personal information.
Location of Data and Security
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Company or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
The Company attempts to meet and/or exceed standards of online privacy. When you submit information, your information is protected both on-line and off-line in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards.
For additional information or specific questions, please Contact Us.
Effective Date: May 24, 2008