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At FirmDirect.com (the "Site"), we know how visitors like you value your privacy, and we have created this privacy policy to ensure that you understand our policies and procedures, what personal information you must provide if you wish to use certain portions of the Site and, ultimately, just how we use such personal information. Information Collected By FirmDirect.com FirmDirect.com collects two types of information from users of this Site: personal information described below; and non-personal information such as information about traffic patterns on FirmDirect.com. Personal Information To access certain portions of the Site, including The Firm Believers Clubhouse, we will require you to register and select a user name and password. Some personal data, including, for example, name, age, postal address and email address, are collected during the registration process. We may then ask for additional information, including personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information such as occupation, interests and homepage URL. How We Use Your Personal Information FirmDirect.com uses information collected on the Site for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, running the Site, and contacting users. FirmDirect.com may also make available to other registered users information provided by you during registration, such as your screen name. FirmDirect.com uses the information collected, including personally identifiable information, for a variety of purposes. We may use your information to communicate back to you, to update you on products, services and benefits, to personalize the Site for you, to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information, newsletters, or other information we think would be of particular interest. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such materials.We may also share your personal information with our affiliates and business successors, technical consultants, third party auditors and other third parties who make our site available, enhance its functionality or provide associated services such as billing and/or who deal with you in processing your orders and/or delivering content, samples, products, services and gifts and prizes. Please note that we reserve the right to transfer your personally identifiable information and other information to our successors in business and purchasers of Site assets. In addition, FirmDirect.com may share your personal information (including, to the extent permitted by law, your billing information and any demographic information you provide to us like zip code, age, gender, marital status, movie preferences) with certain third parties with whom we do business (including, for example, our content providers and clients) or unaffiliated third parties who offer products or services on our website, so that such third parties can directly bill you for purchases you make from them on the FirmDirect.com website or to contact you regarding products, services, offers, or other information we think you will find valuable These third parties may also use the information to generate aggregate reports and market research or for other purposes. If you would rather not have us share this information with third parties, just notify us at optout@FirmDirect.com. Make sure you notify us for each account or e-mail address you have left with us. Information obtained through the Site may be intermingled with and used in conjunction with information obtained through sources other than the Site, including both offline and online sources.
Discussions and Community Tools FirmDirect.com may make chat rooms, forums, bulletin boards, news groups and other community tools available to registered users and/or visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information for other users to view and for FirmDirect.com to use. Please be considerate and respectful of others while using any chat rooms, forums or message boards to share your opinion. Non-Personal Data In some cases, we may collect non-personal information. Examples of this type of information include the type of internet browser you are using, the type of computer operating system application software, and peripherals you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our Site. We use your information on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate our site, enhance our site and sell and deliver advertising. We may share non-personal information with third parties for advertising, promotional and other purposes. Cookies We reserve the right to utilize cookie technology. A cookie is a small data file that certain web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain various types of information, including a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. We may use cookies to enhance your experience on this Site, to determine user traffic patterns and for other purposes. Opt Out Procedures You have the option to opt out of receiving unsolicited information from FirmDirect.com. This opt out messaging will appear at the bottom of every unsolicited email that is sent out. FirmDirect.com also gives you the option to remove your information from its database completely. If you no longer wish to take advantage of this Site or to receive any form of unsolicited direct contact from FirmDirect.com, whether it is email, discounts, newsletters, or other promotional offers or materials, or wish us to delete your personal information from our data records (except with respect to billing matters), contact us at optout@FirmDirect.com or contact Customer Service to cancel your account. FirmDirect.com is not responsible for removing information from third-party lists or databases of any kind. Reviewing or changing your information In order to ensure that the information we maintain is accurate, FirmDirect.com gives users the option to change or modify their information previously provided during registration. If you would like to change your information currently in our database please contact Customer Service.
Security As discussed above, we work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. All information is stored on our servers in a secure location. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. If your password is compromised, notify Customer Service at once. Protection for Children This Site is not intended for users under the age of 18. Furthermore, we have no intention of collecting personally identifiable information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). Where appropriate, we take reasonable measures to inform children not to submit such information to our site or in response to advertisements. If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, that child's parent or guardian should contact Customer Service with a letter marked "Privacy - Urgent" at the address below indicating they would like the information submitted by the child deleted from our database. We will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. Privacy Precaution Warning Please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit via our online services. Your Consent You may have certain rights under the Communications Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, and other state and federal statutes that may apply, and by accepting these terms and using this Site, you are waiving all of these rights as to collection, use, disclosure and storage of your personally identifiable and non-personal information as described above. You recognized that we are able to offer our service to you at our rates based upon these terms, which are an integral part of our contract for the provision of services. Contacting Us If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact Customer Service. In addition, our Corporate mailing address is: |