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Privacy Policy
AppraisersForum.com
Effective
and Last
Updated: 12/07/10
This website is owned and operated by AppraisersForum.com.
We are committed
to protecting the privacy of our visitors while
they interact with the content, products and services
on this site (the “Site”). This Privacy
Policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to other websites to
which
we link. Because we gather certain
types of information about our users, we want you to understand what
information we collect about you, how we collect it, how that
information is
used, and how you can control our disclosure of it. You agree that your
use of
the Site signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not
agree with
this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.
1) Information Collected
We collect two types of information from you:
i) information that you voluntarily provide to us (e.g. through a
voluntary
registration process, sign-ups or emails); and ii) information that is
derived
through automated tracking mechanisms.
·
Voluntary
Registration Information.
In order to
fully access this Site, you
must first complete the registration process, during which we will
collect
personal information about you. The information will include your name
and
email address. We do not collect personally identifiable information
about you
except when you specifically provide such information to us on a
voluntary
basis.
By registering
with us, you consent to
the use and method of disclosure as described in this Privacy Policy.
·
Voluntary Information for Services and Features
We
collect personally identifiable information when you choose to
use
certain other features of the Site, including: i) making purchases, ii)
consenting to receive email or text messages about upcoming promotions
or
events, iii) consenting to receive email, iv) participating in our
forum, iv)
commenting on articles, and others. When you choose to use these additional
features, we require you
to provide your “Contact Information” in addition to other personal
information
that may be required to complete a transaction such as your phone
number and
billing address.
Cookies
Our site uses "cookies" and other
tracking technologies. Cookies enable
us to serve secure pages to our users without asking them to sign in
repeatedly. Most browsers allow you to
control cookies,
including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. If a
user's
system is idle for a defined time, the cookie will expire, forcing the
user to
sign in again to continue their session. This prevents unauthorized
access to
the user's information while they are away from their computer.
You may set most browsers
to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block
cookies with
your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your
cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password
to gain
access to certain parts of the Site.
2) How We Use Your Information
AppraisersForum.com
only uses your personal information for the original purposes it
was given.
Your personal
information will not be
sold or otherwise transferred to
unaffiliated third parties without your approval at the time of
collection.
AppraisersForum.com
will not disclose, use, give or sell any personal information to
third
parties for any purposes other than to our suppliers and other third
parties
who need to know in order to deliver services on behalf of
AppraisersForum.com unless
required to do so by law. Further, AppraisersForum.com reserves
the
right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the underlying
service
provided and/or the information collected.
Please
note
that personally identifiable information is used only to provide you
with a
more enjoyable, convenient online experience and to help us identify
and/or
provide information, products or services that may be of interest to
you. We use
your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your
use of the
Site and its features, including without limitation: fulfilling your
order;
providing customer service and otherwise supporting your use of the
Site.
AppraisersForum.com may use your personal
information for target advertising toward you based on things such as
region,
gender, interests, goals, habits, etc.
We
may permit certain
trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the source
address
that a page request is coming from, your IP address or domain name, the
date
and time of the page request, the referring Web site (if any) and other
parameters in the URL. This is collected in order to better understand
our Web
site usage, and enhance the performance of services to maintain and
operate the
Site and certain features on the Site. We may use third parties to host
the
Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails;
analyze
data; provide search results and links and assist in fulfilling your
orders.
Also,
we may
share personally identifiable or other information with our parent,
subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates.
We
may
transfer personally identifiable information as an asset in connection
with a
proposed or actual merger or sale (including any transfers made as part
of an
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding) involving all or part of our
business or
as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change in
control.
AppraisersForum.com may
disclose Contact Information in special cases where we have reason to
believe
that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or
bring
legal action against someone who may be violating our terms and
conditions of
use or may be causing injury or interference with our rights, property,
our
customers or anyone who could be harmed by such activities.
WE ARE NOT LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION YOU CHOOSE TO SUBMIT IN
FORUMS
SUCH AS A BULLETIN BOARD, CHAT ROOM OR ANY OTHER PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
AREA OF
THE SITE.
You
will
receive notice when your personally identifiable information might be
provided
to any third party for any reason other than as set forth in this
Privacy
Policy, and you will have an opportunity to request that we not share
such
information.
We
use
non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website
and for
business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with
third parties
for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally
identifiable
information.
3)
How We
Protect Your Information
We
are committed to protecting the
information we receive from you. We take appropriate security measures
to
protect your information against unauthorized access to or unauthorized
alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized
access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we
maintain
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and
secure the information and data stored on our system. While no computer
system
is completely secure, we believe the measures we have implemented
reduce the
likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of
data
involved.
4) Third Party
Advertising
Advertisements
appearing on this Site may be delivered to you by AppraisersForum.com or one of our Web
advertising partners.
We
use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our
website.
These companies may use information (not including your name, address,
email
address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other
websites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to
you. If
you would like more information about this practice and to know your
choices
about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Google,
as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
Google's use of
the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their
visit to
our sites and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the
Google ad and content
network privacy
policy.
5) Accessing and Updating Your Personal
Information and Preferences
We
provide
mechanisms for updating and correcting your personal information for
many of
our services. You may
modify any of your personal information at any time by logging
into your account and accessing features such as edit and account.
6)
Email Choice/Opt-out
If you no longer wish to receive updates or
notifications may opt-out of receiving these communications by changing
your
“email notification” settings in your “account settings.”
7)
Children's
Privacy and Parental Controls
We
do not
solicit any personal information from children. If you are not 18 or
older, you
are not authorized to use the Site. Parents should be aware that there
are
parental control tools available online that can be used to prevent
children
from submitting information online without parental permission or from
accessing material that is harmful to minors.
8)
Disclaimer
to Security
By
consenting
to the Terms and Conditions of the Site and hence the Privacy
Policy, you consent that no data transmission over the Internet is
completely
secure. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information
you provide
to us and you transmit such information to us at your own risk.
9)
Notification
of Changes
AppraisersForum.com reserves
the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole
discretion. If at some point in the future, there is a change to our
Privacy
Policy, unless we obtain your express consent, such change will only
apply to
information collected after the revised Privacy Policy took effect.
Your
continued use of the Site indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy
as
posted.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
If
you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy please
contact:
Privacy
Manager, AppraisersForum.com
4764 S. Atlantic
Ave. #5
Ponce
Inlet, FL 32127
Email
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