This privacy policy has been
compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their
‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII is
information that can be used on its own or with other information to
identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an
individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a
clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle
your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our
website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When
ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked
to enter your name, email address, mailing address or other details to
help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
We
collect information from you when you place an order, subscribe to a
newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, Open a Support Ticket
or enter information on our site.
How do we use your information?
We
may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a
purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing
communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in
the following ways:
• To personalize your
experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product
offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products
• To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
How do we protect your information?
We use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
An external PCI compliant payment gateway handles all CC transactions.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
We do not need an SSL because, all payments are done through Paypal
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes.
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers
to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow)
that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your
browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we
use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping
cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on
previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with
improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate
data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better
site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Keep track of advertisements.
•
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in
order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may
also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our
behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you
each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all
cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a
little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct
way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off,
Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may
not function properly.It won’t affect the user’s experience that make
your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
Third-party disclosure
Do we disclose the information we collect to Third-Parties?
We
sell,trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your name,
address,city,town, any form or online contact identifier email, name of
chat account etc., screen name or user names Personally Identifiable
Information.
Third-party links
Occasionally,
at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or
services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and
independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or
liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome
any feedback about these sites.
Google
Google’s
advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising
Principles. We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do
so in the future.
We agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once
this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home
page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our
website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We
honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use
advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When
it comes to the collection of personal information from children under
the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United
States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which
spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to
protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information Practices
The
Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law
in the United States and the concepts they include have played a
significant role in the development of data protection laws around the
globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how
they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various
privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email within 7 business days
We
also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that
individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against
data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This
principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights
against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or
government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by
data processors.
If you have any questions about this
Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this
site, please contact us at: support@takingup.com
