Our Privacy
Policy is designed to assist you in understanding
how we collect and use the personal information
you provide to us and to assist you in making
informed decisions when using our site and our
products and services.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you
visit our Web site you may provide us with two
types of information: personal information you
knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on
an individual basis and Web site use information
collected on an aggregate basis as you and others
browse our Web site.
1. Personal
Information You Choose to Provide
Registration/Purchase
Information
You will
provide us information about yourself, your firm
or company, and your practices when you register
to be a member of Vow Corporation, register for
certain services, register for email newsletters
and alerts, or purchase items through our site.
You may also provide additional comments on how
you see Vow Corporation servicing your needs and
interests.
Email Information.
If you
choose to correspond with us through email, we may
retain the content of your email messages together
with your email address and our responses.
2. Web Site Use
Information
Similar to
other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes
a standard technology called "cookies" (see
explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web
server logs to collect information about how our
Web site is used. Information gathered through
cookies and Web server logs may include the date
and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent
at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just
before and just after our Web site. We, our
advertisers and ad serving companies may also use
small pieces of code called "web beacons" or
"clear gifs" to determine which advertisements and
promotions users have seen and how users responded
to them.
How
Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly
speaking, we use personal information for purposes
of administering and expanding our business
activities, providing customer service and making
available other products and services to our
customers and prospective customers. Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to
notify you about important changes to our Web
site, new services and special offers we think you
will find valuable. You have the opportunity to
opt in, or opt out of specific types of
communications. You have the opportunity to
opt-out any time you receive an email from us by
using the link provided at the bottom of the email
communication. You also may notify us at any time
if you do not wish to receive these offers by
contacting
us.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is
a very small text document, which often includes
an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a
Web site, that site's computer asks your computer
for permission to store this file in a part of
your hard drive specifically designated for
cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to
your browser if your browser's preferences allow
it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser
only permits a Web site to access the cookies it
has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to
you by other sites.
How Do We Use
Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you shop
on our Web site, the site uses its cookies to
differentiate you from other shoppers so your
shopping cart is only available to you. In some
cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from
seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring you
to log in more than is necessary for security.
Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log
files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number
of people visiting our Web site and which parts of
the site are most popular. This helps us gather
feedback in order to constantly improve our Web
site and better serve our customers. Cookies do
not allow us to gather any personal information
about you and we do not generally store any
personal information that you provided to us in
your cookies.
Sharing Information
with Third Parties
We may
enter into alliances, partnerships or other
business arrangements with third parties who may
be given access to personal information
(including, but not limited to, your email
address) for the purpose of providing you
information regarding products and services that
we think will be of interest to you, unless you
opt out of receiving such communications. In
connection with alliances, partnerships or
arrangements, we may also provide certain
information to third parties if we have determined
that the information will be used in a responsible
manner by a responsible third party. For example,
some of our partners operate stores or provide
services on our site, while others power offerings
developed by us for your use. We also use third
parties to facilitate our business, including, but
not limited to, sending email and processing
credit card payments. In connection with these
offerings and business operations, our partners
and other third parties may have access to your
personal information for use in connection with
business activities. As we develop our business,
we may buy or sell assets or business offerings.
Customer, email, and visitor information is
generally one of the transferred business assets
in these types of transactions. We may also
transfer such information in the course of
corporate divestitures, mergers, or any
dissolution.
Notice of New Services
and Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we
collect to notify you about important changes to
our Web site, new services and special offers we
think you will find valuable. You have the
opportunity to notify us of your desire not to
receive these offers by
contacting
us.
How Do We Secure
Information Transmissions?
Email is
not recognized as a secure medium of
communication. For this reason, we request that
you do not send private information to us by
email. Some of the information you may enter on
our Web site may be transmitted securely via
Secure Sockets Layer SSL, 128 bit encryption
services, which are enabled by VeriSign, Inc.
Pages utilizing this technology will have URLs
that start with HTTPS instead of HTTP. Please
contact us if
you have any questions or concerns.
How Can You Access and
Correct Your Information?
You can
update your registration information at anytime.
You may also request access to all your personally
identifiable information that we collect online
and maintain in our database by
contacting
us.
Certain Disclosures
We may
disclosure your personal information if required
to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that
such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law
or comply with legal process served on us or
Affiliated Parties; (b) protect and defend our
rights and property, the Site, the users of the
Site, and/or our Affiliated Parties; or (c) act
under circumstances to protect the safety of users
of the Site, us, or third parties.
What About Other Web
Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not
responsible for the practices employed by Web
sites linked to or from our Web site nor the
information or content contained therein. Often
links to other Web sites are provided solely as
pointers to information on topics that may be
useful to the users of our Web site.
Please
remember that when you use a link to go from our
Web site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy
is no longer in effect. Your browsing and
interaction on any other Web site, including Web
sites which have a link on our Web site, is
subject to that Web site's own rules and policies.
Please read over those rules and policies before
proceeding.
Your Consent
By using
our Web site you consent to our collection and use
of your personal information as described in this
Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies
and procedures, we will post those changes on our
Web site to keep you aware of what information we
collect, how we use it and under what
circumstances we may disclose it.
