Website and/or blog PRIVACY POLICY for HalloweenCostumesCouples.org
Last Updated: February 2, 2010
Dear Visitor and Friend,
HalloweenCostumesCouples.org (“HalloweenCostumesCouples”) hopes you have an enjoyable experience while visiting our website to find information about Halloween Costumes.
Your privacy is very important to us. We will never sell, barter, lend, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party.
We only collect user-provided Personally Identifiable Information. We may use Personally Identifiable Information (information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact you, including your name, e-mail address, street or mailing address, telephone or fax number, credit or debit card information used for e-commerce transactions) subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy (“Policy”).
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate, and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of our website and/or blog, when you contact us for information about our products or services, when you make a purchase, or when you request certain features, such as newsletters and reports. You may provide information when you post comments or participate in sweepstakes and contests, message boards, forums, chat rooms, surveys, questionnaires, and other interactive areas of our website and/or blog.
Like many websites and/or blogs, HalloweenCostumesCouples also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service Provider, the type and version of the web browser you use, your computer operating system, or use “cookie” technology to recognize you and hold information from your visit.
A “cookie” is a small text file that identifies you as a unique user (but does not identify you personally) and is stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies cannot retrieve data from your computer or infect your computer with a virus. Among other things, the cookie may store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our website and/or blog.
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies. But if you do, you may be unable to access certain portions of the website and/or blog or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize the website’s and/or blog’s features according to your preferences.
As we adopt additional technology, we may also gather information through other means.
What we do with the information we collect
We are firmly committed to protecting your privacy. Like other website and/or blog publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our website and/or blog and services (for example, to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on HalloweenCostumesCouples to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences, our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, services and products offered by HalloweenCostumesCouples, and other topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by HalloweenCostumesCouples may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to website and/or blog administration, troubleshooting, affiliate marketing programs, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests, and other communications with you.
Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our website and/or blog (our web hosting, email and newsletter broadcasting, e-commerce and affiliate marketing program service providers, for example) may access such information.
We will use your information only as permitted by law.
In addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets.
We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information with your consent. We may also disclose your Personally Identifiable Information without your knowledge or consent in response to a court order, warrant, subpoena, or judicial proceeding, at other times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so by law or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or those of others, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever in our judgment we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated websites and/or blogs, linked websites and/or blogs, and advertisements
HalloweenCostumesCouples expects its partners, advertisers, affiliates, and other content providers to respect the privacy of our users.
Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, affiliates, and other content providers accessible through our website and/or blog, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our website and/or blog you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a HalloweenCostumesCouples page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party.
Also, through HalloweenCostumesCouples you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, websites and/or blogs, features, contests, or sweepstakes offered by other parties. HalloweenCostumesCouples is not responsible or liable for the actions or policies of such third parties.
You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties before providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.
While on our website and/or blog, our advertisers, promotional partners, or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, in cases where our advertising is served by third parties it may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on our website and/or blog may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. HalloweenCostumesCouples does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible or liable for any actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on comment forms, message boards, forums, or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of HalloweenCostumesCouples and this Policy.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting children’s privacy is very important to us.
The contents of HalloweenCostumesCouples are not directed towards children, especially if they are under the age of 13.
HalloweenCostumesCouples does not knowingly collect or solicit, nor does it monitor its website and/or blog for, Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under the age of 13.
If we discover we have received any information from a child under the age of 13 we will delete that information from our databases and records immediately.
HalloweenCostumesCouples encourages parents to go online with their children. Here are a few tips to help make your children’s online experience safer:
· Teach your children never to give personal information, including name, address, phone number, school, family information, pictures, etc. unless supervised by a parent or a responsible adult.
· Know the websites and/or blogs your children are visiting and which websites and/or blogs are appropriate for them.
· Look for and read website and/or Privacy Policies so you know how your child’s information is treated.
You can find more useful tips on protecting children’s privacy online at the Federal Trade Commission’s website located at:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html
If you believe HalloweenCostumesCouples has any information from or about anyone under the age of 13 or you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at the email address listed below.
Contacting Us
You may opt-out of any of our mailings including our newsletter using the “unsubscribe” link at the end of our emails. You may also ask us to amend, correct, or delete your Personally Identifiable Information such as your name, email address, your street or mailing address, or your telephone or fax number. You may contact us regarding these and other matters at any time by emailing us.
Email: halloweencostume2010 [at] yahoo.com
Please understand that it may take a few days to process your request and update our records.
Communication by email or through our website and/or blog form(s) is not guaranteed to be 100% secure or private. We recommend you bear this in mind when providing us with confidential, sensitive, and/or personal information.
HalloweenCostumesCouples is not responsible or liable for any confidential, sensitive, and/or personal information that subsequently becomes public as a result of your sending it to us by regular email or website and/or blog form(s).
We may retain your emails and form submissions to us (including your email address and other Personally Identifiable Information contained in them) as well as our response to them.
Changes to this Policy
HalloweenCostumesCouples reserves the right to change this Policy at any time without prior notice. Please check this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of our website and/or blog following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was collected.
Governing Law
This Privacy Policy and the use of this website and/or blog are governed by the federal laws of Canada and the laws of the province where this website and/or blog is administered. If a dispute arises under this Policy we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually agreed-upon mediator in the city and province where the website and/or blog owner(s) reside.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, we agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration in the city and province where the website and/or blog owner(s) reside under the rules of the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc.
This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
This website’s and/or blog’s Terms of Use, can be accessed by clicking here.
This website’s and/or blog’s Disclosure Notice, can be accessed by clicking here.