Privacy Policy -
ShoestringStartups.com
(Last Updated: April 16, 2008)
ShoestringStartups.com is serious about protecting your online
privacy. This Privacy Statement explains our views and practices
concerning privacy, and how they may pertain to you as a user of our
website.
"You" or "Your" means you as a participant in or as a user of the
ShoestringStartups.com website. "We" or "Our" or "Us" means
ShoestringStartups.com. "Our site" means ShoestringStartups.com.
All information transmitted, printed or otherwise submitted to
ShoestringStartups.com via this website shall be deemed to be the
property of ShoestringStartups.com and ShoestringStartups.com shall
be free to use such information for any lawful purpose as detailed
herein.
This site contains links to other sites and we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
We reserve the right to release such information to law enforcement
or other governmental officials as we, in our sole and absolute
discretion, deem necessary to comply with the law.
Section 1
Collected Information
We automatically collect and/or track the following:
1. Web page http headers (home server domain names, IP address, type
of client computer, and type of Web browser);
2. information knowingly provided by you through on-line forms,
registration forms, surveys, and/or other entries, such as email
addresses, personal, financial or demographic information;
3. information, user specific or aggregate, on what pages our
visitors access; and
4. E-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with
ShoestringStartups.com via e-mail.
Section 2
Use of Data Collected
We use your personal, demographic and profile data to enhance your
experience at our site and to enable us to present content we think
you might be interested in. We use your contact information to send
you information about our company and promotional material from our
partners. We may also use your personal, demographic and profile
data to improve our site, for statistical analysis, for marketing
and promotional purposes, and for editorial or feedback purposes for
our advertisers. Information collected by us may be added to our
databases and used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging,
e-mails or postal mailings regarding site updates, new products and
services, upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By
using this site, you agree that you may be contacted in any manner
contemplated in this section even if your number is found on a do
not call registry, in-house list or similar registry.
Section 3
Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
If you choose to provide personal information, it will be used for
the following purposes:
1. considering you for a ShoestringStartups.com product;
2. as required by law; and
3. for marketing products and services which we determine, in our
sole judgment, that you might find of interest. We reserve the right
to share, rent, sell, or otherwise disclose data we collect to third
parties. Any third party we share, rent, sell, or otherwise disclose
data to will be prescreened by us, determined by us to be reputable,
and will use the personal data for marketing products and services
which we determine, in our sole judgment, that you might find of
interest.
Section 4
Your Opt-Out Rights
You may opt-out of receiving communications from us and/or our
partners by not submitting your information. We also allow you to
remove your information from our marketing lists. If you remove your
information from our marketing lists it will no longer be used by us
to send promotional correspondence to you. You can remove your
information from our marketing lists by clicking on the
"Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of every email we send you, or by
sending your request, in writing, via email to:
supportATshoestringDOTcom (Please replace "AT" with @ and "DOT" with
.)
Section 5
We Do Not Intend to Collect Data from Children
The information and services provided to us or our affiliates,
sponsors, and advertisers are not intended to be viewed by children
(under 18 years old). No information collected from children is
knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever,
either inside or outside ShoestringStartups.com. No part of
ShoestringStartups.com’s web site is structured to attract anyone
under the age of 18.
Section 6
Our Right to Contact You
We reserve the right to contact you regarding your account status
and changes to subscriber agreements, privacy policy, or any other
policies or agreements relevant to you.
Section 7
Our Right to Change
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by notifying
you of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy
policy or by posting the changes online at our site.
Section 8
Our Contact Information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can
contact us via email sent to: supportATinternetcashmachinesDOTcom
(Please replace "AT" with @ and "DOT" with .)
Section 9
Anti Spam Policy. Can-Spam Act Compliance
ShoestringStartups.com is dedicated to ensuring compliance with the
'Can-Spam Act', which took effect January 1, 2004. You may receive
email from ShoestringStartups.com in the following circumstances:
1. Acknowledging your application has been received and requesting
additional action
2. Requests for additional information to support your current
application
3. Response to your inquiries regarding the status of your
transactional requests
4. Thanking you for your valued business
5. Advertisements for our products, services, changes in services,
new product availability
6. Advertisements for third party products and services where we
have determined that such product or service may be of interest to
our customers
To ensure compliance with the Can-Spam Act, ShoestringStartups.com
has implemented the following guidelines for email delivery:
1. All emails sent to you by ShoestringStartups.com will clearly
identify ShoestringStartups.com as the sender. FROM / SENDER:
someone@ShoestringStartups.com (NOTE: The actual sender will alter
from department to department, but all from addresses will end with
@ShoestringStartups.com.
2. The Subject Line of any email you receive will always accurately
describe the subject matter of the email.
3. Any email from ShoestringStartups.com will include the ability to
unsubscribe from future email messages.
4. Unsubscribing will ensure the customer is removed from ALL lists
at ShoestringStartups.com; this excludes customer service emails
regarding the processing and status of a current product.
5. All emails sent to you directly by ShoestringStartups.com include
valid postal address information in the footer.
6. All third party marketing partners are required to comply with
the Can-Spam Act.
7. Emails sent to you directly by ShoestringStartups.com will
include an email address and physical address where you can send
suggestions, complaints or other correspondence.
Section 13
Information for ISPs
Web site: ShoestringStartups.com
Email Address: supportATshoestringDOTcom
(Please replace "AT" with @ and "DOT" with .)
ShoestringStartups.com understands consumers' concerns over the use
of their personal information. We hope this information will relieve
any concerns your company may have regarding our email policies.
ShoestringStartups.com and its affiliated sites use only an "opt-in
or opt out" method of obtaining customer information, and it is not
our policy or desire to send unsolicited email. We obtain email
addresses and personal information from third parties that follow
the same set of policies. ShoestringStartups.com email messages sent
always include information about the origin of the emails and
instructions on how recipients can unsubscribe from receiving future
email messages.
From time to time, ShoestringStartups.com will enter into an
arrangement with a third party website to allow individuals to opt
into our marketing program on those third party websites. In each
case the third party websites have represented and warranted to us,
among other things,
1. that the data was collected voluntarily from individuals on
website registrations and co-registrations,
2. that the sellers have a right, under any applicable privacy
statements, to transfer the data to us, and
3. that ShoestringStartups.com has the right to send marketing
offers to the individuals.
We hope this information satisfies any questions or concerns you may
have regarding the email practices of ShoestringStartups.com. If you
have additional questions or wish to discuss this matter further,
please contact us at: supportATshoestringDOTcom (Please replace "AT"
with @ and "DOT" with .)
