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Privacy is a common concern!
PRIVACY POLICY FOR WEBSITES THAT COLLECT AND
SHARE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION INCLUDING FINANCIAL
INFORMATION OF ITS VISITORS/SUBSCRIBERS
American Discount Web Hosting, Inc. hereinafter referred to as “ADWH”
values the privacy of our visitors/customers and takes every known
precaution to safe guard the information we collect from unauthorized
use. The following is a detailed explanation of the privacy policy for
ADWH.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
ADWH believes it is important for you to know what types of
information we collect when you use our site. We employ various methods
for collecting information. To begin with, we use “cookies” that are
needed to compile aggregate non-personally identifiable information
about the visitors to our web site. Personally identifiable information
consists of information that is unique to you, such as credit card
numbers, bank accounts, social security numbers, home address, email
address and the like. This is the type of information that most people
consider private and deem the most important to protect from
unauthorized access. Non-personally identifiable information most often
consists of things such as your search preferences, the types of
products you have bought, how many times you have visited a particular
web site, etc. This type of information is usually associated with a
particular computer or IP address but not with a particular person.
“Cookies” are pieces of information generated by a Web server and stored
in the user's computer, ready for future access. Each time you access
our web site; our server finds the relevant cookie on your computer. The
information contained within that cookie is then used to customize your
experience with our site. The following is a list of the information we
collect: name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card
number and expiration date.
WHY DO WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION?
We use this information in order to serve the needs of our
customers. We need to know who you are in order to verify the credit
card information you have sent us. We collect several pieces of personal
information from you in order to complete this verification process. The
non-personal information that we collect from you is used in order to
offer you better service and to make your experience with our site more
enjoyable. Any information that we may inadvertently collect from you,
that does not serve one of these reasons stated above, is immediately
purged from our system.
HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION PROTECTED?
We use the latest in encryption technology, including 128 bit
SSL encryption to ensure that any sensitive information that is sent by
you to us via the Internet is protected from unauthorized interception.
We employ the latest in firewall protection to prevent unauthorized
access into our information storage areas. We maintain a rigorous hiring
process to screen out potential employees with criminal backgrounds. All
employees that we do hire have to sign a confidentiality agreement that
forbids them from disclosing any information to which the employee has
access, to other individuals or entities. We also have back up servers
and power supplies to guard against power outages and other natural
occurrences that could pose a threat to the integrity of your personal
information. Passwords are required in order for you to gain access to
your account. Once an account has been terminated, measures are taken to
remove those users from the system who no longer need access to our
system. When an employee is terminated or is no longer with the company,
we change the access codes that the employee used to access any customer
accounts. Account login sessions are terminated after three failed login
attempts; all terminated login sessions are logged for follow-up.
Passwords must contain at six to eight characters. Unused customer
accounts, those that have shown no activity for 6 months are purged from
our system.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO MY INFORMATION?
Only those employees that are responsible for handling your
account have access to your information. Additionally, employees in our
technical department may have access to your information in order to
conduct routine checks on the integrity of our system and in order to
perform necessary maintenance work. In order to process your credit card
we have to consult with an out side credit card processing company.
These processing companies are regulated by the banking industry and
must meet certain security requirements in order to be in business. The
processing companies will have access to your credit card information,
billing address, name, and possibly your telephone number. The
processing company will communicate with the issuing bank of your credit
card in order to get final approval to charge your credit card for the
product or services we are providing for you. Should you choose to
receive additional information regarding one of our services or
products, we may pass your email address to one of our partners who
offers similar products or services that you might be interested in.
Additionally, judicial requests by a duly authorized court will require
us to divulge certain information regarding your account should that
situation arise. Finally, should our company ever be bought or sold,
your account information would then become the property of the new
owner/entity.
CAN I CORRECT OR REMOVE INFORMATION FROM YOUR SITE?
You always have the option to view your account to make sure
the information we have collected from you is indeed correct. You also
have the option of removing any information from your account that you
wish to keep private. However, please note that removing certain
information such as your email address, contact information, and the
like may greatly hinder our ability to effectively provide the service
or products you have requested. We recommend, that you contact us first
to discuss which information you may remove without interrupting the
quality of service we intend to provide for you.
CAN I OPT OUT OF HAVING CERTAIN INFORMATION COLLECTED?
You have the option of disabling your computer’s ability to
accept or transmit cookies. This will prevent us from gathering certain
non-personally identifiable information from you. You also have the
option of removing yourself from any email distribution list that you
may have signed up for.
NOTICE OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time.
However, if any changes do occur, we will publish the changes to our web
site and post a notice on the home page that a new privacy policy has
been implemented. We will also take reasonable steps to contact you
personally to let you know of the new changes. Should the company be
bought or sold to someone else, we will take reasonable steps to notify
you personally. You will then be given the option to keep your account
open or to terminate.
