Your privacy is very important to us. We want to make your
experience on the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible,
and we want you to use the Internet's vast array of information,
tools, and opportunities with complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm
commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy
describes how our company collects information from all end
users of our Internet services (the "Services")-those who access
some of our Services but do not have accounts ("Visitors") as
well as those who may purchase Products and/or pay a monthly
service fee to subscribe to the Service ("Members")-what we do
with the information we collect, and the choices Visitors and
Members have concerning the collection and use of such
information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy
carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is
Used
Introduction: Our company collects information
in different ways from Visitors and Members who access the
various parts of our Services and the network of Web sites
accessible through our Service. We use this information
primarily to provide a customized experience as you use our
Products and Services, and generally, do not share this
information with third parties. However, we may disclose
personal information collected if we have received your
permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as
when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other
special cases described below.
Registration: Members may be asked to provide
certain personal information when they sign up for our Products
or Services including name, address, telephone number, billing
information (such as a credit card number), and the type of
personal computer being used to access the Services. The
personal information collected from Members during the
registration process is used to manage each Member's account
(such as for billing purposes). This information is not shared
with third parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in
special circumstances.
However, in instances where our company and a partner jointly
promote our Services, we may provide the partner certain
personal information, such as the name, address, and username of
persons who subscribed to the Services as a result of the joint
promotion for the sole purpose of allowing us and the partner to
assess the results of the promotion.
In this instance, personal information may not be used by the
partner for any other purpose. We may also generate
non-identifying and aggregate profiles from personal information
Members provide during registration (such as the total number,
but not the names, of Members). As explained in more detail
below, we may use this aggregated and non-identifying
information to sell advertisements that appear on the Services.
Our Company Partners and Sponsors: Some
products and services may be offered to Visitors and Members in
conjunction with an affiliate, independent contractor seller or
non-affiliated partner. To provide Visitors and Members some of
these products and services, the partner may need to collect and
maintain personal information. In these instances, you will be
notified before any such data is collected or transferred and
may decide not to use that particular service or feature.
Additionally, our partners may have advertisements or co-branded
Web Pages that are cosponsored by an affiliate, independent
contractor seller, or non-affiliated partner. Our company may
share non-identifying and aggregate information (except as
described above), but not personal information, with such
partners in order to administer the co-branded products or
services offered.
Online Shopping: At some Web sites, you can
purchase products and services or register to receive materials,
such as a newsletter, catalog or new product and service
updates. In many cases, you may be asked to provide contact
information, such as your name, address, email address, phone
number, and credit/debit card information.
If you complete an order for someone else, such as an online
gift order sent directly to a recipient, you may be asked to
provide information about the recipient, such as the recipient's
name, address, and phone number. Our company has no control over
the third parties' use of any personal information you provide
when placing such an order. Please exercise care when doing so.
If you order services or products directly from our company we
will use the personal information you provide only to process
that order. We do not share this information with outside
parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
Online Advertisements: Our company may display
our online advertisements. In those cases we share aggregated
and non-identifying information about our Visitors and Members
collected through the registration process as well as through
online surveys and promotions with these advertisers.
Additionally, in some instances, we use this aggregated and
non-identifying information to deliver tailored advertisements
or joint ventures. For instance, an advertiser or joint venture
company tells us the audience they want to reach and provides us
an advertisement tailored to the audience. Based upon the
aggregated and non-identifying information we have collected, we
may then display or send the advertisement to the intended
audience. Our company does not share personal information about
its Visitors or Members with these advertisers or joint venture
companies.
Responses to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or
Members send email inquiries to our company, the return email
address is used to answer the email inquiry we receive. Our
company does not use the return email address for any other
purpose and does not share the return email address with any
third party.
Voluntary Customer Surveys: We may periodically conduct both
business and individual customer surveys. We encourage our
customers to participate in these surveys because they provide
us with important information that helps us to improve the types
of products and services we offer and how we provide them to
you. Your personal information and responses will remain
strictly confidential, even if the survey is conducted by a
third party. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.
We may take the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys and combine (or aggregate) it
with the responses of other customers we may have, to create
broader, generic responses to the survey questions (such as
gender, age, residence, hobbies, education, employment, industry
sector, or other demographic information). We then use the
aggregated information to improve the quality of our services to
you, and to develop new services and products. This aggregated,
non-personally identifying information may be shared with third
parties.
Promotions: Our company may offer polls, contests, sweepstakes,
drawings, games, content, or other promotions that are sponsored
by or cobranded with third parties. In certain instances,
company may have to supply personally identifiable information
of the winners to the third parties. Our company has no control
over third parties' use of this information.
You may be entered in a sweepstakes, contest, or other
promotion, simply by making a purchase from us or by providing
us with personally identifiable information for some other
reason or purpose. When the winning entries are chosen, only the
names and personally identifiable information of the winners are
shared with the entity administering the sweepstakes or contest,
so that they can notify the winners.
Special Cases: It is our company's policy not
to use or share the personal information about Visitors of
Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above without
also providing you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise
prohibit such unrelated uses.
However, we may disclose personal information about Visitors or
Members, or information regarding your use of the Services or
Web sites accessible through our Services, for any reason if, in
our sole discretion, we believe that it is reasonable to do so,
including: credit agencies, collection agencies, merchant
database agencies, law enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Child Online
Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or legal requests for
such information; to disclose information that is necessary to
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may
be violating our Acceptable Use Policy or Terms Of Service, or
other user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to
protect our company and our Members.
Notice of Compliance to California Residents - Your
California Privacy Rights Under The California Online Privacy
Protection Act and the California Business and Professions
Code
This privacy policy identifies the categories of personally
identifiable information that our company collects through our
Web site or online service, about individual consumers who use
or visit our company's commercial Web site or online service and
the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom our
company may share that personally identifiable information.
Our company does not maintain a process for an individual
consumer who uses or visits our commercial Web site or online
service to review and request changes to any of his or her
personally identifiable information that is collected through
our Web site or online service.
See the section below entitled "Revisions To This Policy" for a
description of the process by which our company notifies
consumers who use or visit our commercial Web site or online
service of material changes to our company's privacy policy for
this Web site or online service.
The effective date of this privacy policy is listed at the end
of this privacy policy under the heading, "Last updated."
For the purposes of this policy and California compliance the
following definitions apply:
Depending on the visitor's activity, in our commercial Web site
or online service, the following "personally identifiable
information" may be collected, in addition to information set
forth in other sections of this document.
The term "personally identifiable information" means
individually identifiable information about an individual
consumer collected online by our company from an individual and
maintained by our company in an accessible form, and may include
any of the following:
A first and last name.
A home or other physical address, including street name and
name of a city or town.
An e-mail address.
A telephone number.
A social security number.
Any other identifier that permits the physical or online
contacting of a specific individual.
Information concerning a user that the Web site or online
service collects online, from the user, and maintains in
personally identifiable form, in combination with an identifier
described within this privacy policy.
Under California Law SB 27, California residents have the right
to receive, once a year, information about third parties with
whom we have shared information about you or your family for
their marketing purposes during the previous calendar year, if
any, and a description of the categories of personal information
shared. To make such a request, please send an email to
contact@alpilean.com and please include the phrase "California
Privacy Request" in the subject line, the domain name of the Web
site you are inquiring about, along with your name, address and
email address. We will respond to you within thirty days of
receiving such a request.
"Cookies" and How Our Company Uses Them. A "cookie" is a small
data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit
certain Web sites. Our company may use cookies to collect,
store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes
to improve the products and services we provide and to manage
our telecommunications networks.
If you are a Visitor or Member we may use a cookie to save your
settings and to provide customizable and personalized services.
These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your
customer information. Additionally, be aware that if you visit
other Web sites where you are prompted to log in or that are
customizable, you may be required to accept cookies.
Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do
not control use of these cookies and expressly disclaim
responsibility for information collected through them.
Our Company Commitment to Children's Privacy. Protecting
children's privacy is especially important to us. It is our
policy to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore we restrict
our Web site to persons eighteen years or older.
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THIS WEB
SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE
RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB SITE, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED
BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS WITHIN THE CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY
PROTECTION ACT (COPPA) AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Public Forums: Please remember that any information you may
disclose in any Member Directory, or other public areas of our
Web sites or the Internet, becomes public information. You
should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal
information in these public areas.
Our Company's Commitment to Data Security: Services and Web
sites we sponsor have security measures in place to protect the
loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our
control. While we make every effort to ensure the integrity and
security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that
our security measures will prevent third-party "hackers" from
illegally obtaining this information.
Where to Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy: If you have
any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices
described herein, you may contact us through the contact
information provided on this Web site.
Revisions to This Policy: Our company reserves the right to
revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Terms Of Service
agreement, and our other policies and agreements at any time and
in any manner, by updating this posting. Your use of this site
after such changes are implemented constitutes your
acknowledgement and acceptance of these changes. Please consult
this privacy statement prior to every use for any changes.
Opting Out: Should you wish to no longer receive email
communication from us, simply send an email to
contact@alpilean.com and we will remove you from our database.
Also, at the bottom of any email you might receive from us is an
unsubscribe link that, when clicked, will automatically
unsubscribe you.