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PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
Provider wants you to
understand how we use the information you provide to us. We believe that you
should have the right to approve the use of that information. As technology
changes, it will become necessary for Provider to make changes to its privacy
policy and procedures. All such changes will be posted to this site.
How We Gather Information
Our site's registration form
requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and
postal address), and demographic information (like their zip/postal code, age,
or income level). Contact information from the registration forms is used to
provide information about our company. The customer's contact information is
also used to get in touch with the customer when necessary. Unique identifiers
(such as social security numbers) are collected from Web site visitors for use
as account numbers in our record system.
Demographic and profile data
is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's
experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be
interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. We
also use this data to send host sites their royalty payments. This data is not
available for sale to any outside entity.
Additionally, users should be
aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information
(e.g., user name, e-mail address) on non-secure areas of Provider’s site, that
information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user's
communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may
result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of Provider.
We work closely with our
affiliates, and in some cases we offer services or sell documents jointly with
these affiliates. If you purchase documents or services that are provided
jointly by Provider and one of its affiliates, we share our customer information
with that affiliate with respect to your purchase.
We also employ agents to
fulfill other functions on our behalf, such as providing marketing assistance,
analyzing data, preparing and maintaining site content, processing credit card
payments and providing customer service. These agents have access to customer
information as required in order to help them perform their functions on our
behalf, but they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.
We receive and store certain
information whenever you visit our website. We use your IP address to help
diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site, and to help
identify you. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic
information, and for other purposes. Any information you voluntarily provide to
us is used for such purposes as customizing your shopping experience, allowing
us to respond to your requests and comments, and improving our website.
Provider reserves the right
to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to
measure interest in and use of the various areas of our site(s) and to inform
advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been
exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners. Provider will provide only
aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. Also, you should be aware
that Provider may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or
registration-based services through a Provider site. Provider is not responsible
for any actions or policies of such third parties and you should check the
applicable privacy policy of such third party when providing personally
identifiable information.
Information Gathered from Minors
We encourage children
visiting our site to ask their parents for permission before sending any
information about themselves to us or to anyone else over the Internet. Any such
information collected by Provider from children will be used for participation
and feedback purposes, together with any other purposes that will be described
where the information is collected, and will not be transferred to any third
party. Customers purchasing goods or services on Provider’s site(s) must be at
least 18 years of age.
How We Use this Information
Provider uses your email
address to send you news about or updates to Provider’s site(s), to forward
special offers or ads from our affiliates and to respond to customer service
issues or comments and questions received from you. Upon request, Provider will
allow any user to “opt out” of further promotional contacts at any time. If you
do not wish to receive notification of special offers or news and/or updates to
our site(s), please email Provider at
http://www.humorelf.com/contact.php.
Credit card or other
financial information that is collected is used for billing and payment purposes
for products and services you have ordered through Provider’s site(s), and is
submitted to the appropriate financial institution in order to process your
credit card transaction, and will not be provided to any other person or party.
All other private information submitted by you is confidential. You can update
or delete your private information at any time by emailing Provider at [email
address]. However, it may be impossible to delete a user’s information without
some residual information being left in our customer database due to backups and
records of deletions.
Information submitted by our
affiliates is used for the purposes of maintaining the business relationship
between Provider and its affiliates and will not be provided to any third party.
Our affiliates are not provided with any access to private information you have
provided to us, whether or not such information was provided in connection with
the purchase of goods or services from an affiliate’s site.
Use of Cookies
You should be aware that
non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the
standard operation of Provider’s internet servers or through the use of
“cookies.” “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat
users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a
site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content
improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a
user’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique
number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users should
be aware that Provider cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting
information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for Provider. If a user
does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a
simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the
cookie feature; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to
provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of
information) available on the Provider Site.
Transfer of Customer Information
Customer information is a
valuable business asset. If for any reason Provider transfers or divests itself
of its business assets, our customer information will be transferred as one of
the business assets.
Release of Information When Required
Provider will release
customer information to the appropriate authorities if we are required to do so
by law. Provider will also release such information if we feel it is necessary
in order to protect our rights or the rights of our customers, affiliates,
partners, or any other party, and for purposes of protection from fraud and
credit risk.
Security
This site has security
measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information
under our control.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions
about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with
this Web site, you can contact us at
http://www.humorelf.com/contact.php. Any dispute arising between you and
Provider with respect to privacy is subject to the terms and conditions of use
and this privacy statement, including limitations on damages, arbitration, and
application of the laws of New Jersey.
The foregoing policies are
effective as of August 22, 2007. Provider reserves the right to change this
policy at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy
statement. 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.
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