Website Privacy Policy
Eddans, Inc. (“Eddans Marketing”, "us", "we", or "our") operates the https://www.eddansmarketing.com , www.eddans.com and www.eddans.net websites (the "Service").This privacy policy sets out how Eddans Marketing uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT BY USING THE SITE, SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY CONTENT PROVIDED THEREIN), CREATING AND USING YOUR ACCOUNT, OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY TYPE OF CONTENT, MATERIAL, AND INFORMATION FROM OR ON THE SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICES OR LINKING THE CONTENT FROM ANOTHER SITE TO OUR SITE OR USING THIRD PARTY SOURCES ON THE SITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN ITS ENTIRETY, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE OR USE OUR SERVICES.
Eddans Marketing may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. It is your sole responsibility to check this page and to be aware of the terms contained herein. If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to contact us.
Definitions
Personal Data / Personal Information and Non-Personal Data / Information
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‘Non-personal data’ is information that is in no way personally identifiable.
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‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Personal Data is in many ways the same as Personally Identifiable Information. However, Personal Data is broader in scope and covers more data
Usage Data
Usage Data is data collected automatically by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
Visitor
A “visitor” is someone who merely browses our website. A “user” is someone who has registered with us to use or buy our services and products.
1. The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure that necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience and membership. This website complies with all U.S. national laws and requirements for users’ privacy. If at any time you wish to delete any personal information and cannot do it by yourself, you should contact us in writing either by email ppc@eddans.com or by mail contained on the bottom of this page.
2. What we collect
We may collect personal information which you provide to us during registration or by completing a questionnaire or otherwise. It may include but not limited to your personal name, your business name and business information, age, gender, birthday, address, email and other information that may or may not identify you. When you provide any personal information through our website or by email, the information may be sent to secure servers located in the United States and other countries around the world to store the data.
a) Personal and non-personal data you provide to Eddans Marketing. We may collect and store any personal and non-personal information you enter on our website or provide on our website or by email or by any other means. It may include but is not limited to identifying information, such as your name, business name, business type and practices, pictures, billing and business address, email addresses, telephone numbers. If you utilize our paid services, we may also collect financial information, such as your payment method (type of credit card, credit card number, expiration date or other financial information, such as PayPal or else). We may also request information about your general or business-related interests and activities and demographic information either yours and/or your customers.
b) Personal and non-personal data we collect from other sources. We may also collect personal and non-personal information about you and your business from our business partners, contractors and other third parties, such as delivery, address information, purchase history and other.
c) Personal and non-personal data we collect about others. We may also collect and store personal and non-personal information about other people, including your customers or your audience that you provide to us by any means.
3. Security
We are dedicated to ensure that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial techniques to safeguard, encrypt and secure the information we collect online. We want you to feel confident using our website to conduct business with us. However, no system can be completely secure. Unfortunately, unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may happen with any website, including ours and may compromise the security of member’s information at any time. Please visit FTC website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to safeguard yourself against an identity theft.
4. How we collect information
We use various tools to collect information from your computer about your activities on our site.
• Data collected automatically. We automatically collect data from your browser when you visit our website. This information may include your IP address, your approximate geographical location, your browser type and language, computer operating system, access time, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us and the referring website address.
• How we use cookies and web beacons.
Our site may use "cookies" and "web beacons" to speed navigation, keep track of items viewed, clicked on and/or shared, including links and advertisements, and provide you with custom-tailored services. A "web beacon" is an embedded GIF file that specifically helps us track whether you have viewed a specific piece of content. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is later removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us to provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. When you visit our website, we may personalize your online experience. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website and use all features.
• Other technologies we may use. We may use typical Internet tracking technologies to track your use of our site and your interests, based on the channels you visit and posts/comments you place. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer to our website visitors in order to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, programming or other activities.
• Data collected by third-parties. We may allow third-parties, we working with, including our authorized service providers, advertising companies, and ad delivery networks, to display advertisements on the Site. These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements or place orders. Unless expressly stated otherwise, our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties. This information may only allow them to deliver targeted advertisements and verify their effectiveness.
5. What we do with the information we gather
We gather your information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular we may use it for:
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Identifying the areas of our website that you have visited.
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Personalizing content that you see on our website.
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Our website analytics.
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Remarketing our products or services to you.
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Remembering your preferences, settings, and login details.
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Targeted advertising and serving ads relevant to your interests.
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Affiliate marketing.
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Allowing you to post comments.
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Allowing you to share content with social networks.
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We may periodically send alerts, promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find important using the email address which you have provided.
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We may use financial information or payment method you provided to process payment for any purchases, subscriptions or sales made on our website or thru our business.
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We may use the information to customize the website and your personal experience, while visiting our website according to your interests.
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Your phone number may be used in the event that our customer service representatives need to contact you and cannot reach you by email.
Please note that your personal information will never be sold to any other website owner or merchant. We also hate junk mail as much as you do. This is why we will only send you emails about items or information that we feel important and you should know about.
6. With Whom We Share Your Information and Data
We do not sell, rent, or trade any personally identifying information with others. However, when one or more of our authorized service providers perform certain services on our behalf, we may share some information to fulfil the service, such as processing credit card payments, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing analysis, supporting our website functionality and other features offered through our website. Also, when you choose to engage in a certain merchant’s offer or program, you agree to allow us to provide your email address and other information to that merchant.
We may also release your information in the following situations:
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In reaction to a court order, or a request for cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency or a subpoena or similar investigative demand; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us, in our sole discretion.
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In association with a significant corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business entirely or significant portion of it to a third party, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or any assets sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
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When we believe information release is appropriate and important in connection with efforts to prevent, investigate, report or take other action regarding suspected fraud or illegal activity or other similar situations; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our website Terms of Use or other agreements or policies.
Any third parties or our business partners we work with, and to whom we may disclose personal information, may have their own privacy policies, which describe how they use and disclose personal information. These third parties may be well presented on our site as advertisers, payment providers and other. If you want to learn more about their privacy or other practices, we ask you to visit their websites and read their policies.
7. Opt-out options
Members who no longer wish to obtain our email updates or other notifications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable email or by contacting us directly with such request, if no instructions are provided in the email.
8. Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites, therefore such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to such other website.
9. Controlling your personal information
You can elect not to provide us with certain information, but that may result in you being unable to utilize certain features and services of our website to their fullest, including but is not limited to: not being able to register or to create board or channel, purchase products or services, participate in a contest, promotion, survey, ask a question or initiate other transactions and activities on our website. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us by mail or emailing us at ppc@eddans.com
10. California user consumer rights
In agreement with California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file objections and complaints with California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov. For more information about protecting your privacy, please visit: http://www.ftc.gov
11. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act compliance
Our site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We assume that products purchased through credit card on our website mean that they are purchased by adults. We have designed this privacy policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). We will never knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 13. If we find out that we obtained personal information about a child under the age of 13, then that information will be deleted immediately from our database. Since we do not collect such information and are not intending to, we have no such information to use or to disclose it to third parties.
If a parent believes that his or her child has submitted personal information to us, he or she shall contact us immediately via email or postal mail as listed below. We will instantly delete that information upon learning that it relates to a child under the age of 13. Please note that it is quite possible that some of this information may continue to be archived in our web logs and some back-up archives, after we delete the information from its active database.
We encourage all parents to supervise their children’s online activities and consider using parental control tools available from different online services.
12. Use of the site from outside of USA
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy is anticipated to collect information from residents of the United States. If you are visiting Eddans Marketing from outside the United States, please know that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is functioned. Please be assured that we pursue reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is fully secured. However, our privacy practices and technological means may be different from the ones used in your country. By using our services, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it, as described in this privacy policy.
13. Use of your credit card
You may have to provide a credit card to buy products and services from our website or business. We use third-party billing services. We use our commercially reasonable efforts to make sure your credit card number is kept strictly confidential by using only third-party billing services that use industry-standard encryption technology to protect your credit card number from unauthorized use. However, you understand and agree that we are in no way responsible for any misuse of your credit card number.
14. Retaining Your Personal Data
We retain Personal Data that you provide us as long as we consider it potentially useful in contacting you about our product or our other services, or as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements, and then we securely delete the data.
15. Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Our website uses Google Analytics to collect information about the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information from users such as age, gender, interests, demographics, how often they visit our website, what pages they visit, and what other websites they have used before coming to our website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to analyze traffic, remarket our products and services to users, improve our marketing, advertising, and to improve our website. For more information on how Google collects and processes your data, visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
You can prevent Google Analytics from using your information by opting out at this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
16. Our Email Policy
You can always opt out of receiving further email correspondence from us. We will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third party without your permission except in the sale or transfer of our business, or if our company files for bankruptcy.
17. Report a privacy violation
If you believe that your privacy has been violated please contact us in writing by mail or email, using the contact information provided below. Please also note that we do not accept claims on behalf of third parties except special situations where you act as a legal representative for the individual whose privacy is being violated or you are the parent or legal guardian of the individual whose privacy is being violated. In that case the proof of your connection to the individual, whose privacy has been violated, must be provided to us first, in order to continue with your claim.
18. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us as follows:
By mail:
Eddans Marketing, Inc.
Attention: Legal Department
113 McHenry Rd, Unit 147
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA
By email: ppc@eddans.com
Any capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Terms of Use