PRIVACY POLICY
1. Our Commitment to Privacy. This
notice describes our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is designed to advise
you about how we collect, use, and protect the Personally Identifiable Information
you provide. By visiting this site, you are accepting the practices described
in this Privacy Policy.
2. What Information is Collected.
(a) Information You Provide to Us:
We collect the Personally Identifiable Information you choose
to enter on various pages of our site, or that you may choose to give us in some
other way (such as by email, physical mail, or by telephone). For example, you
will be asked to provide Personally Identifiable Information when you register
for access to certain portions of our site, sign up for newsletters or mailings,
or make a purchase.
The categories of Personally Identifiable Information we
collect are your first and last name, e-mail address, physical address, and
telephone number.
You can choose not to provide certain information, but you
may not be able to take advantage of our services and features.
(b) Automatic Information:
When you visit a website, you disclose certain information,
such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time of your visit. This
site, like many other sites, records this basic information about visits to our
site.
(c) “Cookies”:
Cookies are pieces of information that are transferred to
your
computer from a web server.
We use cookies to store visitor preferences, record session
information (such as items that you add to your shopping cart) record
user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, alert visitors
to new areas that we think might be of interest to them when they return to our
site, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when
visitors return to our site, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the
same banner ads, and to customize Web page content based on visitors' browser
type or other information that the visitor sends.
Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can
change your settings to have your browser notify you when you receive a new
cookie or you can change your settings to refuse to accept cookies.
3. How and When the Information is Used. The information we collect is used for administering our business
activities as follows:
(a) to
improve the content of our site;
(b) to customize the content and/or
layout of site pages for each
individual visitor;
(c) used to notify consumers about
updates to our Web site;
(d) shared with other reputable
organizations to help them
contact consumers for marketing purposes;
(e) used by us to contact consumers
for marketing purposes.
4. How We Protect Your
Information. The privacy and protection of your information is
important to us. We offer some of our services in connection with other web
sites. The affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we
encourage you to read their privacy policies. Your
access to some services and content is password protected. We advise that you
do not disclose your password to anyone. In addition, we recommend you sign out
of password-protected services at the end of your session. You should also be aware that if you
voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or
in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and
used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited
messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond
our control and this policy.
5. Who Has Access to the Information. Information about our users is important to us. Access
to your information may be provided to third parties who provide technical
support for the operation of our site. In addition, we may sell our business or
buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions,
user information may be transferred along with other assets. We may also
disclose your information in response to a court order and we may disclose your
information when we believe we are required to do so by law. We may disclose
your information in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to us
and to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or
necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure.
6. Methods We Use to Protect Your
Information. We
use security software to protect the confidentiality of your personal
information. In addition, our business practices are reviewed periodically for
compliance with policies and procedures governing the security and
confidentiality of our information. Our business practices limit employee
access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such
information to authorized persons.
7. Children. This
website does not provide services or sell products to children under the age of
18. If we discover we have received any
information from a child under the age of 18 in violation of this policy, we
will delete that information immediately. If you believe we have received any
information from or about anyone under the age of 18, please contact us at the
address listed below.
8. How You Can Access Your Information. You can request access to all
your personally identifiable information maintained by us by sending an e-mail
to us at the address listed below. Upon request we offer you the ability to
have inaccuracies corrected in your personally identifiable information. You
can have this information corrected by sending us an e-mail at the address
listed below.
9. Consent. By using our website, you
consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in
this Privacy Policy.
10. Changes to Privacy Policy. If our Privacy Policy or
procedures change, we will immediately post those changes to our website. Any
such changes will be effective immediately upon being posted, unless otherwise
stated in the change.
11. Effective Date. This Privacy Policy is
effective as of
12. Contact E-Mail. You may contact us concerning
this Privacy Policy at the following e-mail address [insert email address (for
example: mail (at) dietfatloss.net.]