Privacy Statement
Personally Identifiable Information Collected By SMS
SMS may collect and store personally identifiable information about you if you voluntarily
submit such information to SMS. Personally identifiable information may include your name,
email address, physical address and other information that specifically identifies you.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information Collected by SMS
SMS may also automatically collect (through cookies, described below, and other methods)
and store aggregate or anonymous information about user contact with and use of the Site.
Examples of this type of information include demographic information, the type of internet
browser you are using, the type of computer operating system application software and
peripherals you are using, the domain name of the website from which you linked to our
Site and your browsing habits on and usage of the Site. Non-Personally identifiable
information may also include personally identifiable information that has been aggregated
so that no one individual is specifically identifiable
(such as, how many users in a particular city access the Site).
How We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information
SMS will only use your personally identifiable information as described in this policy.
SMS may use the personally identifiable information we collect to contact you
about our products and services or those of our clients or other third parties
from time to time. Except for the parties described below, we do not sell or
share your personally identifiable information with third parties without your
consent. We may share your personally identifiable information with our clients
(if they have agreed to comply with privacy protections similar to those set forth in this policy),
companies that are affiliates of SMS, technical consultants and other third parties who
make our Site available, enhance its functionality, or provide
associated services (but only for the purpose of providing such services to SMS).
Information obtained in connection with the Site may be intermingled with and
used by us in conjunction with information obtained through sources other than
the Site, including both offline and online sources.
We reserve the right to transfer any information to our successors in
business and purchasers of Site assets or a particular division or line of business.
We also reserve the right to access and/or disclose any information as required by courts
or administrative agencies and to the extent necessary to permit us to investigate
suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, the Site
rules or policies, or the rights of third parties or to investigate any suspected conduct which SMS deems improper.
How We Use Your Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may share non-personally identifiable information with third parties for any number
of reasons, including advertising, promotional and/or other purposes.
Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect non-personally identifiable information
from you and to customize your use of the Site. A cookie is a small data file that certain
websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. We may also use web bugs, clear
gifs and similar technologies that collect data similar to that collected by a cookie.
A cookie file can contain various types of information, including a user ID
that the site uses to track the pages you have visited.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can reset your
browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent or you can
flush your browser of cookies from time to time. (Note: you may need to consult
the help area of your browser application for instructions.) If you choose to
disable cookies or refuse to accept a cookie, you may not be able to utilize all features of the Site.
At times, some of our advertisers and their ad service providers set cookies when you click their
advertising banners. While we use cookies in other parts of the Site (as discussed above),
cookies received with banner ads are collected by those advertisers and their ad service
providers. The advertiser’s privacy policy and/or that of its service provider will govern
the use of this information and SMS is not responsible for the privacy
practices of such advertiser or ad service provider.
Links
The Site may contain links to websites maintained by third parties. SMS is not responsible for
the privacy practices of such third party sites. You should carefully read their own
privacy policies before providing any information to such third parties.
Opt-Out Procedures
You have the option to opt-out of receiving information from SMS. This opt out messaging will
appear at the bottom of every promotional email that is sent out to you by SMS in relation to
this Site. SMS also gives you the option to remove your information from its database of active
users. If you no longer wish to take advantage of this Site or to receive any form of direct
contact from SMS, whether it is email, discounts, newsletters, or other promotional offers or
materials, or wish us to delete your personally identifiable information from our database
of active users, send us a request marked "Privacy-Urgent",
and contact us.
However, SMS is not responsible for removing information from third party lists or databases of any
kind if we have shared your information with such third parties as permitted by this policy.
Please note that, notwithstanding the fact that we may have removed your information from our
list of active users, we reserve the right to keep any information submitted
or collected for business reasons, such as archiving data.
Reviewing or changing your information
In order to ensure that the information we maintain is accurate, SMS gives users the option to
change or modify their information previously provided. If you would like to change your information
currently in our database, please contact us.
SMS is not responsible for updating information contained in third party lists or databases.
Security
We are committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of your information.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use
of information, we have put into place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures
to help safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, due to the inherent
open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us
or information stored on the Site or our servers, will be completely free from unauthorized
access by third parties such as hackers and your use of the Site demonstrates your assumption of this risk.
Protection for Children
This Site is not intended for users under the age of 13, and we have no intention of collecting personally
identifiable information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). If a parent or guardian
learns that a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, that child’s parent or
guardian should contact us and send a request marked "Privacy – Urgent"
if they would like the information submitted by the child deleted from our database. We
will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.
United States of America
Our Site is maintained in the United States of America. By using the Site, you freely and
specifically give us your consent to export your personally identifiable information
to the USA and to store and use it in the USA as specified in this policy.
Your Consent
We may amend our privacy policy at any time and will post those changes on this page, so you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we
may disclose it. However, if we plan to materially change the way in which we use or disclose
your personally identifiable information, we will provide you with prior notice and a
chance to opt-out of such differing uses.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can
contact us.
In addition, our mailing address is:
Specialized Marketing Services, Inc. (SMS)
3421 W Segerstrom Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Effective Date
This privacy policy was last updated on June 6th, 2012