Company and all its
related web sites Privacy Policy PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM
TIME TO TIME AND CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. PLEASE CHECK BACK
FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES AS IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF
CHANGES. COMPANY DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTICES OF CHANGES IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN
BY POSTING THE CHANGES AT THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF
THIS PRIVACY POLICY PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO USE ANY OF THE
SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEB SITES REFERRED TO
IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. The information collection, use, and dissemination
practices of company. This policy applies to company’s collection, use,
storage and disclosure of information by company on its (a) websites,
including all its divisions, subsidiaries, and related companies
(collectively, the "Websites"), (b) on various third party websites, and (c)
to company’s other information collection, including the purchase of customer
lists from third parties. Company is not responsible for the information
collection or privacy practices of third party web sites or applications.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information. Company collects information from individuals
by various methods, including, but not limited to, when an individual
voluntarily completes a survey, order form, or a registration page either
online or offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order forms, or
registration pages operated by third parties (collectively, a "Survey"). (As
used herein, "online" means using the Internet, including the Websites, and
related technologies, and "offline" means by methods other than online,
including in person, in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones, and
other similar means.) In the Surveys we may ask an individual to provide
various information to company, which may include his or her name, email
address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone
numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and marital
status, occupation, social security number, employment information, personal
and online interests, and such other information as may be requested from time
to time (together, "Survey Information"). Company may also collect information
concerning an individual from another source and use that information in
combination with information provided from this web site. Completing the
Surveys is completely voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to
provide Survey Information to Company, but an individual may receive
incentives from company in exchange for providing Survey Information to us.
1.2 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using Technology.
Company currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain
Internet-related information about an individual with information about the
individual in our database. Additionally, Company may use other new and
evolving sources of information in the future (together, "Technology
Information").
(a) Cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard
drive of the individual's computer that allows company to identify the
individual with his or her corresponding data that resides in company’s
database. You may read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com.
Individuals who use the Websites need to accept cookies in order to use all of
the features and functionality of the Websites.
(b) New Technology. The use of technology on the Internet, including
cookies and web beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is company’s use of new and
evolving technology. As a result, company strongly encourages individuals to
revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.3 Outside Information. Company may receive information about
individuals from third parties or from other sources of information outside of
company including information located in public databases ("Outside
Information").
1.4 Individual Information. As used herein, Individual Information
means Survey Information, Third Party List Information, Other Information,
Technology Information, and Outside Information, and any other information
Company gathers or receives about individuals.
1.5 No Information Collected from Children. Company will never
knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 13.
If Company obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information
about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately
deleted from our database. Because it does not collect such information,
Company has no such information to use or to disclose to third parties.
Company has designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.6 Credit Card Information. Company may in certain cases collect
credit card numbers and related information, such as the expiration date of
the card ("Credit Card Information") when an individual places an order from
Company. When the Credit Card Information is submitted to Company, such
information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software.
Company will use the Credit Card Information for purposes of processing and
completing the purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information will be
disclosed to third parties only as necessary to complete the purchase
transaction.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information. THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL
INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how Company currently uses
Individual Information, but Company may change or broaden its use at any time.
As noted below, Company may update this policy from time to time. Company may
use Individual Information to provide promotional offers to individuals by
means of email advertising, telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online
banner advertising, SMS Text Messages (Cellular) and package stuffers, among
other possible uses. If you do not wish for us to use personal information
about you to promote or sell our products and services or to sell, transfer or
otherwise provide personal information about you to third parties, please
inform us by contacting customer service and we will certainly honor your
request. You can stop all communication anytime by unsubscribing from our
lists using the unsubscribe links in our email messages or by
writing to UNSUBSCRIBE ME:, 2400 Hayseed Way, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579.
2.2 Email. Company uses Individual Information to provide promotional
offers by email to individuals. Company may maintain separate email lists for
different purposes. If email recipients wish to end their email subscription
from a particular list, they need to follow the instructions at the end of
each email message to unsubscribe from the particular list.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages. In certain commercial email messages
sent by Company, an advertiser's name will appear in the "From:" line but
hitting the "Reply" button will cause a reply email to be sent to Company. The
"Subject:" line of Company email messages will usually contain a line provided
from the advertiser to Company.
2.2(b) Solicited Email. Company only sends email to individuals who
have agreed on the Websites to receive email from Company or to individuals
who have agreed on third party websites to receive email from third parties
such as Company. Company does not send unsolicited email messages. As a
result, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited email are not
applicable to Company email messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising. Company uses Individual Information to target
advertising to an individual. When an individual is using the Internet Company
uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.5 below) to associate an
individual with that person's Individual Information, and Company attempts to
show advertising for products and services in which the person has expressed
an interest in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means of Technology
Information, and otherwise. Company may, at its discretion, target advertising
by using email, direct mail, telephones, cell phones, and other means of
communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing. Company uses Individual Information
to advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail
marketing or telemarketing using telephones and cell phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information. Company uses Technology Information
(1) to match a person's Survey Information and Third Party List Information to
other categories of Individual Information to make and improve profiles of
individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing habits on the Internet,
(3) to determine which areas of Company web sites are most frequently visited.
This information helps Company to better understand the online habits of
individuals so that Company can target advertising and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals. Company uses Individual Information to
make a profile of an individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey
Information and Third Party List Information with other sources of Individual
Information such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information. Company does NOT store Credit
card information. Company stores the Individual Information in a database on
Company computers. Our computers have security measures (such as a firewall)
in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the
information under Company control. Notwithstanding such measures, Company
cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent Company computers
from being illegally accessed, and the Individual Information on them stolen
or altered.
2.8
Use of Data Collected
We use your personal, demographic, and profile data to enhance your experience
at our site and to enable us to present content we think you might be
interested in. We use your contact information to send you information about
our company and promotional material from our partners. We may also use your
personal, demographic, and profile data to improve our site, for statistical
analysis, for marketing and promotional purposes, and for editorial or
feedback purposes for our advertisers. Information collected by us may be
added to our databases and used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging,
e-mails, or postal mailings regarding site updates, new products and services,
upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By using this site,
you agree that you may be contacted in any manner contemplated in this section
even if your number is found on a do not call registry, in-house list, or
similar registry.
2.9 Opt-out rights (Cellular Phone)
You may remove your information from our database. If you remove your
information from our database it will no longer be used by us for secondary
purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by us or third parties to send
promotional correspondence to you. You may remove your information by
sending "STOP", "END", "QUIT" to the SMS text message you have received.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Order Fulfillment. Company will transfer Individual Information to
third parties when necessary to provide a product or service that a person
orders from such third party while using Company web sites or when responding
to offers provided by Company.
3.2 Legal Process. Company may disclose Individual Information to
respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal processes.
3.3 Access. Individuals have access to their Individual Information
collected to provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or
delete such information. Access can be obtained by contacting customer service. Company
may also grant advertising clients and email services providers access to an
individual's email address to verify the origin of the Individual Information
collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons. Advertising agencies,
advertising networks, and other companies (together, "Advertisers") who place
advertisements on the Websites and on the Internet generally may use their own
cookies, web beacons, and other technology to collect information about
individuals. Company does not control Advertisers' use of such technology and
Company has no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather
information about individuals.
4.2 Links. The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext
links to the web sites of third parties. Company is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such other web sites. Linked web sites may
contain links to web sites maintained by third parties. Such links are
provided for your convenience and reference only. Company does not operate or
control in any respect any information, software, products or services
available on such third party web sites. The inclusion of a link to a web site
does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or
its sponsoring organization.
4.3 Affiliated Companies. Company may disclose, transfer, and sell
Individual Information to entities affiliated with Company in Company’s
discretion.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures. If you wish to discontinue receiving email
messages from Company please contact customer service or unsubscribe from our
email messages.
We reserve the right to add Individual Information to multiple lists
maintained by Company. For more information about protecting your privacy, you
may wish to visit: www.ftc.gov if you have questions about this policy, please
feel free to contact us.