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Our Privacy
Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use the personal
information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when
using our site.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual
basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others
browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration Information.
You provide
us with information about yourself, your firm or company, and your practices when
you register to be a subscribing member of frugalshoppe.com, register for certain services, or register
for email newsletters and alerts. You may also provide additional comments on how
you see frugalshoppe.com servicing your needs and interests.
Email Information.
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of
your email messages together with your email address and our responses.
1. Web Site Use Information
Similar to
other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies"
(see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information
about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server
logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our
Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. We,
our advertisers and ad serving companies may also use small pieces of code called
“web beacons” or “clear gifs” to determine which advertisements and promotions users
have seen and how users responded to them.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering and
expanding our advertising activities, providing subscriber service and making available
other products and services to our subscribers and prospective subscribers. Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes
to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing
us at support@frugalshoppe.com.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique
identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for
permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated
for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's
preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a
Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent
to you by other sites.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you access our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from
other subscribers so your information only available to you. In some cases, we
also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring
you to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with
our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us
gather feedback in order to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our subscribers.
Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you
and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in
your cookies.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
We may enter into alliances, partnerships or other business arrangements with third
parties who may be given access to personal information including your name, address,
telephone number and email for the purpose of providing you information regarding
products and services that we think will be of interest to you. In connection with
alliances, partnerships or arrangements, we may also provide certain information
to third parties if we have determined that the information will be used in a responsible
manner by a responsible third party. In connection with
these offerings and business operations, our partners and other third parties may
have access to your personal information for use in connection with business activities.
As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer,
email, and visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets
in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course
of corporate divestitures, mergers, or any dissolution.
Notice of New Services and Changes
Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes
to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
As our subscriber, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not
to receive these offers by sending us an email request at support@frugalshoppe.com.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? Email is not recognized as a secure
medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private
information to us by email. Some of the information you may enter on our Web site
may be transmitted securely via Secure Sockets Layer SSL, 128 bit encryption services.
Pages utilizing this technology will have URLs that start with HTTPS instead of
HTTP. Please contact support@frugalshoppe.com if you have any questions or
concerns.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect
online and maintain in our database by emailing support@frugalshoppe.com.
Certain Disclosures
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena
or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply
with legal process served on us or Affiliated Parties; (b) protect and defend our
rights and property, the Site, the users of the Site, and/or our Affiliated Parties;
(c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of the Site, us, or third
parties.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not
responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site
nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites
are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the
users of our Web site. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web
site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing
and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link on
our Web site, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please read
over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our
Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described
in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will
post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect,
how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
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