Privacy Policy
Effective date: May 1, 2007
http values the users of our website
http.contees.com (the 'Website'). Your privacy and
trust are very important to us. We recognize that
you may be concerned about our collection, use, and
disclosure of the personally identifiable
information ('Personal Information') that we collect
when you use the Website and the services offered on
the Website ('http Services'). This Privacy Policy
describes the information that we collect from you,
how we collect this information, and what we do with
it after we collect it. By using the Website you are
accepting the practices described in this Privacy
Policy. Our policy and security it authorized and
managed by www.contees.com
If you have any questions or comments regarding this
Privacy Policy, please contact us at
jconti@contees.com.
Does contees.com ever make changes to its
Privacy Policy?
We may make changes to the Privacy Policy from time
to time. We will notify you of any changes by
sending you an email, posting a notice on the home
page of the Website, or posting a notice in your
account when you first log in after we have made
changes. If you receive notification of a change in
our Privacy Policy, you must review the new Privacy
Policy carefully to make sure you understand our
practices and procedures. You may not be able to
receive notices from us if your cookies are not set
to accept and/or are disabled.
What types of information does contees.com
collect?
Personal information. We collect Personal
Information that you provide to us, such as your
name, mailing address, phone number, email address,
credit card number, and financial information.
Non-Personal Information. We also collect
Non-Personal Information from you, such as your
browser type, the URL of the previous website you
visited, your ISP, operating system, and your
Internet Protocol (IP) address. Non-Personal
Information cannot be easily used to personally
identify you.
How and when does contees.com collect this
information?
Providing information to us. We collect
Personal Information from you when you provide it to
us. For example, if you purchase a product sold
through an affiliate, we may collect your name,
mailing address, telephone number, credit card
number, and email address. If you create an account,
we may collect your name, tax identification number,
mailing address, email address, and other
information that we request during the registration
process, and any information that you provide to
http. If you sign up to receive a newsletter, we
will collect your email address. Communications
with us. If you communicate with us regarding
the Website or the System, we will collect any
information that you provide to us in any such
communication. Analytic and reporting
technologies. Like the operators of most
websites, we use analytic and reporting technologies
to record Non-Personal Information such as Internet
domain and host names, Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses, browser software, operating system types,
click stream patterns, and the dates and times that
the Website and the System are accessed. We also
contract with several online partners to help
manage, monitor and optimize our Website and the
System and to help us measure the effectiveness of
our advertising, communications and how visitors use
the Website. To do this, we may use web beacons and
cookies.
How does contees.com use my information?
Personal information. We use Personal
Information primarily for our own internal purposes,
such as providing, maintaining, evaluating, and
improving the Website, fulfilling requests for
information, producing and shipping the products
that you order, and providing customer support. For
example, if you create an Account, we will use the
information that you provide us to communicate with
you and pay you any commissions that you earn.
Similarly, if you sign up to receive a http
newsletter, we will use the email address you
provide to send you the newsletters. Non-Personal
Information. We use Non-Personal Information to
track the use of the Website and the System and for
other internal purposes, such as providing,
maintaining, evaluating, and improving the Website.
When will contees.com disclose my
information to third parties?
Disclosure to successors. We may disclose
your Personal Information to any
successor-in-interest of ours, such as a company
that acquires us. In the event http goes through a
business transition, such as a merger or acquisition
by or with another company, or sale of all or a
portion of our assets, your Personal Information
will likely be among the assets transferred. You
will be notified via email or by a notice on our
Website of any such change in ownership or control
of your Personal Information.
Disclosure to unaffiliated third parties. We
may disclose your Personal Information to prevent an
emergency, to prevent harm to others, to respond to
legal requirements, to protect or enforce our rights
and policies, to protect or enforce the rights of a
third party, or as required or permitted by law
(including, without limitation, to comply with a
subpoena or court order). In particular, we may
disclose your information to a third party that
alleges that you have infringed their intellectual
property rights. Similarly, if you allege that
someone is infringing upon your intellectual
property rights, we may disclose your information to
that person.
Disclosure to third-party service providers and
online partners. We may contract with various
third parties who help us provide, maintain and
improve the Website and the System. For example, we
use a third party to process payments made to us,
and may subcontract out production, fulfilment,
analytics, reporting or other operations. We also
contract with several online partners to help
manage, monitor and optimize our Website and the
System and to help us measure the effectiveness of
our advertising, communications and how visitors use
the Website. We will use commercially reasonable
efforts to prevent such third parties from
disclosing your Personal Information, except for the
purpose of providing the services in question. We
cannot guarantee that such third parties will not
disclose your Personal Information.
Disclosure to Affiliates. If you purchase a
product, http may provide your name, and the city
and state information provided by you to an
Affiliate. In our Affiliate Agreement, http
contractually obligates each Affiliate not to use or
disclose this information for any purposes other
than internal record keeping, and for marketing,
only if you have opted in to receive marketing
material directly from the Affiliate. We cannot
guarantee all Affiliates will comply with this
obligation.
Disclosure of Non-Personal Information. We
will disclose Non-Personal Information, in aggregate
form, to potential strategic partners, advertisers,
investors, customers, and others. You may not opt
out of sharing this information. However, it cannot
be easily used to identify you personally.
What about cookies and web beacons?
A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of
your computer. Most websites use cookies. We use
cookies to track your use of the Website and the
System, provide you with a more personalized user
experience, and to allow you to log in and begin use
of the Website automatically when you visit the
Website. A web beacon is an often-transparent
graphic image, usually no larger than a 1x1 pixel
that is placed on a web page or in an email that is
used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting
the Website or receiving the email. Cookies and web
beacons used by http and our online partners are not
linked to Personal Information. Some of our
Storekeepers may use cookies or web beacons on our
Website. We have no access to or control over these
cookies and web beacons. This Privacy Policy covers
the use of cookies and web beacons by http and our
online partners only and does not cover the use of
cookies or web beacons by any other third party.
Does contees.com protect my Personal
Information?
Personal information. Whenever we obtain your
Personal Information, we use commercially reasonable
efforts to protect it from unauthorized access or
disclosure. However, we are not insurers of the
security of your Personal Information. Accordingly,
we assume no liability for any disclosure of data
due to errors in transmission, unauthorized
third-party access or other acts of third parties,
or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Website Content. The content that you store,
post, or transmit on or through the Website, such as
message board postings, storefront pages, and images
on your Products, may be accessed by other users,
including people that you do not know. We are not
responsible for the actions of others. Therefore,
you should use care in communicating with other
users and only disclose your Personal Information to
other users that you know to be trustworthy. You
should not assume that your content will be kept
private.
How can I review and make changes to my
personal information?
You can obtain a copy of and request that we correct
errors in your Personal Information by emailing us
at jconti@contees.com. For your protection, you will
be required to provide proof of your identity to
obtain a copy of your Personal Information. If your
Personal Information changes or if you no longer
want to use the http Services, you may correct,
update or deactivate your Personal Information
and/or your account through the account management
screen. If you would like to deactivate or terminate
your account you can also contact our Customer
Service.
Tell-a-friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a
friend about the Website, we will ask you for your
friend's name and email address. We will
automatically send your friend a one-time email
inviting him or her to visit the Website. We store
this information for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time email and tracking the success of our
referral program.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is
important to us. When you enter sensitive
information such as a credit card number and/or
social security number on our registration or order
forms, we encrypt that information using secure
socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally
accepted industry standards to protect the Personal
Information submitted to us, both during
transmission and once we receive it. However, no
method of transmission over the Internet, or method
of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore,
while we strive to use commercially acceptable means
to protect your Personal Information, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
Does this Privacy Policy apply when I access
third-party websites?
You may be able to access third-party websites
directly from the Website. This Privacy Policy does
not apply when you access third-party websites. We
cannot control how third parties may use Personal
Information you disclose to them, so you should
carefully review the privacy policy of any
third-party website you visit before using it or
disclosing your Personal Information to its
provider.
What about children's privacy?
Under thirteen. The Website and the System are
intended for users aged 13 and older only.
Accordingly, we will not knowingly collect or use
any Personal Information from children that we know
to be under the age of 13. In addition, we will
delete any information in our database that we know
originates from a child under the age of 13.
Thirteen to seventeen. Prospective users between the
ages of 13 and 17 can only use the Website under
their parent's or legal guardian's supervision. If
you are between the ages of 13 and 17, you, your
parent, or your legal guardian may request that we
deactivate any of your Personal Information in our
database and/or opt out from receiving
communications from us. If you wish to do so, please
contact us at jconti@contees.com.
Can I opt out from receiving communications
from contees.com?
We provide you the opportunity to opt out of having
your Personal Information used for certain purposes.
For example, if you purchase a product/service but
do not wish to receive any additional marketing
material from us, you can indicate your preference
on our order form. If you no longer wish to receive
our newsletters and promotional communications, you
may opt out of receiving them by following the
instructions included in each newsletter or
communication or by emailing us at
jconti@contees.com. We also offer you an opportunity
to opt out of certain communications through the
account management screen. If you need assistance
you may contact us at jconti@contees.com. If we
disclose your Personal Information to a third party
in a manner that is not set forth in this Privacy
Policy you will be notified so that you can make an
informed choice about sharing your Personal
Information with that third party.
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