Monday, June 17, 2013

Privacy Policy

Smart Collecting is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of Smart Collecting.  This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

This policy will let you know:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you

2. What cookies are and how they are used

3. How your information is used

4. Who is collecting your information

5. With whom your information may be shared

6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information

7. The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information

8. How Smart Collecting protects children's privacy

What personally identifiable information is collected from you

Smart Collecting collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site. Any individual can browse Smart Collecting on the World Wide Web. No registration is required. However, there are some aspects of our website where we do collect information about our visitors. Any information is never shared with anyone outside of Smart Collecting and is used to refine our content based on our visitors.

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What cookies are and how they are used

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Smart Collecting may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Certain features of Smart Collecting require that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.)

Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:
Advertising networks that serve ads onto Smart Collecting may use their own cookies.

Smart Collecting may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.

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How your information is used

The primary goal of Smart Collecting in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the website.

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Who is collecting your information

When you are asked for personal information on Smart Collecting, you are sharing that information with Smart Collecting alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.

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With whom your information may be shared

As a general rule, Smart Collecting will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared.

Smart Collecting may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of Smart Collecting or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of Smart Collecting, other users of Smart Collecting, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Smart Collecting may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

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How Smart Collecting protects children's privacy

Smart Collecting is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Smart Collecting does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age. 

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Smart Collecting believes in on-line safety and would welcome any suggestions that you may have. Please contact us at: (888) 510-0690