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This privacy statement discloses the privacy policy of www.sendacard.com. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to: contact@sendacard.com.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms and conditions of using http://www.sendacard.com located at http://www.sendacard.com/privacy.php.
Information Collection and Use
Sendacard.com is the sole owner of the information voluntarily given to us by the users of this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Sendacard.com collects information from our users at several different points on our website, as detailed below.
Our mailing lists & opt-in and opt-out policies
If a user wishes to subscribe to our mailing lists, we ask for contact information such as name and e-mail address. In order to be subscribed to one of our lists you must enter your information on a from on Sendacard.com AND verify your subscription through an e-mail verification procedure. We have never purchased or sold e-mail addresses. Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletters, mailing lists or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking the link at the BOTTOM of the e-mail you receive. You will be automatically removed. Unsubscribe instructions are also contained in every subscriber-based newsletter.
Automatically Generated E-mails.
In certain sections of the site users may receive an e-mail notification regarding their participation to the e-mail address the user specified when originating their submission. These computer-generated e-mails are used solely for the purpose of submission status notification.
Postcards
Our postcard services require visitors to enter names or nicknames and e-mail addresses of the sender and the recipient of a postcard and may contain private information inside. Cards expire in 7 to 14 days and cannot be retrieved after this period of time, either by Sendacard.com or by the sender or the recipient, unless the sender or recipient prints or saves such card(s) to their personal hard drive or other storage media. No copies of the postcard data is created and stored online or offline by Sendacard.com after the cards expire. Sendacard.com is not responsible for the grammar, spelling, views, 3rd party links, opinions and tastes expressed on any postcard sent from our sites nor for the frequency at which the postcard may be sent. Sendacard.com takes no responsibility for incorrect information supplied by the sender.
Web Server Logs
Our servers log your IP address and browser types for systems administration purposes and statistics only. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. IP addresses are used to gather broad demographic information. This means that a users sessions will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous.
The demographic and profile data is used for marketing purposes and for improving the services we offer. For example, the data allows us to determine the most popular pages in our site, how long users have visited, and what browsers are being used so we can design our site better. Generally this information is collected through "traffic data" and may entail the use of "Cookies" "IP addresses" or other numeric codes used to identify a computer, but not personal data about our users. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.
Other Sites
Please note that if you provide any information on your own or directly to parties who provide services to Sendacard.com (such as Advertisers), any merchants in our Store, sites that we link to, or any other sites you encounter on the Internet (even if these sites are branded with our branding), different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. We encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing information to third parties.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we (Sendacard.com) are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level, occupation, etc.). Contact information will be used to notify the winners, award prizes, and may also be provided to the contest sponsors. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Children
Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Sendacard.com does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties. In addition, Sendacard.com will not send any direct e-mail offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13.
Cookies
Sendacard.com places advertising on our sites that originates from outside advertisers and/or advertising agencies. In some cases, if you click on or view these ads, a cookie may be assigned by the advertiser. Sendacard.com does not control these cookies.
Limitations
Although your privacy is very important to us, due to the existing legal regulatory and security environment, we cannot fully ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties. Additionally, in the unlikely event we need to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries, we can (and you authorize us to do so) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.
Security
We use industry-standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers where appropriate. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
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