Last Updated: Jan 25, 2008
This Privacy Policy applies to all information gathered through MediaBrains and its directory websites (the "Sites"). By using these Sites, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the protection of your personal information on our Sites, please write us at info@mediabrains.com. MediaBrains ("MediaBrains," "us," "our," "we") will update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect company and customer feedback.
When MediaBrains posts changes to this Privacy Policy, we also will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the Privacy Policy. MediaBrains encourages you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of how MediaBrains is protecting your information and to be aware of any changes to the Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Use Agreement governing MediaBrains' various Sites.
Information That We Collect.
Information
we may collect when you visit our Sites falls into two broad categories:
personal information, and aggregate or non-personal information. "Personal
Information" is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such
as your name, e-mail address, or mailing address. "Non-Personal Information"
is information that does not identify you, and may include, for example,
statistical information concerning the web pages on our Sites that users most
frequent. Our Privacy Policy governs both categories of information, as
detailed below.
Personal Information.
MediaBrains
may explicitly ask when it needs information that personally identifies you
("Personal Information") pertinent to the specific service you are
choosing to use on the MediaBrains Sites. This information may include your
e-mail address, your name, your company name, address, telephone number, and
credit card number, as applicable.
Company Registration Information. MediaBrains collects personal information when you register your company with MediaBrains. Our registration forms will specify the information that you must provide in order to use the particular feature, and the information that you may, at your option, choose to provide or withhold. When you register at our Sites, we will request your email address and a "password," providing you access to associated services and materials. When you revisit our Sites, this "password" will provide this same access to you – or to others you allow to use your email account. You should refrain from providing others with access to your email account if you would prefer that they not access the "registration only" portions of our Sites with your password.
Inquiry Submission. When you submit a request for information from an advertiser, you must provide your company name, your name, email address and telephone number.
Email and Other Direct Communications. You may email us or provide us with comments and feedback concerning our Sites generally. By communicating with us in these ways, you may provide us with your email address, and other Personal Information. We will handle information that you provide in this manner in accordance with our Privacy Policy for Personal Information.
Non-Personal
Information.
We
may also collect non-personal information from our online visitors, such as
demographic information (your age, gender, income, education, profession,
etc.). Non-personal information may also include technical information
including your browser type, areas of the Site visited, date and time of
access, host or service provided information, and identification of the
referring site.
When you browse our Sites, the choices you make may provide information concerning your interests, and concerning the appeal and efficacy of associated Site features. Information concerning our visitors’ activities at our Sites – which pages they visit, and how long they view these pages, for example – is Non-Personal Information. This information does not identify a particular user, but does provide potentially useful data concerning our users’ preferences and the efficacy and interest of our Sites’ features. The manner in which we collect Non-Personal Information is set out below.
Cookies. We collect Non-Personal Information about your use of our Sites through cookies and similar Internet technologies. "Cookies" are small text files that a web site can use to recognize repeat users, to facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of a site, and to compile aggregate data to improve a site and focus advertising. Cookies work as follows: a web site will send a cookie to your browser that uniquely associates your computer with information stored at the site. Your browser places the cookie in its cookies file. When you next access that site on your computer, the site recognizes the cookie, makes the stored information available, and adds new information based on the present visit.
Disabling Cookies. You may choose not to allow us to collect information in this manner, through cookies. If you wish, you can set your browser software to reject cookies, and most browsers provide instructions for disabling the cookies feature in their "Help" section. Because cookies can be used to provide certain functionality, if you disable your browser’s cookies feature, certain elements of our Sites may be unavailable to you.
Addresses. A so-called "Internet Protocol" (IP) address is associated with your computer’s connection to the Internet. We use your computer’s IP address to maintain contact with you as you navigate through our Sites. We also may use your computer’s IP address to provide you with personalized content. Similar to cookies, your computer’s IP address by itself does not identify you personally. We treat IP addresses, therefore, as Non-Personal Information, as provided below.
Advertisers’ Collection of Information. With Internet technology, it is possible for advertisers, as well as site hosts, to collect information through the use of cookies and other technologies, such as so-called "clear GIF" files.
Use of
Your Personal Information
MediaBrains
may use your Personal Information to operate its various Sites and to provide
any services you have requested. When you register your company with
MediaBrains, this information may be made available to the public as a listing
in our directory sites. This information may also be made available to a user
to whom you send a reply to a request for more information. The information
also may be used to communicate with you regarding your account(s) with
MediaBrains. We also use your e-mail address to respond to incoming service and
support requests from you, to collect customer feedback, to conduct customer
satisfaction surveys, and to send other service informational mailings.
We may ask for your postal address because some of our services require a mailing address so that we can perform the service completely. For example, we need your postal address for credit card validation.
We may share information with carefully selected advertisers, business partners and other organizations, which are not part of MediaBrains. These companies and organizations may use the information we share to provide special opportunities and offers to you.
MediaBrains also may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MediaBrains or its Sites; (b) protect or defend the rights or property of MediaBrains, its Sites or its web site users or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MediaBrains, its Sites or the public. We will be entitled to provide your e-mail address to non-affiliated third parties without your permission. We may disclose aggregate information, such as demographic information, and our statistical analyses to third parties, including advertisers or other business partners. This aggregate information does not include your Personal Information, except for your e-mail address, as noted above. Also, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so in order to enforce or apply our rights and agreements, or when we believe in good faith that disclosing this information is necessary or advisable to protect the rights, property, or safety of our visitors or others. We may also disclose your Personal Information to any successor-in-interest such as a company that acquires us. In the event we enter into a business transaction, 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.
Personally identifiable information collected by MediaBrains may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which MediaBrains or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using our Sites, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
We may use Personal Information you give to us to provide you with information, newsletters, updates, and related materials. We will be entitled to provide your e-mail address to non-affiliated third parties without your permission. We may also use this information to respond to questions and comments from you. In addition, we may use this information to contact you. You are free at any time to opt-out of receiving email and other information we may send to you by providing us notice thereof at the address set forth below. We use Non-Personal Information to help us make our Sites more useful to visitors and for other business purposes. Also, we may use the Non-Personal Information in cookies to help us to personalize the Sites according to the preferences you tell us, and make your visit a more convenient experience.
MediaBrains
Partners and Affiliates
While MediaBrains supports other web site operators using
MediaBrains services complying with these principles, you should examine
carefully the privacy statements of sites linking to or from MediaBrains.
Personal information that you choose to provide to other web sites will be
subject to the privacy statements of those specific web sites. MediaBrains is
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other web sites. We provide these links
as a convenience, and we do not endorse the content or services offered by, or
the privacy policies in place at, these other sites.
Our privacy policy covers only information we collect at our Sites, and other sites to which we link may have privacy policies that differ considerably from our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each site you visit through our links, to ensure you are comfortable with these policies. We are not responsible for the conduct or policies of these third parties.
Additional General Provisions
Privacy Protection for Children
Our
Sites are not directed at children, and we will not accept or request personal
information from individuals we know to be under 13. If we learn that a child
under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete this
information from our databases.
Contact Information
If
you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to info@mediabrains.com,
or write to:
MediaBrains
Privacy Policy
MediaBrains Inc.
999 Vanderbilt Beach Road
Suite 607
Naples, FL 34108