This privacy statement covers the site HopeForCancer.com,
a division of Baumeister LLC. We are a family-run company with
several health-related websites providing personalized service to our
customers. The real bottom
line of our privacy policy is this, we respect and protect you and your
information as we ourselves would like our information and privacy
protected. We’ve been in
existence since 1996, online since 1999, and have customers from our
early days still part of our family. That is not going to change.
In simple terms, we only collect your information in 4 ways on this
website.
- Signup for the newsletter (name &
email)
- Purchase online (all e-commerce information via
secure servers and SSL encryption, and maintain appropriate
accounting files in a secure office location)
- Join our Affiliate program (contact & payment
information)
- You email & disclose information (i.e., health
situation) to us.
That is handled confidentially in terms of details, but may be
handled in an aggregate manner to others.
We never release your information to others, sell our
lists, nor abuse it with excessive email, phone calls,
etc. We will immediately
remove you from any contact list upon your notification. Now, enjoy the legal-ease that
follows!
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JD Dennison
Index:
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
Orders & Order Forms
Registration
Information Use
Profile
Cookies
Third Party Advertising
Log Files
Communications from the
Site
Special Offers and
Updates
Newsletter
Customer Service
Sharing Information
Legal Disclaimer
Aggregate Information
(non-personally identifiable)
These are the instances in which we will share users’ personal
information:
Third Party
Intermediaries
Service Providers
Business Transitions
Protection of Information
Security
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal
Information
Other Privacy Issues
Choice to Opt-out or Unsubscribe
Links
Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public Forums
Notification of Changes
Contact Information
How to reach us
If users have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, they
should first contact Customer Service (Contact Information below).
If they do not receive
acknowledgment of their inquiry or their inquiry is not satisfactorily
addressed, they should then contact the owner of Baumeister LLC, John
Dennison at email: Owner@HopeForCancer.com
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
Baumeister LLC is the sole owner of the information
collected on HopeForCancer.com. Baumeister LLC collects information
from our users at several different points on our Web site.
That information is not disclosed to any other sources beyond those
addressed in this privacy policy.
Orders & Order Forms
We request information from the user on our order form to complete a
purchase. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and
shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number,
CVV, expiration date). This
information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s
orders. If we have trouble
processing an order, the information is used to contact the
user.
We never release this information beyond this business and the card
processing/merchant account banking service. We do not receive your credit card
number/expiration without accessing the bank secure information
system. We do NOT have access
to your CVV code ever.
Registration
In order to participate in the HopeForCancer Friends
affiliate program on this Web site, a user must first complete the
registration form.
During registration a user is required to give contact information
(such as name and email address) and HopeForCancer unique
identifiers (username and password for the Affiliate Program). We
also require a user’s social security number or Tax Identification
Number and a IRS Form W-8 to pay affiliate commissions and report
earning to the Internal Revenue Service at years end.
Information Use
Profile
We do not extract nor store personal information to profile your visit to
our site.
Cookies
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by HopeForCancer.com only
and does not cover the use of cookies by any linked
websites.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to
information about the user.
Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site.
We may use both session ID cookies and persistent
cookies. For the session
ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply
terminates. A persistent
cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an
extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by
following Internet browser help file directions.
Our only persistent cookie is in support of our
affiliate program. If an
affiliate referred you to HopeForCancer, he deserves appropriate
compensation. That
cookie identifies you, and any subsequent purchase will be credited
to his program earnings.
Third Party Advertising
We do not participate in third party advertising on this
site.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log
files. This includes
internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service
provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp,
and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked
to personally identifiable information.
Communications from the Site
Special Offers and
Updates
We send all customers and newsletter subscribers
occasional information on products, services, special deals, and a
newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present
the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see
the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask
for contact information such as name and email address. That information is NEVER released
or sold to any outside source. Out of respect for our users
privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these
communications. Please
see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide
requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account
or purchases. We reply
via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing Information
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy,
we may need to disclose personal information when required by law
wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to
comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal
process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally
identifiable)
We do not share any aggregated demographic information
(not personally identifiable information)
with any partners nor advertisers.
These are the instances in which we will share users’
personal information:
Third Party
Intermediaries
We use an outside shipping company (primarily United
Parcel Service, known as UPS) to ship orders, and a credit card
processing company to bill users for goods and services. These
companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
Service Providers
We partner with the PlugnPay to provide online shopping cart processing,
and Total Merchant Services as the secure gateway to credit card processing
for VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER and AMERICAN EXPRESS. Their secure servers host the tracking
data and personal information mentioned above in accordance with industry
merchant accounting practices.
We partner with the Internet Marketing Center to
provide specific services in our associate program. Their secure servers host the
tracking data and personal information mentioned above. It exists as data, but is not
processed or 'handled' by that company.
Business Transitions
In the event Baumeister LLC goes through a business transition, such as a
merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its
assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the
assets transferred.
Protection of Information
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our
users’ information. When
users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their
information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information
(such as credit card number and/or social security number), that
information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software
in the industry - SSL. While
on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of
Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer
becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just
‘surfing’.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we
also do everything in our power to protect user-information
off-line. All of our users’
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices. The
servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure
environment, in a locked and alarmed facility.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can
send an email to CustomerService@HopeForCancer.com.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal
Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes
(such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no
longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or
delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information. This
can be done by emailing our Customer Service at CustomerService@HopeForCancer.com
Or, contact us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information
listed below. Changes to
the Affiliate Program information can be made online Click
here
Other Privacy Issues
Choice to Opt-out or Unsubscribe
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ /
unsubscribe at any time.
For example, any marketing or newsletter will have an opt out link at
the bottom.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional
communications may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying
with unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at
CustomerService@HopeForCancer.com.
The user may always
contact us in person to opt out. Contact information is below.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be
aware that we, Baumeister LLC, 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.
Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public
Forums
Public forums do not exist on HopeForCancer.com at this
time. Please keep in mind
that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online -
for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas -
that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by
posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you
may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in
return.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other
places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information
in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will
notify users via email and by posting a notice on our Web site for 30
days.
Contact Information
How to reach us
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy,
please contact us at:
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