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!
~~ 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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