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Privacy
PRIVACY POLICY
OF
BraveGreenMedia and all related Websites.
Last updated July 31st, 2006.
BY VISITING THIS WEBSITE AND REQUESTING INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES THERON, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS
PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OR USE ANY OF
THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEBSITES
REFERRED TO IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME AND
CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR
UPDATES AS IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES. WE
DO NOT PROVIDE NOTICES OF CHANGES IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN BY
POSTING THE CHANGES AT THIS WEB SITE.
This policy describes the information collection, use, and
dissemination practices of BraveGreenMedia, ("BraveGreenMedia
Marketing") and applies to BraveGreenMedia's collection, use,
storage and disclosure of information by BraveGreenMedia on its
(a) websites, including all its divisions, subsidiaries and related
companies (collectively, the "Websites"), (b) on various Third Party
websites, and (c) to BraveGreenMedia's other information
collection, including the purchase of customer lists from Third
Parties. BraveGreenMedia is not responsible for the information
collection or privacy practices of Third Party websites or
applications.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
PRIVACY RIGHTS
Companies that collect personally identifiable information ("PII")
from California residents and disclose such information to Third
Parties (including affiliated entities) for marketing purposes must,
in response to a request by a consumer, either (1) provide a list
detailing the categories of information shared and the entities to
which such information was provided, or (2) provide a mechanism by
which a consumer may opt-out of having their information shared with
Third Parties. We have elected the second option and you may request
that your PII not be shared with Third Parties by sending your
request, including your full name, email address and postal address
to: BraveGreenMedia, Customer Requests, 27881 La Paz Road Suite G-285, Laguna Niguel, Ca 92677. In accordance with California Civil
Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know
that they may file grievances and complaints with California
Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, Suite 1080,
Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210;
or by email to
dca@dca.ca.gov.
THE INFORMATION COLLECTION, USE AND DISSEMINATION PRACTICES OF
BraveGreenMedia.
1. Collection of Information.
1.1 Survey Information.
BraveGreenMedia collects information from individuals by various
methods, including, but not limited to, when an individual
voluntarily completes a survey, order form, or a registration page
either online or offline, or by means of online or offline surveys,
order forms, or registration pages operated by Third Parties
(collectively, a "Survey"). (As used herein, "online" means using
the Internet, including the Websites, and related technologies, and
"offline" means by methods other than online, including in person,
in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones, and other
similar means.) In the Surveys, BraveGreenMedia or a Third Party
(a "Third Party") may ask an individual to provide various
information to BraveGreenMedia, which may include his or her
name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers
(including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender,
salary range, education and marital status, occupation, social
security number, employment information, personal and online
interests, and such other information as may be requested from time
to time (together, "Survey Information"). BraveGreenMedia may
also collect information concerning an individual from another
source and uses that information in combination with information
provided from this web site. Completing the Surveys is completely
voluntary, and individuals are under no obligation to provide Survey
Information to BraveGreenMedia or Third Party, but an individual
may receive incentives from BraveGreenMedia or a Third Party in
exchange for providing Survey Information to BraveGreenMedia.
1.2 Site Membership or Registration.
To the extent registration is required to receive email and possibly
postal communications from BraveGreenMedia, this Privacy Policy
also applies to consumers that have agreed to receive e-mail
marketing from BraveGreenMedia, whether at our Website, via
email, on Third Party websites or otherwise. We collect information
in certain portions of our Website, where guests provide content
submissions and suggestions or participate in interactive online
activities (i.e., by way of responding to questions and surveys,
community listings, ratings, searches and comparison searches,
bidding, purchasing, chat, games, or bulletin boards, etc.). The
personal profile information you submit to BraveGreenMedia
remains your property, but by submitting that information to
BraveGreenMedia, you grant BraveGreenMedia, the right to use
that information for marketing purposes. BraveGreenMedia, may
also use such information for content improvement and feedback
purposes. We may sell the personal information that you supply to us
and we may join together with other businesses to bring selected
retail opportunities to our members. These businesses may include
providers of direct marketing services and applications, including
lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation.
In addition, BraveGreenMedia reserves the right to release
current or past member information in the event BraveGreenMedia
believes that the membership is being or has been used in violation
of the Rules or to commit unlawful acts, if the information is
subpoenaed, if BraveGreenMedia is sold or acquired, or when
BraveGreenMedia deems it necessary or appropriate. By agreeing to
these terms, you hereby consent to disclosure of any record or
communication to any Third Party when BraveGreenMedia in its sole
discretion, determines the disclosure to be appropriate.
"Subscription" occurs when an end-user registers for BraveGreenMedia
Marketing's services, either via registration at our website, via
co-registration at a marketing partner's website, or via a
permission pass / opt-out / no-opt mailing BraveGreenMedia
collects personally identifiable information about our subscribers,
based on: information gathered at the time of registration,
subscriber interaction and response to subsequent electronic
mailings and website use, information provided by marketing
partners, and information appended from data aggregators.
Information collected may include, but is not necessarily limited
to: name, email address, postal address, gender, birth date,
telephone number, activity, interests, user behavior and other
demographic information. This information enables us to better
tailor our content to subscribers' needs and to help our clients to
promote and sell their products and services.
1.3 Third Party List Information.
BraveGreenMedia collects information from individuals when an
individual provides information to a Third Party and BraveGreenMedia
Marketing subsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires
the information from the Third Party (the "Seller"). Such purchased
information may include, but is not limited to, an individual's
name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers
(including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender,
salary range, education and marital status, occupation, industry of
employment, personal and online interests, and such other
information as the individual may have provided to the Seller
(together, "Third Party List Information"). When acquiring Third
Party List Information, BraveGreenMedia seeks assurances from the
Seller that the Seller has a right to transfer the Third Party List
Information to BraveGreenMedia and that the Seller has a right to
provide offers from Advertisers to the individuals whose personal
information is included on the Seller's list.
1.4 Other Information.
Other occasions when BraveGreenMedia obtains information from
individuals include (1) when an individual is making a claim for a
prize or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by BraveGreenMedia
Marketing or by a Third Party, (2) when an individual requests
assistance through BraveGreenMedia's customer service department,
and (3) when an individual voluntarily subscribes to a service or
newsletter (together, "Other Information").
1.5 Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Info Collected Using
Technology.
BraveGreenMedia currently uses cookie and web beacon technology
to associate certain Internet-related information about an
individual with information about the individual in our database.
Additionally, BraveGreenMedia may use other new and evolving
sources of information in the future (together, "Technology
Information").
(a) Cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data stored on the hard drive of the
individual's computer that allows BraveGreenMedia to identify the
individual with his or her corresponding data that resides in
BraveGreenMedia's database. You may read more about cookies at
http://cookiecentral.com. Individuals who use the Websites need
to accept cookies in order to use all of the features and
functionality of the Websites.
(b) Web Beacons.
A web beacon is programming code that can be used to display an
image on a web page (by using an < img src="x"> programming function
-- see
http://truste.org for more information), but can also be used to
transfer an individual's unique user identification (often in the
form of a cookie) to a database and associate the individual with
previously acquired information about an individual in a database.
This allows BraveGreenMedia to track certain websites an
individual visits online. Web beacons are used to determine products
or services an individual may be interested in, and to track online
behavioral habits for marketing purposes. For example, BraveGreenMedia
Marketing might place, with the consent of a Third Party website, a
web beacon on the Third Party's website where cosmetics are sold.
When Jane, an individual listed in BraveGreenMedia's database,
visits the cosmetic website, BraveGreenMedia receives notice by
means of the web beacon that Jane visited the cosmetics site, and
BraveGreenMedia would then update Jane's profile with the
information that Jane is interested in cosmetics. BraveGreenMedia
may thereafter present offers of cosmetic related products and
services to Jane. In addition to using web beacons on web pages,
BraveGreenMedia also uses web beacons in email messages sent to
individuals listed in BraveGreenMedia's database.
(c) New Technology.
The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and web
beacons, is rapidly evolving, as is BraveGreenMedia's use of new
and evolving technology. As a result, BraveGreenMedia strongly
encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any updates
regarding its use of technology.
(d) Usage Tracking.
BraveGreenMedia tracks information related to the electronic
mailings and web pages viewed by users and subscribers, as well as
the hyperlinks clicked by subscribers, while viewing our emails or
visiting our websites.
(e) Log Files.
Log files are used to track and monitor subscriber usage.
(f) Optional Registration.
BraveGreenMedia may offer free voluntary registration to
potential subscribers. During such registration, the subscriber is
required to supply an email address and other personal information.
This information is required if the subscriber wants to participate
in Company services.
(g) Feedback and Inquiries.
You have the ability to contact BraveGreenMedia to provide us
with their feedback. BraveGreenMedia uses this information to
respond to you and analyze customer service issues.
1.6 Outside Information.
BraveGreenMedia may receive information about individuals from
Third Parties or from other sources of information outside of
BraveGreenMedia including information located in public databases
("Outside Information").
1.7 Individual Information.
As used herein, Individual Information means Survey Information,
Third Party List Information, Other Information, Technology
Information, and Outside Information, and any other information
BraveGreenMedia gathers or receives about individuals.
1.8 No Information Collected from Children.
BraveGreenMedia will never knowingly collect any personal
information about children under the age of 13. If BraveGreenMedia
Marketing obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal
information about a child under the age of 13, that information will
be immediately deleted from our database. Because it does not
collect such information, BraveGreenMedia has no such information
to use or to disclose to Third Parties. BraveGreenMedia has
designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
1.9 Credit Card Information.
BraveGreenMedia may in certain cases collect credit card numbers
and related information, such as the expiration date of the card
("Credit Card Information") when an individual places an order from
BraveGreenMedia. When the Credit Card Information is submitted to
BraveGreenMedia, such information is encrypted and is protected
with SSL encryption software. BraveGreenMedia will use the Credit
Card Information for purposes of processing and completing the
purchase transaction, and the Credit Card Information will be
disclosed to Third Parties only as necessary to complete the
purchase transaction.
1.10 Links to External Websites.
BraveGreenMedia's emails and websites contain links to external
websites. You will be taken to external websites if you click on
these links. Your information may be passed from BraveGreenMedia
Marketing's database to the external website, and/or external
database, for your convenience (e.g. your information may be used to
pre-fill a form at a destination website). BraveGreenMedia is not
responsible for the privacy practices or content of any external
website owner. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any
website they visit.
2. Use of Individual Information.
2.1 Discretion to Use Information.
THE COMPANY MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY
PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe how BraveGreenMedia
Marketing currently uses Individual Information, but BraveGreenMedia
Marketing may change or broaden its use at any time. As noted below,
BraveGreenMedia may update this policy from time to time.
BraveGreenMedia may use Individual Information to provide
promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising,
telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner
advertising, and package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2 Email and Unsubscribe Policy.
BraveGreenMedia uses Individual Information to provide
promotional offers by email to individuals. BraveGreenMedia may
maintain separate email lists for different purposes. If email
recipients wish to end their email subscription from a particular
list, they need to follow the instructions at the end of each email
message to unsubscribe from the particular list. To unsubscribe from
all BraveGreenMedia's email lists, a person must send an email to
http://www.BraveGreenMedia.com/unsubscribe.asp.
BraveGreenMedia's unsubscribe process impacts only the future
delivery of electronic mailings disseminated by BraveGreenMedia
on its own behalf. You may still receive electronic mailings sent on
behalf of Third Parties and your personal information may still be
shared with Third Parties for use in offline marketing and data
appends, including email appends.
You should also note that unsubscribing from BraveGreenMedia's
electronic mailings will not automatically unsubscribe the
subscriber's information from any Third Party associates and
licensees of the data. Since Third Party associates and licensee
partners maintain separate databases from BraveGreenMedia, and
you will need to unsubscribe from each source individually, if
desired. This allows you the freedom to pick and choose which
subscriptions to maintain and which to discontinue.
2.3 Content of Email Messages.
In certain commercial email messages sent by BraveGreenMedia, an
Advertiser's name will appear in the "From:" line but hitting the
"Reply" button will cause a reply email to be sent to BraveGreenMedia
Marketing. The "Subject:" line of BraveGreenMedia email messages
will usually contain a line provided from the Advertiser to BraveGreenMedia
Marketing.
2.4 Solicited Email.
BraveGreenMedia only sends email to individuals who have agreed
on the Websites to receive email from BraveGreenMedia or to
individuals who have agreed on Third Party websites to receive email
from Third Parties. As such, BraveGreenMedia does not send
unsolicited email messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain
formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable to BraveGreenMedia
Marketing's email messages.
2.5 Targeted Advertising.
BraveGreenMedia uses Individual Information to target advertising
to an individual. When an individual is using the Internet, BraveGreenMedia
Marketing uses Technology Information (see also Section 2.7 below)
to associate an individual with that person's Individual
Information, and BraveGreenMedia attempts to show advertising for
products and services in which the person has expressed an interest
in the Surveys, indicated an interest by means of Technology
Information, and otherwise. BraveGreenMedia may, at its
discretion, target advertising by using email, direct mail,
telephones, cell phones, and other means of communication to provide
promotional offers.
2.6 Direct Mail and Telemarketing.
BraveGreenMedia uses Individual Information to advertise,
directly or indirectly, to individuals using direct mail marketing
or telemarketing using telephones and cell phones.
2.7 Use of Technology Information.
BraveGreenMedia uses Technology Information (1) to match a
person's Survey Information and Third Party List Information to
other categories of Individual Information to make and improve
profiles of individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing
habits on the Internet, (3) to determine which areas of BraveGreenMedia
Marketing's websites are most frequently visited. This information
helps BraveGreenMedia to better understand the online habits of
individuals so that BraveGreenMedia can target advertising and
promotions to them.
2.8 Profiles of Individuals.
BraveGreenMedia uses Individual Information to make a profile of
an individual. A profile can be created by combining Survey
Information and Third Party List Information with other sources of
Individual Information such as information obtained from public
databases.
2.9 Storage of Individual Information.
BraveGreenMedia stores the Individual Information in a database
on BraveGreenMedia's computers. Our computers have security
measures (such as a firewall) in place to protect against the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the information under BraveGreenMedia's
control. Not withstanding such measures, BraveGreenMedia cannot
guarantee that its security measures will prevent BraveGreenMedia
Marketings's computers from being illegally accessed, and the
Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third Parties.
BraveGreenMedia MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO
THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN BraveGreenMedia'S SOLE
DISCRETION.
3.2 Order Fulfillment.
BraveGreenMedia will transfer Individual Information to Third
Parties when necessary to provide a product or service that a person
orders from such Third Party while using BraveGreenMedia websites
or when responding to offers provided by BraveGreenMedia.
3.3 Legal Process.
BraveGreenMedia may disclose Individual Information to respond to
subpoenas, court orders, and other legal processes.
3.4 Summary Data.
BraveGreenMedia may sell or transfer non-individualized
information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information
about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access.
Individuals have access to their Individual Information collected to
provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend, or
delete such information. Access can be obtained by contacting
contact@BraveGreenMedia.com. BraveGreenMedia may also grant
advertising clients and email services providers' access to an
individual's email address to verify the origin of the Individual
Information collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties.
4.1 Advertiser cookies and web beacons.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies
(together, "Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Websites
and on the Internet generally may use their own cookies, web
beacons, and other technology to collect information about
individuals. BraveGreenMedia does not control Advertisers' use of
such technology and BraveGreenMedia has no responsibility for the
use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links.
The Websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to
the websites of Third Parties. BraveGreenMedia is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites.
Linked websites may contain links to websites maintained by Third
Parties. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference
only. BraveGreenMedia does not operate or control in any respect
any information, software, products or services available on such
Third Party websites. The inclusion of a link to a web site does not
imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or
its sponsoring organization.
4.3 Affiliated Companies.
BraveGreenMedia may disclose, transfer, and sell Individual
Information to entities affiliated with BraveGreenMedia in
BraveGreenMedia's sole discretion.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures.
If you wish to discontinue receiving email messages from BraveGreenMedia
Marketing, you have several options:
(a) Unsubscribe from one email list.
(b) Unsubscribe from all of BraveGreenMedia's email
lists.
We reserve the right to add Individual Information to multiple lists
maintained by BraveGreenMedia. To globally unsubscribe from all
of BraveGreenMedia's lists, visit
http://www.BraveGreenMedia.com/unsubscribe.asp.
For more information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to
visit:
www.ftc.gov.
If you have questions about this policy, please contact us at
contact@BraveGreenMedia.com.
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