Privacy Policy

• email address, phone numbers, physical contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information (including credit card and billing information);
• computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) and ad data (all through cookies – you can take steps to disable the cookies on your browser although this is likely to affect your ability to use the site);
• other information, including users IP address and standard web log information

 

• Provide our services;
• Track, confirm and fulfill purchases;
• Resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
• Encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;
• Customize, measure, and improve user experience and our services, content, and advertising;
• Deliver targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers to you according to your preferences;
• Do other things for users as described when Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) collects the information.
• Provide our services to you.
• Provide customer service to you.
• Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities.
• Enforce our Terms of Use.
• Automatically scan messages to check for spam, fraud, phishing attacks and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content.

 

Disclosure

Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to a legal process (e.g., subpoenas, court orders).
• Respond to claims that a listing or content violates the rights of third parties.
• Enforce our Terms of Use.
• Protect the rights, property or personal safety of Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”), its users or the general public.

Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) may also disclose information with:

• Our partner web sites if you create an account on one of those sites.
• Service providers under contract who help us with business operations such as fraud investigations.

If we merge with or are acquired by another company, the resulting combined company will use the information you have provided as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Registration

Registration is required to place a listing through our service or to use other types of functionality that require the service to recognize a user . If you decide to register or sign up for certain services, you will need to give us certain Personally Identifiable Information, such as a valid e-mail address and zip code. You will also have the option to provide other Personally Identifiable Information such as your address. This Personally Identifiable Information will be used to personalize and improve your experience of our service. This information will not be disclosed to any third-party without your explicit consent.

Registered users may choose to receive a copy of our newsletter or receive other mailings from us regarding our service or the Sites. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings as part of the registration process.

 

Cookies, Web Beacons and Scripts

Like many web sites, Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) uses a standard technology call “cookies.” A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer’s hard drive that can be accessed by a specific web site to make your experience quicker and more convenient. Cookies allow our users to login without entering their ID and password each time they use Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”). Cookies also help us understand how our users use the Sites, which allows us to improve the service. We do not use cookies to retrieve any information from your computer other than the information we provide, such as a user code.

A “web beacon” is an electronic file that signals when a web page, an advertisement, a video or other type of content has been viewed. A “script” is a short section of computer code included in a Web page or other content that can be used to set and access a cookie on your computer’s hard drive and to record your activity on a web site. Web beacons and scripts can be used for a number of purposes, including counting and tracking visitors to the Sites, recognizing and accessing cookies, recording page view information, tracking and reporting audience information and conducting research to improve the Sites.

Adverticom, Inc. (“Advertorial.Name”) allows certain third parties to set and access their own cookies, use their own web beacons and use their own scripts on and through the Sites. How other companies use their own cookies, web beacons and scripts and the information they gather is subject to those companies’ own privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy.