Scrapbooking Society Privacy Policy
Effective Date; November 1, 2010
Scrapbooking Society may change this privacy policy periodically by updating this page. You are responsible for checking this page periodically to ensure that you are keeping yourself informed of any changes.
Acceptance of and Changes to this Privacy Policy:
By using the Site in any manner, you hereby agree to this Privacy Policy in its entirety. Scrapbooking Society reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add and/or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time for any reason. All Privacy Policy changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Site. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of any and all changes.
All Privacy Policy changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Site. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of any and all changes.
Scrapbooking Society Respects and Values your Privacy
This privacy policy sets out how Scrapbooking Society uses, treats and protects any information that you give Scrapbooking Society when you use and/or join Scrapbooking Society (hereinafter referred to as the "Site";). This includes but is not limited to posting a profile on the site, blogging on the site or using the site and/or services of the site in any manner. By registering for an account or using the services on the Site, you expressly consent to the collection, use, disclosure and storage of such information as set forth in this Privacy Policy and in Scrapbooking Society's Terms and Conditions.
How we Use Cookies - A Form of Information Collection:
A cookie is a small file, which places information on your computers hard drive. The file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Scrapbooking Society uses cookies solely for internal record keeping and aggregating data about the traffic on the Site. Scrapbooking Society uses traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This is usually done through your browser preferences and/or settings. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Third parties may, however, be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being shown on your screen.
What We do With the Information We Gather:
When you become a member of Scrapbooking Society, create your profile and upload information, Scrapbooking Society requires that you provide certain personal information, which may include:
- Name and job title
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information such as zip code, preferences and interests
- Other relevant information
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and specifically for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- We may use the information to improve our products and services
- We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information, which we think you, may find interesting using the email address, which you have provided
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests
Scrapbooking Society does not allow children under the age of 18 on the Site, nor does Scrapbooking Society knowingly collect any information from any person under the age of 18. If Scrapbooking Society is informed that a person under the age of 18 is creating a profile or user account, Scrapbooking Society will immediately remove the posting and any personal information that may have been inadvertently collected by Scrapbooking Society.
Your Safety & Security:
Your safety is important to us. Please keep in mind that any information you provide to anyone you connect with through the Scrapbooking Society Site is not covered by this Privacy Policy. Always be guarded and cautious about protecting your personal information and your person. If you are going to meet someone that you have connected with on the Site, Scrapbooking Society strongly recommends that you meet that person or persons in a public place.
Use of Personal Information:
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
Scrapbooking Society will use the personal information that it collects about you to contact you in response to consumer-initiated inquiries, to provide the services to you that you request, to alert you to changes in services or features, and to provide you with requested information regarding Scrapbooking Society or our services. We may, from time to time, contact you about offers that we, or third parties with which we may partner, have that we believe, in our sole discretion, may interest you.
Scrapbooking Society reserves the right to release current or past user information: (a) in the event that we believe that the Site is being or has been used in violation of Scrapbooking Society's Terms and Conditions or to commit unlawful acts; (b) upon receipt of a properly authorized and authenticated governmental request for information; (c) in response to a subpoena or a court order, (d) to comply with relevant laws; (e) in response to an investigation of fraud regarding a specific consumer; (f) in an effort to safeguard the person or property of a Scrapbooking Society employee or a third party; or (g) if Scrapbooking Society is sold or acquired.
Moreover, you hereby consent to disclosure of any record or communication to any third party when Scrapbooking Society, in its sole discretion, determines the disclosure to be appropriate including, without limitation, sharing your e-mail address with other third parties for suppression purposes in compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, as amended from time to time. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, which you have not specifically initiated, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable e-mail. Scrapbooking Society processes all unsubscribe requests in a prompt manner.
Although Scrapbooking Society does not release your personal information to the public and Scrapbooking Society makes a reasonable good faith effort to store your personal information in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee 100% security of such information due to factors beyond our control.
SPAM:
Scrapbooking Society will not tolerate Unsolicited Commercial Emails (also known as "SPAM") or other unsolicited emails to our users. Your use of the services on the Site does not authorize you in any way to add other users of the Site to your physical or email mailing list without their express consent. If it is brought to our attention that you are sending unsolicited emails to our users, we will immediately terminate your account and will cooperate with all legal authorities to aid in your prosecution for violations of state and federal SPAM laws.
Third Party Sites: (Links to other websites)
Our website contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites and this privacy statement does not govern such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
International Users:
By using the Site and providing Scrapbooking Society with data, you understand and agree that due to the international dimension of the Internet, Scrapbooking Society may use the data collected in the course of our relationship as set forth in this Privacy Policy or in other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, you acknowledge that your personal information and other data may be stored on servers located in the United States or in other international locations. By providing us with your information, you consent to the transfer and storage of such information.
Storage of Information:
Your Member Page: All information submitted as part of your profile is stored until you request that your profile be removed. We keep all information, even after a removal request is received, on our server for a minimum of ninety (90) days. After that time, information may be purged from Scrapbooking Society's servers periodically. However, just because Scrapbooking Society has purged the information from its servers does not mean that your information will not be archived by third party sources not affiliated with Scrapbooking Society including, but not limited to google.com, archive.org, and groups.yahoo.com.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at info@scrapbookingsociety.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Scrapbooking Society may take reasonable steps to confirm your identity prior to supplying any personal information to you in order to prevent identity theft.
Scrapbooking Society will never ask for your password in order to help you with your account.
