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Your privacy is very important to
AccountSupport ("AccountSupport"). We want to
make your experience using our services and on
the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as
possible, and we want you to use the Internet's
vast array of information, tools and
opportunities with complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to
demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and
security. This Privacy Policy describes how
AccountSupport collects information from all end
users of AccountSupport's Internet services (the
"Services") - those who access some of our
Services but do not have accounts ("Visitors")
as well as those who pay a service fee to
subscribe to the Service ("Users") - what we do
with the information we collect, and the choices
Visitors and Users have concerning the
collection and use of such information.
AccountSupport requests that you read this
Privacy Policy carefully.
- Introduction. AccountSupport
collects information in different ways from
Visitors and Users who access the various
parts of our Services and the network of Web
sites accessible through our Services. We
use this information primarily to provide a
customized experience as You use our
Services and, generally, do not share this
information with third parties. However, we
may disclose personal information collected
if we have received your permission
beforehand or in very special circumstances,
such as when we believe that such disclosure
is required or permitted by law or other
special cases described below.
- Registration and Account Information.
Users are asked to provide certain personal
information when they sign up for our
Services including name, address, telephone
number, billing information (such as a
credit card number), and the type of
personal computer being used to access the
Services. In addition, Users are asked to
complete an online form that collects
information about demographics, product
usage and preferences, along with other
information that will help us improve our
products and services. The personal
information collected from Users through
these forms is used to manage each User's
account (such as for billing purposes) and
provide Users with information about
services that may be of interest to them.
This information is not shared with third
parties, unless specifically stated
otherwise or in special circumstances.
However, in instances where AccountSupport
and a partner jointly promote the Services,
AccountSupport may provide the partner
certain personal information, such as the
name, address, and username of persons who
subscribed to the Services as a result of
the joint promotion for the sole purpose of
allowing us and the partner to assess the
results of the promotion. In this instance,
personal information may not be used by the
partner for any other purpose.
AccountSupport may also generate
non-identifying and aggregate profiles from
personal information Users provide during
registration (such as the total number, but
not the names, of Users). As explained in
more detail below, we may in certain
instances use this aggregated and
non-identifying information to sell
advertisements that appear on the Services.
- Domain Registration. Domain name
registration information legally has to be
available to the public. Since domain name
registration information is available to the
public, anyone can access it through "WHOIS"
searches. The WHOIS database is a publicly
accessible database that lists the domain
name and contact information of each
registrant. The domain name registration you
provide is hosted by us to the public. At
times, our Users may receive solicitations
that result from searches of the publicly
available WHOIS database conducted by other
companies or individuals. However, the
solicitation and/or SPAM they receive does
not in any way come from AccountSupport.
- AccountSupport Partners and Sponsors.
Some products and services are offered to
Visitors and Users in conjunction with a
partner (e.g., domain registration). To
provide Visitors and Users with some of
these products and services, the partner may
need to collect and maintain personal
information. In these instances, we will
provide such data collected or transferred
to our Partners and Sponsors. Additionally,
many AccountSupport Users have co-branded
pages that are co-sponsored by
non-affiliated partners. AccountSupport will
share non-identifying and aggregate
information (except as described above), but
not personal information, with such partners
in order to administer the co-branded
products or services offered.
- Online Shopping. At some Web
sites that you access through links on
AccountSupport, you can purchase products
and services or register to receive
materials, such as a catalog or new product
updates. In many cases, you may be asked to
provide contact information, such as your
name, address, e-mail address, phone number,
and credit/debit card information. If you
complete an order for a Web site or service
that is not provided by AccountSupport,
AccountSupport has no control over the third
parties' use of any personal information you
provide when placing such an order. Please
exercise care when doing so. If you order
products directly from AccountSupport, we
will use the personal information you
provide only to process that order. We do
not share this information with outside
parties except to the extent necessary to
complete that order.
- Online Advertisements.
AccountSupport does not share personal
information about its Visitors or Users with
advertisers. AccountSupport may display
online advertisements and may share
aggregated and non-identifying information
about our Visitors and Users collected
through the registration process, as well as
through online surveys and promotions with
these advertisers. Additionally, in some
instances, we use this aggregated and
non-identifying information to deliver
tailored advertisements. For instance, an
advertiser tells us the audience they want
to reach (for example, males between 25 and
55 years of age) and provides us an
advertisement tailored to the audience.
Based upon the aggregated and
non-identifying information we have
collected, we may then display the
advertisement to the intended audience.
- Responses to E-mail Inquiries.
When Visitors or Users send e-mail inquiries
to AccountSupport, the return e-mail address
is used to answer the e-mail inquiry we
receive. AccountSupport does not use the
return e-mail address for any other purpose
and does not share the return e-mail address
with any third party.
- Voluntary Customer Surveys. We
may periodically conduct both business and
individual customer surveys. We encourage
our Users to participate in these surveys
because they provide us with important
information that helps us to improve the
types of services we offer and how we
provide them to you. Your personal
information and responses will remain
strictly confidential, even if the survey is
conducted by a third party. Participation in
our customer surveys is voluntary. We take
the information we receive from individuals
responding to our Customer Surveys and
combine (or aggregate) it with the responses
of other AccountSupport Users to create
broader, generic responses to the survey
questions (such as gender, age, residence,
hobbies, education, employment, industry
sector, or other demographic information).
We then use the aggregated information to
improve the quality of our services to you,
and to develop new services and products.
This aggregated, non-personally identifying
information may be shared with third
parties. Unless otherwise noted in the
survey invitation or the survey itself,
Users have the option of completing surveys
anonymously or providing us with contact
information. We may use the contact
information to follow up with Users based on
the answers they provide. We may also
contact you to highlight the changes we have
made in response to feedback.
- Special Cases. It is
AccountSupport's policy not to use or share
the personal information about Visitors of
Users in ways unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing you
an opportunity to opt out or otherwise
prohibit such unrelated uses. However,
AccountSupport may disclose personal
information about Visitors or Users, or
information regarding your use of the
Services or Web sites accessible through our
Services, for any reason if, in our sole
discretion, we believe that it is reasonable
to do so, including: to satisfy laws, such
as the Electronic Communications Privacy
Act, regulations, or governmental or legal
requests for such information; to disclose
information that is necessary to identify,
contact, or bring legal action against
someone who may be violating our Acceptable
Use Policy or other user policies; to
operate the Services properly; or to protect
AccountSupport and our Users.
- "Cookies" and How AccountSupport Uses
Them. A "cookie" is a small data file
that can be placed on your hard drive when
you visit certain Web sites. AccountSupport
may use cookies to collect, store, and
sometimes track information for statistical
purposes to improve the products and
services we provide and to manage our
telecommunications networks.. These cookies
do not enable third parties to access any of
your User information. Additionally, be
aware that if you visit non-AccountSupport
Web sites where you are prompted to log in
or that are customizable, you may be
required to accept cookies. Advertisers and
partners may also use their own cookies. We
do not control use of these cookies and
expressly disclaim responsibility for
information collected through them. In
addition, AccountSupport utilizes cookies to
track referrals from internal and external
affiliates, as well as advertising
campaigns.
- accountsupport.com Statistics. We
use information gathered from our site
statistics (for example, User IP addresses)
to help diagnose problems with our servers,
and to administer our Web site. We also
gather broad demographic information from
this data to help us improve our site and
make your browsing and purchasing experience
more enjoyable. This is not linked to any
personally identifiable information, except
as necessary to prevent fraud or abuse on
our system.
- AccountSupport's Commitment to
Children's Privacy. Protecting
children's privacy is especially important
to us. It is our policy to comply with the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998 and all other applicable laws. While we
make every effort to ensure that our web
sites are fun and age-appropriate for our
younger audience, we believe that there is
no substitute for proper parental
supervision. AccountSupport recommends that
children ask a parent for permission before
sending personal information to
AccountSupport, or to anyone online.
- Public Forums. Please remember
that any information you may disclose in our
User Directory, Spotlights/case studies,
testimonials, Forums, or other public areas
of our Web sites or the Internet, becomes
public information. You should exercise
caution when deciding to disclose personal
information in these public areas.
- AccountSupport's Commitment to Data
Security. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet or any
wireless network can be guaranteed to be
100% secure. As a result, while we strive to
protect your personally identifiable
information, you acknowledge that: (a) there
are security and privacy limitations of the
Internet which are beyond our control; (b)
the security, integrity and privacy of any
and all information and data exchanged
between you and us through this site cannot
be guaranteed; and (c) any such information
and data may be viewed or tampered with in
transit by a third party, despite our best
efforts.
- How to Access or Modify Your
Information. To ensure you receive the
information you need to manage your account
and protect your privacy, please be sure to
keep your contact and billing information up
to date. You can update all account-related
information directly through your control
panel. Alternatively, you can contact
AccountSupport Support by phone or through
our online support form.
- Where to Direct Questions About
AccountSupport's Privacy Policy. If you
have any questions about this Privacy Policy
or the practices described herein, you may
contact: User Service, AccountSupport, 70
Blanchard Road 3rd Floor, Burlington, MA
01803 or support@accountsupport-inc.com.
- Exceptions. Except as stated in
this policy, we will never give out your
information without your permission. As
noted above, we may be required to share
certain information if one of our partners
requires it, but these situations are rare
and we will always ask for your explicit
permission first. We reserve the right to
give out such information without explicit
permission in the following circumstances:
- As and to the extent required or
permitted by law, or where we believe in
good-faith that it is reasonably
necessary to comply with subpoenas,
court orders, other legal process, or
requests of governmental authorities;
- When intended to report, prevent or
assist in the investigation of suspected
fraud or other illegal activities, or
otherwise to take actions in connection
with such activities;
- To enforce our Terms of Service or
otherwise establish or exercise our
legal rights or defense against legal
claims; or
- Otherwise as provided for in the
User Agreement, AUP or this Privacy
Policy.
- Choice/Opt-Out
When you become a User of AccountSupport, You are automatically
subscribed to receive notices about Your
account, e-mail newsletters and news of
special promotions offered through
AccountSupport and/or in conjunction with
partners.
To unsubscribe from AccountSupport
newsletters and promotional mailings, please
update your preferences with our
subscription settings tool or e-mail us at
AccountSupport Support. If you would like to
cancel a AccountSupport membership
completely, please contact AccountSupport
Support through our online support form.
During the registration process, you are
provided with the opportunity to opt out of
receiving marketing and promotional
communications from AccountSupport and our
partners that are not directly related to
the services we provide. AccountSupport, its
affiliates or partners may use the
information associated with your account to
contact you with these special offers.
To unsubscribe from AccountSupport
newsletters and promotional mailings, please
update your preferences with our
subscription settings tool or e-mail us at
AccountSupport Support.
If you would like to cancel a
AccountSupport membership completely, please
contact AccountSupport Support through our
online support form.
Please note: AccountSupport reserves the
right to send e-mail communications relating
directly to their accounts to all active
members
- Security. All data collected at
AccountSupport is done so with the use of
secure servers. The secure server software (SSL)
encrypts all payment information you input
before it is sent to us. In fact, for your
further protection, our Support Agents can
not view or access full, usable information
about credit card. Furthermore, we take all
foreseeable measures to protect the data we
collect against unauthorized access.
- Revisions to This Policy.
AccountSupport reserves the right to revise,
amend, or modify this policy, and our other
policies and agreements at any time and in
any manner. Notice of any revision,
amendment, or modification will be posted in
accordance with the Terms of Service.
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