If
you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy
policy, you should contact Customer Support by sending an e-mail
to support@host88.com.
Information Collection and Use
Host88.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this
site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Host88.com
collects information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a
user must provide contact information (like name and shipping
address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration
date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill
customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order,
this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive
containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in
no way linked to any personally identifiable information while
on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply
terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the
user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby
saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they
may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the
user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the
user will not be able to participate in any of our Sweepstakes,
Contests or monthly Drawings that take place. Cookies can also
enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance
the experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example,
advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these
cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company 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.
We partner with another party to provide specific services. When
the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or
other contact information that is necessary for the third party
to provide these services.
These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
host88.com is 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.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via
surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether
or not to disclose this information. Information requested may
include contact information (such as name and shipping address),
and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or
improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend
about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email
address. Host88.com will automatically send the friend a one-time
email inviting them to visit the site. Host88.com stores this
information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email.
The friend may contact host88.com at support@host88.com to request
the removal of this information from the database.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive 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 our choice
and opt-out below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members
are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which
contain important information about the service. We communicate
with the user to provide requested services and in regards to
issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such
as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service,
we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually
be done at the member information page or by emailing our Customer
Support.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of
having their information used for purposes not directly related
to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For
example, our order form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism so
users who buy a product from us, but don’t want any marketing
material, can keep their email address off of our lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional
materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications
by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or
email us at support@host88.com.
Users of our site are always notified when their information is
being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users
can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed
with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated
at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. We will use information
in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information
was collected. |
| This
privacy statement was last updated on Friday, January 12, 2001. |
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