Last Updated: November, 30 2009
1ClickPrizes.com™ Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the 1ClickPrizes™ website located at www.1clickprizes.com (the “Website”). The Website is an Internet property of Surfin Mouse LLC and its affiliated companies (“1ClickPrizes™,” “we” or “us”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) outlines the privacy practices associated with the Website, Toolbar and Promotion (as those terms are defined in the 1ClickPrizes™ Toolbar End-User License Agreement (the “EULA”)). You agree to this Privacy Policy, in its entirety, when you: (a) access or use the Website; (b) register on the Website to receive the Toolbar and/or (c) enter the Promotion.
If you are a resident of the State of California and would like to opt-out from the disclosure of your personal information to any third party for marketing purposes, please e-mail us at: info@1clickprizes.com. Please be advised that where California residents opt-out from permitting their personal information to be shared, such individuals may still receive selected offers directly from us, in accordance with the law.
Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
We may collect your personally identifiable information when you register for the Toolbar, enter the Promotion and/or request other products and/or services at the Website. We may also collect your personally identifiable information when you otherwise agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, but do not complete the applicable registration process in full. The types of personally identifiable information that we collect when you register for the Toolbar include, without limitation, your: (a) first name; (b) e-mail address; and (c) any and all other information requested on the applicable Toolbar registration form. The types of personally identifiable information that we collect when you register for the Promotion include, without limitation, your: (i) Facebook (as defined below) account ID; (ii) name, as listed in your Facebook account; (iii) the name and Facebook account of the person that referred you to the Promotion (if any); and (iv) any and all other information requested in connection with the applicable Promotion registration process (collectively, “Promotion Data”). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Facebook” shall mean Facebook Inc.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT 1CLICKPRIZES™ IS NOT IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED WITH FACEBOOK, AND THE PROMOTION IS NEITHER ENDORSED, NOR SPONSORED, BY FACEBOOK. FACEBOOK® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF FACEBOOK INC.
Use of Personally Identifiable Information
By submitting your personal information on the Website or otherwise providing same to 1ClickPrizes™, you agree that we may use such personal information (other than your Promotion Data) for any lawful purposes, subject to any restrictions contained herein. We may sell, rent, lease or otherwise provide the personal information that you supply to us to any third party and we may work with other businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our users. These businesses and third parties may include, but are not limited to: (a) providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation; (b) e-mail marketers; (c) telemarketers (where permitted by applicable law); (d) SMS text-based marketers (where permitted by applicable law); and (e) direct marketers.
We may also employ other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples include sending direct and electronic mail, removing duplicate information from user lists, analyzing data and providing marketing analysis. The agents performing these limited functions on our behalf shall have access to our users’ personal information as needed to perform their functions for us, but we do not permit them to use your personal information for other purposes.
We will also use your personal information for customer service, to provide you with information that you may request, to customize your experience on the Website and/or to contact you when necessary in connection with the Promotion, Toolbar and other transactions entered into by you on the Website or otherwise with 1ClickPrizes™. We may also use your personal information for internal business purposes, such as analyzing and managing our business. We may also combine the information we have gathered about you (other than your Promotion Data) with information from other sources. We may use third parties to help us operate our business and the Website or to administer activities on our behalf.
We also reserve the right to release current or past user information in the event that we believe that the user is using, or has used, our products, services and/or Website: (i) in violation of the EULA, the Contest Rules (as defined in the EULA), this Privacy Policy or any other of our operating rules, policies, price schedules and other supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be published by us from time to time; (ii) to commit unlawful acts; (iii) if such information is subpoenaed or requested pursuant to a judicial or regulatory proceeding or inquiry; (iv) if we are sold or acquired; and/or (v) when we deem it necessary or 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, and Federal Trade Commission implementing regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we reserve the right to share, sell, rent, lease and/or otherwise distribute any and all personal information (other than your Promotion Data) with/to any third party for any and all uses permitted by this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
By registering at the Website, you agree that such act constitutes an inquiry and/or application for purposes of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR §310 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Rule”) and applicable state do-not-call regulations. As such, notwithstanding that your telephone number may be listed on the Federal Trade Commission’s Do-Not-Call List, and/or on applicable state do-not-call lists, we retain the right to contact you via telemarketing (where you have provided us with your telephone number) in accordance with the Rule and applicable state do-not-call regulations.
In addition, by submitting your personal information at the Website, you agree to receive mobile marketing (where you have provided us with your telephone number) including, but not limited to, text-message based marketing, from us and our third party advertisers and marketers (where, and to the extent that, such marketing is permitted by applicable law). As such, notwithstanding that your mobile telephone number may be listed on state and/or federal Do-Not-Call registries, we retain the right to contact you via text-message based marketing in accordance with applicable state and federal law. Further, you agree that we reserve the right to share, sell, rent, lease and/or otherwise distribute your mobile telephone and other mobile data with/to any third-party for any and all non-marketing uses permitted by this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
We gather end-users’ server, IP address and browser-type related information as part of the general administration of the Website (“Browser Data”). The Browser Data is comprised of the demographic, usage and/or other characteristics of Website end-users as a group without any associated personally identifiable information of Website end-users.
When an end-user visits the Website, we send a cookie and/or gif file (“Cookie”) to assign an anonymous, unique identifier to the applicable end-user’s Internet browser. A Cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive containing non-personally identifiable information about you. Cookies have many benefits to enhance your experience at the Website. For example, we use the cookies to store a code designating a marketing or distribution source for the Toolbar. This information allows us to properly distinguish the Toolbar for purposes of analyzing Browser Data on an aggregated basis. We do not use cookies to track your use of the Internet in any other way or to store any personally-identifiable information, and we do not disclose cookie information to third parties (other than as required by legal process). To find out more about Cookies, please visit www.cookiecentral.com. Even in the case where a user rejects a Cookie, he or she may still use the Website. 1ClickPrizes™ reserves the right to retain Cookie data indefinitely.
Use of Non-Personally Identifiable Information
1ClickPrizes™ reserves the right to share, rent, sell distribute and/or use the Cookie data and Browser Data for any and all lawful purposes.
Third Party Links
The Website and Search Results (as defined in the EULA) may contain links to other third-party owned and/or operated websites. 1ClickPrizes™ is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. In some cases, you may be required to provide certain information to register or complete a transaction at such website. These third-party websites have separate privacy and data collection practices and 1ClickPrizes™ has no responsibility or liability relating to them. We do not endorse, nor are we responsible for the accuracy of, the privacy policies and/or terms and conditions of such websites. These third party entities are independent third parties and are not affiliated with us.
Opt-Out/Unsubscribe
When you submit personally identifiable information to 1ClickPrizes™ (other than the Promotion Data), you have opted-in to request that we share your personal information with third parties to receive marketing communications. When contacted by any of these companies or third parties, you should notify them directly of your choices regarding their use and sharing of your information. To opt-out of having your information shared with third parties, to unsubscribe from all 1ClickPrizes™ e-mail lists and to stop receiving future e-mail communications from 1ClickPrizes™, please Click Here.
Minors
We do not knowingly collect information from minors under eighteen (18) years of age. No information should be submitted to, or posted at, the Website by individuals under eighteen (18) years of age. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate and monitor the interactive activities of their children.
Security
All collected information is stored in a technically and physically secure environment. While we use reasonable, industry standard measures to protect personal information online and offline, no data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems. Access to this personal information is strictly limited, and not accessible to the public. All of our users’ personal information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personal information. Our employees are dedicated to ensuring the security and privacy of all 1ClickPrizes™ user personal information. Employees not adhering to our written firm policies are subject to disciplinary action. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, we shall notify you and any applicable regulatory agencies in the event that we learn of an information security breach with respect to your personal information. You will be notified via e-mail in the event of such a breach. Please be advised that notice may be delayed in order to address the needs of law enforcement, determine the scope of network damage, and to engage in remedial measures.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add and/or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. All Privacy Policy changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Website. Please check the Website periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Website and/or acceptance of our e-mail communications following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of any and all changes.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, we may partner with third party advertisers who may (themselves or through their partners) place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. These cookies enable more customized ads, content or services to be provided to you. To triggerthese cookies, we may pass an encrypted or "hashed" (non-human readable) identifier corresponding to your email address to a Web advertising partner, who may place a cookie on your computer. No personally identifiable information is on, or is connected to, these cookies. To opt-out of these cookies, please go to http://www.privacychoice.org/choose
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this statement, or would like more information on our privacy practices, please contact us at info@1clickprizes.com.