Welcome to the Earth Contest web
site. Although we do business under the name "Earth
Contest" or "EarthContest.com",
this is web site is operated by Rio World Class,
LLC. This Privacy Policy Statement is to let you
know what information we collect from and about
you and what we do with it. From time to time,
we may make changes to this policy, so please
review it frequently.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 23rd, 2005
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Our postal address is:
RWC - Attn: N. Passig
1201 East Virginia Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80209
We can be reached via e-mail at: registration@
earthcontest.com
or contacted via our online
form
INFORMATION COLLECTED: In general, we collect
both aggregate information regarding visitors
to our Web Site (for example, the user's domain
names and what pages user accesses or visits),
and user-specific personally identifying information
volunteered by users of the web site (for example,
personal information about the user, survey
information, and information obtained in registrations
for features of the web site and our services).
The information we collect is used for internal
purposes (for example, to provide our services
to you, improve the content of our web site,
customize the content and/or layout of our web
site for each individual visitor, or notify
consumers about updates to our web site). The
information that we collect may also be used
for other purposes, both commercial and non-commercial.
For example:
We share information with companies acting as
our agents in providing our services (e.g. credit
card processing, customer/support services).
Our agents have agreed to information shared
with them only for that purpose and to keep
the information secure and confidential.
We may share information with other reputable
companies or organizations whose products or
services we think you might find interesting.
Additional information regarding our policies
with regard to these companies is included below.
We may share information in aggregated non-personally
identifiable form for purposes of tracking usage
of our web site services and identifying other
trends in usage of our web site and our services.
We disclose information when required to do
so by law. For example, in response to a court
order or a subpoena, the request of a law enforcement
agency, or in special cases when we have reason
to believe that disclosing this information
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal
action against someone who may be causing injury
to or interference with (either intentionally
or unintentionally) our rights or property.
We will share information in the case of a change
of control of our company For example, with
any company with which we are merged or to which
our assets or operations are transferred. In
such case, the terms of this privacy policy
statement will continue to apply to your information.
In all cases, other than as set forth in this
policy, and as you may otherwise consent, we
will not share your personally identifying information
with other companies for commercial purposes.
Below is a description of certain specific
types of information that we collect and our
policies regarding that information:
Domain Name
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server
automatically recognizes the consumer's domain
name (where possible).
Cookies
We use cookies to store visitors preferences,
record session information, such as items and
services that consumers add to their shopping
cart, record past activity at a site in order
to provide better service when visitors return
to our site, customize Web page content based
on visitors' browser type or other information
that the visitor sends.
E-mail Address
We collect the e-mail addresses of users of
our web site who provide us with their e-mail
addresses during registration for our services
and in response to opportunities to receive
information from us, and from users who provide
it during communications with us. We use the
e-mail addresses that we collect for various
purposes, including to send out information
relating to Earth Contest and our services.
Postal Address
We collect postal addresses of visitors to our
web site who provide us with their postal addresses
during registration for our services and in
response to opportunities to receive information
from us, and who provide them during communications
with us. We may use the postal addresses that
we collect to send periodic mailings from with
information on new products and services or
upcoming events. From time to time, we may also
make our customer postal addresses list available
to other reputable companies or organizations
whose products or services we think you might
find interesting. If you do not wish to receive
such mailings, either from us or from other
companies, please let us know by e-mailing or
writing to us at the above address. Please provide
us with your exact name and address.
Telephone Numbers
We collect the telephone numbers of visitors
to our web site who provide us with their telephone
numbers during registration for our services
and in response to opportunities to receive
information from us, and who provide them during
communications with us. Persons who supply us
with their telephone numbers on-line may receive
telephone contact from us with information regarding
new products and services or upcoming events.
From time to time, we may also make our customer
telephone number list available to other reputable
companies or organizations whose products or
services we think you might find interesting.
If you do not wish to receive such telephone
calls, either from us or from other companies,
please let us know by e-mailing or writing to
us at the above address, or by calling us at
the above telephone number. Please provide us
with your name and phone number. We will be
sure your name is removed from the list we share
with other organizations.
ADVERTISEMENTS AND AD SERVERS:With respect
to Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have
special relationships with any ad server companies.
LINKS:We may display links to other sites within
our web site. We are not responsible for those
other sites, their privacy policies or how they
treat information about their members. We advise
you to check their privacy policies to find
out how they are treating your personal information.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY: From time to time,
we may use customer information for new, unanticipated
uses not previously disclosed in our privacy
notice. If our information practices change
at some time in the future we will post the
policy changes to our web site to notify you
of these changes and provide you with the ability
to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned
about how your information is used, you should
check back at our web site periodically, we
will use for these new purposes only data collected
from the time of the policy change forward.
CONTROL OF YOUR INFORMATION: Use
Customers may prevent their information from
being used for purposes other than those for
which it was originally collected by sending
us e-mail at the above address.
Access
Upon request we provide visitors to our web
site with access to a description of information
that we maintain about them. Consumers can access
this information by sending us e-mail at the
above address.
Correction
Consumers can have this information corrected
by sending us e-mail at the above address.
SECURITY:With respect to security: We always
use industry-standard encryption technologies
when transferring and receiving consumer data
exchanged with our web site. When we transfer
and receive certain types of sensitive information
such as financial or credit card information,
we redirect visitors to a secure server. We
have appropriate security measures in place
in our physical facilities to protect against
the loss, misuse or alteration of information
that we have collected from you at our site.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS: If you feel that this
site is not following its stated information
policy, you may contact us at the above addresses
or phone number. You may also contact state
or local chapters of the Better Business Bureau,
The Federal Trade Commission by phone at: 202-FTC-HELP
(202-382-4357) or electronically at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.
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