EFFECTIVE DATE: August 30, 2005
CONTACT INFORMATION: Our postal
address is:
1201 East Virginia Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80209
We can be reached via e-mail at: EarthContest@ Gmail.com
We can also be reached by telephone at: (720)434-3766
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.
