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At Askcircle Association, we
respect our associates and understand that you may have concerns about
privacy, so we have instituted privacy policies intended to ensure
that your personal information is handled safely and responsibly.
This Privacy Policy Statement sets forth the privacy policy pertaining
to the Sites
www.askcircle.com,
which are owned by Askcircle Association, distributors and consultants
of financial products. We may share information collected by other
direct marketing and consumer research entities within Askcircle
Association. By using this Site, you are agreeing to the terms set
forth in this Privacy Policy Statement. Please note that this Privacy
Policy Statement applies only to Personal Information that we collect
on-line.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy Statement, "Personal Information"
means any information submitted to us via the Site by which you can be
personally identified, and may include your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, and credit card information. Askcircle
Association collects Personal Information only when you voluntarily
submit it to us, such as when placing a product order, returning an
item, creating an account, requesting a catalog, subscribing to our
e-mail program, or entering a contest.
Our web servers automatically recognize information regarding your
domain name (or that of your internet access provider). We may use a
technology called “cookies” to provide you with tailored information.
A cookie is a small piece of data that the Site can send to your
browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so the Site can
recognize you when you return. These cookies collect the operating
system and browser that you are using. The use of cookies shows how
our customers navigate through our web site and thus, allows us to
make our site more responsive to your needs, by delivering a better
and more personalized experience to you.
It is our policy to maintain all Personal Information as confidential
except as may be necessary to fulfill a function listed below, and to
use such Personal Information only for the following purposes:
for the specific purpose for which it was volunteered (for example, to
complete a product purchase or process a return).
to contact you about the status of your orders.
to notify you of product recalls or provide other information
concerning products you purchased.
to improve the content, appearance and utility of the Site.
to trace our visitors' use of the Site for internal research purposes.
to contact you to participate in market research.
to notify our visitors of updates to the Site.
to send catalogs, printed materials, offers and other announcements to
your home address and to allow our sister companies and other
reputable third party marketers to do the same.
to send e-mail offers, announcements, or newsletters to your e-mail
address and to allow our sister companies to do the same.
to provide any necessary notices to our visitors or their parent or
guardian.
Additionally, we may disclose specific information about you upon
governmental request or if required to do so by law or based on our
good faith belief that it is necessary to conform to or comply with
the law or is necessary to protect the users of our Site or the
public, in general.
On occasion, we contract with other companies to provide certain
services, including credit card processing, shipping, e-mail
distribution, changing mailing addresses, market research and
promotions management. We provide these companies with only the
information needed to perform their services and work closely with
them to ensure that your privacy is protected. These companies are
prohibited from using this information for their own marketing
purposes or from sharing this information with others.
Askcircle Association may buy or sell stores, subsidiaries, or
business units, or may be acquired by another company. In such
transactions, Personal Information is usually one of the transferred
business assets. Generally, such Personal Information remains subject
to the promises made in the applicable pre-existing Privacy Policy
Statement.
At any time, you may obtain a summary of the Personal Information on
record with us. Except for Personal Information needed to complete
your purchase of products, you may request that:
(i) we correct or update any such Personal Information;
(ii) such Personal Information not be provided to third parties; or
(iii) such Personal Information be removed from our active marketing
databases. To make such a request, you may send an e-mail to share@askcircle.com.
When contacting us, please be sure to provide us with your exact
e-mail address, name, address and/or telephone number(s) in order to
be sure we handle your request correctly. Please also note that each
time we send you an e-mail message, we will give you the option to
unsubscribe from our e-mail list by simply clicking the unsubscribe
link.
For your convenience, our website may contain links to other sites.
When you use a link to go from our Site to another web site, this
Privacy Policy Statement is no longer in effect. Askcircle Association
is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by web sites
linked to or from our Site nor for the information or content
contained therein.
As we continue to develop our Site and take advantage of technologies
to improve the services we provide, we may have a need to change our
current policies therefore, we reserve the right, at its discretion,
to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy
Statement at any time. This policy was last updated on July 30, 2008.
If elements of our Privacy Policy change, we will post the policy
changes in our Privacy Policy Statement on this Site. You should check
this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site
following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy Statement will
mean that you accept those changes.
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