| Funburst Media, LLC,
Inc Online Privacy Policy
This Web site is published
and maintained by Funburst Media, LLC, Inc. ("Funburst", "Funburst.com").
This Privacy Policy governs Funburst's collection of information on this site
and our use and disclosure of such information.
By visiting this site, you
agree to the terms of this policy as they may be amended from time to time. As
we update and expand our services, this policy may change, so review this page for
any changes.
Purpose
Your privacy is important to Funburst. In order to make your visits to our site
as worthwhile as possible, we collect certain information from your computer
each time you visit us and sometimes we may ask you for Personal Information.
This privacy statement explains what Personal Information is collected on Funburst.com,
how the information is used, and with whom we may share such information.
Please take a few minutes to read our privacy policy so that you understand how
we treat your personal information.
Right to Opt Out
You have the right to "opt-out" of certain uses of your Personal Information.
At the time you are requested to provide Personal Information on this Site, you
may have the opportunity to elect to, or not to, receive e-mail offers from Funburst
or have your Personal Information shared with other companies. You may also
opt-out of Funburst e-mails by clicking on a link within the email replying
back to an e-mail you receive. Please understand that if you opt-out of receiving
e-mails from Funburst, we may still contact you by e-mail in connection with
your account with us or to provide you with important information about Funburst.
Also, a request to have us stop sharing your Personal Information with other
companies will only apply as of the date of the request, and Funburst will not
be responsible for any communications that you may receive from companies that
received your Personal Information prior to such request. In these cases,
please contact that company directly.
Attention Kids
If you are under the age of 13 (12 or younger), you may not provide any
information about yourself to this Site. While you may view content on the
Site, you may not register with the Site, enter any of our sweepstakes or
contests, or participate in any of our chat rooms, bulletin boards or other
activities that would let you enter information about yourself. If we learn
that you have provided information about yourself to this Site, we will delete
such information. If you submit any ideas to our site, do not provide any
identifiable information.
Note to Parents.
Funburst will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
kids under 13. If you have any concerns about this Site or its related services,
please contact us at info@funburst.com.
What Information is Collected on this Site?
User Provided
Information
Funburst does not collect
any Personal Information such as name, address or e-mail address on its Web
sites without the knowledge and consent of the individual submitting such
information. Such information is collected, for example, through registration
forms, games, sweepstakes and contests and through voluntary online
questionnaires that may appear from time to time on Funburst.com. "Personal
Information," includes your first and last name, home or other address (like a
school), e-mail address, telephone number, and/or any other information that
may identify you or allow online or offline contact with you.
We may also ask you to
provide other information about yourself such as your age, hobbies, likes,
dislikes, etc.
Site Usage
Information
Cookies
We try to provide you with
services, products and offers customized to your interests. In order to do
that, we may use"cookies" to keep, and sometimes track, information
about you. Cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from
a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not gather
any Personal Information about you; they simply track where you travel on Funburst.com
and what you look at. (Cookies may, however, store your login name which allows
you access to our online forums.) In doing so, a cookie may enable Funburst to relate
your use of the Web sites to Personal Information that has already been
submitted. Many other web sites use cookies for very similar purposes.
Most web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you
and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. Refusing a cookie
will generally not interfere with your use of Funburst.com. However, refusal of
a cookie may, in some cases, preclude you from using features of a site that
require registration. You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers.
These cookies are sent from third-party computers and are subject to such third
parties' policies.
To the extent that Funburst.com
carries advertising by third parties, Funburst's Web advertising technology
companies, which currently include Burst Media, ValueClick, Amazon.com, and Google AdWords also use
cookies and other technologies. The non-personally identifiable information
collected by these companies, for example, about your visits to this and other
web sites is used for the purpose of targeting ads and measuring ad
effectiveness on behalf of advertisers and Web publishers who specifically
request it.
IP Address
Our server automatically
collects data about your server's domain address when you visit us. This
information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP Address, is a number
that's automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service
provider whenever you're on the Web. When you request pages from Funburst, our
servers log your IP Address. Our server may also record the referring page that
linked you to us, e.g., another Web site or search engine. Our server cannot
automatically record your name or address, but we may link this information
with your Personal Information.
How is the information used?
We will use the Personal
Information you provide to our Web sites to fulfill a specific purpose. For
example, Personal Information will be used to enter you in a sweepstakes or
contest, to send an e-newsletter or fulfill a request. We may also use your Personal
Information to maintain our internal record keeping. In addition, we may send
you e-mail notices about products, services, companies and events that we think
might interest you. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings from us by
following the instructions in the e-mail you receive from us. We may
match information collected from you through different means or at different
times, including both Personal Information and Site Usage Information, and use
such information along with information obtained from other sources, including
our other Web sites, third parties, and such merged information will be treated
in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may use cookies to
access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver
better and more personalized services; estimate our audience size for our
advertisers; track the number of entries in our promotions, sweepstakes and
contests; and identify which areas of our Web Sites you have visited. We may
also match information obtained from cookies with data provided by you or
collected by third parties. We analyze this data both in the aggregate and in
connection with individual users. This information lets us give you the
services you want that are connected with your interests. We may also provide
the analysis of our users (as a group) to prospective partners, advertisers and
other third parties.
Funburst uses IP Addresses
for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server,
to report aggregate information to our advertisers, and to administer our Web
site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information,
such as country of origin, Internet Service Provider, and browser in use.
Does Funburst share Personal Information and Site Usage information
with others?
On the Site, Funburst may
provide visitors an opportunity to receive offers from advertisers and other
companies who have services, products and offers that we think might be of
interest to you. If you do not at that time indicate a preference not to
receive such offers, Funburst will from time to time provide your contact
information to these entities so that they may send you these offers. If you
change your mind and no longer want us to share your contact information with
others, send an email to info@funburst.com with the subject line "Opt-Out" and
include the e-mail address that you want to remove from these offers.
If you provide information to Funburst in connection with a sweepstakes,
contest or other promotion that is being conducted with another entity or Web
site, the information you provide may be used for the purpose for which you
provided the information and may be shared with that partner. Your Personal
Information may also be used for other purposes that may be disclosed at the
time your information is requested.
Funburst reserves the right
to analyze user behavior as a measure of interest in and use of Funburst.com
and Funburst e-mails. Funburst may disclose such analyses to advertisers or
other third parties in the form of aggregate data, such as overall patterns or
demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual user.
E-mail
If you contact Funburst by e-mail, you should be aware that e-mail transmission
might not be secure. A third party could view information you send by e-mail in
transit. Funburst will have no liability for disclosure of your information due
to errors or unauthorized acts of third parties during transmission.
Service Providers
We may use third party partners to help operate our Web sites and deliver our
products and services, and may share your information with our affiliates,
service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for
or through this Site or for our business (such as Web site or database hosting
companies, address list hosting companies, e-mail service providers, analytics
companies, distribution companies, fulfillment companies and other similar
service providers that use such information on our behalf).
Legal Authorities
We may disclose user information to government authorities, and to other third
parties when compelled to do so by government authorities, or otherwise as
required or permitted by law, including but not limited to in response to court
orders and subpoenas, at our discretion. We also may disclose user information
when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or
interference with our rights or property, other Funburst site users, or anyone
else that could be harmed by such activities.
Business Transfer
In the event that Funburst or substantially all of its assets or the assets
related to this particular Site are acquired by one or more third parties as a
result of a merger, sale, consolidation or liquidation, customer Personal
Information may be one of the transferred assets.
Consent to Transfer
By providing Personal Information to this Site, you understand and consent to
the collection, maintenance, processing and transfer of such information in and
to the United States and other countries and territories. You also acknowledge
that governmental and other authorities in the United States and other
countries and territories to which such information is transferred may have a
legal right to obtain access to or the disclosure of such information.
Access to other
sites through the Funburst Sites
When you are on a Funburst site you may have the opportunity to visit, or link
to, other sites not operated by Funburst. These sites, some of which are Funburst
advertisers and partners, may collect personally identifiable information about
you. Funburst does not control sites that are operated by others and is not
responsible for the information practices of these sites and this privacy
statement does not address the information practices of those web sites or
advertisers.
Funburst's Right to
Change this Policy
Funburst reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy, or any
other Funburst policy or practice, at any time and will notify users of such
changes or updates by posting them on the Site and/or by additional means
as determined to be appropriate under the circumstances. Any changes or
updates will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site.
Security/Enforcement
Funburst will take reasonable steps to protect the security and integrity of
all Personal Information provided to Funburst.com. However, due to the inherent
nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle, Funburst
cannot guarantee that this information will be absolutely safe from intrusion
by others, such as hackers. Any unauthorized access to or use of the Funburst.com
or information collected and maintained by the Funburst.com should be
immediately brought to the attention of Funburst. Funburst will investigate,
and if necessary take action to prevent or halt, any violation of this Privacy
Policy of which it becomes aware.
If you are requested to
send us any sensitive personal information, such as your credit card number,
password, membership number or pin number, in an e-mail or into a web site or
otherwise, and you are uncertain whether such request is authorized by us,
please do not hesitate to ask us by sending an e-mail to info@funburst.com.
In the unlikely event that
we believe that the security of your Personal Information in our possession or
control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that
development. If a notification is appropriate, we would endeavor to do so as
promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we have your
e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. You consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such notification.
If you prefer for us to use another method to notify you in this
situation, please e-mail us at info@funburst.com with the alternative contact
information you wish to be used.
REMEMBER - DO NOT
DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION IN CHAT ROOMS, THROUGH VOICE CHAT OR ON MESSAGE
BOARDS. WHENEVER YOU DO SO, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION CAN BE COLLECTED AND USED
BY OTHERS. IF YOU POST PERSONAL INFORMATION IN PUBLIC PLACES, OTHERS MAY SEND
YOU UNSOLICITED E-MAIL MESSAGES. BE CAREFUL AND BE SMART WITH YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
Funburst Media, LLC, Inc.
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