Getingate BETA Website and Toolbar Privacy Policy
1.
Scope. This privacy policy (the “Privacy
Policy”) describes the policy of Getingate, Inc., including any of its
subsidiaries (collectively “Getingate”) with respect to the handling of your
personal information received by us in connection with your use of our services
(the “Services”) on the Getingate website, www.getingate.com (the “Site”).
By accepting this Privacy Policy in connection with your registration
to use our Services and access the Site, you expressly consent to our
collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as
described in this Privacy Policy. Furthermore, your use of the Site shall be
your acceptance of any modifications made to the Privacy Policy that are posted
to the Site.
2.
General Principles. To protect your
privacy, we adhere to the following general principles:
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We will not share your contact information
with another user without your consent unless you have already shared such
information with the same user on a third party website supported by Getingate.
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We give you control over your information.
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Any sensitive information that you provide
will be secured with industry standard protocols and technology.
3.
Information Collected. You can browse the Site without revealing to us any
personal information about yourself. However, once you provide us with your
personal information, you are no longer anonymous to Getingate. If you choose
to provide Getingate with personal information, you consent to the transfer and
storage of that information to our servers. All personal information collected
by Getingate shall be the proprietary property of Getingate. To create an
account you are required to provide a valid email address and choose a username
and password. In addition, in order to access certain third party web sites
and web services through Getingate, you are required to enter your user name(s)
and password(s) for those sites and services. Currently, your user name(s) and
password(s) are stored locally on your computer and not on our server. In the
future, we may provide you with the option to store your username(s) and
password(s) on our server, to permit easier access from multiple locations and
safer access from shared computers.The information we learn from users helps us
personalize and continually improve your surfing experience at Getingate.com.
Here are the types of information we gather.
Personal information
Getingate may, without limitation, collect and store the
following personal information:
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Name, email address, age, physical address, and
(depending on the service useds) financial information, such as credit card or
bank account numbers;
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transactional information based on your
activities on the Site (such as content you generate or that relates to your
account); and
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community discussions, chats, correspondence
through the Site, and correspondence sent from you to Getingate;
Technical information
We also collect and store certain technical information
when you use Getingate, including:
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computer sign-on data, statistics on page
views, traffic to and from the Site, and ad data;
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other information, including IP address and
standard web log information, and
·
supplemental information from third parties.
Cookies
Getingate uses “cookies” (small files placed on your hard
drive) on certain pages of the Site to help analyze our web page flow,
customize our Services, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust
and safety.
A few important things you should know about cookies are
that:
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Getingate offers certain features that are
only available through the use of cookies.
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Getingate uses cookies to help identify you
and maintain your signed-in status.
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Most cookies are “session cookies,” meaning
that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a
session.
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You are always free to decline our cookies
if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the
Site.
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You may encounter cookies from third parties
on certain pages of the Site that Getingate does not control. (For example, if
you view a web page created by another user, there may be a “cookie” placed by
that web page.)
4.
Use. One of our purposes in collecting
personal information is to provide you with a efficient, and customized
experience. Information about our users is an important part of our business. We
share user’s information only as described below. In addition, we may use your
name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered
by brands that we think you may find valuable. You agree that Getingate may use
your personal information to:
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provide the Services and customer support
you request;
·
resolve disputes, collect fees, and
troubleshoot problems;
·
prevent potentially prohibited or illegal
activities, and enforce our Terms Of Use;
·
customize, measure, and improve our Services
and the Site content and layout; and
·
tell you about targeted marketing, service
updates, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences;
compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties; and other
business purposes.
5.
Our Disclosure of Your Information. Getingate
may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our
policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates the rights
of others, or protect anyone’s rights, property, or safety.
Getingate may also share your personal information with:
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Our officers, board members, employees,
representatives, contractors and professional advisors to help
detect and prevent potentially improper or illegal acts, acts or omissions
which violate this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, and provide joint
services;
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service providers under contract who help
with our business operations; (including without limitation, fraud
investigations)
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other third parties to whom you explicitly
ask Getingate to send your information; (or about whom you are otherwise
explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service)
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law enforcement or other governmental
officials, in response to a lawful process (including any subpoena) relating to
a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity. In such events Getingate
will disclose name, city, state, telephone number, email address, User ID
history, fraud complaints, and posting history as other information required by
lawful process.
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agents and subcontractors of Getingate under
a confidentiality agreement, as Getingate in our sole discretion believe
necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual
property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity; (In such events
Getingate will disclose name, street address, city, state, zip code, country,
phone number, email, and company name.) and
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other business entities, should Getingate
plan to merge with or be acquired by that business entity. (Should such a
combination occur, Getingate will require that the new combined entity follow
this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal
information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior
notice.)
6.
Activity Associated with User IDs. Your
username is displayed throughout the Site and is therefore available to the
public. All of your activities on the Site will be traceable to your username.
Other people can see your postings, comments and so on. Notices are sent to
other community members regarding suspicious activity and policy violations on
the Site and refer to usernames and specific postings. Therefore, if you
associate your name with your username, the people to whom you have revealed
your name to will be able to personally identify your Getingate activities.
7.
Using Information from Getingate. The
Site enables you to share personal information in order to communicate with
others. Getingate encourages you to respect the privacy of other users.
Getingate cannot guarantee the privacy or security of your information and
therefore Getingate encourages you to evaluate privacy and security before
entering into a communication and choosing to share your information with other
users. When users are directly involved in a communication, they may have
access to certain personal information, including, without limitation, the
other party’s name, username, email address, and other contact information.
You agree to use other
users’ information only for:
·
Getingate communication-related purposes
that are not unsolicited commercial messages;
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using Services.
9.
Account Protection. Your password is
the key to your account. Use unique numbers, letters, and special characters
and do not disclose your Getingate password to anyone. If you share your
password or your personal information with others, remember that you are
responsible for all actions taken in the name of your account. If you lose
control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personal
information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf.
Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should
immediately notify Getingate and change your password.
10.
Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personal
Information. You can see, review and change most of your personal
information by logging into the Site. Generally, Getingate will not manually
modify your personal information because it is very difficult to verify your
identity remotely. You must promptly update your personal information if it
changes or is inaccurate. Once you make a public posting, you might not be
able to change or remove it. Upon your request, Getingate will close your
account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably
possible, based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable
law. Getingate retains personal information from closed accounts in order to
comply with law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes,
troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms Of
Use, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
11.
Security. Getingate treats data as an
asset to be protected. Nevertheless, it is still possible that third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and
other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect
from the Site. Therefore, Getingate does not promise, and you should not
expect, that your personal information or private communications will always
remain private. In connection with your use of the Services and accessing the
Site, Getingate disclaims any and all express and implied warranties including
the warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and merchantability.
12.
Third Parties. Except as otherwise
expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use
and disclosure of information Getingate collects from you. If you disclose
your information to others, different rules may apply to their use or
disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Since Getingate does not
control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy
policies of those third parties. Getingate encourages you to ask questions
before you disclose your personal information to others.
13.
Third Party Advertising. Getingate services
may include third-party advertising and links to other websites. We do not
provide any personally identifiable customer information to advertisers or
third-party websites. Third-party websites and advertisers, or Internet
advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send
(or “serve”) the advertisements that appear on our website directly to your
browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They
may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or
single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of
their ads and to personalize advertising content. We do not have access to or
control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information
practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this
Privacy Notice. Please contact them directly for more information about their
privacy practices. Third party advertisers have no access to
your contact information stored on Facebook unless you choose to share it with
them.
Getingate may display targeted advertising based on
personal information about users. Although Getingate does not provide any
personal information to advertisers, advertisers (including ad-serving
companies) may assume that users who interact with or click on a targeted
advertisement meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
14.
General. Getingate may amend this
Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the Site. All
amended terms automatically are effective upon posting on the Site. If your
questions are not answered online, you may write to Getingate support on support@getingate.com .