This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") applies to your accessing, browsing,
and using the TalkQueen Services available from and/or otherwise accessing the domain
and sub-domains of TalkQueen.com which are owned and operated by TalkQueen ("TalkQueen.com",
"us", "our" or "we") and all linked pages owned and
operated by TalkQueen (collectively, the "Site"). This Privacy Policy is
incorporated by reference into your Terms of Service Agreement. Your privacy and
security are important to us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand
how we will use and protect your personal information. We will never share your
personal information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We
reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time, so please
check back periodically. The date at the top of the Privacy Policy may be used as
a reference point.
I. TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU.
A. Information You Provide To Us. We receive and store any information you
enter on the Site or provide us in any other way. Among other things, this may include
your first and last name, mailing and email addresses, telephone number, credit
card number, user name, password, the email addresses you upload and comments you
post about others. We also receive and store all content of the emails or correspondence
you send to us or through the site.
B. Information Collected Through Technology. We also receive and store different
information gathered through technology. This may include information regarding
your IP address, which browser you use to visit the site, the country, state and
telephone area code where your sever is located and the number of and specific pages
you viewed during your site. We may also keep the length of time you spend on the
site on record. Some of this information is gathered through the following technologies:
(1) Cookies. With the object of improving your experience on the Site, we may use
cookies. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by
your browser on your computer's hard drive. Generally, cookies function by assigning
a unique number to your computer and one that actually has no meaning outside of
the site. The Cookie is meant to identify your particular computer. Our cookies
do not generally contain any personally identifiable information. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but usually you can configure your browser to prevent
this. Choosing to not accept cookies may make certain features of the Site unavailable
to you.
(2) IP Address. We may collect IP addresses automatically. An IP address is a number
that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you begin service with
an Internet Service Provider. Each time you access the Site and each time you request
one of our pages, our server logs your IP address. Standing alone, your IP address
is not necessarily personally identifiable.
C. About Children. The TalkQueen Site is intended for use by individuals 14
and over and we never knowingly solicit, collect, store or disclose personal information
from individuals who are under the age of 14.
II. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
A. Use of Personal Information and Non Personal Information. We use the information
that we collect, as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, in a variety of ways to make
the Site function smoothly and to personalize your experience. Specific examples
of how we use information that we collect, while not necessary exhaustive, are as
follows:
(1) System Administration. We use your IP Address for the purposes of system administration,
to assist in diagnosing problems with our server, to monitor our system performance
and the level of activity on the Site, to gather broad demographic information and/or
to make it easier and more convenient for you to navigate and use the Site.
(2) Personalization. We use cookies and IP Addresses to provide certain features
that are personalized. We may also use cookies to assist us in delivering content
specific to your interests, such as informing you of certain third party offerings.
(3) Newsletters & Promotional Emails. We may offer free electronic newsletters
and promotional emails for products and/or services offered on the Site as a service
to users of the Site. We may use your personal information that we have collected
to send you newsletters and emails periodically listing current specials and deals
from us or through our third-party service partners.
(4) Contact Information and Third-Party Data. If you contact us by any means, which
may include by automated means through the Site, by telephone, email or letter,
we may keep a record of your contact information, correspondence or comments. If
you report a problem with the Site, we may collect such information in a file specific
to you. In addition, if you provide us feedback through the Site, by email or by
calling us, we may ask for your name and email address in order to send you a reply.
If other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities on
the Site, we may keep the information in a file specific to you.
(5) Contests. From time to time we may have various contests available on the Site
in accordance with the contest rules, and may collect your personal information
in order to run the contest should you choose to enter.
B. Disclosure of Personal Information.
(1) General Rule. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell,
trade or rent your personal information that is collected on the Site to others.
We will, however, disclose your personal information to our third party service
providers under certain circumstances. These third parties may not use your personal
information other than to provide the services requested by us. For example, we
will release your credit card number to complete and/or confirm payments you make
on the Site. In addition, we may provide aggregated statistics about our users,
sales, traffic patterns, and related Site information to third parties. We reserve
the right to use or disclose in any manner information that is not personally identifiable.
(2) Enforcement of Law and/or Terms of Service Agreement. From time to time, we
may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to disclose your personal
information. We will disclose such information upon receipt of a court order or
subpoena or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation, or when otherwise
required by law to do so. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying
those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report
to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
Moreover, we may release account information and other personal information when
we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to enforce or apply our Terms
of Service Agreement or to protect the rights, property and safety of our users,
others and ourselves.
(3) Change in Control. We may disclose and ultimately transfer your personal information
in the context of a business transaction involving the reorganization, acquisition
or merger of our business or the sale of all or some of our assets provided that
the personal information disclosed is required to be used for the purposes permitted
by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring this information. In such event,
after a reorganization, acquisition, merger or sale has occurred, we will use reasonable
efforts to notify you (either by posting notice on the Site or by email to you at
the last known email address) that such a business transaction has occurred. B.
Retention of Personal Information. We will retain your personal information as long
as is necessary to meet TalkQueen's business and legal requirements.
III. OPTING-OUT
We may from time to time send you email or other communications regarding current
promotions, specials and new additions to the Site. You may "opt out,"
or unsubscribe from our newsletters and non-transactional related emails and disclosures
to third parties for promotional purposes by following the unsubscribe instructions
in any email you receive from us.
IV. SAFEGUARDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
A. Our Security Measures. We have put into place reasonable physical, electronic
and managerial procedures to help safeguard and prevent unauthorized access to,
use and/or disclosure of your personal information. Although we use reasonable efforts
to safeguard the security of your personal information, transmissions made on or
through the Internet and personal information stored on our servers are vulnerable
to attack and cannot be guaranteed to be secure. In addition, submissions made via
e-mail are not protected by encryption and are vulnerable to interception during
transmission.
B. Protecting Yourself. You are solely responsible for safeguarding and maintaining
the secrecy of your account, passwords and/or any account information in your possession
or control, and it is important to keep us updated with your most current contact
information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. The Site
contains links to third parties who may collect information directly from you. Each
of the websites linked from the Site may have separate privacy policies and data
collection practices, independent of TalkQueen. TalkQueen has no responsibility or
liability for these independent policies or actions and is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the content of such websites, nor does TalkQueen make any warranties
or representations about the contents, products or services offered on such websites
or the security of any information you provide to them. You may learn more about
Internet privacy from government websites such as www.ftc.gov/privacy/.
V. GENERAL
A. Changes To Our Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to
any personal information collected on or after the effective date first set forth
above. TalkQueen reserves the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at
any time. If we make any changes, we will update the Site and Privacy Policy to
include such change and notice thereof. Please review this Privacy Policy often
to review any changes that may affect your use of the Site. Your continued use of
the Site once the revised Privacy Policy has been posted on the Site affirms your
agreement to such changes.
B. Minors Policy. It is our policy not to collect personal information from
any person under 18 because such persons are not permitted to use the Site, and
we request that anyone under the age of 18 not submit any personal information to
us via the Site. If we learn that we have inadvertently gathered personal information
from anyone under 18, we will attempt to notify such minor's parent or guardian
(if we have their contact information) and erase such personal information from
our records.
C. Corrections and Access to Personal Information. We are committed to ensuring
that the personal information we hold for each registered user is accurate, up-to-date
and complete. You have the right to access your personal information in our files
and to update or remove that information as necessary, subject to any legal restrictions
that would prohibit such action. To access your personal information, please contact
our Privacy Compliance Officer by telephone, e-mail or post at the numbers and address
provided below. Please be sure to specify what information requires updating or
removal. Corrections will be made at no cost to you. For other requests, a small
fee may be charged to cover the associated costs. We will endeavor to keep these
fees as reasonable as possible and will alert you to the charge and amount prior
to executing your request. In these instances, you will be given the opportunity
to withdraw your request.
D. Contact Us. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices
of our Site, or your dealings with our Site, please contact us by sending us a message
through the Contact Us link on the home page of the Site.