OnlyTheBestPractices.com is committed to protecting the privacy of our patrons and all users of our online services
PRIVACY POLICY
OnlyTheBestPractices.com (either "we" or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our patrons and all users of our online services. The following discloses our policy for gathering and disseminating information for this Web site located at www.OnlyTheBestPractices.com. (the "Site"). If you have any questions about your rights as a user of this Site, you may email privacypolicy@onlythebestpractices.com.
Note: This privacy policy applies to the Site located at www.OnlyTheBestPractices.com and to our offline practices. This online privacy policy does not apply to the Web sites of other companies, individuals, or organizations to which we may provide links. These Web sites may have different polices relating to your privacy and information they collect about you. Visitors should consult other sites' privacy policies, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or controlled by, third parties.
A. Information We Collect
We collect two types of information about you when you visit the Site: personal information (such as, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and profile information), and non-personal, aggregate information (such as information regarding the pages on our Site you have visited and your IP address).
1. Personally Identifiable Information
The only personally identifying information that we collect and store about you is the information that you have chosen to provide to us. For example, if you use OnlyTheBestPractices.com, we will collect your name, address, E-mail address and other personal information so that we can initiate strategic relationships for you. Further, if you make a purchase through the Site, we will collect your name, address, payment information and other personal information in order to fulfill your order. We also may collect your personal information when you contact us via the Site.
2. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We collect and use non-personally identifiable information about you in the following ways:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address or the proxy address of your Internet Service Provider (e.g. AOL, CompuServe, Comcast, etc.);
- The resource on our server accessed as a result of the request, such as the web page, image, etc.;
- The query in the request;
- The name and version of your web browser;
- The content of any sent or received cookie, as defined below;
- The Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that was accessed before making the request for our web server.
This information is commonly collected by Web sites. It is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our Site and the types of technology our visitors use.
a. Cookies
Some parts of this Web site may use a "cookie." A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier. There are two types of cookies: non-persistent and persistent cookies.
A non-persistent cookie enables a Web site to temporarily store information on your computer as you travel from one page to another. This cookie is automatically deleted from your machine when you close your browser.
A persistent cookie is kept even when you close your browser. You can manually delete these cookies using commands specific to your browser and computer system.
The OnlyTheBestPractices.com Web site may use both persistent and non-persistent cookies to help track interview progress, Inquiry Packet usage and to allow a member to remain logged in as they move among Web pages.
OnlyTheBestPractices.com uses a persistent cookie if a member selects the "Remember me on this computer" option when logging in so that the member does not have to re-enter their User ID and password on subsequent Site visits. OnlyTheBestPractices.com also, on an anonymous basis, uses persistent cookies to help track the number of times a person visits the Site.
OnlyTheBestPractices.com only reads cookies written by our site. It does not use cookies to obtain information on other Web sites that you may visit.
You may set your browser to warn you when placement of a cookie is requested, and decide whether or not to accept it. Please note that by rejecting a cookie, some of the Site features may not function properly.
b. Referrers, IP Addresses and Environmental Variables
We collect information through "referrers," IP addresses, and various environmental variables. A "referrer" is information the web browser passes along to the OnlyTheBestPractices.com web server that references the URL from which you came. An "IP Address" is a number used by computers on a network to identify your computer so that data can be transmitted to you. An "environmental variable" may include, among other things, the domain from which you access the Internet, the time you accessed the web site, the type of web browser and operating system or platform used, the Internet address or the web site you left to visit the web site, the pages you visit while at the web site and the Internet address of the web site you then visit. We may collect IP address information in order to administer the web site and to gather broad demographic information.
This information is commonly collected by Web sites. It is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our Site and the types of technology our visitors use.
B. Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
Disclosure of Information by Us
We may share our patron's personally and non-personally identifiable information with third parties in order to fulfill a client request or otherwise complete a service.
In the unlikely event that all or substantially all of our assets are sold or transferred to another party, we may transfer the personally identifiable information of our patrons to the acquiring entity.
We also reserve the right to disclose the personal and non-personal information of our patrons if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law; to protect our self or to protect the rights of another user; to reduce the risk of credit or other kind of fraud; or to comply with a court order.
Though we may also from time to time share the personal information of our patrons with third parties for research and development purposes or patron relationship development purposes, we will not sell, rent or lend such personal information to any third parties, other than as specifically disclosed in this policy.
C. User IDs and passwords
Patrons who have registered to access patron-only content on the Site have unique user IDs and passwords. Users who register on the Site must use their E-mail address as their user ID and may choose their own passwords.
Passwords are the private property of registered users. Users should not share their passwords with third parties. For reasons of security and privacy, we will not give out passwords to anyone. If you forget your password, you can request that your account information be re-sent to the E-mail address you originally provided during registration.
D. Third Party Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Additionally, third party sites may from time to time link to the Site. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OR PRACTICES OF ANY OTHER SITES. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that they visit. Our privacy policy applies solely to the Site, located at www.OnlyTheBestPractices.com.
E. Security
We make every effort to have reasonable security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under our control, including using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology in our shopping cart to collect and transmit your information.
If you have any questions about the security of our web site, please contact security@OnlyTheBestPractices.com.org.
F. Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our privacy policy so you will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you. You will then have a choice as to whether or not we may use your information in this manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
G. Contacting OnlyTheBestPractices.com
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of OnlyTheBestPractices.com or its online service, or any other aspects of this Web site, please contact joe@OnlyTheBestPractices.com.
All information you provide in any written communication will also be covered by this policy.
H. Special Policy Regarding Information from Children Under Thirteen
We are not targeted to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any child under the age of 13 without parental consent. When we receive such information, we delete it as soon as we discover it and do not use it or share it with third parties.
Effective Date: January 1, 2010