OurSitter.com
is committed to
safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the
following policy to understand how your personal
information will be treated as you make full use of the
OurSitter.com website. This policy may change from time
to time so please check back periodically.
This
policy will let you know:
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What
personally identifiable information is collected
from me?
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What
are cookies and how they are used?
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How
is my information used?
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Who
is collecting my information?
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Will
my information be shared with others?
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What
choices are available to me regarding collection,
use, and distribution of my information?
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How
can I access, update or delete my information?
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What
kind of security precautions are in place to protect
the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
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How
does OurSitter protects children's privacy?
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What
else should I know about your online privacy?
What
personally identifiable information is collected from
me?
OurSitter.com
collects information in several ways from different
parts of our website. Some personal information is
gathered when you register. During registration, we ask
for your name and email address. The system will also
ask for your street address, city, state/province,
zip/postal code & telephone number for shipping
purposes, although only fields that are marked with an
asterisk (*) on the
registration field are required.
This information is used solely to assist you in
navigating the system by automatically filling in
certain forms (such as the listing posting form) with
your information so that you don't have to continually
re-enter it. Once you register you are no longer
anonymous to OurSitter.com - you have a username and are
able to take full advantage of the many offerings of the
OurSitter.com website.
In addition to registration we may ask you for personal
information at other times, including (but not limited
to) when you place a bid or take advantage of the other
features of the OurSitter.com. If you contact us, we may
keep a record of that correspondence. Every page within
OurSitter.com includes a link to this Privacy Policy.
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What
are cookies and how they are used?
As part
of offering and providing customizable and personalized
services, OurSitter.com may use cookies to store and
sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a
small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a
web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.
Several features of the OurSitter.com website require
that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What
choices are available to you regarding collection, use,
and distribution of your information" for more
information on cookies.)
Generally,
we use cookies for the following purposes:
(1) To
identify and label all "new" listings since
your last visit to the site.
(2)
Optionally to permanently save your password on your
computer so you don't have to re-enter it each time you
visit our site.
(3) To
enable you to "checklist" your favorite
listings that you want to mark for future retrieval and
viewing.
Advertising
networks that serve listings onto the OurSitter.com may
also use their own cookies.
OurSitter.com
may also collect IP
addresses for system administration and to report
aggregate information to our advertisers.
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How
is my information is used?
The
primary goal of OurSitter.com in regards to collecting
personal information is to provide you, the user, with a
customized experience and to assist your navigation
throughout the OurSitter.com website. Street
address information is used when shipping out your
item(s) after you've won and purchased an item at
auction.
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Who
is collecting my information?
When
you are asked for personal information on OurSitter.com,
you are sharing that information with OurSitter.com
alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
However, some activities will, by their very nature,
result in your personal information being revealed to
other users of the OurSitter.com website. For example,
when you enter personal information on a listing posting
form, this information will generally be included in
your listing, unless specifically stated otherwise.
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Will
my information shared with others?
As a
general rule, OurSitter.com will not disclose any of
your personally identifiable information except when we
have your permission or under special circumstances,
such as when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it or under the circumstances described below.
Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for
each of our products and services for more detailed
information about how your personal information may be
shared.
OurSitter.com
may disclose account information in special cases when
we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring
legal action against someone who may be violating the
Terms of Service of OurSitter.com or may be causing
injury to or interference with (either intentionally or
unintentionally) the rights or property of the
OurSitter.com, other users of OurSitter.com, Acts of
fraud, or anyone else that could be harmed by such
activities. OurSitter.com may disclose or access account
information when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it and for administrative and other purposes
that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve
our products and services.
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What
choices are available to me regarding collection, use,
and distribution of my information?
If you
choose not to register or provide personal information,
you can still use most of OurSitter.com website,
however, you will not be able to access areas or use
features that require registration.
You
also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying
your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept
all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to
reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies
you will be unable to use those services of the
OurSitter.com website that require registration in order
to participate. These services include the
identification of new listings that have been posted
since your last visit, auto-fill in of the logon form,
and the My Favorites feature. You can still use most of
the features of OurSitter.com even if you do not accept
cookies.
OurSitter.com
does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We
will notify you at the time of data collection or
transfer if your data will be shared with a third party
and you will always have the option of not permitting
the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to
be shared, you can choose not to use a particular
service.
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How
can I access, update or delete my information?
We will
provide you with the means to ensure that your personal
information is correct and current. You may edit or
delete your user profile at any time by clicking on the
"Edit Account" link or graphic provided by the
system once you are logged in. Once you have logged onto
the system during a given session, wherever you go on
OurSitter.com, your information will stay with you.
If you
are a previously registered user and you have lost or
forgotten your password, you may obtain it by email by
using our "Forgot Password" feature. Click the
button on any login page to request that your password
be emailed to you. We cannot provide your password by
any other means.
Your
OurSitter.com account can be deleted, but doing so will
result in not being able to access any of the features
of the program that require user registration.
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What
kind of security precautions are in place to protect the
loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
Besides
the administrator & authorized personnel of the
OurSitter.com, you are the only person(s) who has access
to your personal information. Your user registration is
password-protected to prevent unauthorized access.
We
recommend that you do not divulge your password to
anyone. OurSitter.com will never ask you for your
password in an unsolicited phone call or in an
unsolicited email. As an extra security precaution, you
may want to logoff once you have completed a session at
OurSitter.com. This is to ensure that others cannot
access your personal information and correspondence if
you share a computer with someone else or are using a
computer in a public place like a library or Internet
cafe.
Unfortunately,
no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to
protect your personal information, OurSitter.com cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us or from our online services, and you do
so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission,
we make our best effort to ensure its security on our
systems.
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How
does OurSitter.com protects children's privacy?
OurSitter.com
is a general audience web site. Children should always
ask a parent for permission before sending personal
information to anyone online. OurSitter.com does not
share personal information about users under the age of
13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent
personal information about any of our users, regardless
of age. In addition, OurSitter.com will not send any
direct email offers to users who indicate they are under
the age of 13.
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What
else should I know about your online privacy?
Please
keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose
personal information online - for example in listings
that you post or through email - that information can be
collected and used by others. In short, if you post
personal information online that is accessible to the
public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other
parties in return.
Ultimately,
you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy
of your passwords and/or any account information. Please
be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
Use of this site and service is a privilege to
individuals that do not abuse or misuse the system.
OurSitter.com reserves the right to edit,refuse,delete
or reject any/all portion(s) of any/all free or paid
posts made by enduser.
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