Privacy Policy

9/30/2010

We recognize that privacy is an important issue, and we take the privacy of users of this website very seriously. We have designed and operate our services with the protection of your privacy in mind and we want to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use our services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.

As a condition of the use of the SlingShare (the Company), web site and/or services, you authorize the Company to only disclose to third parties information you have provided, or information that the Company has obtained about your account or shopping behavior: (i) to agents and licensors of the Company or its affiliates, such as independent auditors, consultants or attorneys; (ii) to comply with government agency or court orders or requests; (iii) in providing aggregated and non-personalized marketing services for an advertising or merchant partner Further, you authorize the Company to receive any account information from any Affiliate Merchant including, but not limited to information regarding the purchase made, products ordered, order number, the time and date the purchase occurred, the email address entered for the purchase. You agree to hold the Affiliated Merchant harmless for any information disclosed to the Company. If you choose to download the Software,( i.e Toolbar), you allow the Company to collect and use non- personalized marketing information regarding visits and related to and purchases made from internet commerce sites.

Please note that when a Toolbar user shops at our affiliated Merchants, they are dealing with another company, not SlingShare. This means that you enter into a relationship with that company / Web site separately from SlingShare. Any information you share with that advertiser or merchant is subject to their policies and practices, not to to SlingShare’s policies or practices. Toolbar Users are encouraged to read the privacy policies of our merchant partners.

Cookies, Web Beacons, and other Technologies

We and certain of our vendors use “cookies” to make visiting our site and visiting affiliated merchants a better, easier experience. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you usually can change your browser to limit or prevent cookies. These cookies do not contain or collect any PII, but they do enable us to provide features such as personalization. We do link the information we store in cookies to personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. This is done to allow us or our vendors to recognize you when you visit associated web sites and use affiliated services. Cookies also make it easier for us to track your activity and purchases and to match them with your member registration so that you and your selected cause receive the appropriate credit. We do not share this information with others. If you set your browser to not accept cookies, it may result in certain personalized services not being provided to you on that computer.

A web beacon is a transparent image file. Web beacons enable us to track website usage information, such as the number of times a given web page has been viewed. Web beacons are invisible to you and (unlike cookies) are not placed on your computer. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of the Site. Web beacons also may be used to track whether you have opened an HTML email. When the email is opened, a part of the code that makes up the HTML page calls a web server to load the web beacon which then generates a record showing that the email has been viewed. Web Beacons may also recognize when the email was opened, how many times it was forwarded and which URL's (links within the email) were clicked. We do not use web beacons to collect or otherwise record any type of PII provided by or about any User.

The Company also collects information about the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of all visitors to our site. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer automatically when you use the internet. This information is only collected in aggregate (in other words, we are not able to monitor your individual usage of the site) and helps us monitor site traffic patterns in order to improve our service.

Non Personally Identifiable Information

From time to time, we may also ask you to provide us with non-PII which is data that does not allow us to identify you personally, such as your first name, birthday or zip code. Your non-PII may be aggregated and used for our internal purposes or for creating reports for third-party advertisers and partners, or otherwise shared with third parties for any lawful purpose, without your permission. No third party should know who you are as a result of the use of your non-PII.

We also may automatically collect Site usage information, such as the numbers and frequency of users to the Site, pages visited and similar data. This data is used in the aggregate, that is, as a statistical measure, and not in a manner that would identify you personally. Aggregate information generally is collected through the use of cookies web beacons as discussed above. This aggregate information helps us determine general usage patterns and modify the Site in order to improve your experience. This type of aggregate information may be shared with third parties at any time.

Use of Partners and Affiliates in Providing Services

We may retain other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples include, but are not limited to, companies that help to administer the accounts, surveys or promotional activities, shipping companies that deliver products, third party advertisers or promotional partners who provide a product or service to you, customer support specialists, web hosting and internet service companies, and data analysis firms. Such third parties may be provided with access to PII needed to perform their functions but may not use such information for any other purpose.

Compliance with Law and Fraud Protection

We may disclose any information, including, without limitation, PII, that we deem necessary, in our sole discretion and without your prior permission, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. We may also exchange information, including, without limitation, PII, with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection, risk reduction and related activities or to protect the rights, property of safety of SlingShare, its agents, employees or affiliates or others. We reserve the right to disclose PII for a user who we believe is in violation of our Privacy Policy or other terms of service as posted on the Site, even without a subpoena, warrant, court order or other governmental request.

Transfer of Information

In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale or transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Company or the Site, PII and/or other information collected about you from the Site may be sold, assigned or transferred to the party acquiring all or substantially all of the equity and/or assets of the Company or the Site in order to permit the party to continue the operation of the Company and/or the Site or any successor version of the Site. By using the Site and providing PII, you consent to the sale and transfer of your information as described in this paragraph.

Data Security

We maintain a variety of commercially reasonable safeguards designed to protect your PII from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, we use industry accepted tools and techniques to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. You should be aware, however, that SlingShare has no control over the security of other websites on the Internet that you might visit even when a link may appear to those websites from our Site.

Privacy Policy Changes

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the updated date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check the Site from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.

Security measures are taken to protect member information

Non-authorized personnel do not have physical access to our computers or database. Employees review security guidelines on a quarterly basis, as well as any time new policies are added. The servers that we use to store personally identifiable information are kept in a locked room at a secure facility.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed at or intended to be used by people under 13 years of age. This website does not knowingly collect personally-identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If this website is made aware that it has received personally-identifiable information from someone under 13, we will use reasonable efforts to remove that information from our records.

 

Contact Us

We take your privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that we have not complied with this privacy policy with respect to your personally identifiable information, you may write to us at the following address:

SlingShare, LLC
2975 West Executive Parkway Suite #214
Lehi, UT 84043

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, please send an email to support@slingshare.com or send regular mail to the address above.