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Privacy Policy
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Best10Results, Inc. ("Best10Results") owns and operates a number
of different sites on the Web (each, an "Best10Results Site"). Best10Results is
strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its user community. The intent of
this privacy policy is to detail the information Best10Results may gather about
individuals who visit the Best10Results Sites, how that information is used, and
Best10Results's disclosure practices. Please note that this policy applies only
to the Best10Results Sites, and not to the Web sites of other companies or organizations
to which we provide links or to any software that may be downloaded from the Best10Results
Sites.
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Anonymous User Information
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Best10Results collects some anonymous information each time
you visit an Best10Results Site so we can improve the overall quality of your online
experience. We collect your IP address, referral data, and browser and platform
type. You do not have to register with Best10Results before we can collect this
anonymous information.
The Best10Results Sites do not require you to share information that identifies
you personally, such as your name or e-mail address, in order for you to use the
Best10Results Sites. The Best10Results Sites assign an anonymous ID number to your
requests and links the following additional data to that number: the date and time
you visited the Best10Results Site, your search terms, and the links upon which
you choose to click. Like most standard Web site servers, we use log files to collect
and store this anonymous user information. Best10Results analyzes the information
to examine trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate,
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
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Individual User Information
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From time-to-time the Best10Results Sites request information
from you that may identify you personally in addition to the anonymous information
described above. The requested information typically includes contact information
(such as name, e-mail address, shipping address, and zip code), and demographic
information (such as age, gender, occupation, and household income). Best10Results
will not use or disclose your individual user information except as described in
this privacy policy. Best10Results collects individual user information in the following
ways from different Best10Results Sites:
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Surveys or Contests
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From time to time, Best10Results may conduct surveys or contests
on an Best10Results Site. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose individual
user information to the Best10Results Site. Contest information will be shared with
the contest or survey sponsors to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of
the Best10Results Site. We may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests.
These companies may use your personal information to help the Best10Results Site
communicate with you about offers from the Best10Results Site and our marketing
partners. Such third parties do not have Best10Results's permission to use your
personally identifiable information for any secondary purpose.
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User Groups
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When you register for a user group on any of the Best10Results
Sites, you are asked for your individual user information. The individual user information
may be collected and stored by a third party partner. This partner will store your
individual user information on their servers for a period of time at which Best10Results
will assume such storage responsibilities and your information will be deleted from
their servers. The partner will not have Best10Results's permission to use your
individual user information for secondary purposes. If you choose to participate
in a user group, your individual user information will be used to qualify you and
to contact you for various projects at Best10Results's discretion. Best10Results
may share your individual user information with a third party with whom Best10Results
has entered into an agreement to support such user group projects. You may opt out
at any time by following the opt out provisions of this privacy policy.
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Tell-A-Friend
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If you elect to use our referral service for informing a friend
about any of our sites, we ask you for your friend's name and e-mail address. Best10Results
will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the
Best10Results Site. Best10Results does not store the information related to your
friends and the one-time e-mail sent pursuant to your input will be our only contact
with that person for such input.
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Correspondence
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If you contact Best10Results, we may keep a record of that correspondence
and we may collect your e-mail address.
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Third Party Information Gathering
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The Best10Results Sites include content and ads from third parties
that may perform user activity tracking other than that described herein. For more
information about each third party content provider, cookies, and how to "opt-out",
please refer to such third party advertiser's privacy policy
The Best10Results Sites contain links to other sites on the Web. Please be aware
that Best10Results is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
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Cookies
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Best10Results may set and access Best10Results or partner cookies
on your computer. A cookie is a small data file that a Web site may send to your
browser and which may then be stored on your system. We use both session cookies
and persistent cookies. For the session cookie, once you close the browser, the
cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your
hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by
following Internet browser help file directions.
We use cookie and web beacon technology to track which pages on the Best10Results
Sites our visitors view and which Web browsers our visitors use. We may also use
cookies to help us provide personalized features and preferences to you within various
Best10Results Sites in a way that may be linked to individual user information that
you elect to share with us. We also use "action tags" to assist in delivering the
cookie. These action tags allow us to compile statistics and other data about our
customers on an aggregate basis, by embedding a random identifying number on each
user's browser. Then we track where that number shows up on our site.
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Sharing
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Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may
need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith
belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding,
a criminal investigation, a court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
We may also share your personal information if we believe it is necessary in order
to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected
fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of Best10Results's or such Best10Results Site's terms of use, or as otherwise
required by law.
Best10Results Sites may use third party service providers to serve ads and e-mails
on our behalf. These companies may use technologies to measure the effectiveness
of ads and e-mails and use information about your visits to the Best10Results Site
so that we can provide a better search experience to you. For this purpose, we may
also provide these third party service providers anonymous information about your
site navigation.
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Mergers; Business Transitions
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In the event Best10Results goes through a business transition,
such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its
assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets
transferred.
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Choice/Opt-out
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We desire to keep you in control of the personal information
you provide to us. Accordingly, you can review, correct, change or remove the personal
registration information you provide to Best10Results and that Best10Results controls.
In order to elect not to receive future communications from us, please email us
at: privacy at Best10Results.com
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Notification of Changes
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If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes to this privacy statement in places we deem appropriate so our users are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use Individually Identifiable Information in a manner
different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users by posting
a notice on our Web site for 30 days
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Special Notification with respect to Children's Privacy (Users
under the age of 13)
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In response to concerns about protecting children's privacy
online, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"),
which sets forth rules and procedures governing the ways in which Web sites may
collect, use and disclose any personal information for children under the age of
13. In accordance with Best10Results policy and COPPA regulations, we DO NOT:
- Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable information online or offline
contact information from users under 13 years of age; or
- Knowingly use or share personal information from users under 13 years of age with
third parties;
It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information given to us
or pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify
the information, we will immediately delete the information from our servers
Questions regarding children's privacy should be directed to: kidsprivacy at Best10Results.com
Policy effective Oct 11, 2007
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