Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment
to combine the highest-quality products and services with the highest level
of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy is designed
to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal
information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions
when using our site and our products and services. This statement will be
continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our
customers' needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our
Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information
you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and
Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others
browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Credit Card Information.
If you choose to purchase
products or services from us or our partners, you may need to give personal
information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services.
For example, you may need to provide the following information:
- Name
- Mailing Address
- E-Mail Address
- Credit Card Number
- Home and Business Phone Number
- Other Personal Information (i.e. Mother's Maiden Name)
E-Mail Information. In
addition to providing the foregoing information to our partners, if you choose
to correspond further with us through email, we may retain the content of your
email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide
the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in
the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes
a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?")
and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used.
Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date
and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web
sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is
collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with
you as an individual.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to
Us? Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of
administering our business activities, providing customer service and making
available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think
you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers
are developed and managed under our traditional corporate standards designed
to safeguard the security and privacy of our customers' personal information.
As a customer, you will be given the opportunity, at least once annually,
to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
What Are Cookies? Cookies
are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers to recognize
the computer used to access a Web site. Cookies are small pieces of data that
are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember
what information a user accesses on one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions
with that Web site by the same user or to use the information to streamline
the user's transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user
to move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions over
the Internet.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies? We
use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web server logs to
gather information about our Web site users' browsing activities, in order
to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. This information
assists us to design and arrange our Web pages in the most user-friendly manner
and to continually improve our Web site to better meet the needs of our customers
and prospective customers.
Cookies help us collect important business and technical
statistics. The information
in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our Web site
as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count
how many people visit our Web site and evaluate our Web site's visitor capacity.
We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address
or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit
us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to
you.
Sharing Information with Affiliates. From
time to time you may notice offers from outside companies advertised on our
Web site. We take measures to select product or service providers that are
responsible and afford privacy protections to their customers. However, we
cannot make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies.
Notice of New Services and Changes. Occasionally,
we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes
to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable.
As our client, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire
not to receive these offers by clicking on a response box when you receive
such an offer or by sending us an email request at support@Kermit's Corner.com.
How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? When
you send confidential personal credit card information to us on our Web site,
a secure server software which we have licensed encrypts all information you
input before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled en route and decoded
once it reaches our Web site.
Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless
we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting
the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential
information such as Social Security or account numbers to us through an unsecured
email.
How Do We Protect Your Information? Information
Security. We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality
of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and
accidental loss, alteration or destruction.
Evaluation of Information Protection Practices. Periodically,
our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate
policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality
of our information.
Employee Access, Training and Expectations. Our
corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to
the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices
limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure
of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information? You
may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we
collect online and maintain in our database by emailing support@Kermit's Corner.com.
Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties? We
may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, Web site traffic
patterns and related Web site information to our affiliates or reputable third
parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data,
except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other
words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection
of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site? We
are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from
our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links
to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics
that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web
site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing
and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link
on our Web site, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please
read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent. By
using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information
as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and
procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of
what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we
may disclose it.
B. Our Policy on Data Collection
In order to access certain subscriber services and restricted
areas (the "Restricted Services") within the Kermit's Corner Web site (the "Site"),
Kermit's Corner Internet Services. ("Kermit's Corner") requires that you provide
certain identifying information (the "Registration Data") listed in the online
registration form. This information may include your legal name, address, telephone
number(s), e-mail address, subscriber name or "screen name," areas of interest,
password used to access Pay services, method of payment, and, if applicable,
credit card number. Kermit's Corner reserves the right to request any additional
information necessary to establish and maintain your account for use of the
Pay Services.
Confidentiality. Registration
Data is the property of Kermit's Corner, subject to and protected by the Electronic
Communications Privacy Act. Kermit's Corner will not sell, rent, swap, or otherwise
disclose your Registration Data to any third party. Kermit's Corner maintains
a secured area on the Site for transmission of Registration Data, and stores
all Registration Data in a private database which is not connected to the Internet.
Uses of Registration Data. Unless
you select the "Opt-Out" option as described below, Kermit's Corner reserves
the right to use your Registration Data to send you information about Kermit's
Corner, the Site, Kermit's Corner products and services, and other topics in
which you have indicated an interest.
Opt-Out Right. If
you do not wish to receive any special offers or other communications from
Kermit's Corner, you have the right to select the "opt out" option during the
registration process or at any time afterwards. You may "opt out" by clicking
on the box marked "I DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM Kermit's
Corner " when you register for an account or at any time afterwards by going
to the "User Control Panel" area of the Site.
Sometimes Kermit's Corner or DNI Web Design (Web Designer) may find it nessecary to contact you
regardless of the opt-out. This may contain important information regarding the website such as
downtime, technical difficulties, order information, or other material. You cannot opt-out of these
e-mails, and these are sent to all users of Kermit's Corner.
User Access to Information Collected. You
may access your Registration Data at any time through the Subscriber services
section of the Site. This area is password-restricted for your protection.
Lost or Stolen Information. If
your credit card or password is stolen or used without your permission, immediately
notify Kermit's Corner. Upon notification Kermit's Corner will cancel your
credit card number and/or password and update its records. You may be unable
to access certain services while Kermit's Corner processes the credit card
and/or password change.
No Liability for Acts of Third Parties. Although
Kermit's Corner will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality
of the Registration Data, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot
be made absolutely secure. Kermit's Corner will have no liability for disclosure
of Registration Data due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of
third parties.
Use of Aggregated Information. Kermit's
Corner reserves the right to disclose to third parties information about Subscriber
usage of the Kermit's Corner Web site and any related services, including information
gathered during your use of the Site. Any information disclosed will be in
the form of aggregate data (such as overall patterns or demographic reports)
that does not describe or identify any individual user.
DNI Web Design. DNI Web Design is contracted
to design, code, and maintain our new website. In this process of maintaining
and coding the web designer will be able to see your personal information,
including password as they have access to all aspects of the website (including
the main database, where most of the information is stored). However DNI Web
Design will keep all information secure and secret and will not disclose any
information to any other third party. DNI Web Design holds no liability for
discolusre of Registration Data due to errors in transmission or unauthorized
acts of third parties.
Updates. Kermit's
Corner reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy, or any
other company policy or practice, at any time with reasonable notice to users
of the Site. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting
to the Site.
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