NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Effective 1/03/2005
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND
DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO YOUR IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION AS
REQUIRED BY THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996
(HIPAA) PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
1. INtrODUCTION
1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. TimeOut Services, Inc. (“us,” “we,” or the
"Company”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its members,
visitors, and other users of the Company Website (the “Site”). We created this
Website Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and
use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices
and the protection of privacy. This Policy is only applicable to the Site, and
not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of
which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ
materially from this Policy. By using this Site, you indicate your
acceptance of the terms set forth herein.
1.2. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN
PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our
content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We understand and are
committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. If
we learn or have reason to suspect that a Site user is under age 13, we will
promptly delete any personal information in that user’s account.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
2.1. WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
In operating the Site, the Company may include registration, online surveys,
and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail addresses,
and other contact information, as well as the following categories of
information: shipping/billing address, telephone number, birth date, gender,
occupation, personal interests, etc. Whether or not to provide such information
is completely your own choice. But if you choose not to provide the information
we request, you may be unable to access certain services, offers and content on
our Site.
2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize visitors’
domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the
Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The
Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify
you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the
services we offer.
(b) COOKIES. We do not currently use cookies, but may in the future use
the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to
store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our
Site. We do not plan to set any personally identifiable information in cookies,
nor do we plan to employ any data capture mechanisms on our Site other than
cookies. Cookies will help us learn which areas of our Site are useful and
which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies by
changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this
function, your experience at our Site may be diminished and some features may
not work as they were intended.
3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
3.1. WHAT DO WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share your personal information
(i.e. any information by which you can be identified) with any third parties
without your consent, except as follows: We may contract with companies or
persons to provide certain services including credit card processing, shipping,
data management, promotional services, etc. (our "Service Providers"). We
provide our Service Providers with the information needed for them to perform
these services. We may use your personal information to verify your
identity, to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions
initiated on the Site. We may also use your contact information to inform you
of any changes to the Site, or to send you additional information about the
Company. If you do not wish to receive such emails (other than those
pertaining to changes in this Policy), please let us know by contacting us as
provided in Section 6 below.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our
Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually
identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help
diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Site, or to display the
content according to your preferences. traffic and transaction information may
also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and
anonymous basis.
(c) USE OF COOKIES. We do not currently use cookies, but in the
future we may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to
save your password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our
Site, or for other purposes. Promotions or advertisements displayed on our Site
may contain cookies. We do not have access to or control over information
collected by outside advertisers on our Site.
(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal
information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with
legal process served on the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, (2)
protect and defend the rights or property of the Company or the users of the
Site, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the
public or users of the Site.
(e) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. We do not maintain any procedures for you to
review or request changes to the information that we collect about you, except
that you may request that we remove all information about you from our database
by contacting us in accordance with Section 6.1 below.
4. SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no
assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any
third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.
5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND THE COMPANY’S CONtrOL
5.1. PUBLIC FORUMS
In the future, the Site may include interactive forums such as message boards
and chat rooms. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these
areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding
to disclose your personal information.
5.2. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other
websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those
other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at
those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.
6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES
6.1. CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site,
or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database
please contact us at TimeOut Services, Inc. 21710 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite
130, Cupertino, CA 95014, or via phone 408-996-9660 or email
info@timeoutservices.com.
6.2. UPDATES AND CHANGES
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this
Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and
without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will
be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to
review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with
all of its terms.
The terms of this notice apply to all records containing your identifiable
health information that are created or retained by our facilities. We reserve
the right to revise or amend our notice of privacy practices. Any revision or
amendment to this notice will be effective for all of your records our facility
has created or maintained in the past, and for any of your records we may
create or maintain in the future. Our facility will post a copy of our current
notice in a prominent location, and you may request a copy of our most current
notice at any time.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE PLEASE CONTACT:
TimeOut Services located at 21710 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 130, Cupertino, CA
95014. Telephone number is 408-996-9660.
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