PRIVACY STATEMENT
(Last updated on February 12, 2002)
Discount Phone Cards is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet and is
committed to protecting your privacy on our Web sites. Discount Phone Cards takes reasonable precautions to keep all information
obtained from our online visitors secure against unauthorized access
and use and we periodically review our security measures.
Discount Phone Cards has created this privacy statement in order to
disclose our information gathering and dissemination practices for
its websites. Discount Phone Cards abides by the safe harbor
framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding
the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Upon reading this privacy statement, you will know:
1.
What personally identifiable information of yours or third party
personally identifiable information is collected from you through
the web site.
2. The organization collecting the information.
3. How the information is used.
4. With whom the information may be shared.
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information.
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the
loss, misuse or alteration of information under Discount Phone Cards’s control
7. How you can access and correct any inaccuracies in the
information collected about you.
Questions regarding this statement
should be directed to the Discount Phone Cards site coordinator by emailing us here
or writing to us at the following address:
Discount Phone Cards
Box 23245
Stanley, KS 66283
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Discount Phone Cards Privacy
Statement
Discount Phone Cards is the sole owner of the information it gathers on its
sites. Discount Phone Cards will not share any of your information
with any outside party without your explicit consent unless we are
required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, cooperate
with law enforcement agencies, or comply with a legal process served
on our Web site.
What
information does Discount Phone Cards collect and how is it used?
In general, you can visit Discount Phone Cards on the Web to access
information while remaining anonymous and not revealing any personal
information. There are times, however, when we may request certain
information (such as your name and address) so that we may
understand you better, respond to your inquiry, perform a
transaction or make you aware of any new products in which you might
be interested.
Contact Us
We use email links located on the "contact" page and
other areas of our Websites to allow you to contact us directly with
any questions or comments you may have. We read all messages sent to
us and attempt to reply promptly. The information you send is used
to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file
your comments to improve the site and program, or review and discard
the information. Your personal information is only shared with third
parties with your explicit permission.
Logged Files and Cookies
Our Web server may also collect the IP addresses and browser types,
but not the e-mail addresses, of visitors to our Web site. We use
this information for systems administration purposes to monitor and
assist us in improving value of the materials available on our Web
sites. IP addresses are not personally identifiable. This means that
a user’s session can be tracked, but the user’s identity will remain
unknown. Cookies may be used to store passwords and keep sessions.
Under no circumstances will cookies collect or reveal any
identifiable information.
Personalized Sessions
Some Discount Phone Cards Web sites allow you to personalize them, either by selecting
sets of content to place on a web page or by clicking on an icon
indicating a desire for a certain kind of content. In some cases,
you are asked to andquotregisterandquot in order to get this
personalized content. If you provide personally-identifying
information when registering for personalized content, that
information is only used to deliver the content to you. The
information is stored securely and is never shared with any third
party.
How will Discount Phone Cards protect your personal information?
Forms you complete to interact with our business units on the
Internet may request sensitive information such as your e-mail
address, mailing address, telephone number or a credit card number.
Whenever that is the case, Discount Phone Cards will take all
commercially reasonable steps to establish a secure connection with
your Web browser.
For Discount Phone Cards
Web sites which conduct electronic commerce,
Discount Phone Cards provides a high level of security with confidential data access
limited by User ID and password. In addition, Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
software is typcially utilized to provide secure commerce
transactions. SSL technology encrypts all of your registration
information, order details and order data so that it cannot be read
while the data travels over the Internet. Any transmission of
sensitive information, including financial transactions, is
protected as a secure transmission. These measures, along with
routine backup procedures, ensure that your information and orders
are private, accurate, and up-to-date 24 hours a day.
For Discount Phone Cards sites which conduct electronic commerce, credit card numbers
are used only for payment processing and will not be disclosed to
any third parties.
Security
Protecting your
privacy and your information is a top priority at Discount Phone Cards. We have taken careful measures to prevent the loss, misuse,
and alteration of your information. Any information you enter
through our Web sites is stored behind a firewall. All Discount Phone Cards employees are aware of our privacy and security policies.
Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it
in order to perform their jobs.
Notification of Changes
If we are going to
use your personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via
email. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your
information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any
material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user
information already stored in our database, we will prominently post
a notice on our web site notifying users of the change.
Links
Note that our Web
sites contain links to other non-Discount Phone Cards sites. These
links and pointers are provided for our visitors’ convenience. Discount Phone Cards does not control or guarantee the accuracy,
timeliness, or completeness of any linked information from non-Discount Phone Cards sites. The inclusion of links or pointers to Web
sites is not intended to assign importance to those sites or the
information contained therein, nor is it intended to endorse or
recommend any views expressed, or products or services offered on
these sites.
Please note that
these Web sites’ privacy policies may differ from those of Discount Phone Cards Although we try to link only to Web sites that share
our concern for customer information privacy, we are not responsible
for their content or their privacy practices. We encourage you to
read the privacy statement of any Web site you may visit.
How to update
personal information
You can help us to maintain the accuracy of your information by
notifying Discount Phone Cards of any change to your mailing
address, phone number or e-mail address. All Discount Phone Cards Web pages with the ability to collect personal information
also offer you the opportunity to update or remove your personal
information from our e-mail mailing list at any time.
Unsubscribe
All Un-subscription
requests may be sent to us here.
How to Access and Update User
Information
Reasonable access
to personally identifiable information will be provided within 30
days at no cost to the user. If access cannot be provided within
that timeframe, Discount Phone Cards will notify the user of a date
by which the information will be provided. If for some reason access
is denied, Discount Phone Cards will provide an explanation why access has been
denied. If you need to update personal information, please
send e-mail to us here.