Last updated January 29, 2003. PLEASE
NOTE: OUR PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES FROM TIME
TO TIME.
PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES.
The information collection, use, and dissemination
practices of
bashapop.com.
(The "bashapop.com") are discussed
in this policy. This policy applies to
bashapop.com's information collection (a) on bashapop.com's
websites
(Listed here: http://sites.bashapop.com) (collectively, the
"Websites"),
(b) on various third party websites, and (c) to bashapop.com's
other
information collection, including the purchase of customer
lists from third
parties.
1. Collection of Information. 1.1 Survey
Information. dogeinstein.com
collects information from individuals when an individual voluntarily
completes a
dogeinstein.comsurvey, order form, or a registration page
either online or
offline, or by means of online or offline surveys, order forms,
or registration
pages operated by third parties (collectively, a "Survey").
(As used herein,
"online" means using the Internet, including the
Websites, and related
technologies, and "offline" means by methods other
than online, including in
person, in the postal mail, using telephones and cell phones,
and other similar
means.) In the Surveys, the dogeinstein.comor a third party
(a "Third
Party") may ask an individual to provide various information
to the
bashapop.com, which may include his or her name, email address,
street
address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone
numbers and
carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and
marital status,
occupation, employment information, personal and online interests,
and such
other information as may requested from time to time (together,
"Survey
Information"). Completing the Surveys is completely voluntary,
and individuals
are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to the
dogeinstein.com
or Third Party, but an individual may receive incentives from
the
dogeinstein.comor a Third Party in exchange for providing
Survey Information
to the bashapop.com.
1.2 Third Party. List Information. dogeinstein.comcollects
information from
individuals when an individual provides information to a third
party, and the
dogeinstein.comsubsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise
acquires the
information from the third party (the "Seller").
Such purchased information may
include, but is not limited to, an individual's name, email
address, street
address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone
numbers and
carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and
marital status,
occupation, industry of employment, personal and online interests,
and such
other information as the individual may have provided to the
Seller (together,
"Third Party List Information"). When acquiring
Third Party List Information,
the dogeinstein.comseeks assurances from the Seller that the
Seller has a
right to transfer the Third Party List Information to the
dogeinstein.comand
that the Seller has a right to provide offers from advertisers
to the
individuals whose personal information is included on the
Seller's list.
1.3 Other Information. Other occasions when
the dogeinstein.comobtains
information from individuals include (1) when an individual
is making a claim
for a prize or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by the
dogeinstein.com
or by a third party, (2) when an individual requests assistance
through
bashapop.com's customer service department, and (3) when an
individual
voluntarily subscribes to a dogeinstein.comservice or newsletter
(together,
"Other Information").
1.4 Cookies, Web bugs, and Other Info Collected
Using Technology.
dogeinstein.comcurrently uses cookie and web bug technology
to associate
certain Internet-related information about an individual with
information about
the individual in our database. Additionally, the dogeinstein.commay
use
other new and evolving sources of information in the future
(together,
"Technology Information").
(a) Cookies.
A cookie is a small amount of data stored
on the hard drive of the individual's
computer that allows dogeinstein.comto identify the individual
with his or
her corresponding data that resides in bashapop.com's database.
You may
read more about cookies at http://cookiecentral.com. Individuals
who use the
Websites need to accept cookies in order to use all of the
features and
functionality of the Websites.
(b) Web bugs.
A web bug is programming code that can be
used to display an image on a web page
(by using an <img src="x"> programming function
-- see http://truste.org for
more information), but can also be used to transfer an individual's
unique user
identification (often in the form of a cookie) to a database
and associate the
individual with previously acquired information about an individual
in a
database. This allows dogeinstein.comto track certain web
sites an
individual visits online. Web bugs are used to determine products
or services an
individual may be interested in, and to track online behavioral
habits for
marketing purposes. For example, dogeinstein.commight place,
with the
consent of a third party website, a web bug on the third party's
website where
fishing products are sold. When Joe, an individual listed
in
bashapop.com's database, visits the fishing website, dogeinstein.com
receives notice by means of the web bug that Joe visited the
fishing site, and
dogeinstein.comwould then update Joe's profile with the information
that Joe
is interested in fishing. dogeinstein.commay thereafter present
offers of
fishing related products and services to Joe. In addition
to using web bugs on
web pages, dogeinstein.comalso uses web bugs in email messages
sent to
individuals listed in bashapop.com's database. If you wish
more
information about web bugs, you may wish to visit
http://privacyfoundation.org/resources/webbug.asp#1.
(c) New Technology.
The use of technology on the Internet, including
cookies and web bugs, is
rapidly evolving, as is bashapop.com's use of new and evolving
technology.
As a result, dogeinstein.comstrongly encourages individuals
to revisit this
policy for any updates regarding its use of technology.
1.5 Outside Information. dogeinstein.commay
receive information about
individuals from third parties or from other sources of information
outside of
the dogeinstein.comincluding information located in public
databases
("Outside Information").
1.6 Individual Information. As used herein,
Individual Information means Survey
Information, Third Party List Information, Other Information,
Technology
Information, and Outside Information, and any other information
the
dogeinstein.comgathers or receives about individuals.
1.7 No Information Collected from Children.
dogeinstein.comwill never
knowingly collect any personal information about children
under the age of 13.
If the dogeinstein.comobtains actual knowledge that it has
collected
personal information about a child under the age of 13, that
information will be
immediately deleted from our database. Because it does not
collect such
information, the dogeinstein.comhas no such information to
use or to
disclose to third parties. dogeinstein.comhas designed this
policy in order
to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
("COPPA").
1.8 Credit Card Information. dogeinstein.commay
in certain cases collect
credit card numbers and related information, such as the expiration
date of the
card ("Credit Card Information") when an individual
places an order from
bashapop.com. When the Credit Card Information is submitted
to
bashapop.com, such information is encrypted and is protected
with SSL
encryption software. dogeinstein.comwill use the Credit Card
Information for
purposes processing and completing the purchase transaction,
and the Credit Card
Information will be disclosed to third parties only as necessary
to complete the
purchase transaction.
2. Use of Individual Information. 2.1 Discretion
to Use Information. THE COMPANY
MAY USE INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE
PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S
SOLE DISCRETION.
The following paragraphs in Section 2 describe
how the dogeinstein.com
currently uses Individual Information, but the dogeinstein.commay
change or
broaden its use at any time. As noted below, the dogeinstein.commay
update
this policy from time to time. dogeinstein.commay use Individual
Information
to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email
advertising,
telephone marketing, direct mail marketing, online banner
advertising, and
package stuffers, among other possible uses.
2.2 Email. dogeinstein.comuses Individual
Information to provide promotional
offers by email to individuals. dogeinstein.commay maintain
separate email
lists for different purposes. If email recipients wish to
end their email
subscription from a particular list, they need to follow the
instructions at the
end of each email message to unsubscribe from the particular
list. To
unsubscribe from all dogeinstein.comemail lists, a person
must visit and
follow the instructions provided at
http://bashapop.com/optout/global.html.
2.2(a) Content of Email Messages. In certain
commercial email messages sent by
bashapop.com, an advertiser's name will appear in the "From:"
line but
hitting the "Reply" button will cause a reply email
to be sent to
bashapop.com. The "Subject:" line of dogeinstein.comemail
messages
will usually contain a line provided from the advertiser to
bashapop.com.
The Subject line will not usually contain phrases such as
"ADV:" or
"ADVERTISEMENT". bashapop.com's commercial email
messages will contain
information how an individual may unsubscribe from that particular
list.
2.2(b) Solicited Email. dogeinstein.comonly
sends email to individuals who
have agreed on the Websites to receive email from dogeinstein.comor
to
individuals who have agreed on third party websites to receive
email from third
parties such as bashapop.com. dogeinstein.comdoes not send
unsolicited
email messages. As a result, statutes requiring certain formatting
for
unsolicited email are not applicable to bashapop.com's email
messages.
2.3 Targeted Advertising. dogeinstein.comuses
Individual Information to
target advertising to an individual. When an individual is
using the Internet,
the dogeinstein.comuses Technology Information (see also Section
2.5 below)
to associate an individual with that person's Individual Information,
and the
dogeinstein.comattempts to show advertising for products and
services in
which the person has expressed an interest in the Surveys,
indicated an interest
by means of Technology Information, and otherwise. dogeinstein.commay,
at
its discretion, target advertising by using email, direct
mail, telephones, cell
phones, and other means of communication to provide promotional
offers.
2.4 Direct Mail and Telemarketing. dogeinstein.comuses
Individual
Information to advertise, directly or indirectly, to individuals
using direct
mail marketing or telemarketing using telephones and cell
phones.
2.5 Use of Technology Information. dogeinstein.comuses
Technology
Information (1) to match a person's Survey Information and
Third Party List
Information to other categories of Individual Information
to make and improve
profiles of individuals, (2) to track a person's online browsing
habits on the
Internet, (3) to determine which areas of bashapop.com's web
sites are
most frequently visited. This information helps the dogeinstein.comto
better
understand the online habits of individuals so that the dogeinstein.comcan
target advertising and promotions to them.
2.6 Profiles of Individuals. dogeinstein.comuses
Individual Information to
make a profile of an individual. A profile can be created
by combining Survey
Information and Third Party List Information with other sources
of Individual
Information such as information obtained from public databases.
2.7 Storage of Individual Information.
dogeinstein.comstores the Individual Information
in a database on
dogeinstein.comcomputers. Our computers have security measures
(such as a
firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the
information under bashapop.com's control. Not withstanding
such measures,
the dogeinstein.comcannot guarantee that its security measures
will prevent
the dogeinstein.comcomputers from being illegally accessed,
and the
Individual Information on them stolen or altered.
3. Dissemination of Individual Information.
3.1 Sale or Transfer to Third
Parties. THE COMPANY MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
TO THIRD
PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
3.2 Order Fulfillment. dogeinstein.comwill
transfer Individual Information
to third parties when necessary to provide a product or service
that a person
orders from such third party while using dogeinstein.comweb
sites or when
responding to offers provided by bashapop.com.
3.3 Legal Process. dogeinstein.commay disclose
Individual Information to
respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal process.
3.4 Summary Data. dogeinstein.commay sell
or transfer non-individualized
information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information
about all
persons or sub-groups of persons.
3.5 Access. Individuals have access to their
Individual Information collected to
provide an opportunity for an individual to correct, amend,
or delete such
information. Access to such Individual Information is password
protected and can
be accessed by clicking here. dogeinstein.commay also grant
advertising
clients and email services providers access to an individual's
email address to
verify the origin of the Individual Information collected.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties. 4.1
Advertiser cookies and web bugs.
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies
(together,
"Advertisers") who place advertisements on the Websites
and on the Internet
generally may use their own cookies, web bugs, and other technology
to collect
information about individuals. dogeinstein.comdoes not control
Advertisers'
use of such technology and the dogeinstein.comhas no responsibility
for the
use of such technology to gather information about individuals.
4.2 Links. The Websites and email messages
sometimes contain hypertext links to
the web sites of third parties. dogeinstein.comis not responsible
for the
privacy practices or the content of such other web sites.
4.3 Affiliated Companies. dogeinstein.commay
disclose, transfer, and sell
Individual Information to entities affiliated with dogeinstein.comin
bashapop.com's discretion.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures. If you wish to
discontinue receiving email messages
from bashapop.com, you have several options:
(a) Unsubscribe from one email list.
To unsubscribe from a particular list, either
(1) visit
http://global.bashapop.com/, or (2) follow the instructions
in each
promotional email message sent by the bashapop.com.
(b) Unsubscribe from all dogeinstein.comemail
lists.
We reserve the right to add Individual Information
to multiple lists maintained
by bashapop.com. To globally unsubscribe from all of bashapop.com’s
lists, visit
http://global.bashapop.com/
6. More Information. For more information
about protecting your privacy, you may
wish to visit:
http://netcoalition.com, and http://privacyalliance.org.
If you have questions about this policy,
please contact us at
[email protected].
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE
THIS POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME, SO YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIS POLICY
FREQUENTLY. |