Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 5, 2005

SmarterDeals.com is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to SmarterDeals.com; it does not apply to other online or offline SmarterDeals.com sites, products or services. Please read the complete SmarterDeals.com.com privacy statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are joining a limited-access site, or when purchasing and/or registering SmarterDeals.com services. Personal information collected by SmarterDeals.com.com often is limited to your e-mail address and name, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

SmarterDeals.com also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of SmarterDeals.com.

SmarterDeals.com also collects information about which pages our customers visit within SmarterDeals.com.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs;
• To deliver services, such as newsletters;
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you;
• To allow you access to our "Tell a Friend" feature.

SmarterDeals.com may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on SmarterDeals.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SmarterDeals.com.com and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of SmarterDeals.com.com employees, users of SmarterDeals.com services, or members of the public.

Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which SmarterDeals.com or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, SmarterDeals.com will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Security of your Personal Information

SmarterDeals.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Special Relationships

SmarterDeals.com enters into special relationships to offer a broader array of services to our users. In these instances, information may be collected but it is being collected by the partner and not by SmarterDeals.com. SmarterDeals.com may receive information from these partners, only when it is clearly stated. Unless you give explicit permission, SmarterDeals.com has a strict policy against sharing or selling your personal information and only aggregated (and not individual) data is used by SmarterDeals.com.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits the site, a cookie is sometimes placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

SmarterDeals.com will occasionally update this privacy policy. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.

Contact Information

SmarterDeals.com welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us using the address below.

SmarterDeals.com
5655 Silver Creek Valley Road
Suite 436
San Jose, CA 95138
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