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HastyHost is committed to safeguarding your privacy
online. Please read the following policy to understand
how your personal information will be treated as you
make full use of the HastyHost Online site. This policy
may change from time to time so please check back
periodically.
This policy will let you
know:
What personally
identifiable information is collected from you
The
HastyHost Online Site collects information in several
ways from different parts of our web site.
Some
personal information is gathered when you register.
During registration, we ask for your name and email
address. The system will also ask for your street
address, city, state/province, zip/postal code, country,
telephone number, and the URL of your web site, although
only fields that are marked with an asterisk (*) on the
registration field are required. This information is
used solely to assist you in navigating the system by
automatically filling in certain forms (such as the
listing posting form) with your information so that you
don't have to continually re-enter it. Once you register
you are no longer anonymous to - you have a username and
are able to take full advantage of the many offerings of
the HastyHost Online Site.
In
addition to registration we may ask you for personal
information at other times, including (but not limited
to) when you place listings or take advantage of the
other features of the HastyHost Online Site. If you
contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Every page within the HastyHost Online Site includes a
link to this Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
and how they are used
As part of offering and
providing customizable and personalized services, the
HastyHost Online Site may use
cookies to store and sometimes track information
about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is
sent to your browser from a web server and stored on
your computer's hard drive. Several features of the
HastyHost Online Site require that you accept cookies in
order to work properly. (See
"What choices are available to you regarding collection,
use, and distribution of your information" for more
information on cookies.)
Generally, we use
cookies for the following purposes:
(1) To identify and
label all "new" listings since your last visit to
the site.
(2) Optionally to
permanently save your password on your computer so
you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit
our site.
(3) To enable you to
"checklist" listings that you want to mark for
future retrieval and viewing.
Advertising networks that
serve listings onto the HastyHost Online Site may also
use their own cookies.
The HastyHost Online Site
may also collect IP addresses for system administration
and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.
How your
information is used
The primary goal of the
HastyHost Online Site in collecting personal information
is to provide you, the user, with a customized
experience and to assist your navigation throughout the
site.
Who is collecting
your information
When you are asked for
personal information on the HastyHost Online Site, you
are sharing that information with the HastyHost Online
Site alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
However, some activities will, by their very nature,
result in your personal information being revealed to
other users of the HastyHost Online Site. For example,
when you enter personal information on the listing
posting form, this information will generally be
included in your listing, unless specifically stated
otherwise.
With whom your
information may be shared
As a general rule, will not
disclose any of your personally identifiable information
except when we have your permission or under special
circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it or under the circumstances
described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use
Agreements for each of our products and services for
more detailed information about how your personal
information may be shared.
We may
disclose account information in special cases when we
have reason to believe that disclosing this information
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone who may be violating the Terms of
Service of the or may be causing injury to or
interference with (either intentionally or
unintentionally) the rights or property of the , other
users of the , or anyone else that could be harmed by
such activities. may disclose or access account
information when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it and for administrative and other purposes
that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve
our products and services.
What choices are
available to you regarding collection, use, and
distribution of your information
If you choose not to
register or provide personal information, you can still
use most of the HastyHost Online Site, but you will not
be able to access areas or use features that require
registration.
You also
have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your
browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all
cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to
reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies
you will be unable to use those services of the
HastyHost Online Site that require registration in order
to participate. These services include the
identification of new listings that have been posted
since your last visit, auto-fillin of the logon form,
and the Checklist feature. You can still use most of the
features of the HastyHost Online Site even if you do not
accept cookies.
The does
not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will
notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if
your data will be shared with a third party and you will
always have the option of not permitting the transfer.
If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you
can choose not to use a particular service.
How you can
access, update or delete your information
We will provide you with
the means to ensure that your personal information is
correct and current. You may edit or delete your user
profile at any time by clicking on the "My Profile" link
or graphic provided by the system once you are logged
in. Once you have logged onto the system during a given
session, wherever you go on the HastyHost Online Site,
your information will stay with you until or unless you
click on the "Logoff" link, which is accessible from
within the "My Profile" screen.
If you
are a previously registered user and you have lost or
forgotten your password, you may obtain it by email by
using our "Forgot Password" feature. Click the button on
any login page to request that your password be emailed
to you. We cannot provide your password by any other
means.
Your
HastyHost Online Site account can be deleted, but doing
so will result in not being able to access any of the
features of the program that require user registration.
The kind of
security precautions that are in place to protect the
loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
Other than the
administrator of the HastyHost Online Site or other
authorized personnel of the , you are the only person
who has access to your personal information. Your user
registration is password-protected to prevent
unauthorized access.
We
recommend that you do not divulge your password to
anyone. will never ask you for your password in an
unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. As an
extra security precaution, you may want to logoff once
you have completed a session in the HastyHost Online
Site. This is to ensure that others cannot access your
personal information and correspondence if you share a
computer with someone else or are using a computer in a
public place like a library or Internet cafe.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while
we strive to protect your personal information, cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us or from our online services, and you do
so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission,
we make our best effort to ensure its security on our
systems.
How protects
children's privacy
HastyHost is a general
audience web site. Children should always ask a parent
for permission before sending personal information to
anyone online. does not share personal information about
users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do
not sell or rent personal information about any of our
users, regardless of age. In addition, will not send any
direct email offers to users who indicate they are under
the age of 13.
What else you
should know about your online privacy
Please keep in mind that
whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example in listings that you post or
through email - that information can be collected and
used by others. In short, if you post personal
information online that is accessible to the public, you
may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in
return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account
information. Please be careful and responsible whenever
you're online. |