At cliffology.com we are committed to protecting your privacy.
Generally, you may visit www.cliffology.com (our "Site") without giving us
any information about yourself. However, there are times when we may need to
obtain personal information from you in order to provide certain services that
you may request. This Privacy Policy was developed to help you understand what
information we collect as well as how we use and safeguard the information you
provide to us on our Site. This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to
time, so please revisit this page to remain fully informed of our privacy
policy.
Information We Collect:
Information We Collect:
- You can access our home page at www.cliffology.com and browse some
areas of our Site without disclosing any personally identifiable
information. We may track information provided to us by your browser,
including the web site you came from (known as the referring URL), the
type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other
information that does not personally identify you.
- In addition, we gather information about you that is
automatically collected by our web server, such as your IP address, domain
name and pages that you access. Cliffology.com may use web server and
browser information to individually customize its offerings and
presentations if you submit your personal information.
- We may also collect personal information, including
your name, cell phone number, e-mail address, and certain demographic
data, only when you choose to voluntarily provide to us such information,
such as by registering, making inquiries regarding our services,
requesting alerts, reporting any problems with our Site,
providing us with feedback on our Site, or otherwise.
- We do not collect information through
"cookies", but our advertisers may collect cookies when you
click through the advertisement to their website. Cookies are small
strings of text sent by the site to your browser which are then stored by
your browser on your computer's hard drive. Amongst other things,
Advertisers use cookies to understand how you and others are using their
site, to identify repeat visitors, and to determine the paths visitors
take on their site. They also use cookies to determine whether you visited
their site from a particular Internet link or advertisement.
- Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but it
is possible to change your browser setup to allow you to control whether
you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a
cookie is sent to you. If your browser is set to reject cookies, the
advertiser may not recognize you when you return to their site. The Help
section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your browser from
accepting cookies".
- When you register we may ask for information such as
your name, email address, cellular phone number, and additional
information. Once you register with cliffology.com and sign in to our
services, you may no longer be anonymous to us or our advertisers.
- Our Site is a general audience web site and does not
knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
By using our site, you represent that you are not under 13 years of age.
Links to Third Party Web Sites:
- Our Site may offer links to other web sites, including
links embedded in advertisements and links to various news sources. Such
links to other websites may have information policies and practices
different from ours. In addition, certain companies associated with cliffology.com
may have their own privacy policies. We do not own or control such
companies and web sites, and are not responsible for the privacy policies
or practices or the content of web sites that we do not own or control.
How We Protect Your Information:
- We use industry-accepted technology to protect your
data from disclosure to unauthorized third parties. Our server is also
protected by a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to any information
we may store. Although these measures are typically effective, use of the
Internet and related computer systems is inherently vulnerable to
unauthorized access or "hacking." No guarantee can be given that
all information you provide to us will not be accessed by unauthorized
persons.
How We Use Your Information:
- We collect, retain, and use internally Site visitor
information only for legitimate business purposes, including the
following: to correspond with you regarding our site or services, to
inform you of developments in our company or with our services that we
believe may be of interest to you, to send you alerts, to monitor
Site visitor traffic patterns and Site usage, to comply with applicable
laws, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, and to protect the
rights, property, or safety of cliffology.com, our users, and others.
- We may also use the information we collect to
occasionally e-mail you regarding important functionality changes to the
Site or to e-mail you announcements and promotions related to our
business, products, and/or services. If you would rather not receive such
correspondence, please e-mail us to that effect by filling out our contact form in the "Contact Us" tab of our website. If you have provided us more than one e-mail address,
please remember to e-mail us from each of the e-mail accounts you have
given us.
- Except as provided below, we limit access to personal
information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come
into contact with that information to provide products or services to you
or in order to do their jobs.
- We strive to maintain the accuracy of our customer
information. We respond promptly to update our database when you tell us
your information is not accurate.
When We May Disclose Your Information:
- We may share in aggregate, statistical form
non-personal information regarding the visitors to our Site, traffic
patterns, and Site usage with our partners, affiliates, investors, or
other third parties.
- We will disclose information we maintain when required
to do so by law or may disclose such information in response to a request
from a law enforcement agency or authority. We respond to subpoenas, court
orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or
defend against legal claims.
- We believe it is necessary and may share information in
order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
physical safety of any person, violations of cliffology.com's Terms of
Use, or as otherwise required by law.
- We may transfer information about you if cliffology.com
is acquired by or merged with another company.
- To maintain a site that is free of charge, Cliffology.com
contains advertising. Cliffology.com does not provide any personal
information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted
ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad, you may disclose
personal information to their website and are consenting to the
possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the
targeting criteria used to display the ad.
Consent:
- By using this Site, you consent to our collection and
use of personal information you choose to provide to us. We reserve the
right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this statement, and any
such modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon
posting.
Privacy Questions:
- If you have any questions regarding this Privacy
Policy, please direct them to us via our "Contact Us" tab.
