Fair Information Practices
Fair
information
Practices
This privacy
policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their
'Personally identifiable information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as used
in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on
its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single
person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy
carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or
otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our
website.
What personal information do we collect from the people
that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you
may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number
or other details to help you with your experience. Inside the app you may enter your email address for data recovery purposes.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you fill out a
form or enter information on our site or inside the app.
How do we use your
information?
We may use the
information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for
our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the
website, enter data inside the app or use certain other site features in the following
ways:
• To personalize user's experience and to allow us to
deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most
interested.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your
customer service requests.
• To
quickly process your transactions.
How do we protect visitor
information?
We do not use
vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
We do not use Malware Scanning.
We only use an SSL certificate via the website if you use https. We do not use a SSL certificate inside the app.
• We do
not need an SSL inside the app because:
We send data encrypted in
proprietary format.
Do we use 'cookies'?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes, we use cookies only for authentication on our forums and to
•
understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a
cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this
through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little
different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to
modify your cookies.
If users
disable cookies in their browser:
If
you disable cookies, some features will be disabled, It will turn off some of
the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our
services will not function properly. For example, you will not be able to sign into the forum.
However,
you can still read messages .
Third Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside
parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with
advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties
who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing
you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We
may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to
comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others'
rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable
visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising,
or other uses.
Third party links
We do not include or offer third party products or services on
our website.
Google
Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's
Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience
for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We may use Google AdSense Advertising on our
website.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses
cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to
serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the
Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google
ad and content network privacy policy.
We have implemented the
following:
• Remarketing with Google AdSense
We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use
first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party
cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers
together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and
other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google
advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt
out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently
using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy
Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first
state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to
post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to
require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world)
that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from
California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating
exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is
being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See more at:
http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA we agree to the
following:
Users can visit our site or use our apps
anonymously
Once this privacy policy is created, we
will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant
page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy
link includes the word 'Privacy', and can be easily be found on the page
specified above.
Users will be notified of any
privacy policy changes:
• On our
Privacy Policy Page
Users are able to change their
personal information:
• By logging in to their account on our forums or by changing the settings inside the app.
How does our site handle do not track
signals?
We do honor do not track
signals on our forums and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track
(DNT) browser mechanism is in place, permanently. These are only valid for the session.
Does our site allow third party behavioral
tracking?
It's also important to note that
we allow third party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection
Act)
When it comes to the collection
of personal information from children under 13, the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission,
the nation's consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells
out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's
privacy and safety online.
We do not
specifically market to children under 13.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of
privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a
significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe.
Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be
implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect
personal information.
In order to be
in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive
action, should a data breach occur:
We will
notify the users via email if we have the users email address
• Within
7 business days
We will notify the users via in site
notification
• Within 7 business days
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which
requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights
against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This
principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against
data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government
agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data
processors.
CAN
SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law
that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for
commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from
being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for
violations.
We collect your email
address in order to:
Give write access to our forums and to provide means of data recovery inside the app
To be in
accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from
receiving future emails, you can email us at support@tierball.com
and we will promptly
remove you from
ALL correspondence.
If there are any questions
regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information
below.