SuggestionBox.com Privacy Policy
SuggestionBox.com, Inc. ("SuggestionBox.com", "us", or "we") takes the privacy and protection of your personal information seriously. This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to Personal Information we collect from you, and is incorporated into the Terms of Service, located at http://www.SuggestionBox.com/terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized words shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Terms of Service.
"Personal Information" is information about you that is personally identifiable to you like your name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, SuggestionBox.com IDs and passwords, as well as other non-public information to the extent it is associated with the foregoing, including but not limited to the suggestions, ideas, thoughts and innovations submitted by you through the Service.
"Anonymous Information" is information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information. Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons.
User Consent
By using the Services or submitting Personal Information through the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information according to this Privacy Policy.
Your Personal Information may be processed by us in the country where it was collected as well as other countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
Collection of Information
We collect the following Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily:
- · When you sign up to submit a suggestion, idea, thought, or innovation, we will collect your name, and email address.
- · When you contact us by sending us an e-mail or other communication, we will collect any information that is contained in your communication.
- · Our registration process permits requires you to provide SuggestionBox.com with your name, a valid e-mail address, as well as a username and password of your choice.
Personal Information Collected Via Technology
As you use the Services, certain information may also be collected passively, including your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, and operation system. When you use SuggestionBox.com, our Web server sends a small text file called a "Cookie" to your computer which collects small bits of information about your use of our Services. When you return to SuggestionBox.com, the information in the cookie helps us to recognize your browser and to and provide appropriate information. We may use information from Cookies collected about the use of our Services to help us improve the Services and other products and services we provide. If you set your browser to refuse Cookies, the Services may not work correctly.
Use Of Information We Collect
We set up SuggestionBox.com to allow the many consumers like you to submit Suggestions to companies. We use your Personal Information to respond to requests that you make relating to our Services, and to enhance our Service offerings, and to communicate with you about our Services (though we provide ways for you to opt-out of those communications as described in this Privacy Policy).
We may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the information personally identifiable to you. We may use this Anonymous Information to analyze usage patterns so that we may enhance our Services. We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to third parties in our discretion.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may forward your Personal Information along with your Suggestion to companies that are relevant to your Suggestion.
We may share your information with our subsidiaries, third-party service providers, or contractors who work on behalf of or with us to support your customer relationship with SuggestionBox.com. We may disclose Anonymous Information (which may include, but is not limited to, browser type, URLs visited, and search terms entered but does not include any identifying information) to our customers and other third parties, in our discretion.
We may share some or all of your Personal Information with any parent company, subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other company under common control with us (collectively, "Affiliates") in which case our Affiliates will be required to honor this Privacy Policy. If SuggestionBox.com is acquired by another company, that company will possess your Personal Information and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose information we have collected from and about you (including Personal Information) if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (b) to enforce our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy; or (c) to protect and defend the rights or property of us, the visitors and Users of our Services, or third parties.
Choices Regarding Personal Information
Unsubscribe instructions will accompany each newsletter or promotional communication you receive from us. You may also indicate in your account preferences that you do not wish to receive newsletters or other promotional communications from SuggestionBox.com.
We will send you service-related announcements (such as, but not limited to, notices of any updates to our products, the Services, the Terms of Use, or this Privacy Policy) when it is necessary to do so. You may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature, but if you do not wish to receive these announcements, you have the option to deactivate your account, which involves termination of the Terms of Service, which can be found at http://www.SuggestionBox.com/terms-service. When we delete information about you, it will be deleted from our active databases but may remain in our archives.
Other Sites
Our suggestion widget appears on the websites of third parties. Any information you submit on other parts of such third-party websites is not covered by this Privacy Policy. In addition, our Website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by SuggestionBox.com. We have no control over, do nor review and are not responsible for the privacy policies of or content displayed on such other websites.
Security and Confidentiality
SuggestionBox.com has put in place commercially reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, no company, including SuggestionBox.com, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information.
Changes in this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional amendment, in accordance with the Terms of Service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy please send an email to info@suggestionbox.com.
This Privacy Policy was last updated April 17, 2008.
