This privacy statement covers the
site WWW.WEBWEDDING.COM and WWW.WEB-WEDDING.COM. Because this Web site
wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users’ privacy, it has agreed to
disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices available for
review by its users’.
1.
What personally identifiable information WEB WEDDING, LLC collects.
2.
What personally identifiable information third parties collect through
the Web site.
3.
What organization collects the information.
4.
How WEB WEDDING, LLC uses the information.
5.
With whom WEB WEDDING, LLC may share user information.
6.
What choices are available to users regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information.
7.
What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under WEB WEDDING, LLC control.
8.
How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If users have questions or
concerns regarding this statement, they should first contact Webwedding.com at service@webwedding.com
.
WEB WEDDING, LLC is the sole owner of the
information collected on WEBWEDDING.COM and/or WEB-WEDDING.COM.WEB
WEDDING, LLC collects
information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
In order
to use all contents available on this Web site, a user must first complete the
registration form. During
registration a user [is required to] give[s] contact information (such as name
and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services
on our site for which he has expressed interest.
It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as
income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as, username and
password), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on
our site.
We
request information from the user on our order form. A user must provide contact
information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial
information (such as credit card number, expiration date).
This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s
orders. If we have trouble
processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
We store information that we collect through cookies, log
files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users.
A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that
details their viewing preferences. Consequently,
collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information
to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile
is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Web site, and to direct pertinent
marketing promotions to them. We
[do not] share your profile with other third parties.
[Your profile is shared in aggregate form only.] [Your profile is shared
together with your personally identifiable information.]
A
cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information
about the user. [Usage of a cookie
is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our
site.] We use [both] session ID
cookies [and] persistent cookies. For
the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply
terminates. A persistent cookie is
a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of
time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file
directions.
By
setting a cookie on our site, users would not have to log in a password more
than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If users reject the cookie, they may still use our site.
The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas
of our site. For example, [the user
will not be able to participate in any of our sweepstakes, contests or monthly
drawings that take place.] Persistent cookies enable us to track and target the
interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
See the “Profile” section.
Some
of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers).
However, we have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have
given permission for them to set cookies for advertising.
The popup and
popunder ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by
popuptraffic.com, our Web advertising partner. Information about users’ visit
to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not user name,
address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this
site. For more information about popuptraffic.com, cookies, and how to
"opt-out", please click here
This
privacy statement covers the use of cookies by WEB
WEDDING, LLC only and does not cover the use of cookies by any
advertisers.
Like
most standard Web site servers we use log files.
This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet
service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp,
and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses, etc.
are not linked to personally identifiable information. [IP addresses are tied to personally identifiable information
to enable our Web-based service.] [We
use a tracking utility called [Wusage] that uses log files to analyze user
movement.]
We
employ [or our third party advertising company employs] a software technology
called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that help us better manage
content on our site by informing us what content is effective.
Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in
function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users.
The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page
and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence
[Clear gifs are not tied to users’ personally identifiable information.]
Clear
Gifs can "work with" existing cookies on a computer if they are both
from the same Web site or advertising company.
That means, for example, that if a person visited “www.companyX.com”,
which uses an advertising company's clear gif, the Web site [or advertising
company] would match the clear gif's identifier and the advertising company's
cookie ID number, to show the past online behavior for that computer. This
collected information would then be given to the advertising company [or Web
site]. To learn more about our
advertising company’s use of clear gifs, please go to popuptraffic.com
Communications
from the Site
We
send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username.
Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services,
special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we
present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the
Choice and Opt-out sections in your user admin panel found when logging into http://www.webwedding.com/login
.
If
a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and email address. Out
of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these
communications. Please see the
Choice and Opt-out sections.
On
rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related
announcement. For instance, if our
service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email.
Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can
deactivate their account. However,
these communications are not promotional in nature.
[Users may opt-out of these communications. Please see the Choice and
Opt-out sections in your user admin panel found when logging into http://www.webwedding.com/login
.]
We
communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in
regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in
accordance with the users wishes.
Sharing
Though
we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal
information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order
or legal process served on our Web site.
We
share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This
is not linked to any personally identifiable information such as email address
and so on.
WEB
WEDDING, LLC may share Web site usage information about users with a reputable
third party for the purpose of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on
this site and other sites. For
example, if a company uses cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow them
to recognize a user's cookie when a user visits this site. The information they
collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable.
We DO NOT Share Personal Information with Third
Parties
We
use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing
company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
In
the event WEB WEDDING, LLC goes through a business transition, such as a merger,
being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users’
personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.
Users will be notified via [email] [prominent notice on our Web site for
30 days] prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal
information. If as a result of the business transition, the users’ personally
identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at
the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our
notification of changes section.
Our
users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information
used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for
information. For example, our order
form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but
don’t want any marketing material, can keep their email address off of our
lists.
Users
who no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications may
opt-out of receiving these communications by using the unsubscribe link in
transmissions or by logging into their account at http://www.webwedding.com/login
Users
of our site are always notified when non private/personal information
is being collected by any outside parties.
We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether or not
they should proceed with services that require an outside party.
This
Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, WEB WEDDING,
LLC , are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
[From
time-to-time] our site requests information from users via surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
The requested information typically includes contact information (such as
name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).
Contact information will be used [shared with the contest [survey]
sponsors] to notify the winners and award prizes.
[Anonymous] Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or
improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Users’ personally identifiable information is not shared with third
parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an
intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users’
personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our
users’ information. When users
submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected
both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security
number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While
on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web
browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just ‘surfing’.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive
information online, we also do everything in our power to protect
user-information off-line. All of
our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to
personally identifiable information. ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our
security and privacy practices. Every
quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified
and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do
to ensure our users’ information is protected.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can
send an email to service@webwedding.com
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its
obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we
receive with information from 3rd party sources.
In order for this Web site to enhance its ability to
tailor the site to a user’s preference, we combine information about the
purchasing habits of users with similar information from our partners, [COMPANY
Y & COMPANY Z], to create a personalized user profile.
When a user makes a purchase from either of these two companies, the
companies [we] collect [and share] personal [and demographic] information back
with us.
We purchase third party marketing data and add it to our
existing user database to better target our advertising and provide pertinent
offers we think our users would be interested in. We use this information to enhance or overlay the
‘profile’ of individual users. This aggregate marketing data is therefore
tied to the users’ personally identifiable information.
See also the “Profile.”
If
a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone,
email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide
a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable
information. This can usually be done while logging into an account at http://www.webwedding.com/login
.
If we
decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy
statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We
will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information was collected.
If,
however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a
manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users
via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. However,
if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or
deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will
their personal information be used in this new manner.
In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices
that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post
a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases
where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive
communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
If
users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please
contact us at: