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Privacy Policy
Therestorationresource.com deems your privacy to be of utmost importance. therestorationresource.com actively protects our customers’ privacy. Any information we may receive is kept private and fairly protected.
The Capacity of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy addresses the privacy of visitors to the therestorationresource.com site or any of its other Web sites. The policy explains what kind of data and information therestorationresource.com collects from people who visit the site, how we use and disclose it, and the measures we take to actively protect privacy.
What Information We Collect and How We Use It
Type of Information We Collect
Therestorationresource.com collects some personal information when you register with therestorationresource.com, , when you use therestorationresource.com products and services, and when you visit therestorationresource.com pages (or the pages of certain therestorationresource.com partners, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes.)
There are some additional pieces of information we may track about your visit to therestorationresource.com in order to improve the functioning and performance of our site. It is possible that the domain name and the name of the Web page from which you entered our site, how much time you spend on each of our pages, and the IP address associated with your computer will be tracked and logged.
When you register, we ask for your name, birth date, gender, ZIP code, e-mail address, occupation, industry, and your interests. For the purchase of therestorationresource.com Advertising Products we may also ask you to enter your address, Social Security number, and credit card information. Once you register with therestorationresource.com and sign in to our services, you are no longer unidentified to us and we always protect any private information you may have submitted to us in the past (see Security below).
Therestorationresource.com collects information about how you use our products and services. The transactions you make with our site as well as some of our business partners are tracked.
The log files on therestorationresource.com’s servers automatically receive and record information that is sent from your browser. Logged information includes your IP address, therestorationresource.com cookie information, and the page you request.
Therestorationresource.com uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, carry out the requests we receive for products and services, develop our services, communicate with you, conduct research, and provide statistical reporting for internal and external clients.
What are cookies and how are they used on our site
A cookie is a small file that therestorationresource.com stores on your computer and accesses the next time you visit the site. We use cookies so that when you return to our site you can use its more advanced features. You can refuse cookies from our site by setting your web browser to require permission from you when a cookie is sent. There is no personal information inside a cookie file.
Other technologies that may be used
To keep track of activity we may use "one-pixel gifs," "clear gifs," or "Web beacons" embedded in Web pages. These are small pieces of computer code, however, they do not contain any personal information.
Children
Children under the age of 13 are not the target audience for therestorationresource.com web site. Therestorationresource.com web sites are not meant to be used by children under the age of 13. The restorationresource.com does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
External websites that advertise on therestorationresource.com web sites have their own privacy policies and are not associated with this privacy policy nor do we take any responsibility for the content or privacy practices of web sites other than our own. You must check the policies of third-party advertisers and external links to understand how they may use cookies and gather information from your browser. Cookies or other technologies a third party implements are subject to third party privacy policies.
Information We Disclose To Third Parties
Statistics such as how many people used our web site and how much time they spent on the pages in our web site are useful to us as well as to third parties who wish to advertise on our site. This kind of data contains no personal information. Therestorationresource.com does not rent, sell, disclose or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies. Personal information is used strictly when needed to provide products or services.
Specific circumstances under which we rent, sell or disclose personal information include:
When permission is granted by you to share, rent, sell or disclose your personal information.
When responding 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 to 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 therestorationresource.com's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law;
We transfer information about you if therestorationresource.com is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, therestorationresource.com will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
therestorationresource.com does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view an ad.
Security
The security of the information you provide to us is not and cannot be guaranteed to be totally secure. Actually, there is no data that is transmitted over the Internet or any other network that is 100% guaranteed secure. There is always a slight chance of an individual breaching our firewall or secure server software. Information that you transmit is done so at your own risk. Once the information reaches us we take every practical consideration in securing it on our systems. This is by no means a guarantee that your information will not be accessed, changed, disclosed or even destroyed by outside intruders who may illegally break into our systems.
How we protect information:
Therestorationresource.com is always working on improving security with the latest technology and practices; however this is the most we can do to try and reduce the risks involved.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Therestorationresource.com works to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts sensitive information you input before it is sent (such as registration information). The information is then securely saved while still encrypted on our servers. You can usually recognize that SSL is being used by the padlock icon that appears on the bottom of your browser. In addition, it is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you have finished using a shared computer.
Secure Information Storage
Therestorationresource.com upholds reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Vendors and Partners
Therestorationresource.com uses the services of vendors and partners to protect the security and privacy of user information.
Therestorationresource.com Employee and Contractor Access to Information
Only employees who need to come into contact with personal information about you will be given access in order to be able to do their jobs as well as provide products or services to you.
Education and Training for Employees
Every therestorationresource.com employee is required to undergo a security education and training program.
Electronic communication is the default method of notification to you in the event of a security breach. We may attempt to inform you electronically so you can take appropriate steps. By using this Web site or providing personal information to us you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of this site. We, therestorationresource.com, may post a notice on our Web site if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a Web browser enabling you to view the therestorationresource.com Web site. In such circumstances therestorationresource.com may also send an e-mail to you at the e-mail address you have provided to us. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving an electronic notice) you should notify us at privacy@therestorationresource.com.
If you believe your therestorationresource.com account has been compromised, please report the incident using our contact form. In the event that you believe that your personal safety is at risk or if you believe that you may be the victim of identity theft or other illegal conduct, please contact the appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement agencies directly.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy supersedes and replaces all previously posted Privacy Policies.
We regularly assess and evaluate our Privacy Policy making sure to keep our customer’s best interest as a priority. We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Policy 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. Any change that goes beyond any previously stated limits regarding the use or disclosure of personal information will be communicated to Web visitors before implementation.
Contacting Us: Questions, Comments, & Concerns:
therestorationresource.com will gladly address any concerns about its online privacy practices and policies; please e-mail us at privacy@therestorationresource.com.
To be removed from future therestorationresource.com marketing e-mail campaigns, please e-mail remove@therestorationresource.com.
Effective: October 15, 2008
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