Privacy Policy
We value the trust you place in us. That's why we insist upon
the highest standards for secure transactions and customer information privacy.
Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering
and dissemination practices.
Please note
that Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To
make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.
By visiting
this Website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Website.
By mere use of
the Website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is
incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.
Collection
of Information
When you use
our Website, we collect and store your personal information which is provided
by you from time to time. Our primary goal in doing so is to provide you a
safe, efficient, smooth and customized experience. This allows us to provide
services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customize our
Website to make your experience safer and easier. More importantly, while doing
so we collect personal information from you that we consider necessary for
achieving this purpose.
In general, you
can browse the Website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal
information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, you are
not anonymous to us. Where possible, we indicate which fields are required and
which fields are optional. You always have the option to not provide
information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature on the
Website. We may automatically track certain information about you based upon
your behaviour on our Website. We use this information to do internal research
on our users' demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand,
protect and serve our users. This information is compiled and analysed on an
aggregated basis. This information may include the URL that you just came from
(whether this URL is on our Website or not), which URL you next go to (whether
this URL is on our Website or not), your computer browser information, and your
IP address.
We use data
collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Website
to help analyse our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and
promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on your
hard drive that assist us in providing our services. We offer certain features
that are only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use
cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session.
Cookies can also help us provide information that is targeted to your interests.
Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are
automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are
always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that
case you may not be able to use certain features on the Website and you may be
required to re-enter your password more frequently during a session.
Additionally,
you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages
of the Website that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of
cookies by third parties.
If you choose
to buy on the Website, we collect information about your buying behaviour.
If you choose
to post messages on our message boards, chat rooms or other message areas or
leave feedback, we will collect that information you provide to us. We retain
this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide customer support and
troubleshoot problems as permitted by law.
If you send us
personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third
parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the
Website, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.
We collect
personally identifiable information (email address, name, phone number, etc.)
from you when you set up a free account with us. While you can browse some
sections of our Website without being a registered member, certain activities
(such as placing an order) do require registration. We do use your contact
information to send you offers based on your previous orders and your
interests.
Use of
Information
We use personal
information to provide the services you request. To the extent we use your
personal information to market to you, we will provide you the ability to
opt-out of such uses. We use your personal information to resolve disputes;
troubleshoot problems; help promote a safe service; collect money; measure
consumer interest in our products and services, inform you about online and
offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience;
detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce
our terms and conditions; and as otherwise described to you at the time of
collection.
In our efforts
to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyse
demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our Website.
We identify and
use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to
administer our Website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and
to gather broad demographic information.
We will
occasionally ask you to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask
you for contact information and demographic information (like zip code, age, or
income level). We use this data to tailor your experience at our Website,
providing you with content that we think you might be interested in and to
display content according to your preferences.
Cookies
A
"cookie" is a small piece of information stored by a web server on a
web browser so it can be later read back from that browser. Cookies are useful
for enabling the browser to remember information specific to a given user. We
place both permanent and temporary cookies in your computer's hard drive. The
cookies do not contain any of your personally identifiable information.
Sharing of
Information
We may share
personal information with our other corporate entities and affiliates. These
entities and affiliates may market to you as a result of such sharing unless
you explicitly opt-out.
We may disclose
personal information to third parties. This disclosure may be required for us
to provide you access to our Services, to comply with our legal obligations, to
enforce our User Agreement, to facilitate our marketing and advertising
activities, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or
illegal activities related to our Services. We do not disclose your personal
information to third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes
without your explicit consent.
We may disclose
personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief
that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court
orders, or other legal process. We may disclose personal information to law
enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith
belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms or
Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other
content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property
or personal safety of our users or the general public.
We and our
affiliates may share / sell some or all of your personal information with
another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with, or be
acquired by that business entity, or re-organization, amalgamation,
restructuring of business. Should such a transaction occur, that other business
entity (or the new combined entity) will be required to follow this privacy
policy with respect to your personal information.
Links to
Other Websites
Our Website may
contain links to other websites that may collect personally identifiable
information about you. LYCOT.com is not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of those linked websites.
Advertisements
We may use
third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website.
These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email
address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Consent
By using the
Website and/ or by providing your information, you consent to the collection
and use of the information you disclose on the Website in accordance with this
Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your
information as per this privacy policy.
If we decide to
change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you
are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances we disclose it.