Privacy Policy

Internet privacy is an issue that BuyCasts (“we” or “us”) takes very seriously. We provide this Privacy Policy so that our Members, Merchants, and users of BuyCasts (“you”) will know what personally identifiable information is being collected about you, how that information is being used, and with whom it is being shared. This Privacy Policy addresses these issues as well as additional issues that we believe may be of interest to you.

This Privacy Policy describes the online privacy practices for the Internet Domain BuyCasts.com (the “Sites”) and software products such as the BuyCasts Plug In, BuyCasts Toolbar, or any other software product provided by BuyCasts (“Software”) we provide on or through the Sites. By using one of the Sites or the Software or by providing any personally identifiable information using one of the Sites or Software, you are agreeing to the collection and use of such information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to periodically review our Privacy Policy to be sure you are familiar with the most current version. The Policy will include the most recent date in which any revision has been made at the top of the page.

Information gathered online can generally be categorized as either anonymous or personally identifiable. Anonymous information is information that cannot be traced back to a specific individual. Personally identifiable information is information you voluntarily provide to us that is uniquely associated with you, such as your name, physical mailing address, email address and telephone number.

Except as described below, we do not associate the anonymous information we gather from you, including your IP address, with the personally identifiable information we gather from you. For this reason, we do not consider your IP address to be personally identifiable information (unless and until such an association is made, such as in response to a court order).

What Anonymous Information do we gather and how do we use it?
We may collect anonymous information, which is any information that is not personally identifiable. For example, each time you come to one of the Sites, we collect the limited information that your browser makes available whenever you visit any website. This information includes: (a) your Internet Protocol (IP) address; (b) your domain name; (c) the address of the last URL you visited prior to clicking through to the Site; (d) your browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Macintosh platform); (e) your browser language; and (f) the data in any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us. Additionally, if you enter a search query in your internet browser, we will receive the query text and process it, together with the other data, to return a results page to you and to present offers from BuyCasts Merchants or other entities based upon the information you have provided us.

If you have installed our Software, your use of such Software may send the following additional information to us: your IP address, your browser type, your default language setting, an identification of any button or menu item you selected or activated, and the text of any Web search query you enter.

We collect the above types of anonymous information to improve the overall quality of the online experience, including product monitoring, product improvement, targeted advertising, and monetizing commercially oriented search keywords. If you provide us with answers to voluntary survey questions, we may present this information to our advertisers and partners in the form of grouped statistics compiled from our users' answers to such questions.

• with the exception of your domain name and the URL you visited prior to coming to our site, do not collect or report back to us any information about other sites you visit on the Internet;
• do not serve pop-ups or other ads when you are on other websites;
• do not collect or report back to us any data regarding your computer keystrokes (or other data) unrelated to the services the Sites and Software provide

What Personally Identifiable Information do we gather and how do we use it?

Except as described below, the Sites and Software do not collect any personally identifiable information about you. In addition, we do not share your personally identifiable information with third parties for the purpose of enabling them to send you information about their products (nor for any other purpose, except as described in this policy) UNLESS YOU EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE US TO DO SO.

Registration and utilization of our Services requires that you provide certain personally identifiable information such as contact information and purchase intent information. We ask you for some personal information in order to create an account (email address and a password for your account), and - with your permission only - to identify you to certain vendors who may match the profile you provide to us.

We use your personally identifiable information to provide you personalized service, to ensure the smooth operation of the Sites, to improve the Sites and Software, and in connection with the enforcement of our Terms of Service for each Site and this Privacy Policy. We also may use your personally identifiable information to contact you to respond to a request from you, if we believed we are compelled or otherwise obligated to do so as part of a legal proceeding, or if there has been a violation of our Terms of Service.

Some of the services that we provide in connection with our Web site are fee-based; such service fees may be paid by you with your credit card. We note that your credit card information may be disclosed by us to third parties in order to process or otherwise complete a transaction in which payment is by credit card. We note that such third parties may have privacy policies that differ significantly from this Policy.

How are cookies used on the Sites?

The Sites use cookies and other technologies such as pixel tags to track traffic flow and patterns of travel within and through the Sites. Cookies are a standard Internet technology that allow us to both store and retrieve login information on a user's system. Our Web server automatically asks a new user's browser whether it will accept our cookie file. If the user's browser accepts our cookie, our Web server will record the cookie's unique ID for our use in internal reporting. Every time the user returns to the Site, we will be able to read that cookie's ID number and can customize the services we deliver based on the user's past preferences. If a user accepts our cookie, but would later like to remove it from his or her computer, he or she can delete it using the browser. (Consult your browser's "help" menu to learn how to delete cookies.) We do not use cookies to track your use of the Internet in any other way or to store any personally identifiable information, and we do not disclose cookie information to third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

We may use third party advertisement serving companies to serve ads when you visit the Sites. These companies may use information about your visit to the Sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements to the Sites, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your computer or use other technologies such as pixel tags in connection to the Sites. Our Privacy Policy does not cover any use of information that a third-party ad serving company may collect from you. If you would like more information about this practice, or would like to know your choices about not having this information used by advertising companies, please click here http://www.networkadvertising.org/.

In what other situations may we disclose your information?

Law Enforcement/Legal Requirements. We may disclose your personally identifiable information as well as your IP address and other information to comply with court orders or subpoenas or when required to do so by law. We also may disclose such information in cooperation with a law enforcement or government request or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service, as necessary to render or conduct a legitimate business activity related to a service we provide, or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

Corporate Restructuring. We also may transfer your information to a third party if we or any of our affiliates are involved in a corporate restructuring (e.g., a sale, merger or other transfer of assets).

What happens when you leave the Sites to go to other Internet sites?

We do not control the information collection and distribution policies on Internet domains other than the Sites. When you are on the Sites, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you "click" on a search result, the "click" may take you off of the Sites to sites not under our control. These other sites may independently collect data, solicit personal information, or send their own cookies to you. We are not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data, that you may create when using such third party sites.

What is our policy regarding personally identifiable information from children under 13?

In accordance with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"), we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. Registration on the Sites and Services is not available to anyone under the age of 18.

Do we take security precautions to protect your information?

We have reasonable security measures in place intended to assist in preventing unauthorized access to and in safeguarding personally identifiable information we collect online. We seek to limit access to your personally identifiable information to employees who we believe reasonably need access to that information to provide products or services to you or in order to perform their jobs. Each of these people have been informed of the need to maintain the security and confidentiality of such information. Unfortunately, no security system can be 100% secured; accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of any information provided to us in connection with the information that we collect online.

Can you review and/or edit the personally identifiable information that we have collected about you online that we maintain?

To review and/or edit the personally identifiable information that we have collected about you online that we maintain, please log in to your account and edit accordingly. However, please understand that although this information, once deleted, is not available on the Sites, that information may remain stored indefinitely in our backup and archival records.

Are there special considerations if you are visiting the Sites from outside of the United States?

If you are visiting the Sites from outside of the United States, please be advised that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws the United States and other countries, might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be assured that we seek to take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.