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Privacy
Policy
This Privacy Policy governs your use of this web site and
any content made available from or through this web site located at www.GoLaurens.com and/or www.GoClinton.com including any
subdomains thereof (the "Web Site"). The Web Site is made available
by Dunlap Media, LLC. By visiting this Web Site or using the services offered
on or through this Web Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy,
as they may be amended from time to time. As we update and expand our Web
Site and services, this Privacy Policy may change,
so check back to this page from time to time. This Privacy Policy is
incorporated into, and part of, www.GoLaurens.com
and/or www.GoClinton.com Web Site
Terms and Conditions of Use, which governs your use of this Web Site in
general.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that you may provide to
us, or that we may obtain, other than through our Web Site, such as by phone,
through postal mail and through other offline and print media. This Privacy
Policy does not apply to information collected about you by anyone except us
and only applies to the Web Site to which this policy is linked.
This Web Site is intended for users who are located in the United States of America.
This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted under the laws of the United States.
A. Purpose
In order to make your visits to our Web Site and use of the services
available on or through our Web Site as worthwhile as possible, we may ask
you for Personal Information and we may collect certain information from your
computer each time you visit us. "Personal Information" includes,
for example, your name; home address; business address; e-mail address;
telephone, wireless or fax number; short message service or text message
address or other wireless device address; instant messaging address; credit
card and other payment information; demographic information and other
information that may identify you as an individual or allow online or offline
contact with you as an individual. From time to time, other information, such
as your age, gender, education and subscription information may also be
requested. This Privacy Policy explains, in general, what Personal
Information and other information is collected on our Web Site, how the
information is used, and with whom we may share such information. California and
Canadian residents have the right to know how their information may be shared
with third parties who engage in direct marketing activities and this Privacy
Policy explains our practices and how you can opt-out of having your
information shared for such purposes. Please take a few minutes to read our Privacy
Policy so that you understand how we treat your information.
B. What Information is Collected on this Web Site?
1. User-Provided Information
We collect one type of personally identifying information from users:
aggregated data (such as information about traffic patterns on the Web Site,
for example, how many users log onto the Web Site on a daily basis). We
collect personal information from users of our Web Site, for example, through
such users’ activities, transactions and completion of online forms on our
Web Site. Such information is collected, for example, when users register or
subscribe for accounts or features on our Web Site, make online purchases,
enter sweepstakes and contests, complete surveys, contribute to a chat room,
bulletin board, list serve, blog, wiki or other open forum that we may make
available on or through our Web Site, submit a comment or question to us
using a "contact us" or similar feature on our Web Site, send us an
e-mail, or in any other way submit personal information to us via our Web
Site.
You may be able to send information about our products and services to
your friends and family members through our Web Site by clicking on an
"E-mail to Friend" or similar link on our Web Site or in an e-mail
that we have sent you. In some of these cases (unless you simply forward our
e-mail on your own), you may provide the name and e-mail address of your
friend or family member to us. Such information will be treated in accordance
with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
You may also be able to send an online card to a friend or family member,
or send them a gift or gift certificate. If so, you may be required to
provide us with your friend’s or family member’s Personal Information. Such
information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy and
applicable law.
2. Web Site Usage Information
(i) Cookies
We may use "cookies" to keep, and sometimes track, information
about you. Cookies are small data files that are sent to your browser or
related software from a Web server when you visit it and are stored on your
computer's hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies track where you
travel on our Web Site and what you look at and purchase. They may store the
information in your shopping cart, and/or your username and password. A
cookie may enable us to relate your use of our Web Site to other information
about you, including your Personal Information. These purposes serve to
improve and personalize your experience on our Web Site.
You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers, which is standard
in the internet industry. We do not control these cookies, and these cookies
are not subject to our privacy policies.
Most Web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to
you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. Additionally,
if you have a Flash player installed on your computer, your Flash player can
be set to reject or delete Flash cookies. However, refusing a cookie may, in
some cases, preclude you from using, or negatively impact the display or
function of, the Web Site or certain areas or features of the Web Site.
(ii) Clear GIFs
We may use "clear GIFs" (aka "Web beacons" or "pixel
tags") or similar technologies, in the Web Site and in our
communications with you to enable us to know whether you have visited a web
page or received a message. A clear GIF is typically a one-pixel, transparent
image (although it can be a visible image as well), located on a web page or
in an e-mail or other type of message, which is retrieved from a remote site
on the internet enabling the verification of an individual’s viewing or
receipt of a web page or message. A clear GIF may enable us to relate your
viewing or receipt of a web page or message to other information about you,
including your Personal Information.
(iii) IP Address and Clickstream Data
Aggregated information, such as which pages users access or visit and
information volunteered by users, such as survey information and/or Web Site
registrations, is collected through various methods. For example, our server
may automatically collect data about your server’s internet address when you
visit us. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP
Address, is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your internet
service provider whenever you’re on the internet. When you request pages from
our Web Site, our servers may log your IP Address and sometimes your domain
name. Our server may also record the referring page that linked you to us
(e.g., another web site or a search engine); the pages you visit on this Web
Site; the web site you visit after this Web Site; the ads you see; the ads
you click on; other information about the type of web browser, computer,
platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms you
have entered on this Web Site or a referral site; and other web usage
activity and data logged by our web servers. We use this information for
internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server,
and to administer our Web Site. Such information may also be used to gather
broad demographic information, such as country of origin and internet service
provider. We may also link this information with your Personal Information
when we feel that it is necessary to enforce compliance with our rules and
policies or Terms of Use or to protect our Web Site, customers or others.
Any or all of these activities with regard to Web Site usage information
may be performed on our behalf by our services providers.
C. How is the Personal Information Used?
We use aggregated information we collect for multiple purposes. We may analyze user behavior as a measure
of interest in, and use of, our Web Site and e-mails, both on an individual
basis and in the aggregate. We may also use information provided to us on an
anonymous aggregated basis for purposes of analyzing traffic and usage
patterns.
In addition, we may use information you provide us through e-mails, Q
& A, and in response to polls for editorial purposes, and may use your
name and any stories you provide us in articles published online and in our
newspaper. Please be advised that any such submissions may be used by us for
any lawful purpose. If you provide us with personal anecdotes, they may be
attributed to you and we may include your user name and any personal
information that you provide in an open forum on this Web Site, as provided
in section D(i) below, to facilitate such
attribution. We can edit, rewrite, use, and reuse the content, including your
name, likeness, photograph, and biographical information you provide, in any
way and any media whether now known or invented in the future, with or
without attribution, and in trade media, and advertising and promotions. You
agree that any content you send will comply with Terms of Use.
D. Do we Share Personal Information and Web Site Usage Information
with Others?
(i) Public Forums
When you contribute to a public area or feature of our Web Site, such as a
chat discussion, bulletin board, list serve, blog, wiki or other open forum
that we may make available on or through our Web Site, the information that
you submit will be made available to the general public and will not be
considered "Personal Information" for purposes of this Privacy
Policy. For this reason, we recommend that you do not submit any sensitive
information, including your full name, home address, phone number, other
information that would enable other users to locate you, or financial
information on these areas of our Web Site. Instead, make up a username that
does not disclose your personal identity.
(ii) Third Party Offers
We may communicate with you on behalf of other entities not affiliated with
GoLaurens.com that have goods, services and offers that we believe might be
of interest to you. We will not share your individual Personal Information
with these entities.
(iii) Co-sponsored Contests, Sweepstakes and Offerings
Some of our contests, sweepstakes and other offerings may be co-sponsored by
another company. In those situations, the information we obtain from you in
connection with such contest, sweepstake or offering may be shared with our
co-sponsor, unless you instruct us not to by following the instructions in
the Right to Opt-out section below. In those situations, our co-sponsors will
have the right to use your information for their own purposes, in accordance
with their own policies. We are not responsible for how our co-sponsors may
use your information.
(iv) Service Providers
We may use third parties to help operate our Web Site and deliver our products
and services, through this Web Site or for our business (such as Web Site or
database hosting companies, address list hosting companies, e-mail service
providers, analytics companies, distribution companies, fulfillment
companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on
our behalf). We may use third parties to provide services in connection with
Submitted Materials, as that term is defined in the Terms of Use. In
accordance with section D(i) above, information in
forums, information submitted for sweepstakes, and Submitted Materials
(including submitted video and pictures), become publicly available and may
be used by us for any lawful purpose. We may share personal information that
is included with Submitted Materials with third parties, including, without
limitation, vendors or other service providers, affiliates and partners.
When you conduct e-commerce with one of the e-commerce affiliates or
service providers to which the Web Site may be linked, certain personal
information such as your e-mail and home address may be collected by the
service provider’s server and made available to us. We do not, however,
transfer credit card information you may provide to that service provider.
(v) Aggregate Statistics
We may disclose aggregate statistics regarding user behavior as a measure of
interest in, and use of, our Web Site and e-mails to third parties in the
form of aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports that
do not describe or identify any individual user.
(vi) Legally Compelled Disclosures
We may disclose Personal Information to government authorities, and to other
third parties when compelled to do so by government authorities, at our
discretion, or otherwise as required or permitted by law, including but not
limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas. We also may disclose
Personal Information when we have reason to believe that someone has
committed, or will commit, unlawful acts or acts that endanger the health or
safety of another; is causing injury to, or interference with, our rights or
property, other users of the Web Site, or anyone else that could be harmed by
such activities. In some situations, we may share your Personal Information,
on a confidential basis, with third parties who perform a particular service
on our behalf, such as sending e-mails.
(vii) Business Transfer
In the event that Dunlap Media, LLC, any affiliate of Dunlap Media, LLC, or
substantially all of its assets, are acquired by one or more third parties as
a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or
liquidation, Personal Information may be one of the transferred assets. For
purposes of this policy, an "affiliate" of Dunlap Media, LLC is an
entity that is under the control of, or under common control with, Dunlap
Media, LLC.
(viii) Third Party Ad Servers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our
Web Site. If so, a list of these ad serving companies will be available here.
These companies may use information (generally, not including your name,
address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to this Web
Site and to other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods
and services of interest to you. These companies may employ cookies and clear
GIFs to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third
parties collect via cookies and clear GIFs is generally not personally
identifiable (unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable
information to them through an ad or e-mail message). We encourage you to
read these businesses' privacy policies if you should have any concerns about
how they will care for your personal information. If you would like more
information about this practice and to know your choices about not having
this information used by these companies, see the Network Advertising
Initiative’s consumer web site at http://www.networkadvertising.org/consumer/.
F. Security
1. General
No transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely
secure. It may be possible for third parties not under the control of Dunlap
Media, LLC to intercept or access transmissions or private communications
unlawfully, including in the case of your contacting us by e-mail or a
"contact us" or similar feature on our Web Site. Accordingly,
though Dunlap Media, LLC will take reasonable steps to protect the security
and integrity of all Personal Information provided to this Web Site, due to
the inherent nature of the internet as an open global communications vehicle,
we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the
internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be
absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers. Any such
transmission is done at your own risk.
You may be able to create an account on our Web Site with a username and
password. If so, you are responsible for maintaining the strict
confidentiality of your account password, and you shall be responsible for
any access to or use of the Web Site by you or any person or entity using
your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by or on
behalf of you, and whether or not such person or entity is your employee or
agent. You agree to (a) immediately notify Dunlap Media, LLC of any
unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security,
and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. It
is your sole responsibility to control the dissemination and use of your
password, control access to and use of your account, and notify Dunlap Media,
LLC when you desire to cancel your account on this Web Site. We will not be
responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to
comply with this provision.
We will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors
or unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.
In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your Personal
Information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may
seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we
would endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and,
to the extent we have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. You
consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such notification. If you prefer
for us to use another method to notify you in this situation, please e-mail
us at info@golaurens.com with the
alternative contact information you wish to be used.
2. Phishing
With identity theft a continuing problem, it has become increasingly common
for unauthorized individuals to send e-mail messages to consumers, purporting
to represent a legitimate company such as a bank or on-line merchant,
requesting that the consumer provide personal, often sensitive information.
Sometimes, the domain name of the e-mail address from which the e-mail
appears to have been sent, and the domain name of the web site requesting
such information, appears to be the domain name of a legitimate, trusted
company. In reality, such sensitive information may be collected by an
unauthorized individual to be used for purposes of identity theft. This
illegal activity has come to be known as "phishing."
If you receive an e-mail or other correspondence requesting that you
provide any sensitive information (including your Web Site password or credit
card information) via e-mail or to a web site that does not seem to be
affiliated with our Web Site, or that otherwise seems suspicious to you,
please do not provide such information, and report such request to us at info@golaurens.com.
G. Children
The Web Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 or for
children between the ages of 13 and 17, except in accordance with the Terms
of Use. No one under age 13 is authorized to provide any Personal Information
or use our public discussion areas, forums and chat rooms.
H. Wireless Addresses
If the e-mail address you provide to us is a wireless e-mail address, you
agree to receive messages at such address from Dunlap Media, LLC or entities
affiliated with Dunlap Media, LLC.You understand that your wireless carrier's
standard rates apply to these messages, and that you may change your mind at
any time. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the
wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are
authorized to approve the applicable charges.
I. Short Message Service
We may make available a service through which you can receive messages on
your wireless device via short message service ("SMS Service"). If
you subscribe to one of our SMS Services, you thereby agree to receive SMS
Service messages at the address you provide for such purposes. Such messages
may come from Dunlap Media, LLC, the rest of the affiliates of Dunlap Media,
LLC.
You understand that your wireless carrier's standard rates apply to these
messages. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the
wireless device you use to sign up for the SMS Service, and that you are
authorized to approve the applicable charges. To use the SMS Service, you
must be 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States. You must first
register and provide all required Personal Information, which may include,
for example, your name, SMS address, wireless carrier and, if fees are
applicable to the SMS Service you subscribe to, billing information (either
your credit card information or mobile service carrier information if
applicable fees will be billed through your carrier). We may also obtain the
date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of the SMS
Service. We will use the information we obtain in connection with our SMS Service
in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If fees are charged to your wireless
account invoice, we may provide your carrier with your applicable information
in connection therewith. Your wireless carrier and other service providers
may also collect data about your wireless device usage, and their practices
are governed by their own policies.
You acknowledge and agree that the SMS Service is provided via wireless
systems which use radios (and other means) to transmit communications over
complex networks. We do not guarantee that your use of the SMS Service will
be private or secure, and we are not liable to you for any lack of privacy or
security you may experience. You are fully responsible for taking precautions
and providing security measures best suited for your situation and intended
use of the SMS Service. We may also access the content of your account and
wireless account with your carrier for the purpose of identifying and
resolving technical problems and service-related complaints.
By signing up for the SMS Service, you consent to receive, from time to
time, further messages which may include news, promotions and offers from us,
our affiliates and partners.
J. Third Party "Linked-To" Web Sites
When you are on our Web Site you may have the opportunity to visit, or link
to, other web sites not operated by Dunlap Media, LLC, including other web
sites operated by our affiliates, by service vendors, or by unaffiliated
third parties. These web sites may collect personal information about you. Dunlap
Media, LLC does not control web sites that are operated by these entities and
is not responsible for the information practices of these web sites. This
Privacy Policy does not address the information practices of those other web
sites. The privacy policies of web sites operated by other affiliates of Dunlap
Media, LLC are located on those web sites.
K. Miscellaneous
(i) Consent to Processing
We control and operate the Web Site from our offices in the United States of America.
By providing Personal Information to this Web Site, you understand and
consent to such collection, maintenance, processing and transfer of such
information. We do not represent that materials on the Web Site are
appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to
access the Web Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and
are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local
laws are applicable. All parties to this Privacy Policy waive their
respective rights to a trial by jury.
(iii) Changes to this Privacy Policy
Dunlap Media, LLC reserves the right to change or
update this Privacy Policy, or any other of our policies or practices, at any
time, and will notify users of this Web Site by posting such changed or
updated Privacy Policy on this page. Any changes or updates will be effective
immediately upon posting to this Web Site. Under certain circumstances, we
may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to our Privacy Policy by
additional means, such as posting a notice on the front page of our Web Site
or sending you an e-mail.
(iv) Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices, you
may contact us at info@golaurens.com.
Effective Date: June 1, 2011
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