PRIVACY POLICY OF ThisBig.com
Thank you for visiting our site at www.ThisBig.com
("Website"). This privacy policy covers the website
www.ThisBig.com. Use and access of this Website is subject to
the terms and conditions as set out in our Terms of Service as
well as our Privacy Policy set forth below.
1. General
Your privacy is important to us and we provide this notice explaining
our online information practices and the choices you can make
about the collection and use of the personal information you submit
at this Website.
If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States,
please be advised that your personal data will be processed by
ThisBig in the United States where data protection and privacy
regulations may differ from similar regulations in other countries.
By using the Website, you consent to any such transfer of information
outside of your country if you are located outside of the United
States. Additionally, by using the Website, you consent to ThisBig
using your personal information to contact you electronically,
in writing, or otherwise to provide notices relating to your use
of the Website and to give you information about the products
and services offered by ThisBig and its affiliates. If you would
like to opt out of future promotional materials from us, you may
indicate this preference by following the unsubscribe instructions
at the end of such communications from us.
2. Personally-Identifiable
Information
In order to purchase products or services from ThisBig, we require
that you provide us with certain personally identifiable information
(please see our Terms of Service for additional details). The
types of personally identifiable information that may be collected
by ThisBig through the Website include, without limitation: name,
address, e-mail address, cell phone number, billing information,
use history, texts messages, customer generated content and/or
information about your interests in and use of various products,
programs, and services. ThisBig will not collect any personally
identifiable information about you unless you provide it to us
voluntarily.
Please know that you will retain ownership of
any information that you may include in your account and contact
lists in order to identify recipients of your messages through
ThisBigs services, and ThisBig will not use contact lists
for its own promotional campaigns or sell contact lists to third-parties,
subject at all times to ThisBigs need to access and use
such information in order to provide the services pursuant to
its Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.
We may use such personally identifiable information
to provide the services that you have requested, to contact you
about programs, products, features or services in which we believe
you may be interested (such as future promotional materials),
or for other purposes disclosed from time to time. We also may
use your personally identifiable information to contact you regarding
your use of our Website or changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms
of Service, or other policies or terms that affect you and your
use of our Website and services. In addition, we may use information
collected about our users to improve the content and navigation
of our Website, or for other internal purposes.
We use third party service providers such as an
email service provider to send out emails on our behalf. When
you sign up for our services, we will share your personal information
as necessary for the third party to provide that service.
In addition, we may disclose personally identifiable
information collected about you in the following instances:
A. Legal Action: We may disclose information about
our users, including personally identifiable information; (i)
when requested by governmental or quasi-governmental authorities
conducting an investigation; (ii) if required to do so by subpoena,
court order or legal process; (iii) to verify or enforce compliance
with the policies governing our Website and applicable laws; or
(iv) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Website.
We also may disclose user information whenever we believe disclosure
is necessary to limit our legal liability; to protect or defend
our rights or property; or protect the safety, rights, or property
of our users.
B. Change in Control: We may sell, transfer, or
otherwise disclose user information, including personally identifiable
information, to a successor entity in connection with a corporate
merger, consolidation, the sale of substantially all assets, or
other corporate change respecting ThisBig, the Website and/or
the services offered hereby.
Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise stated
at the time personally-identifiable information is gathered, ThisBig
will not provide personally-identifiable information to third
parties who are not under the direction and control of ThisBig.
3. Access to Personal Information
If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you
no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete
or deactivate it by contacting us through or webites Contact
page.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is
active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and
use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations,
resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
4. Cookies
To enhance your experience with the Website, we use "cookies"
on our Website. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer
to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable
our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features.
Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or
other personally identifiable information. However, once you become
a customer and furnish the Website with personally identifiable
information, this information may be linked to the data stored
in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to
improve the content and offerings on our Website. For example,
we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our Website
(e.g., to recognize you when you return to the Website). With
most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer
hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie
is stored. Please consult the "Help" section of your
browser for more information. However, certain areas of the Website
can be accessed only in conjunction with cookies or similar devices
and you should be aware that disabling cookies or similar devices
might prevent you from accessing some of our content.
The use of cookies by our partners, affiliates,
and service providers is not covered by our privacy statement.
We do not have access or control over these cookies.
5. Web Beacons
We employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web
Beacons), 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. In contrast to cookies,
which are stored on a users computer hard drive, clear gifs
are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of
the period at the end of this sentence. We do not tie the information
gathered by clear gifs to our customers personally identifiable
information.
6. Children
The Website is not directed at individuals less than thirteen
(18) years of age, and ThisBig does not intend to collect any
personally-identifiable information from such individuals, unless
otherwise stated at the time such information is collected.
7. Information Collected Automatically
ThisBig may also (i) automatically collect non-personally-identifiable
information about your use of the Website, such as the domain
from which you access the Internet (for example, Comcast.net,
if you are connecting from a Comcast account), the date and time
you access the Website, and the Internet address of the website
from which you linked directly to our Website; and (ii) use data
capture and analysis tools, and other similar tools, to extract,
compile and analyze any non-personally identifiable data or information
resulting from your use of the Website and the services offered
thereon (collectively Blind Data). To the extent that
any Blind Data is collected by ThisBig, such Blind Data shall
be solely owned by ThisBig and may be used by ThisBig for any
lawful business purpose, including, without limitation, analyzing
and enhancing the Website and services offered hereby, disclosing
such Blind Data to third parties for a variety of purposes.
Third party vendors, including Google, show our
ads on sites on the internet. Third party vendors, including Google,
use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our
website. Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting
the Google advertising opt-out page.
8. Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain
personally identifiable information. We do obtain the customer's
consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along
with their testimonial. If you wish to request to have your testimonial
removed you may contact us
9. Public Forums
Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums.
You should be aware that any information you provide in these
areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
To request removal of your personal information from our blog
or community forum, contact us. In some cases, we may not be able
to remove your personal information, in which case we will let
you know if we are unable to do so and why.
10. Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to third party websites, whose information
practices may be different than ThisBigs. Visitors should
consult such third-party sites privacy notices as ThisBig
does not have any control over information that is submitted to,
or collected by, these third parties. ThisBig does not make any
representations or warranties as to the security of any information
(including, without limitation, credit card and other personal
information) you might be requested to give any third party.
These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not
as an endorsement by ThisBig of the contents on such third-party
websites. ThisBig cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with
any products or services that you purchase from a third-party
site that links to or from the Website, since these sites are
owned and operated by independent retailers.
ThisBig is not responsible for the content of linked third-party
sites and does not make any representations regarding the content
or accuracy of materials on such third-party sites. ThisBig has
not taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of
any of the information contained in such third-party sites. If
you decide to access linked third-party sites, you do so at your
own risk. ThisBig strongly encourages you to make whatever investigation
you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online
or off-line transaction with any of these third parties.
11. Data Security
The importance of security for all personally-identifiable information
associated with visitors to the Websiteas well as ThisBig
customer information, such as cell phone numbers, texts, messages
and other account datais of utmost concern to ThisBig, and
we have implemented, and periodically review, certain physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to help prevent unauthorized
access and maintain data security. Unfortunately, due to the open
nature of Internet communications, no data transmission over the
Internet can be guaranteed to be secure, and thus we cannot guarantee
that communications between you and ThisBig will be free from
unauthorized access by third parties. Visitors of the Website
and ThisBig customers use the Website at their own risk.
12. Your Acceptance of These
Terms
By accessing the Website, you signify your assent to the ThisBig
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please
do not access the Website. You should visit this page periodically,
as we may, from time to time, update this Privacy Policy and such
changes shall be effectively immediately upon posting on the Website
and without further notice to you. Your continued access to the
Website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy
shall be deemed an acceptance of such changes by you. ThisBig
will, however, use personally-identifiable information only in
accordance with the version of the Privacy Policy under which
the information was collected.
13. Changes in This Privacy
Policy
We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our
information practices. If we make any material changes we will
notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your
account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change
becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this
page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Questions/Concerns?
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our
Privacy Policy, please contact us. You may also contact us via
postal mail at 1000 E Hallandale Beach Blvd. Suite B, Hallandale
Beach, FL 33009
Last updated July 2011.
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