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Biz
Calling Cards Privacy Policy
Biz Calling Cards Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Biz Calling Cards")
acknowledges the importance of protecting the privacy of personal
information provided by our users, and is deeply committed to privacy
protection. This Privacy Policy describes our information collection and
use practices and the privacy of information we receive from you. If we
change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page, and
may place notices on other pages of the web site so that you may be
aware of the change. Your continued use of our services will signify
your consent to our use of your information. If you do not agree, you
can contact us to discuss the policy, stop use or deregister.
Biz Calling Cards does not target services to individuals less than age
18. Individuals less than 18 years of age are not eligible to register
or initiate our services. Please register after you have reached age 18.
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
1. Personally Identifiable Information Personally Identifiable
Information.
Registration Information. In order to provide service to you, Biz
Calling Cards collects your name, email address (including postal
code/zip code for Canada and the US), and age. If you choose not to
register or provide such personal information, you can still visit most
of Biz Calling Cards web site. However, you will not have access to
areas that require personal identification and will not be able to
initiate our services.
Demographic Information. Biz Calling Cards may collect demographic
information from you such as gender, age, occupation, and your areas of
interest. This information helps us tailor coupons and special offers
from our advertisers to your interests.
The registration information and certain demographic information is
personally identifiable information ("PII"). We provide our Private
Label Partners and paying advertisers this ("PII") from the coupon
offers that you clicked, printed or called on, so they can provide you
with additional details about their offers via email.
We use PII to provide you with (1) information about Biz Calling Cards
products, services, and updates, and (2) other information that may be
of interest to you.
2. Aggregate Information Aggregate Information
Biz Calling Cards collects aggregate information about use of our web
site, using surveys, cookies, and data-mining technologies. We track
such information as the number of visitors, duration of visits, how our
site is navigated, and the kinds of browsers that visit our site.
Information on web site usage is anonymous information rather than PII.
We also collect information on use of our services. While you are making
a call, we track the duration of the call and keep records of that. We
also keep information on where a call originates and where it
terminates.
We use aggregate information to understand our business better so we can
upgrade our infrastructure in accordance with user needs.
3. Profiles Profiles
One of the ways we pay for the services we provide is by serving
advertisements while you use our services. We use all of the information
available to us to create profiles of our user base. Some of the
information helps create a profile of an individual user, while other
information helps create a profile of our users in aggregate. We may
provide this aggregate profile information (not PII) to advertisers. For
example, we may inform advertisers that we have a certain number of
registered users who have an interest in a topic and are interested in
receiving information about the topic. This helps to tailor information
from advertisers to your interests as one means of paying for the
services we provide to you at no charge.
WHO COLLECTS
INFORMATION?
Biz Calling Cards collects registration information and demographic
information from you, as described above. Biz Calling Cards also
collects aggregate information.
At times we outsource services from third parties, who may collect
information or provide services on our behalf. For example, Biz Calling
Cards works with third parties to serve advertisements on our sites, but
does not disclose your PII to them. Biz Calling Cards has little or no
control over the privacy policies of those companies, and so makes no
representations or warranties as to their use of any information they
collect. To find out how these parties manage privacy of information in
serving advertisements on our sites, please go to:
Similarly, the companies whose advertisements appear on your monitor
from our servers cannot identify you unless you provide personal
information to them after you have clicked on their ad. It is always a
good idea to check the privacy policy of any web site before providing
your PII to it.
Biz Calling Cards also works with a small number of third parties so
that Biz Calling Cards can provide you with email advertisements
tailored to your needs and interests. If we disclose any PII to these
third parties, the disclosure is always subject to obligations of strict
confidentiality, meaning that the third party is not allowed to provide
your PII to anyone else or use your PII for any other purpose. These
third parties only provide advertisers with profile or aggregate
information, not PII of our registered users.
Cookies. Our web site sets "cookies" to help deliver content specific to
your interests, to customize our web site for you, and to save your
password and member name so that you don't have to enter it each time
you visit. Cookies are text files that are stored on your personal
computer and that allow web sites to identify you. Cookies help us
target advertising and other information to your interests and prevent
duplication of ads served to your browser.
Public Forums. Our site may contain, from time to time, public forums
available to users. Please remember that any information you disclose in
these areas becomes public information. You should take appropriate
measures to protect your personally identifiable information.
Co-Branded Sites. We sometimes enter arrangements with third parties
whereby we provide our services on their web sites. In many such cases,
users will register for our service as well as that of the co-branded
site. We use your PII and other general information in compliance with
our Privacy Policy. Our co-branding partners have their own privacy
policy, which you should review since we do not have control over their
privacy policies.
Links to Other Web Sites. Our site may contain, from time to time, links
to other web sites. Please note that Biz Calling Cards is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites
or of any third party. You should review the privacy policies of such
web sites when you visit them.
General. The internet is not a secure medium, so be aware that
communications over it are subject to third-party interception and
eavesdropping.
By submitting your information, you consent to the use of that
information and other information we collect as set out in this Policy.
If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page,
and may place notices on other parts of the web site so that you may
become aware of the information we collect and how we use it. Your
continued use of our services will signify your consent to the changes
and to our use of your information. |
