Purpose of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how AwardsandHonors.com treats the personally identifiable information that is collected about you when you visit AwardsandHonors.com.
Personally Identifiable Information Defined
“Personally identifiable information” is information that we can use to identify you as an
Individual. Examples include your name, address, telephone number and any other information that is connected with you personally.
Information This Privacy Policy Does Not Apply To
This privacy policy does not apply to information collected about you by anyone except
AwardsandHonors.com. Any information you provide when you visit web sites other than AwardsandHonors.com is subject to the privacy policies posted on those sites.
Personally Identifiable Information: Collection
AwardsandHonors.com generally collects personally identifiable information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you register on AwardsandHonors.com for those sections of our site- that may require registration, participate in our forum, MyAwards and OurAwards, polls and updates and other services you will be asked to provide information such as your e-mail address, name, and phone number. This information may sometimes be collected by third party service providers with whom AwardsandHonors.com contracts; in that event, AwardsandHonors.com asks such service providers to make the personal information available only to AwardsandHonors.com for AwardsandHonors.com to use in accordance with the terms of this policy. AwardsandHonors.com uses this information to provide you with the service you have requested. If you provide personal information for use in any of our social networking channels or tools (which may include our forum, MyAwards and OurAwards), we will use that information in the manner appropriate for the aforementioned networking channels. We may use cookies or similar technologies, in the sites and in our communications with you, to let us to know whether you have visited a web page or received a message.
It is possible that we may combine personal information that you provide to us online with outside records to help us market products or provide services that we believe may be of interest to you. Additionally, we may share your personal information with third parties who may choose to contact you to promote their own goods and services. If you want us to stop sharing your email address with third parties in this way, click here and let us know. If you do not wish us to share information with companies who would otherwise contact you at your mailing address, you may notify us by clicking here... Also, we may use information you provide us through emails, , forums, in response to polls, or though any other user-generated submission for editorial purposes. Please be advised that any such submissions become the property of AwardsandHonors.com and may be used by AwardsandHonors.com for any lawful purpose. If you provide us with personal anecdotes, they may be attributed to you. AwardsandHonors.com 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, including advertising. You agree that any content you send us will not violate any rights of any third party and that you will only send us content for which you own the rights.
In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been breached, 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.
Cookies
AwardsandHonors.com (or third party service providers on our behalf) may set and access cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data (often including a unique identifier), that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. AwardsandHonors.com uses cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our site.
We may use cookies to control the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the sites, to deliver editorial content, to record requests for subscriptions and to personalize information.
Our cookies may contain personally identifiable information and such cookies may be shared with others to the same extent indicated above.
AwardsandHonors.com (or third party service providers on our behalf) may also use cookies to collect aggregate information about web site users on an anonymous basis. We may share aggregate demographic and usage information with our prospective and actual business partners, advertisers and other third parties for any business purpose.
Some of our advertisers may serve you cookies as well. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers.
If you don’t want cookies, most Web browsers include an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of our sites may not function efficiently.
Internet Protocol Address (“IP”)
Your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university. 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 our sites, 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 may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers, gather broad demographic information, and administer our website. 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 service or to protect our Sites, customers or others.
Advertising Disclosure
We use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our website and sites upon which we advertise. This technology uses information about your visits to this website and the sites upon which we advertise, to serve our ads to you. In the course of serving our advertisements to you, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognized on your browser. In addition, we may use Web beacons, provided by our third-party advertising company, to help manage our online advertising. These Web beacons enable our third-party ad serving company to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits this site and to learn which banner ads bring users to our website. To learn more about our third-party ad-serving company, cookies, and how to “opt-out” please go to http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
Children under 13
AwardsandHonors.com is not intended for use by children under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17 should get the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before providing any personal information on AwardsandHonors.com. Some areas of our site may require that you identify yourself by age category when registering and in those areas, if you register as an adult, you represent that you are 18 years of age or older.
If your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so. There are also commercially available tools to help you limits your children’s exposure to material online.
If you’re worried about your children’s activities or their privacy on our site, we encourage you to e-mail AwardsandHonors.com at customerservice@awardsandhonors.com.
User-generated Postings; Social Networking
If you elect to post material to any forums, OurAwards, MyAwards or other community boards that may be offered on our site, or if you elect to upload any photographs, audio or video, you will be solely responsible for all content, messages, text, files, images, graphics, photos, audio clips, sounds, video or other materials (the "Postings"). You agree and warrant that any Postings you post to the sites will be true and accurate, will not defame any person or invade any person’s privacy, and will not infringe the proprietary rights of any person. You agree not to furnish any Postings to which you do not own the rights. By furnishing Postings, you give AwardsandHonors.com the right to use such Postings in any manner and in any media now known or hereafter invented, including, without limitation, the right to combine your Postings with Postings of third parties in varied combinations. You also acknowledge that visitors to the sites may post comments about your Postings which may be derogatory, and that AwardsandHonors.com has no obligation to monitor or delete any such postings.
Please be aware that AwardsandHonors.com does not and cannot monitor all of the Postings made to the sites, and therefore AwardsandHonors.com will not be responsible for the content of any Postings. AwardsandHonors.com has no obligation to verify the accuracy of any personally indentifying information that is posted to our sites. However, AwardsandHonors.com does reserve the right to delete or edit any material in any Posting that is obscene, harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable and not in keeping with the community standards of the Magazines and websites and to terminate access to the sites to repeat offenders of the guidelines. If AwardsandHonors.com elects to edit any Postings, it nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content of the Postings. Under no circumstances will AwardsandHonors.com be liable for any inaccuracy or defect in any Postings. We also expect our users to adhere to certain rules of the road. Therefore, you agree not to post, email, or otherwise make available Postings:
· that are unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, pornographic, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy, or harmful to minors in any way;
· that harass, degrade, intimidate or are hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
· that include personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent.
· that are false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, constitute "bait and switch" or impersonation of any person or entity;
· contain your own or a third party’s advertising, branding or promotional content;
· that infringe any proprietary rights, including copyright, of any party, or Postings that you do not have a right to make available;
· restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the AwardsandHonors.com sites or the AwardsandHonors.com services offered on them.
Because AwardsandHonors.com does not intend to monitor all Postings, you agree to use and rely on them at your own risk. AwardsandHonors.com cannot make any representation or warranty about the material contained in the Postings. AwardsandHonors.com likewise assumes no responsibility for any contact you may have with other users of our sites, either online or offline. If you elect to meet in person with someone you may meet on our sites, you do so at your own risk, and under no circumstances will AwardsandHonors.com be liable for any activity or injury that may occur.
California and Canadian Users
By law, California and Canadian residents have the right to know how their information may be shared with third parties who engage in direct marketing activities. This policy explains our practices and how you can opt out of having your information shared for such purposes:
From time to time we may make our customer lists available to companies that sell goods and services that we believe would be of interest to our visitors. We may compile these lists from customer orders placed both offline and online. Customers have the option of having their names and identifying information removed from those lists (subject to certain exceptions and limitations in applicable laws) by contacting us here.
We may also from time to time make our customer lists available for direct marketing purposes to other entities that are affiliated with us. If you would like to be removed from those lists, contact us here.
Non U.S. Users
If you are located outside of the United States, please note that the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States and by using this web site, you consent to this transfer. You further consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with this website in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of, the state of New Jersey.
