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Privacy Policy
DougStratemeyer.com strives to
offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology, and to provide
an interactive and personalized experience. We may use Personally
Identifiable Information (your name, e-mail address, street address,
telephone number) subject to the terms of this privacy policy. We will never
sell, barter, or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party.
Period.
How we gather
information from users ...
How we collect and store
information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which
you elect to participate, and the services provided. For example, you may be
asked to provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site or request certain features, such as newsletters, or
when you make a purchase. You may provide information when you participate
in sweepstakes and contests, message boards and chat rooms, and other
interactive areas of our site.
Like most Web sites,
DougStratemeyer.com also
collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools
that may be transparent to our visitors. For example, we may log the name of
your Internet Service Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and
hold information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie may store
your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that
information each time you visit, or may control the number of times you
encounter a particular advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt
additional technology, we may also gather information through other means.
In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us with information, for
example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies; but if you do
you may be unable to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to
re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be able to customize
the site’s features according to your preferences.
What we do with
the information we collect ...
Like other Web
publishers, we collect information to enhance your visit and deliver more
individualized content and advertising. We respect your privacy, and do not
share your information with anyone.
Aggregated Information
(information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many
ways. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with
similar information obtained from other users to help enhance our site and
services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited most or what features are
most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with our
advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include
any Personally Identifiable Information about you, or allow anyone to
identify you individually.
We may use Personally
Identifiable Information collected on DougStratemeyer.com to communicate with you
about your registration and customization preferences; our Terms of Service
and privacy policy; services and products offered by DougStratemeyer.com, and other
topics we think you might find of interest.
Personally Identifiable
Information collected by DougStratemeyer.com may also be used for other purposes,
including but not limited to site administration, troubleshooting,
processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of sweepstakes and
contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who
provide technical support for the operation of our site (our Web hosting
service for example) may access such information.
We will use your
information only as permitted by law. In addition, periodically as we
continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with
other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be
among the transferred assets. We may also disclose your information in
response to a court order, at other times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you
may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it
appropriate or necessary. Please note we may not provide you with notice
prior to disclosure in such cases.
Affiliated
sites, linked sites, and advertisements
DougStratemeyer.com expects
its partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of our
users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including our partners,
advertisers, affiliates, and other content providers accessible through our
site, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to our site you may link to, or view as part
of a frame on a DougStratemeyer.com page, certain content that is actually created
or hosted by a third party. Also, through DougStratemeyer.com you may be
introduced to, or be able to access, information, Web sites, features,
contests or sweepstakes offered by other parties. DougStratemeyer.com is not
responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should
check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing
information on a feature or page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our
advertisers, promotional partners, or other third parties may use cookies or
other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve
information about you. For example, some of our advertising is served by
third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to
determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other
features available on our site may offer services operated by third parties,
and may use cookies or other technology to gather information.
DougStratemeyer.com
does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the
resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of
such third parties.
You should also be aware
that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on
message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and
can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may
result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of DougStratemeyer.com and this policy.
Children Under
18 Years Of Age
DougStratemeyer.com does not
knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or
about children under 18, except as permitted by law. If we discover we have
received any information from a child under 18 in violation of this policy,
we will delete that information immediately. If you believe
DougStratemeyer.com
has any information from or about anyone under 18, then please contact us at the
address provided below.
Contacting Us
We can be reached by
contacting our office directly. We look forward to hearing from you.
Douglas Stratemeyer
10900 N.E. 8th Street; Suite 900
Bellevue, WA 98004
(206) 684-9397
Changes to this
Policy
DougStratemeyer.com reserves
the right to change this policy at any time. Please check this page
periodically for changes. Your continued use of our site following the
posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the information was
collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use
of this Site are governed by Washington State law. If a dispute arises under this
Policy, then we agree to first try to resolve it with the help of a mutually
agreed-upon mediator in the following location: Bellevue, WA. Any costs and
fees other than attorney fees associated with the mediation will be shared
equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible
to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, then we agree to
submit the dispute to binding arbitration at the following location:
Bellevue, WA, under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitration may be entered in any court with
jurisdiction to do so.
DougStratemeyer.com is
controlled, operated and administered entirely within Washington State. This statement
and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any
contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
CONTACTING US
We can be reached by
contacting our office directly. We look forward to hearing from you.
Douglas Stratemeyer
Doug Stratemeyer International, Inc.
10900 N.E. 8th Street; Suite 900
Bellevue, WA 98004
(206) 684-9397
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