CardCops is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our clients and users of our site. The following Privacy Statement describes the policies and procedures that we adhere to regarding online privacy. Due to the ever-changing nature of our industry, CardCops reserves the right to modify this policy statement at any time, without notice. Therefore, we advise that you review this Privacy Statement periodically. Please email us at privacy@CardCops.com with any questions or comments that you may have regarding this Statement.
DEFINITIONS
Personally Identifiable Information means information that would enable us to identify a particular individual. Examples of such information would be: names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information means information that does not identify a particular individual; rather, it is used solely for the purpose of delivering content, providing access to restricted areas, securing our website, and tracking visitor traffic. Examples of such information would be: browser type, IP address, domain type, page(s) visited, date and time of the visit(s), operating system, etc.
USER PRIVACY (visitors to CardCops.com)
Collected User Data
Personally Identifiable Information: CardCops does not collect any personally identifiable information about the user visiting the CardCops website. If the user enters a credit card to be checked against our database of cards check for validity in public areas of the internet, the users card will not be captured or stored. If you identify yourself to us by sending us an e-mail with questions or comments, we may use your personal information to respond to your questions or comments. We may file your comments for future reference, or we may discard the information after we have reviewed it. Please note that if you give out personal information online (for example, on one of our public forums such as a message board or chat room), that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk. Non-Personally Identifiable Information: In the event that the user engages in an activity involving the CardCops website, CardCops may collect non-personally identifiable information. Such information is used for the sole purpose of delivering content, providing access to restricted areas, securing our website, and tracking visitor traffic. This assists us only in the operation and functionality of the CardCops website. On its own, non-personally identifiable information cannot be used to identify a particular user.
CLIENT PRIVACY (subscribers)
Personally Identifiable Information:
CardCops will collect personally identifiable information from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. CardCops will never intentionally disclose any personally identifiable information about you as an individual user (such as, for example, your name, address, email address, or credit card number) to any third party without having received your permission. CardCops does not use any of the personally identifiable information about a client for profiling purposes. Such information is used solely for administrative purposes such as providing membership services, access to restricted areas of the CardCops website, and billing for services. All personally identifiable information provided to CardCops will be kept in strict confidence. CardCops does not sell, rent or trade any personally identifiable information to any third party for financial gain or marketing purposes. However, If you give us your permission, we may also use personally identifiable information for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes. On occasion, for example, we may send you an e-mail to introduce a product or service that we think might be of interest to the users of CardCops. For CardCops to obtain your permission to send you this information, we will give you an opportunity to "opt-in" at the time our request for your personal information is made. If you do "opt-in," you may choose to "opt-out" at any time, even after you have provided personal information, by following the procedures set forth below at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will, however, release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of the CardCops site or servers, or a physical or property threat to you or others. Please note that if you give out personal information online -- for example, on one of our public forums such as a message board or chat room -- that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information:
When the client engages in an activity involving the CardCops website, CardCops may collect non-personally identifiable information. Such information is used for the sole purpose of delivering content, providing access to restricted areas, securing our website, and tracking visitor traffic. This assists us only in the operation and functionality of the CardCops website. On its own, non-personally identifiable information cannot be used to identify a particular user.
SECURITY: CardCops uses its best efforts to maintain the security of its network and the information that we collect. Information that is stored on CardCops's server is treated as proprietary and confidential and is not available to the public. CardCops limits access only to employees or to third parties who have a need to know such information for the purpose of effectively delivering CardCops's products and services.
LINKS : Users will find advertising or other contents on our sites that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. In many cases, the links represent cooperative projects or are mutual links established with persons or entities connected with our sites. Although we initially visit the sites or services that are so linked, we do not control the contents or links that appear on these sites. In addition, these sites or services, including their contents and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies, or no policy (policies) at all. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party sites or services before providing any of them with your personal information.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION:
If you would like to review any personal information we have retained about you in our database, please send us an e-mail request for this information at privacy@CardCops.com . To help us address your request, please specify which information you wish to review.
OPTING OUT : If you "opt-in" to receive information from CardCops, you may choose to opt-out at any time if you would like to stop receiving such information or opt-out of a feature, you can let us know by sending an e-mail stating your preference to optout@CardCops.com . To help us address your request, please specify the feature from which you wish to opt out.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS: By using the CardCops website, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use CardCops.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, you can contact:
1. email: privacy@CardCops.com
2. write to: Customer Service: Privacy Policy; CardCops, Inc., PO Box 2243, Malibu 90265