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SAMSWINS.COM
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PRIVACY
POLICY
Your privacy on the Internet
is of the utmost importance
to us. Because we gather
certain types of information
about the users of
SamsWins.com,
we feel you should fully
understand the terms and
conditions surrounding the
capture and use of that
information. This privacy
statement discloses what
information we gather, how
we use it, and how to correct
or change it.
1. INFORMATION
SAMSWINS.COM
GATHERS AND TRACKS:
REGISTRATION
Anyone who participates
in interactive activities
(message boards, contest
entry, store purchase, membership
program) on
SamsWins.com
may be asked to register
for a free guest ID and
password or to complete
subscription registration
for a member ID and password.
We use customer contact
information from this registration
form to send the user information
about our company and promotional
material from some of our
partners. Financial information
that is collected is used
to bill the user for products
and services. The customer's
contact information is also
used to contact the visitor
when necessary for customer
service reasons. Users may
opt-out of receiving future
mailings; see the choice/opt-out
section below. Unique identifiers,
such as ID and passwords,
are collected to verify
the user's identity and
for use as account numbers
in our record system.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE
OF 18
We do not currently collect
any personally identifiable
information from children
under the age of eighteen.
Under certain circumstances,
visitors may be asked to
submit a screen name as
a means of identifying communications
to
SamsWins.com. Children
of any age should always
ask a parent for permission
before sending personal
information to anyone online.
If in the future,
SamsWins.com
collects personally identifiable
information from children,
it will do so in compliance
with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of
1998 (is U.S.C. 6501 et
seq.)
IP ADDRESS
We use your IP address to
help diagnose problems with
our server, and to administer
our Web site. Your IP address
is used to help identify
you.
COOKIES
A cookie is a small data
file that certain Web sites
write to your hard drive
when you visit them. A cookie
file can contain information
such as a user ID that the
site uses to track the pages
you've visited. But the
only personal information
a cookie can contain is
information you supply yourself.
Generally, cookies work
by assigning a unique number
to the user that has no
meaning outside the assigning
site. A cookie can't read
data off your hard disk
or read cookie files created
by other sites. This random
number lets us keep track
of "how many" times customers
are doing specific things
- like visiting our site
each month - without really
knowing who those customers
are. We also use cookies
to keep track of your shopping
cart and to make sure you
don't see the same ad repeatedly.
We use cookies to deliver
content specific to your
interests and to save your
member ID. Additionally,
after you've entered your
member ID and password during
a session on our service,
we save that information
so you don't have to re-enter
it repeatedly during that
session.
Users should be aware that
SamsWins.com cannot control
the use of cookies or the
resulting information by
advertisers or third parties
hosting data for
SamsWins.com.
If a user does not want
information collected through
the use of cookies, there
is a simple procedure in
most browsers that allows
the user to deny or accept
the cookie feature; however,
users should note that cookies
may be necessary to provide
the user with certain features
(e.g., customized delivery
of information) available
on the
SamsWins.com website.
ORDER FORMS
SamsWins.com uses an order
form for customers to purchase
products and services. If
you place an order at a
store hosted by
SamsWins.com
we will collect information
from you, including your
credit card and contact
information. This information
will be used by the merchant
to bill the user for products
and services. Contact information
from the order form will
also be used to ship orders,
to contact a user for customer
service related issues,
and to send the user information
about our company, and on
occasion, promotional material
from some of our partners.
Users may opt-out of receiving
future mailings; see the
choice/opt-out section below.
CONTESTS
We run contests on our site
in which we ask visitors
for a
SamsWins.com ID and
password. We use contact
data from our contests to
send users information about
upcoming contests and promotional
offers. On occasion we will
email customers promotional
material from some of our
partners. The customer's
contact information is also
used to contact the visitor
when necessary for winner
notification and prize delivery
confirmation. The majority
of the contests that we
offer are hosted on the
SamsWins.com site; however,
there may be cases in which
a third party sponsor will
host the contest and collect
user information. In those
cases, we urge users to
review the privacy statement
of the third party site.
Users may opt-out of receiving
future mailings; see the
choice/opt-out section below.
NEWSLETTER
We offer a free newsletter
to share content information
about our site with interested
users. Users may cancel
their free email subscriptions
by following the simple
instructions at the bottom
of each newsletter or e-mail.
2. USE OF INFORMATION
All of the information we
collect, both what you tell
us and what we collect through
the use of cookies, is "aggregated"
-- meaning that the information
from many users is grouped
together in a way that does
not disclose the personal
information of any particular
user. We may use this aggregated
information to evaluate
which products and services
are successful and which
ones are not, and in order
to evaluate which new services
we should make available
on our Web site. We may
use only the anonymous click
stream data to help our
advertisers deliver better
targeted advertisements.
SamsWins.com will not disclose
any information about any
individual user except to
comply with applicable law
or valid legal process.
There may be cases in which
some of your personal information
may be used by
SamsWins.com
to target e-commerce promotions
and telemarketing activities.
In addition, it may be shared
with third parties who assist
SamsWins.com in producing
its Web sites or provide
a service to
SamsWins.com's
users.
3. GENERAL PRIVACY INFORMATION
SamsWins.com contains links
to partners, advertisers
and third party Internet
sites and services who may
collect data in connection
with sweepstakes, promotions,
ecommerce, etc. They each
have separate privacy and
data collection practices,
independent of
SamsWins.com.
SamsWins.com has no responsibility
or liability for these independent
policies or actions and
is not responsible for the
privacy practices or the
content of such Web sites.
Please keep in mind that
whenever you voluntarily
and publicly disclose personal
information on any online
service or Web site - for
example on message boards,
through email, or in chat
areas - that information
can be collected and used
by others. In short, if
you post personal information
online that is accessible
to the public, you may receive
unsolicited messages from
other parties in return.
Furthermore, while we strive
to protect your personal
information,
SamsWins.com
cannot ensure or warrant
the security of any information
you transmit to us, and
you do so at your own risk.
You are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy
of your passwords and/or
any account information.
Please be careful and responsible
whenever you're online.
SECURITY
SamsWins.com utilizes a
variety of security measures
to maintain the safety of
your personal information.
All user contact information
is contained behind a "firewall"
and only accessible by a
limited number of employees
who have special access
rights to production systems.
Passwords and credit card
numbers are encrypted in
SamsWins.com's secure database
which is also located behind
a firewall. All sensitive/credit
information supplied by
users is transmitted via
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology and then encrypted
in SamsWins.com's databases
as stated above.
In the event a user wishes
to modify their personal
information they may do
so by visiting the Member
Services Arena. They will
be required to submit a
valid user ID and password
for authentication before
they are able to modify
their file. If a user has
forgotten his/her password
or prefers to speak with
a customer service representative
to modify their personal
information, for the fastest
response, email Customer
Service. A user may also
email customer service at
samswins@aol.com.
The user will be asked to
provide their name or user
ID and then to verify certain
non-sensitive information
(i.e. mother's maiden name)
in order to proceed. Because
password and credit card
information has been encrypted,
it is completely invisible
to any employee who accesses
it, including our customer
service team. If a user
wishes to change their password,
the customer service representative
will reset to a new one
after the member has properly
identified him/herself.
SamsWins.com's technology
department conducts frequent
site security audits and
employs a third party audit
company to perform additional
site security audits.
Every
SamsWins.com employee
is required to sign a policy
which clearly outlines the
company's policy with respect
to security and defines
the action the company will
take with any employee who
breaches the policy.
If you have any questions
or comments about our Privacy
Policy, please contact us
at:
samswins@aol.com
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