This is the official privacy policy ("Privacy Policy")
for http://www.ratefame.com/ and http://www.ratefame.com/("Site," "we,"
"us," or "our"), Internet websites offered by Ratefame.com
LLC ("RFL"), a subsidiary of Rawda Ltd. This Privacy Policy governs only the personally
identifiable information ("Personal Information") collected by this Site
and does not cover any such information collected in any other manner or for any
other purpose, by the Parent Companies
and any subsidiaries and affiliates of RFL and the Parent Companies
(collectively, "Affiliates"), or by any other company, unless
specifically stated.
Overview: This Privacy Policy is intended to
explain our privacy practices and inform you as to:
| The kinds of Personal Information we collect from users of the Site and how that information is collected; | |
| How we use your Personal Information; | |
| The circumstances under which we disclose Personal Information to third parties; | |
| How you can access, update or delete any Personal Information collected about you by us; and | |
| The mechanisms we have implemented to protect your Personal Information. |
This Site is offered and made available only to users 18 years
of age or older who reside in the United States of America, its territories and
possessions ("U.S.") and certain features on this Site (including, but
not limited to, user registration and newsletter signups) may be subject to
heightened age and/or other eligibility requirements. If you are not yet 18
years old or the required greater age for certain features, or do not reside in
the U.S., and/or do not meet any other eligibility requirements, please
discontinue using the Site immediately, or if, for any reason, you do not agree
with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate in the features, activities
and services that require you to provide your Personal Information. This
Privacy Policy is a part of the terms and conditions which are set forth in our
Terms of Use Agreement. Any terms that
are not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given in the Terms
of Use Agreement. Both the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Agreement are legally
binding on all users.
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy
at any time by updating this posting without advance notice to you. Such
revisions shall be effective to you immediately upon posting. Notice of material
changes to either document will be posted on the Site's homepage. However, we
encourage you to check this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Agreement often for
updates. We may also e-mail you, at our discretion, about these
changes.
We are committed to protecting our users' privacy. Keeping the
Personal Information you share with us on the Site secure and ensuring your
understanding of how we collect, use, disclose and maintain your Personal
Information is important to us. We maintain reasonable physical, electronic and
procedural safeguards to protect your information and while no data transmission
over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we have used and will continue
to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of your Personal
Information.
If you are a resident of the State of California, under the
California Civil Code, you have the right to request from companies conducting
business in California a list of all third parties to which the company has
disclosed Personal Information during the preceding year for direct marketing
purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if the company has a Privacy
Policy that gives either an opt-out (which we may sometimes refer to as
"unsubscribe") or opt-in choice for use of your Personal Information by
third parties (such as advertisers or affiliated companies) for marketing
purposes, the company may instead provide you with information on how to
exercise your disclosure choice options.
The Site qualifies for the
alternative option; it has a comprehensive Privacy Policy and provides you with
details on how you may either opt-out or opt-in to the use of your Personal
Information by third parties for direct marketing purposes. Therefore, we are
not required to maintain or disclose a list of the third parties that received
your Personal Information for marketing purposes during the preceding year.
If you are a California resident and request information about how to
exercise your third party disclosure choices you must send a request to the
following address with a preference on how our response to your request should
be sent (email or postal mail). Send an email to the Privacy Administrator at info@ratefame.com, or
you may contact us via regular mail at:
Ratefame.com
LLC
Ratefame.com
919 Center St. N.W
Calgary AB, 2TE2P6, Canada
Attn:
Business and Legal Affairs, Office Number: 172
Attn:
Your California Privacy Rights
c/o Privacy Administrator
All requests
sent via regular mail must be labeled "Your California Privacy Rights" on the
envelope or post card and clearly stated on the actual request. For all
requests, please include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code.
(Your street address is optional if you wish to receive a response to your
request via email. Please include your zip code for our own recordkeeping.)
We will not accept requests via the telephone or by facsimile. We are not
responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have
complete information.
To all other users of this Site, if you have other
questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Administrator at
info@ratefame.com
or:
Ratefame.com LLC
Ratefame.com
919 Center St.
Calgary AB,
2TE2P6, Canada
Attn: Business and Legal Affairs, Office Number: 172
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights
c/o Privacy
Administrator
This Site is designed and targeted to U.S. audiences and is
governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of the U.S. We make no
representation that this Site is operated in accordance with the laws or
regulations of, or governed by, other nations. By your participation in our Site
activities, you certify that you are at least 18 years of age and a resident of
the U.S. If you are located in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the
U.S. and you participate in activities on this Site contrary to our policy that
only U.S. residents are eligible for certain activities, you do so at your own
risk and initiative, and you, not us, are responsible for compliance with any
applicable local and national laws. Please be aware that any Personal
Information you provide to us or we obtain as a result of your use on this Site
will be transferred to the U.S and subject to U.S. law. By using this Site,
participating in any Site activities, and/or providing us with your Personal
Information, you consent to this transfer and processing of Personal Information
to the U.S., and in other countries that may not have an equivalent level of
protection or a level of data protection considered adequate in the European
Union or European Economic Area. Consequently, you hereby waive any claims that
may arise under the laws and regulations that apply to you in or of any other
country or jurisdiction. All users of the Site are required to provide true,
current, complete and accurate Personal Information when prompted and we will
reject and delete any entry that we believe in good faith to be false,
fraudulent, or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Your continued
participation on this Site indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and
of the collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Personal
Information as described below. We may from time to time, transfer or merge any
Personal Information collected off-line to our online databases or store
off-line information in an electronic format. We may also combine Personal
Information we collect online with information available from other sources,
including information received from our Affiliates, marketing companies, or
Advertisers (as defined in the Terms of Use Agreement). This Privacy Policy
covers all such Personal Information and will remain in full force and effect as
long as you are a user of the Site even if your use of or participation in any
particular service, feature, function or promotional activity terminates,
expires, ceases, is suspended or deactivated for any reason.
1.
Collection and Use of Personal Information: When we
use the term "Personal Information" we mean information such as your
first/middle initial or name and last name, street address, town or city, state,
zip code, telephone number, instant-messenger nickname, blog or other personal
website URL, date of birth, e-mail address and any other information that would
allow someone to identify you or contact you. Personal Information also includes
information about your personal preferences, survey responses and your
transactions or relationship with us, if you have been a customer or you have
provided this type of information to any of the ratefame.com family of companies. For
example, to the extent we offer such services, if you order any of our various
Products (as defined in the Terms of Use Agreement), in addition to your name
and contact information, we will also collect and maintain your billing address,
shipping address, Product selections, your credit card or other payment
instrument information, your order number, and information about your computer's
internet address and website which may have referred or directed you to the Site
(e.g., the referring URL). Your credit card or debit card number is classified
as Sensitive Personal Information and is collected via a secure
transmission.
We collect Personal Information about you when you visit
the Site and input information, whether you are registering to use any services,
features or functions of the Site, participating in Promotions (as defined in
the Terms of Use Agreement), ordering or purchasing Products or in the course of
any other exchanges of information, transactions and activities. We may use the
information we obtain from you, including Personal Information, to tailor your
experience on the Site, to display content we think may be of interest to you,
or to let us customize what you see when you visit the Site according to your
preferences.
It is your responsibility to give us current, complete,
truthful, and accurate information and to keep the Personal Information that you
provide us up to date. We cannot and will not be responsible for any problems
or liability that may arise if you do not give us accurate, truthful or complete
information or you fail to update the information you give us.
You
are solely responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your user
name and password, if user registration is offered on the Site, and for any
charges, costs, expenses, damages, liabilities and losses we incur or may suffer
as a result of your failure to do so. You, and not us, are solely responsible
and liable for your activity, behavior, use and conduct on the Site and for any
use of the Site or any other activity or conduct in connection with the Site, by
any others who use your user name or password, unless and until you notify us
that your user name or password may have been compromised, misappropriated or
improperly taken, or used by another party. Bear in mind that when you submit
information to us, it does not guarantee that we will permit you to use any or
all of the features of functions of the Site.
a. Collection of Personal Information During
Registration.
To the extent we offer user registration on the Site, to
register as a member of the Site, you are required to select a user name and
password (together, your "User ID"), and may be required to also provided
other Personal Information, such as your email address, first and last name,
country of residence, state, school name, account type, gender, date or year of
birth and major. Additional Personal Information may be requested during the
registration process (but not required), such as cable/satellite provider,
ethnic information, and annual income. We will allow you to change the password
portion of your User ID, as well as certain other Personal Information or
Sensitive Personal Information you have given us in order to keep your
information current, but once you select a user name you will not be able to
change that user name provided to us during registration and which is associated
with your User ID. Among other things, these kinds of information help us
securely identify you as a registered or permitted user of the Site and our
features and functions. If date of birth is collected during registration, you
will not be able to change your date of birth without sufficient verification.
All member benefits are free. As a registered user of the Site, from
time to time, we may also provide you with certain options to subscribe to a
selection of free email newsletters and other periodic information. You may
select such options by opting-in at the time of registration or by responding to
an offer or invitation at a later date. You will also have the right to opt-out
(unsubscribe) or change your preferences at any time by logging in with your
User ID and changing the settings in your account. You may also opt-out to
particular email communications by responding to that email and using the
"unsubscribe" or opt-out procedure included in that communication.
If you
are a registered user, you acknowledge, understand and hereby agree that you are
giving us your consent to track your activities, your use of the Site in
connection with your registration. You also agree to this Privacy Policy and
Agreement with you.
b. Collection of Personal Information During
Registration or In Connection with Certain Features and
Functions.
During registration (and possibly at certain other times
to enable your use of other features or functions or for security purposes), you
will be required to provide us with certain information about you in order for
us to allow you to use the features and functions that we may offer on the Site,
such as chat rooms, message boards, electronic mail services, messaging
services, auctions, shopping, registration and member profile pages.
c. Collection of Personal Information in Connection with Promotions
such as Contests and Sweepstakes: To the extent we offer user registration
on the Site, registration as a member of the Site is not always required to
enter Promotions such as contests and sweepstakes. There may be a separate
registration process which will require the submission of your first and last
name, street address, city, state and zip code, email address, telephone number
and date of birth. Additional Personal Information may be requested depending on
the specific Promotion, but submission of such information may be optional. The
Promotion's entry page and/or Rules will provide the specific requirements. You
may also have the opportunity to opt-in to special Promotions or offers from our
Advertisers in connection with many of these types of Promotions.
d.
Use of Personal Information in Connection with Promotions and Offers;
Opt-out Procedures. We, or our Affiliates, may contact the Site's registered
users or other users that have registered for or participated in various Site
events, Promotions, or transactions, or we may send offers for the purchase of
goods and/or services that may of interest to users.
You may "opt out"
of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails or text messages from us at any
time by going to the Site's home page, clicking the "Member Area" link and the
"Edit Account" link, and changing your school mailing list subscription choice.
You may also use the opt-out mechanism that is contained in an email or text
message.However,we, or our Affiliates, may continue to contact you via email for
administrative or informational purposes, including follow-up messages regarding
the administration of your account, any services, features or functions you have
enrolled in or registered to use, any Promotions you have participated in or
have entered, goods and/or services you have ordered, or other transactions you
have undertaken with the Site.
In the event that we, or our Affiliates,
unknowingly sends an email or text message to a child (a person under the age of
13 years) who has registered with the Site in violation of the Site's Agreement,
the child or the child's parent or legal guardian always have the right to
unsubscribe (opt-out) from receiving future emails or text messages via the
unsubscribe mechanism contained in the email or message, or to request
termination of the child's registration and status as a registered user with the
Site. The same unsubscribe process is available to a parent or legal guardian of
a minor (a person under the age of 18 years old, or the age of majority in your
state). Please see the "Review, Update, or Delete Your
Personal Information" Section for details.
e. Sharing of
Aggregate Information with Third Parties. Some of the aggregate customer
data we collect may be shared with Advertisers, our Affiliates, and other
business partners of the Site, its Parent Companies, and/or its Affiliates, but
we do not give any Personal Information to them as part of the relationship
except as described in this Privacy Policy. Use of their tracking technology is
subject to their own privacy policies.
f. Use of Communities. If
you use any of the Communities' features and functions made available on or
through the Site, please remember that any information disclosed in these venues
is automatically made public. You should exercise caution when disclosing any
Personal Information in the Communities, as you do not know who will access and
use your Personal Information or for what purposes. The Site and RFL are in no
way responsible for the accuracy, use, or misuse of any information that you
disclose or receive through these venues and you should assume that any
disclosure you do make in these venues will be available publicly, even without
your knowledge or authorization.
2. Wireless Marketing Services and
Promotional Opportunities: The Site and/or RFL may provide its valued
website users and viewers with the opportunity to register for special
Promotions, services, news, programming and information delivered via text
messaging and other wireless devices such as mobile phones and, in the event we
do so, users are required to provide their consent to receive such information
from the Site and RFL, either by registering on this Site or via their wireless
device. Such services and promotional opportunities are provided by Affiliates
for RFL. The information requested as part of the online registration process ma
include a user's telephone number or a wireless email address, but only if
specifically requested, and the carrier's name. Optional information may be
requested for specific Promotions, such as a user's preferences regarding goods
or services, choices of music or artists, or other similar survey information.
Depending on the Promotion, we may also collect an Internet email address or
other information and, depending on the information collected, the user may also
be required to confirm his or her agreement to the Site's Privacy Policy and
Agreement.
We caution that most wireless transmissions are not secured
and there is a greater risk of an unknown third party's interception of messages
or a user's Personal Information when using a wireless communications
device.
Users that register for the Site's and/or RFL's wireless
marketing services acknowledge, understand and agree that they will be
charged by the user's wireless carrier for all messages sent to the user from
the Site and/or RFL. Standard messaging rates will apply, unless noted
otherwise. Under no circumstances will the Site, RFL, its Parent Companies,
or Affiliates be responsible for any wireless email or text messaging charges
incurred by a user or by a person that has access to a user's wireless device,
telephone number, or email address.
a. Registration
To
the extent we provide wireless marketing services, there are two registration
methods provided for the Site's wireless marketing services. Standard rate
Promotions will be subject to either the "single opt-in" or the "double-opt-in
(Site/SMS)" method, at the discretion of the Site depending on the type of
Promotion. Premium rate services will require the "double opt-in" (Site/SMS or
SMS/SMS) method.
| 1) | Single Opt-in Method: In response to a print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to send a specific word or code via a text message to a designated telephone number to register for the service promoted. The user's voluntary submission of the designated word or code to the Site and/or RFL will mean that the user has freely and affirmatively granted permission to the Site and RFL to send text messages to him or her. The Site and/or RFL will thank the user for his or her registration by sending a "Thank you" message. The user may terminate the service at any time by using the unsubscribe command in any text message from the Site or by sending a text message to the Site that says "STOP", "END", "CANCEL", "REMOVE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" or "QUIT". |
| 2) | Double Opt-in (Site/SMS) Method: In response to a print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to this Site to start the registration process. The user must affirmatively consent to the Site's and RFL's sending of wireless messages to his or her designated wireless device by submitting a telephone number (or wireless email address, only if requested by the Site and/or RFL) and by clicking the consent statement on the Site's registration page. The user must also agree to the Site's Privacy Policy and Agreement before the online registration process is completed. The Site and/or RFL will then send a "Confirmation" message to the user's designated wireless device and will request that the user confirm that he or she has agreed to receive messages from the Site and/or RFL to that particular telephone number (or wireless domain name when appropriate). The user must respond to the "Confirmation" message with a text message that states "YES" or "Y" that will indicate the user's acceptance of the Site's and/or RFL's wireless marketing service. Until the user responds to the "Confirmation" message, the user is not registered for the specific wireless marketing service subject to the Promotion. A user may respond to the "Confirmation" message at any time provided that the Site and RFL may choose to terminate offering wireless marketing service at any time and the user's response to the "Confirmation" is only valid if the response is received while the Site and/or RFL continues to offer the specific wireless marketing service. |
| 3) | Double Opt-in (SMS/SMS) Method: In response to a print, radio, television, Internet, or other promotional messages, users will be directed to send a specific word or code via a text message to a designated telephone number to register for the service promoted. The Site and/or RFL will then send a "Confirmation" message to the user's designated wireless device and will request that the user confirm that he or she has agreed to receive messages from the Site and RFL to that particular telephone number (or wireless domain name when appropriate). The user must respond to the "Confirmation" message with a text message that states "YES" or "Y" that will indicate the user's acceptance of the Site's and RFL's wireless marketing service. Until the user responds to the "Confirmation" message, the user is not registered for the specific wireless marketing service subject to the Promotion. A user may respond to the "Confirmation" message at any time provided that the Site and RFL may choose to terminate offering wireless marketing service at any time and the user's response to the "Confirmation" is only valid if the response is received while the Site and/or RFL continues to offer the specific wireless marketing service. |
b. Termination of Wireless Services by
User
Regardless of which one of the above opt-in methods was used to
register, users may revoke their consent to receive messages from the Site and
RFL by the following procedure:
A user may cancel one or more services
via his or her wireless device at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism
provided by the Site and/or RFL at the time the message is sent, or by sending a
text message that says "STOP", "END", "CANCEL", "REMOVE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" or
"QUIT". The Site and RFL will terminate the user's registration for the most
recent wireless service sent to the user. Any of these words followed by the
word "ALL" in the user's termination request will cancel all of the user's
registered wireless services with the Site and RFL. If the user unsubscribes
from one or all of the Site's and RFL's service(s) via his or her wireless
device, the service(s) will be terminated immediately and will cancel the user's
previous opt-in.
c. Termination of Wireless Services by the Site and
RFL
A user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Site and RFL
may, at their sole discretion and without liability to any user, terminate its
offer of any specific wireless marketing service or all wireless marketing
services at any time without advance notice. The Site and RFL may provide notice
of terminations or changes in services on this Site.
d. Use of
Information
The Site and RFL will not use a wireless telephone number,
wireless or conventional Internet email address, or other information submitted
for its wireless marketing services for any other purpose but to provide the
service requested, unless we provide advance notice of any other use. We will
not share this Personal Information with Advertisers or other third party
marketers unless you opt-in to such disclosure. We will share this information
with the operational service providers that assist us in delivering these
wireless services to you and with the Parent Companies and
Affiliates.
3. Accuracy and Confidentiality: It
is your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful and accurate
information and to keep the Personal Information that you provide to us up to
date. We cannot and will not be responsible for any problems or liability
that may arise if you do not give us accurate, truthful or complete information
or you fail to update the information you give us.
You are solely
responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your user name and
password, if applicable, and for any charges, costs, expenses, damages,
liabilities and losses we incur or may suffer as a result of your failure to do
so. You, and not us, are solely responsible and liable for your activity,
behavior, use and conduct on the Site and for any use of the Site or any other
activity or conduct in connection with the Site, by any others who use your user
name or password, unless and until you notify us that your user name or password
may have been compromised, misappropriated or improperly taken or used by
another party.
Bear in mind that when you submit information to us, it
does not guarantee that we will permit you to use any or all of the features or
functions of the Site.
4. Cookies and Other
Aggregate Data: We use 'cookie' technology to collect data regarding your
visits to the Site. This data is stored in aggregate form and is not used to
identify any particular user or individual. We use cookies and similar tracking
technologies in a variety of ways, including:
| Keeping count of your return visits to the Site or our Parent Companies', Affiliates', Advertisers' or partners' sites; | |
| Accumulating and reporting aggregate, statistical information in connection with the Site; | |
| Determining which features users like best; and | |
| Saving your user name, your password or other information so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit the Site. |
This Site may contain advertisements, references and links to
other websites and organizations. We may also use third parties to display or
serve advertising on the Site and our web-based newsletters or other
communications which you may choose to receive. Often these third party
Advertisers employ cookie and web bug technologies to measure advertising
effectiveness. You should be aware that different rules might apply to the
collection, use or disclosure of your information by third parties in connection
with their advertisements, promotions and other websites you encounter on the
Internet. The use of such technology by these third parties is within their
control and not ours. Even if we have a relationship with the third party, we do
not control those sites or their policies and practices regarding your
information. This Privacy Policy does not cover any use of Personal
Information that a third party Advertiser or ad server may collect from you.
We encourage you to investigate and ask questions directly of them in this
regard. Use of Advertisers' tracking technology is subject to their own privacy
policies. For more information about these third party servers and how to "opt
out" of the ad-serving cookie, please click here.
Although we may track the numbers of visitors to inform us on how best to update the Site and enhance the experience for all visitors, Personal Information is not extracted in this process. We use tracking information on an aggregated basis to help us operate the Site, enhance and improve our service, improve the look of the Site and display advertising and marketing information. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie or image tag is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all such devices. This is done through your browser. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features at the Site that make your Internet experience more efficient and enjoyable - like the features mentioned above - and some of our other services will not function properly.
5. Privacy of Your Postings: We
respect the privacy of the contents of any Personal Information related to or
contained in a Posting, unless the information is intended to be disclosed (such
Personal Information, except as intended to be disclosed, is called
"Confidential Personal Information"). However, we reserve the right to
monitor, edit, and disclose your use of the Site or Confidential Personal
Information to a third party, if we believe such action is required by law or is
necessary to protect and defend our rights, to enforce this Privacy Policy or
the other terms of the Agreement, or to protect the interests of our users,
Advertisers, Parent Companies, Affiliates, suppliers, operational service
providers, and others. Please see the Terms of Use Agreement for details
regarding Postings.
6. Disclosure to Third
Parties: We do not sell, rent, lease or disclose your Personal Information
to unaffiliated entities or entities that are not our Advertisers, except in the
limited circumstances listed below. As stated above, we will disclose Personal
Information related to or contained in a Posting in connection with the display
of and other services relating to such Posting as such Personal Information is
intended to be disclosed. When we plan to disclose your Personal Information to
Advertisers, we ask for you to opt in to do so, in which case their use of your
information is subject to the Advertisers' own privacy policies. We may disclose
Personal Information to Affiliates for marketing and/or administrative purposes
and you will have the right to opt-out of such disclosure for marketing purpose.
(For opt-out procedures, please see the section of this Privacy Policy above
entitled "Use of Personal Information in Connection with Promotions and Offers;
Opt-Out Procedures").
a. Co-Branded Services and Features. The Site may also offer co-branded services and features, such as events and Promotions that we put together with another company or our Affiliates ("Co-Branded Partner"). Such services and features may be hosted on the Site and/or our Co-Branded Partner's website. We may share your Personal Information with our Co-Branded Partner and your voluntary use of or participation in a co-branded service or feature means that you opt-in and give your affirmative consent to both the Site and our Co-Branded Partner to collect and use your Personal Information provided during the registration process and/or in connection with the specific co-branded feature or service for the fulfillment of the feature or service and for marketing or administrative purposes. If you wish to opt-out of a Co-Branded Partner's future use of your Personal Information for marketing purposes, you will need to contact the Co-Branded Partner directly. The Co-Branded Partner will be identified on the co-branded feature or service. Registered or other users that participate in certain services relating to Postings, such as user video uploads, agree to have certain Personal Information posted on the Site or Platforms (as defined in the Video Submission Agreement that relates to user video uploads) or, if such feature is offered in connection with a Co-Branded Partner, on our Co-Branded partner's website in connection with the display of the uploaded video and posted on any platform that the uploaded video may be posted. Registered or other users that upload videos may also be required to submit additional Personal Information.
b. Operational Service Providers. We also have the right to disclose your Personal Information to third parties for the purpose of administering and maintaining the Site's services, features, functions and operations. We will refer to these third parties as "operational service providers". We use operational service providers to efficiently provide the full range of content, activities, services, features and functions we bring you and we request that our operational service providers also protect your privacy and not disclose your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information to third party marketers that are not associated with this Site or RFL. Additionally, such providers are not permitted to use your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
c. Other Non-Affiliated Third Parties. We will make your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information available to non-affiliated third parties in the following limited circumstances:
| When we are compelled to do so by a governmental agency, court or other entity (e.g., to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process); | |
| If we believe your actions violate any law, regulation, this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Privacy Policy, or any of our other terms and conditions, Rules, offerings or any other services, features or functions of the Site, or if you threaten the rights, property or safety of the Site, RFL, the Parent Companies, the Affiliates, or any of its or their operational service providers, suppliers, Advertisers, customers or registered users, or any other party; | |
| If, in our sole discretion, we believe such disclosure to be necessary or appropriate to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries, to protect our business and assets, to defend our interests and/or to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; or | |
| In the event of a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, transfer of control, joint venture or other business combination involving us, or our Parent Companies or Affiliates. |
7. Security & Protection of
Personal Information: We maintain reasonable standards of security and
confidentiality. However, for most Internet sites, it is possible that third
parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private
communications over an unsecured transmission. We conduct financial transactions
via secured transmissions but may not always secure other parts of the site. We
also limit access to the Site by our own employees to those individuals who are
authorized for the proper handling of such information and any employee found
violating our standards of security and confidentiality will be subject to our
disciplinary processes. We request that our operational service providers follow
the same policy.
8. Phishing: Phishing
attacks attempt to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account
credentials. "Phishers" use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit
websites designed to trick recipients into divulging Sensitive Personal
Information such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords, and
social security numbers. WE DO NOT SEND EMAILS ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE OR
CONFIRM SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION OR YOUR USERNAME OR PASSWORD! If you
receive such email communication, please forward it immediately to the Site's
Privacy Administrator at info@ratefame.com, and
then immediately delete the fraudulent email from your computer.
9.
Review, Update or Delete Your Personal Information: Generally, you may
review, update or delete your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal
Information collected by this Site. You may also correct factual inaccuracies.
However, Personal Information that is necessary to check eligibility, such as
date of birth or age cannot be deleted, but may be modified with sufficient
verification of the correct information. Deletion or attempted deletion of
certain Personal Information, such as your user name, may not be permitted
and/or may result in suspension of your account or termination of any
registration you may have made. To review, update or delete your Personal
Information or Sensitive Personal Information collected by the Site, please sign
in to your account with your User ID and then click "Member Area" and "Edit
Account" to change or delete your Personal Information.
If you
wish to review Personal Information collected for Promotions such as contests
and sweepstakes, you will need to contact the Site's Privacy Administrator via
email with a request at info@ratefame.com and be
prepared to provide verification of your identity. Personal Information
collected for certain entries are subject to corporate and regulatory
recordkeeping requirements and will not be deleted upon the user's request,
unless the entrant is a child under the age of 13 years old.
Persons under the age of 18 that are unknowingly registered on the Site are in violation of this Agreement. Parents (including legal guardians) of children that registered on the Site in violation of the Agreement who wish to terminate their child's membership please Contact and provide us with your child's User ID and request to terminate your child's account and registration. We will not allow direct access to a user's account and Personal Information by any person without the user's User ID. (Please see above for how to change your preferences or the information associated with your account.) If a parent does not have his or her child's User ID, the parent will be required to send an email that includes the parent's name, address, telephone and email address, in addition to the child's name and email address as registered on the Site, plus the child's date of birth. The parent must also provide verifiable identification that they are the parent of the ineligible child. The Site and/or RFL will send a confirming email to the parent via the email address provided to verify that the parent wishes to terminate his or her child's account and registration. The parent must then confirm by sending a reply email to the designated return address. The Site and/or RFL will then terminate the child's account but will notify the child of the termination request via email and will identify the name, address and email address of the person making the request.
We reserve the right to deny access, use and registration privileges to any user, including with limitation a registered user of any services, features or functions of the Site if we believe there is a question about the identity of the person trying to access the user's account or any services, features or functions. And if the burden or expense of providing access to your Personal Information is disproportionate to the risks to your privacy, or if the legitimate rights of others would be violated, we may decide not to provide access to such information. In such cases, we will provide to you an explanation of why access cannot be provided and a contact person for further inquiries.
10. Questions: If you have questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending us an email at info@Ratefame.com
11. Sole Statement: This document is the sole statement
of the Site's Privacy Policy with respect to this Site, and no summary,
restatement or other version thereof, or other privacy statement or policy, in
any form, including, without limitation, machine-generated, is
valid.
This Privacy Policy was last modified on March 16, 2007 and is
effective immediately.
