This is the privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy" that governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information of users of this web site (the "Site") by Thoughtbox™ ("Thoughtbox", "we" "us"). By "personal information" we mean information by which you as a user may be identified or contacted. This Privacy Policy, as well as the Site's Terms of Use, governs your use of the Site.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect from you your name, email address, street address, telephone number, other contact information, and other data you provide to us. We may also collect information by which you may be identified or contacted when coupled with your personal information, such as photos, questions, comments and other information and material you provide to us. This information is collected actively from you. We use this information to operate the Site, to correspond with you about Thoughtbox, the Site and its content and offerings, to improve our Site, services and goods offered, to respond to and fulfill your requests and orders for information, goods, services and opportunities, and send you information about opportunities, goods and services in which you might be interested.
In addition, we do collect some personal information from you through the use of Cookies. When you visit the Site, a Cookie (a technical method that allows our systems to recognize your computer or email address) may be placed on your computer that allows us to track and collect records of your Site travels, experiences, selections and purchases. We use this information to make your Site experience a better one, to lessen the redundant information you receive, and to bring you information we believe may be of interest to you. Some computers allow you to turn off the use of Cookies. If you choose to turn off our ability to use Cookies to gather information from you as you use this Site, you may not be able to view all of the text on the screens, or to experience a personalized visit, or to subscribe to certain services and product offerings on the Site.
We engage a variety of service providers ("Service Providers") to assist us in operating, hosting and maintaining the Site, collecting, managing, analyzing and maintaining user data, fulfilling orders placed by our users for goods, services or information, to aggregate and analyze user data for us, and for similar services.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In addition to disclosure of your personal information to our Service Providers (who are obligated only to use it on our behalf to provide the services we request), we may disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:
(a) we may rent, share, disclose, license and sell your personal information to third parties for their use, including in sending information to you about goods and services in which they or we believe you may be interested ("Third Party Marketing Uses") (note that you can opt out of allowing us to disclose your personal information for this purpose as described in the OPT OUT Options below);
(b) to comply with the law, including to respond to subpoenas, court orders or other legal process requests, to defend us against legal claims, to protect the Site and to protect the safety and security of users, individuals, and our property, and to enforce this Privacy Policy and/or the Terms of Use;
(c) to respond to requests from you for goods or services that are to be sold by and/or delivered from third parties;
(d) to any successor in interest to Thoughtbox or its assets (or substantially all of its assets); and/or
(e) for other purposes as we may inform you from time to time at the time of requesting the information, and in such cases you would have the option of not providing the information or declining to permit it to be so disclosed.
AGGREGATED INFORMATION
We may use and disclose aggregated information gathered from the Site, including your use of the Site, for any purpose whatsoever. Aggregated information is information that is compiled (for example in statistical form) so that the individual user information is stripped of identifiable information and coupled with information of other users, such as the number of users who visit a particular linked site or who purchase particular items or goods.
OPT OUT OPTIONS
(a) Opt Out of Our Marketing Emails. From time to time, we may send you emails with information about new services or products we may offer, or services or products of others in which we think you may be interested. You may opt out of permitting us to use your personal information for this purposes at any time by contacting us at webmaster@Thoughtbox.com and notifying us of your preference. Please be clear what you prefer. Statements such as "Please do not send me your marketing emails." would be fine.
(b) Opt Out of Disclosures for Third Party Marketing. You may opt out of permitting us to use your personal information for Third Party Marketing Purposes by contacting us at webmaster@Thoughtbox.com and notifying us of your preference. Please be clear what you prefer. Statements such as "I wish to opt out of permitting my personal information to be used for Third Party Marketing purposes." would be fine.
OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION
This Privacy Policy applies only to information gathered from you through the Site. We may gather or be provided with information about or from you from other sources or sites and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such information.
SPECIAL SUBMISSIONS: INFORMATION YOU POST OR SUBMIT FOR VIEWING BY OTHERS
In certain sections of the Site, we offer users an opportunity to provide us with their views, experiences, and comments about issues, goods and services for the purpose of sharing with others such views, experiences, and comments. We also in some sections of the Site allow our users to post directly content (documents or audio files) so that it can be viewed by other users. This information is not governed by this Privacy Policy and by submitting it, you are granting Thoughtbox a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable license (as set forth in the Terms of Use) to use, modify, adapt, publish, and disclose it, in whole or in part, with or without additional information or your name or other identifying information.
SITE FOR USE OF GENERAL AUDIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
This Site is directed at a general audience and is intended for individuals located and residing within the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. Children under 13 should not use this Site. Individuals located elsewhere who use the Site are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal and other information as provided herein. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will not further use or disclose such information (and will delete it from our databases of user information) unless we secure appropriate parental consent in accordance with the Child Online Privacy Protection Act.
OTHER WEBSITES
Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the contents or privacy practices of other websites. Each website should be checked for its own privacy policy before you choose to use it or submit personal information on or through it.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may from time to time update this Privacy Policy. Whenever a material change to this Privacy Policy is to be made, we will place a prominent notice alerting users to such change on the home page of our Site. You may decline to have personal information that we have already gathered from you governed by the changed Privacy Policy, by notifying us (see contact information below) within thirty days of the date the notice of such change was posted on our Site and not further using the Site. If you use the Site after the notice is posted, all of your information will be governed by the modified Privacy Policy.
DISPUTES
The Terms of Use for the Site governs this Privacy Policy, including in the event of any disputes between you and us regarding this Privacy Policy and the use, collection and disclosure of your personal information, including, without limitation, the provisions providing for North Carolina law, arbitration, indemnification, and limitations of liability and damages.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about us, our Site or other matters related to the Site or us, please contact us at the following email address: webmaster@Thoughtbox.com.
REVIEW, UPDATES, CORRECTIONS
If you would like to review, update or correct any information that you have provided to us through your use of our Site, please contact us at:
Please describe the information you would like to review, the update you would like made, and the correction you would like accomplished.
EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date of this Privacy Policy is February 15, 2010.
