HaveInfo.net Privacy Policy
October 2, 2008
At HaveInfo (a/k/a HaveInfo.net) we recognize that privacy is important. Please read our Privacy Policy below so that you may better understand our collection and use of your personal information.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us at contact@haveinfo.net.
In general, HaveInfo uses personal information strictly for the following:
- To ensure the technical functioning of our website;
- To provide our products and services to users, such as display of customized content and advertising;
- To audit, research and analyze trends on our website in order to maintain, protect and improve our services; and
- To develop new services.
Below are answers to specific questions you may have about our Privacy Policy.
What information does HaveInfo collect and how do you use it?
We offer some services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us, such as our Article Search feature. As you use these services, we might collect the following information:
- Cookies: When you visit the HaveInfo website, we may save or more cookies on your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to store user preferences and to understand how people use our site. Your browser is typically initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. Some HaveInfo features and services may not function properly if disable cookies in your browser.
- Server Logs: When you use visit HaveInfo, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. This information is captured in our server logs. This information may include your web requests that you type into your browser on our site, Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
- Communications: When you send email or other communication to HaveInfo, we may retain those communications in order to attend to your inquiries and requests and improve our services.
- Affiliate and Sponsor Sites: We may offer some services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to HaveInfo in order to deliver the service. Any information sent to us from affiliate or sponsor sites will be processed in accordance with this Policy. Be sure to review the privacy policies and practices of the affiliate and sponsor sites that you visit.
- Links: HaveInfo may provide trackable links that allow us to determine whether these links have been followed. This helps us to optimize the user experience of the site by providing relevant information and advertisements that our users show interest in.
- Other Sites: HaveInfo does not have any control over the sites displayed in the articles submitted by authors on our site or links to resources and other sites we may provide. These other sites may send their own cookies or files to your computer, collect data or solicit your personal information. As with Affiliate and Sponsor Sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any sites you visit that have been linked from HaveInfo.
- We offer services that require you to register for an account and provide personal information to us, such as our Submit Article feature. As you use these services, we will collect the following information in addition to the information listed above:
- • Information you provide: When you sign up for a HaveInfo account to submit articles, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address, mailing address and an account password). This information is used solely for identifying you as a user on this site and identifying you as the author of all articles that you submit. As you correspond with the HaveInfo staff, we may use this information to verify your identity before helping you to solve any issues that may arise during your use of our services or our website.
What are my choices for giving you my personal information?
If we intend use any personal information you have submitted to us in a manner different from its initial intent, we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
If we intend to use your personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy, we will offer you an opportunity opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes.
You are free to decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case HaveInfo may not be able to provide certain services to you.
Will you share my personal information?
HaveInfo will only share your personal information with other companies or individuals in the following circumstances:
- You have given us your opt-in consent to share sensitive personal information.
- We belief that preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) protect the rights, property or safety of HaveInfo, its users or the public as required or permitted by law, (c) detect or prevent fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) enforce any applicable Terms of Service.
In some instances, we may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated information from our website. Such information does not include personally identifiable information. It would include as the number of users who read a particular article, the most popular article based on user count or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement.
How do I know my personal information is secure?
HaveInfo takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data on our server. Access to personal information is granted only to HaveInfo employees and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our website services. These individuals are may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet our confidentiality obligations and policies.
Can I access and update my personal information?
HaveInfo makes efforts to allow you to access and update and delete your personal information at your request, barring that it is not legally required to be retained.
In some cases we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, that may jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (such as locating articles from backup files after they have been deleted from our article directory).
How do you communicate changes to this Privacy Policy?
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your rights under this Policy will not be reduced without your explicit consent, and we expect such changes will be minor. Any Policy changes will be posted on this page with the change date. If HaveInfo feels the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice on the front page of our website or via email.
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