This privacy policy applies to the advertising products and services offered by ReadUpdates Inc, And our services and products as the "Services". We are committed to protecting your personal privacy. To better protect your privacy, we provide this privacy policy to inform you of our practices with respect to how we collect and use personal information about users of our services and our customers. As used in this Privacy Policy, the term "You" shall refer to any user of our Services.
The Information We Collect and How We Use the Information
Information you provide ? When you choose to opt-in to a ReadUpdates advertiser offer, ReadUpdates collects your information on behalf of our advertising partners. This data may include personal information like your name, email address, zip code, and phone number, which is sent to the advertiser so that they may fulfill the offer or offers you have selected. When you send data through our Services, we have adopted processes to keep your data secure and confidential and to deliver your data only to the parties whose offers you have opted-in to. Our procedures are designed to ensure that your data is always protected. Our systems have implemented security protections, including encryption, firewalls and password protection, better than industry standards.
Log information ? When you access ReadUpdates services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
Anonymized data ? ReadUpdates anonymizes your personally identifiable user data for the purpose of research, analysis and optimization. We use this anonimized user data in aggregate to identify user trends and to optimize our offer selection and ad serving to provide you with the most relevant offers.
We use the information that we collect to improve the design, operation and content of our Site, Services and to administer our systems. We also use this information to enable us to personalize your experience on our websites and our Services in connection with the products and services you use. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze usage of our Site and our Services, as well as to develop new services.
Data about traffic and usage is not personally identifying or identifiable. ReadUpdates may share the non-personal, traffic or click-stream information it collects with certain selected third parties, but only in aggregated, anonymous form. For example, We may tell an Advertiser that a certain number of people viewed its offer.
We will hold all data gathered in strict confidence. Under no circumstances will your e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, be sold to, supplied to, shared with or otherwise made available to any third party, except as described in this privacy policy, without your express written consent.
Opt-In to Advertiser Offers
At ReadUpdates it is our intent to obtain the informed consent of the user at all points of time. The ReadUpdates Services allow You, as a visitor or a registrant on the Web Publisher website, the ability to view, request and receive special offers provided by Advertisers working with ReadUpdates. When You visit a website of a Web Publisher that is working with ReadUpdates, You may be presented with a ReadUpdates offer placement or web page each listing one or more special offers from certain Advertisers working with ReadUpdates. You may choose which offer(s) You would like to receive or hear more about by simply clicking on the checkbox or radio button adjacent to the offer(s) or selecting a positive response in the manner indicated. You can choose some offers, all of them, or none of them - it's up to You.
Opt Out of Receiving Advertiser Offers
We strongly recommend to and work with all our advertisers, to ensure provision of an opt out clause for all consumers, in case they no longer wish to receive advertiser offers. However we have no control over this process and cannot provide a guarantee.
Advertisers and Publishers Use of Information
Advertisers ? The data collected by us, once transferred to the advertiser for whom you specifically submitted your personally identifiable information, will be subject to the privacy policy of that particular advertiser. You should consult the privacy policy of the advertiser for additional information.
Publishers ? In some instances the publisher is collecting your data so that they may provide you with a service or user account to their site. The Web Publisher on whose website You visited or registered (or previously registered) may transfer, subject to its own privacy policy, Your personal information and certain other non-personal information to ReadUpdates. The publisher may have access to your data if you are explicitly opting into a publisher service or offer or as otherwise described in their privacy policy. In this case the publisher uses your user data to provide services to you as contemplated by their privacy policy and you should consult their policy to understand how they will use your data.
We are not responsible for the security and privacy practices of any other company, such as publishers who carry the advertisements or advertisers who receive the personally identifiable information or data. You should consult the privacy policy of the publisher and advertiser. Please visit our privacy and security FAQ for tips about protecting your privacy online.
Permissions that may use sensitive information
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Share your personal information
We will not sell, trade or rent the user personally identifiable information to others. The only exception is that the law enforcement agency or similar organization needs to be in criminal investigation, and may expose the user or mobile match 3 legal personal information to prevent fraud or criminal activity, infringement of intellectual property rights or other illegal activities.
Information We Do Not Collect
We take your online privacy very seriously and do everything we can to protect your identity. We believe that there are certain types of data that should not be collected from You. We do not collect highly sensitive data like credit card number, social security number, bank account numbers, and account passwords.
Information Sharing or Disclosure
In the event that we contract with a third party to provide some part of the information or service that you have requested, ReadUpdates may provide your information to such third party, or such third party may collect information from you on our behalf. By written agreement, these third parties are required to implement similar security measures and to process your information only as authorized by ReadUpdates to fulfill the service(s) that they have been contracted to provide. Other than these entities, which act on our behalf, information you provide at this site will not be transferred to unrelated third parties, unless we have your permission to do so. However, please note that personal information provided to this site may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or orders.
Changes in Corporate Structure
If all or part of the company is sold, merged or otherwise transferred to another entity, the information that you have provided at this site may be transferred as part of that transaction. However, ReadUpdates will take reasonable steps to assure that such information is used in a manner consistent with the ReadUpdates privacy policy under which it was collected.
Links
In connection with the Site and our Services, we may provide links to websites of third parties whose information practices and privacy policies may be different than ours. You should consult the other sites' privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Security
We employ procedural and technological measures, consistent with legal requirements, standard industry practices and the demands of customer service, reasonably designed to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data. We take all appropriate reasonable security measures to prevent any unauthorized access, disclosure or alteration of your data. However we cannot guarantee that these security measures will prevent other third parties from unlawfully obtaining the data or misusing it. We restrict access to personal information to ReadUpdates employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Policy Regarding Children
We are committed to protecting the rights of children. We do not collect any information from users who identify themselves as being 13 or younger. If we do identify any user as being 13 or younger we delete their personally identifiable information. Neither the Services offered by us, through our website or the offers presented on an offer page or via an offer placement are targeted at children.
It is our intent at all times to comply with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA")
International Users
Personal data that You have voluntarily entered electronically is delivered to servers located in the United States. By using this Web Site, any Web Publisher website or opting-in to any Advertiser's offer(s), You consent to the transfer of this personal and non-personal data, and to our use of such personal and non-personal data as outlined in this Privacy Policy and that of the Web Publisher and Advertiser.
Enforcement
ReadUpdates regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or ReadUpdates treatment of personal information by contacting us through email([email protected])
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change and or update this Privacy Policy at any time, and will post any revisions on our Site. It is your responsibility as the user to keep abreast of the updates and or changes to the privacy policy.
Questions about this policy
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected]