PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 03/06/2007.
Introduction: These websites which are located
at the domain nbcuwidgets.com (the "Site") are operated by NBC Universal.
("NBC Universal" or “we” or “our” or “us”).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy describes
the types of information collected from you, what we do with it,
with whom we share it, and how you can correct or change such information.
It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy carefully,
especially before providing any personal data through the Site.
This Site is operated in and controlled from the United States of
America. If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy or Site, or if you wish to unsubscribe from Site services
for which you have previously registered, please contact us at NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com
or at the address at the end of this policy.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS OF SERVICE
FOR THE SITE CAREFULLY. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR
AGREEMENT TO SUCH PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
1. Types
of Information Collected
· Personal Data
· Aggregate and Anonymous Data
2. Use of Cookies and Other
Technologies
3. Our Use of Your
Information
4. Disclosure
of Personal Data to Third Parties
· Disclosure to Affiliates
· Disclosure to Third Parties
· Disclosure to Others
5. Third Party
Advertising and Links to Other Sites
6. Your Choice
7. Access and Correction
8. Children and Privacy
9. Message Boards, Chat
Rooms, Blogs and Other User Forums
10. Data Security
11. Exclusions
12. Other Terms and Conditions
13. Site Location
14. Changes
to this Privacy Policy
15. Contacting NBC
Universal Regarding Your Privacy
1.
Types of Information Collected:
Personal Data: Personally Identifiable Information
(“Personal Data”) is any information that can be used
to identify a specific individual, such as your name, email address,
home address, phone number and credit card information. This
Site collects Personal Data when you interact with the Site for
example when you subscribe for newsletters; register for membership
services such as chat rooms or message boards; participate in chat
rooms, blogs or other user forums; respond to polls or surveys;
purchase merchandise via the Site; register for sweepstakes, contests
and other promotional opportunities; or seek help from our customer
service departments. We also may collect information when
you purchase products or services offline, or register for wireless
services via your cellphone or other wireless devices (”Other
Services”). Because providing detailed information regarding
our privacy policy when you register or provide information in connection
with these Other Services often proves impractical, you may instead
be provided with a short notice that reminds you to refer to this
Privacy Policy and other relevant information from us. We
may also obtain Personal Data from reputable third parties, such
as credit agencies.
Aggregate and Anonymous Data: Aggregate and
anonymous data is information that does not identify you specifically
including data collected automatically through the operation of
the Site (“AA Data”). We may collect site usage
data (such as which Site pages you visit and in what sequence) through
the use of various technologies. For example, we collect IP
addresses from individuals who visit the Site. An IP address
is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever
you're surfing the Web. Web servers, the computers that "serve
up" Web pages, automatically identify your computer by its IP address,
and when you request a page from a website, its servers log your
IP address. We do not link IP addresses to any Personal Data,
so although your session will be logged, you will remain anonymous
to us and the Site. We may also collect password information
from you when you log in, as well as computer and connection information
such as browser type or version. During some visits, we may
use software tools, such as Javascript, to measure and collect session
information, including page response times, download errors, time
spent on certain pages, page interaction information, and methods
used to browse away from the page.
2. Use of
Cookies and Similar Technologies:
Like many sites, we use "cookies" or other similar technologies
to collect AA Data. A cookie is a small data file that writes
to your hard drive for record keeping purposes when you visit the
Site. Cookies allow the Site to measure traffic activity on
the Site and to improve your user experience, for example by remembering
your passwords and viewing preferences, allowing you to visit “member
only” portions of the Site without re-registering, and tracking
the progress and number of entries in activities that require registration
or entry, such as sweepstakes. Similarly, if you have asked us to
send you information about upcoming products and promotions, using
cookies we collect information about which Site pages you have visited
and in what order (“Clickstream Data”) that may allow
us to narrow or limit the materials provided to you based on your
prior online activities or preferences. Most browsers
are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can
set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies
are being sent, but it is possible that some parts of the Site will
not function properly if you do so.
In addition, we may use a service that collects data remotely by
using so-called “pixel tags,” “web beacons,”
“clear GIFs” or similar means (collectively, “Pixel
Tags”) embedded in the Site’s content. A Pixel
Tag is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is
ordinarily not visible to Site visitors and may be associated with
cookies on the visitors’ hard drives. This information
is AA data.
3.
Our Use of Your Data:
Personal Data: We will use your Personal
Data for the purposes for which it was provided. For example,
if you provide Personal Data to register for a newsletter or a text
messaging service, to enter a contest or a sweepstake, or to purchase
goods or services, we will use it to register you for or provide
you with those goods or services. We may also use your
Personal Data to provide you with information about features, services
and other offerings that may be of interest to you. We also
may send information or offers to selected groups of Site users
on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not
give those businesses your name or address. Under certain
circumstances (for example if you win a contest) we may post your
Personal Data on the Site. We will notify you of this possibility
when you provide the Personal Data and, if possible, when the Personal
Data is posted.
Cookies and similar tools may be used to relate your use of the
Site and AA Data to Personal Data obtained from you. If any
AA Data is linked with Personal Data, the linked AA Data will then
be treated as Personal Data.
AA Data: We may also use Personal Data in
aggregate form for purposes of research or analysis. In order
to better understand and serve the users of the Site and Other Services,
NBC Universal often conducts research on its customer demographics,
interests and behavior based on Personal Data we gather. Although
this aggregated data may be based in part on Personal Data, it does
not identify you personally. NBC Universal may share this
type of AA Data with a variety of third parties, including its affiliates,
agents, and current and prospective business partners.
We may use AA Data collected from the Site for site administration,
advertising and promotional purposes, and we may share such information
with various affiliated and unaffiliated entities for such purposes.
For example, IP addresses are used for the purposes of system administration
and to provide AA Data to advertisers about the volume of use on
the Site, and Clickstream Data and demographic AA Data may be shared
with our advertisers and business partners. We may also enter
into agreements with outside companies that possess technology that
allows the Site to customize the advertising and marketing messages
you receive on the Site. This data (including Clickstream
Data about your activities on our Site) may be shared with these
companies for this purpose.
4. Disclosure of Personal Data:
Disclosure to Affiliates: We
reserve the right to share Personal Data with our affiliates.
If you do not want us to share your Personal Data with our affiliated
companies for their marketing purposes, you may opt-out of such
sharing by contacting us at NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com (see “Your
Choices” below).
Disclosure to Third Parties: NBC Universal,
like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform
certain business-related functions on our behalf such as hosting
specific portions of the Site, maintaining databases, administering
contests, providing wireless services, mailing information and processing
payments. When we employ a third party to perform these functions,
that third party will only be provided with the particular Personal
Data it needs to perform its function, and is required to protect
the Personal Data. For third-party sponsored sweepstakes,
contests or promotions, we may request Personal Data from you that
may be shared with the sponsor upon request.
Disclosure to Others: In addition, we may
disclose Personal Data without providing you with a choice under
the following limited circumstances to: (1) protect
the legal rights, privacy or safety of NBC Universal or its
subsidiaries, affiliates or its or their employees, agents and contractors;
(2) protect the safety and security of visitors to our web
sites or other properties; (3) protect against fraud or other
illegal activity or for risk management purposes; (4) respond to
inquiries or requests from public authorities; (5) permit us to
pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain;
(6) enforce our Terms of Service; or (7) comply with the law
or legal process.
If NBC Universal sells all or part of this Site or makes a sale
or transfer of assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or business
transfer, we may, in our sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign
your Personal Data to a third party as part of or in connection
with that transaction. Upon such transfer, the Privacy Policy
of the acquiring entity may govern the further use of your Personal
Data.
5.
Third-Party Advertising and Links to Other Sites:
This Site may include third-party advertising. These third
parties’ websites and advertisers, or the Internet advertising
companies that work on their behalf, may use technology to send
(or “serve”) the advertisements that appear on our Site
directly to your browser. They automatically receive your
IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, Javascript,
Pixel Tags and other technologies to deliver advertisements, collect
information about the effectiveness of their advertisements, and
to collect anonymous information about your visits to the Site,
such as the number of times you have viewed an ad (but not your
name, address, or other Personal Data). For more information
about these specialized cookies and other technologies, and how
to "opt out" of information collection by these companies, we suggest
you visit http://doubleclick.net/privacy_policy
or http://networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp.
Please note that this Site contains links to other sites that will
not follow the same Privacy Policy as our Site. For instance,
clicking on an advertisement or on links or other elements on the
Site may take you to an entirely different site. Links to
other sites may use our Site logo or style as a result of a co-branding
agreement. These sites may send their own cookies to you and
may collect data and make use of that data in ways that this Site
would not. Once you've left this Site, this Privacy Policy
will no longer apply to Personal Data or any other data collected
from or provided by you. You should check the applicable privacy
policy to determine how that site will handle such data.
6. Your Choices:
You can use the Site and certain Other Services without providing
any Personal Data, but if you decline to provide Personal Data,
you may not be able to use certain services or features. If
you have previously provided Personal Data to the Site and have
subscribed to one or more email newsletters or are receiving emails
or other communications from the Site and you do not want to receive
such emails, please discontinue your subscriptions by selecting
the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any message, visiting the
Unsubscribe
section of the Site or contacting us at: NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com.
You may opt-out of receiving offers from us by adjusting your Site
preferences at our Unsubscribe
link on this page. If you ask that we stop using your Personal Data,
we will honor that request. However we will retain records
of your Personal Data as needed in order to comply with applicable
federal, state, or local law.
Unsubscribe
7.
Access and Correction:
If you would like to review, correct or change the Personal Data
that you have previously provided us, please go to the Unsubscribe
section of the Site and follow the appropriate instructions
or contact us at NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com.
We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data
in our possession.
8.
Children and Privacy:
We encourage parents and guardians to spend time with their children
online and to be fully familiar with the sites visited by their
children. At various places on the Site or Other Services,
we may ask users for their age. By using the Site or Other
Services you agree to respond truthfully and accurately about your
age. Children under the age of 13 years of age are expressly
prohibited from submitting or posting any Personal Data on the Site
or Other Services.
9. Message
Boards, Chat Rooms, Blogs and Other User Forums:
Please remember that information posted to message boards, chat
rooms, blogs and other user forums becomes public information.
Use caution when posting. Individuals under the age of 18
should be especially careful not to provide any personally identifiable
information when participating in any area of the Site where postings
might become public. Please see our Terms of Service for the
standards of behavior that must be followed when using these portions
of the Site or Other Services.
10. Data Security
Disclaimer:
NBC Universal takes reasonable security
precautions to secure the Personal Data that you choose to provide
against the loss, misuse, alteration or unauthorized access of such
information. Unfortunately, no transmission of data over the
Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be
possible for third parties not under the control of NBC Universal
to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully.
While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot ensure
or warrant the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us.
Any such transmission is done at your own risk. If you believe
that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify
us of the problem by contacting us at NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com.
11. Exclusions:
This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited
information you provide to NBC Universal on or through this Site
or Other Services. Please see our Terms of Service for our
policies regarding such Unsolicited Information. All such
Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential,
and NBC Universal shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and
distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation
or attribution.
12. Other Terms
and Conditions:
Your access to and use of this Site or Other Services is
subject to the Terms of Service.
13. Applicable
Law:
We control and operate this Site from the United States. The
Site is not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of
any state, country or territory other than that of the United States.
Please note that we do not represent or warrant that the Site is
appropriate for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those
who choose to access the Site do so at their own initiative and
are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy:
From time to time, we may revise this Privacy Policy to
reflect industry initiatives, changes in the law or technology,
or changes in our practices regarding information collection and
use. If we make revisions to the way we collect or use Personal
Data, we may provide notice of those changes by either: (1)
announcing the change on the home page of the Site or (2) taking
such other action as we deem appropriate under the circumstances,
including without limitation, posting the revised draft of this
Privacy Policy on the Site. You can determine when this Privacy
Policy was last revised by referring to the “Last Updated”
legend at the top of this page. Any changes to this policy
will become effective upon posting of the revised Privacy Policy
on the Internet, accessible through the Site. By continuing
to use the Site following such changes, you will be deemed to have
agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms
of this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time,
in whole or in part, please do not continue using this Site.
15.
Contacting NBC Universal Regarding Your Privacy:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, Personal Data
gathered by this Site or Other Services, or about the operation
of this Site or Other Services, or if you wish to unsubscribe from
the Site or Other Services, please contact us at NBCUniPrivacy@nbcuni.com,
or at the address listed below.
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