Value Testers respects your privacy and
security. We want to make use of any information you give us in order to
provide you with the best possible online experience.
Information Collection and Uses
Value Testers is the sole owner of the
information collected on this site. Value Testers will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this
statement. Value Testers collects information from our users at several
different points on our Web Site.
Registration
Although not required for all services offered,
a better user experience may be provided if the user registers with some
personally identifying information. During registration a user is required to
give their contact information (such as name and email address). This
information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for
which they have expressed interest.
Order
We request information from the user on our
order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and
shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration
date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's
orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is
used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data containing
information about the user that is stored on the user's hard drive. A cookie
can contain information such as a user identification code that the site uses
to personalize the web experience, but the only personal information a cookie
can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie cannot read data off
your hard disk or read cookie data created by other sites.
Some parts of this web site may use cookies to
track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of
web site information to our users and to see how effective our navigational
structure is in helping users reach that information. Value Testers systems do
not correlate this information with data about individual users, nor does it
share this information or sell it to any third party.
A user may set their browser to refuse all cookies, or to warn before accepting
cookies and thereby refuse individual cookies. If a user rejects the cookie(s),
they may still use our site. The only drawback is that the user will be limited
in some areas of our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the
interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We may share aggregated demographic information
with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can
identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing
company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
We may partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user
signs up for these services, we will share names or other contact information
that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. We have no
control of these other parties and are not responsible for their actions.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that Value Testers is not responsible for the privacy practices
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our
site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that
collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this Web site.
Newsletter and Agents
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter,
we ask for contact information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information
from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to
disclose this information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information
(such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the
winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of
monitoring and/or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Survey
information will be used for marketing purposes.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service to
inform a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email
address. Value Testers will automatically send the friend a one-time email
inviting them to visit the site. Value Testers stores this information for the
sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact Value
Testers at [email protected] to request the removal of this information
from our database.
Security
Value Testers, LLC is committed to taking all
reasonable steps to protect the individual identifying information that you
provide to us. When our secure order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is
protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a
secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web
browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes
locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are 'surfing'. While we use
SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything
in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users'
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted
in our offices. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we
place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is
protected. If you have any questions about the security at our Web Site, you
can send an email to [email protected].
Special Offers
Established users of our Web Site will
occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a
newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option
to not receive these types of communications. Please see the choice and opt-out
section below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service
announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements,
which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the
user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their
account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information
changes (such as zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will
endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal
data provided to us. This can usually be done at the user profile page or by
emailing [email protected].
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to
'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related to
our site at the point where we ask for the information. However, not every service
offers an 'opt-out'. Users who no longer
wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from Value Testers may
opt-out of receiving these communications by replying with unsubscribe in the
subject line of the email or by emailing us at [email protected].
Notification
of Changes
If
we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under certain circumstances, if we disclose it. If at any point we
decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time it was collected, we would notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information
in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the
privacy policy under which the information was collected.