Our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

By accessing the sites, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by the terms hereof, the Terms of Service, and any other terms or policies we post on the sites. If there is anything you do not understand, please email any inquiry to info@ExpansionSolutionsMagazine. If at any time you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the sites or provide us with any personal information.

We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy by posting such changes or updates to the Site. Amendments to this Privacy Policy will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of the sites following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog or website?

When registering on our Site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?

We may collect information, which may include certain Personal Information data such as your IP address, from your browser when you use our sites. We use a variety of methods, such as cookies and pixel tags to collect this information, which may include your (a) IP-address; (b) unique cookie identifier, cookie information and information on whether your device has software to access certain features; (c) unique device identifier and device type; (d) domain, browser type and language; (e) operating system and system settings; (f) country and time zone; (g) previously visited websites; (h) information about your interaction with our sites such as click behavior, purchases and indicated preferences; and (i) access times and referring URLs.

We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to an eNewsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form in visiting this site or enter information on our site.

We may use the information we collect from you when you sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

•             To personalize user’s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

•             Login and account information, including unique user ID and password

•             To improve our website in order to better serve you.

•             To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.

•             To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.

•             To quickly process your request.

•             To send emails

•             Subscribe you to our various in-house email lists.

 

How do we protect visitor information?

We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. James / Ginger is it correct to say our site would be SSL certified.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember you. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We most commonly use cookies to:

•             Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.

•             Keep track of advertisements.

•             Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

If users disable cookies in their browser:

If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled.  It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

Third Party Disclosure

Do we disclose the information we collect to Third Parties?

We sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your name, address, city, town, any form or online contact identifier email, name of chat account etc.

We engage in this practice because:

Our business model as an advertiser of economic development requires us to disclose in parts or in whole this information to our advertisers at our discretion.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

We have or can implemented the following:

•             Google Display Network Impression Reporting

•             Demographics and Interests Reporting

We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing what categories of Personal Information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses.

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

•             Users can visit the Site anonymously without providing their Personal Information, but we may collect Personal Information, such as IP addresses, automatically through the use of cookies or other tracking technologies;

•             We will add a link to this Privacy Policy on our home page, or at a minimum, on the first significant page after entering the Sites;

•             Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and can be easily be found on the page specified above;

•             Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy page;

•             Users are able to change their Personal Information by emailing us, by calling us, or updating their Personal Information in their online accounts with us;

•             Some Internet browsers include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” signals that give you control over the collection and use of web browsing information. Because uniform standards for “Do Not Track” signals have not yet been adopted, we do not process or respond to such signals in users’ web browsers at this time; and

•             We allow the collection of users’ behavioral tracking by third parties for analytical purposes. We do not authorize the collection of Personal Information on the Sites by third parties, except for the collection of IP addresses which may be used for analytical purposes. It’s also important to note that we allow third party behavioral tracking.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control.  The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

•             Send information; respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

•             We may also send you additional information related to Economic Development News / Area location information.

•             Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred

To be accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:

•             NOT to use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses

•             Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way

•             Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters

•             Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

•             Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly

•             Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can

•             Manage your subscriptions: Homepage – clicking on Subscriptions and then manage your subscriptions, select unsubscribe or at the bottom of any email that you are subscribed to, select unsubscribe.

Participation Disclaimer

ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the site, ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the site. However, ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com in its sole discretion.

Indemnification

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