Privacy Policy
By using this website, you consent to the use and collection of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is part of these Terms & Conditions and you agree that the use of data as described in the Privacy Policy is not an actionable breach of your privacy or publicity rights.

Further, by registering on the website and providing a valid email address, you are expresslyconsenting to receiving information from myOwner.com, LLC that may include offers for discounts and or replacement of items reported lost.

myOwner.com Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 16, 2011


This Privacy Policy outlines how myOwner.com, LLC (also referred to as "Company", "we", "our", "us", “MYO” or "website") conducts business, what information we collect, how such information is shared with third parties, and your options to control what communications you receive from us and our partners. We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically. We will include the date this Privacy Policy was last updated at the top of this document.

YOUR AGREEMENT

By using our website or submitting information to us, you consent to our use and sharing of the information collected or submitted as described in this Privacy Policy. If you are not 18 years of age or older and a valid resident of the United States or you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not provide us with any information or use any of the products or services offered or provided on this website or through our technology. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, the website Terms & Conditions which govern your use of this website in general.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

We do not collect personally identifiable information ("PII") as defined by the NIST Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifialbe Information (SP 800-122). For your reference, PII is data collected with an intention to specifically identify, a person, including but not limited to name, social security number, biometric records, etc. alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual. We do collect non-personally identifiable information ("Non-PII") from members during the registration process. Non-PII is data that is not used to specifically identify a specific individual including but not limited to user name, contact information, item description, item model, item serial number, item photo, etc..

Website Registration Forms

In order to participate in the services provided, you must first complete the member registration form as requested. The registration form may include, but is not limited to:

  • User Name
  • Password
  • E-mail address
  • Security Question

Our intention is to not collect any data which may directly identify a specific individual and limit our personal data collection to data used for account access and notifiction, and we intend to fully comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). Per COPPA guidelines, we do not knowingly collect PII from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian is made aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with PII through any point of contact and desires to have such information removed, contact us and we will delete the information referenced from our files.

Disclosure of User Information

We do not sell or rent Your User Information to third parties for the purposes of marketing the products or services provided by those third parties to you. We use other third parties to provide Web analytics on our site. When you register items through myOwner.com, we will share aggregate click data as necessary for the third party to provide that service. Although we may disclose aggregated information about the use of our Website, that information does not contain User Information. We may share User Information with our contractors and service providers solely for the purpose of maintaining, enhancing, or adding to the functionality of the Website. In the case of criminal investigations, including but not limited to fraud or alleged illegal activity, we may share Your User Information with law enforcement, government, and/or credit card issuing banks. As the company continues to develop its business, MYO might sell or buy lines of business or assets. If all or substantially all of MYO's business (or a line of business) or assets (or the assets of a line of MYO’s business) are acquired by a third party, User Information of myOwner.com users will generally be one of the transferred business assets. We reserve the right to include Your collected User Information and other information we collect as described herein as an asset in any such transfer to a third party. We use other third parties to provide credit card processing services on our Website. When You purchase items through myOwner.com, we will only process Your full payment information including credit cards through a third party payment processor that is Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/. If Your User Information changes, or if You wish to cancel your account, You may correct, update, or deactivate it by making the change on our website or by emailing our Customer Support at service@myowner.com. We will retain and use your information as set forth herein and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

In accordance with California Civil Code Section 1798.83, we will not provide Your User Information to third parties for their marketing purposes. California residents who provide User Information in obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use are entitled to either: (1) a list detailing the categories of information shared and the entities to which such information was provided; or (2) to be notified of a mechanism by which a consumer may opt-out of having their information shared with third parties. We have elected the second option. To opt-out of having your information shared with third parties, contact us at service@myowner.com. In accordance with California Civil Code Sec. 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at 916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by e-mail to dca@dca.ca.gov.

Newsletters

If You wish to subscribe to our email communications, we will use Your User Name and email address to send the newsletter to You. We provide You with a way to way to unsubscribe. Please see the "Choice/Opt-out" section.

Choice/Opt-out

When You register using our Website, we use Your email address and other registered contact information to send You communications from myOwner.com.

Internet Protocol Address

Like most websites, we collect Internet Protocol ("IP") address from all visitors to the Website. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to Your computer when You use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Website, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the Website, and deliver customized, personalized content.

Referral Services

If You choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our services, we will ask You for Your friend's first name and email address. We will automatically send Your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. MYO stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email, tracking the success of our referral program, and following up with additional information if the friend has expressed interest in our services. Your friend may contact us at service@myowner.com. to request that we remove this information from our database.

Use of "Cookies"

Like most websites, we may use cookies to enhance Your experience on our Website. Cookies are pieces of information that some websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving Your passwords and Your personal preferences regarding Your use of the particular website. We do link the information we store in cookies to any User Information You enter into Your account settings on the Website. This link is only used internally for Website usage tracking and for re-marketing MYO’s product and services to you. As the use of cookies is considered industry standard, Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if You would prefer not to receive cookies, You can alter the configuration of Your browser to refuse cookies. If You choose to have Your browser refuse cookies, our Website may not function properly.

Security

MYO has implemented and follows industry standard measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of User Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect Your User Information, we cannot ensure or warranty the security of any such User Information.

Other Web sites

Our Website may contain links to other websites. Please note that when You click on one of these links, You are entering another website over which myOwner.com has no control and will bear no responsibility. Often these websites require You to enter Your User Information as You apply for a job directly with the hiring company. We encourage You to read the privacy statements on all such websites as their policies may differ from ours.

Legal Disclaimer

We may disclose Your User Information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on myOwner.com As such, we cannot ensure that Your User Information will not be disclosed to third parties. For example, we may be legally obligated to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.

Special Offers

We may collect additional information about you if you choose to participate in a Special Offer. This information may include, but is not limited to: your e-mail address, name, mailing address, telephone number(s), date of birth, gender, and payment information; and any other User Information or unique preference information you provide to us in such Special Offers and survey questions. Completion of the Special Offers is optional and not required to utilize the primary services of MYO.

Distribution Partners

Website operators that license our ad serving technology pass information to us so that we may serve advertisements to you. The information passed may include, but is not limited to, your IP address, e-mail address.

Customer Service and Fulfillment

We may use your information to operate the website, service your account and to fulfill orders made through our websites. We may also use your information to verify your identity or claimed account status. We do retain customer service correspondence.

Marketing

We may use your information in our online (e.g., e-mail marketing) and offline (e.g., cell phone text messaging and direct mail) marketing programs.

Vendors

We may share your information with various third party vendors that are not part of the Company, including but not limited to vendors that provide us with technology to deploy commercial e-mail, vendors that sell the products or services for which you have registered for through the website, and shipping companies that we utilize to ship products to you.

Data Enhancement/Appending/Validation

We may use third party service providers to enhance our database with additional elements, including but not limited to the information provided by you to us on the website. Further, we may use third party service providers to append telephone numbers to other data points we have in our database. We also may use third party service providers to validate the data we have in our database.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE OVER PRIVACY IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AS WELL AS THE TERMS ANC CONDITIONS OF THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES). YOU AGREE THAT THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY FOR ANY BREACH OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE VALUE OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY THE COMPANY TO THE EXTENT SUCH CLAIM IS NOT OTHERWISE BARRED BY OUR TERMS & CONDITIONS.

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