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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