Privacy Statement
American Free Credit Report understands that you may have questions
and concerns about your privacy on-line. The Privacy Statement
that follows explains our practices concerning privacy, and
how they may apply to you as you make full use of our many services
and products. This statement discloses the privacy practices
for all Web sites of those companies listed at the end of this
privacy statement.
Information
Covered By This Policy
Our
Policy applies to all information about you and/or your company
that is obtained by American Free Credit Report in connection
with providing a financial product or service for personal,
or business purposes. Our Privacy Policy will continue to
cover information we may collect about you and/or your company
during the course of our relationship as well as after the
relationship has ended.
1. Collection of Information from
Site Visitors
- American
Free Credit Report automatically collects and/or tracks:
the home server domain names, IP address, e-mail addresses,
type of client computer, and type of Web browser of visitors
to American Free Credit Report Web site,
- the
e-mail addresses of visitors who communicate with American
Free Credit Report via e-mail,
- information
such as personal, financial or demographic information,
knowingly provided by the visitor in on-line forms, registration
forms, surveys, and drawing entries, and
- information,
either in the aggregate or user specific, on what pages
visitors access.
2. Use of Data Collected
All
data collected by American Free Credit Report will be used
by American Free Credit Report for editorial and feedback
purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical
analysis of visitors' and users' behavior, for product development,
for content improvement, to inform advertisers as to how many
visitors and users have seen or clicked their advertisements,
and to customize content and layout of the American Free Credit
Report site. Names, e-mail addresses, and postal information
collected may be added to the American Free Credit Report
data base and used for future e-mails, mailings regarding
site updates, new products and services, upcoming events,
and status of orders placed online. Financial information
collected may be used to check the user's qualifications for
registration, to bill the user for products and services,
to notify the user in the event of contest winnings, and to
notify the relevant taxing and regulatory authorities regarding
prizes awarded.
Demographic
and profile data collected is used to tailor the visitor's
experience at our site, enabling us to present content we
think they might be interested in. We use customer contact
information to send the user information about our company
and promotional material from some of our partners. The user's
contact information is also used to contact him or her in
the event of a contest winning, and to notify the relevant
taxing and regulatory authorities regarding drawing prizes
awarded.
3.
Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
American Free Credit Report reserves the right to post collected
data on American Free Credit Report's Web site, or share,
rent, sell, or otherwise disclose data it collects to third
parties. Any third party to which American Free Credit Report
shares, rents, sells, or otherwise discloses personal data
will be carefully pre-screened by American Free Credit Report,
determined by American Free Credit Report be reputable, and
will use the personal data for marketing products and services
which American Free Credit Report determines, in its sole
judgment, that visitors might find of interest.
American
Free Credit Report will disclose to third parties information
disclosed or provided to American Free Credit Report by visitors
and users, or information in aggregate form.
Through the use of third party cookies, an advertiser will
be electronically notified when visitors and users view or
click on its advertisements. This site contains links to other
sites and American Free Credit Report is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
4. Opt-Out Right
We allow users and visitors the opportunity to opt-out of
receiving communications from us and our partners at the point
where we voluntary request information about the user or visitor.
This site also allows users and visitors to remove their information
from our database. If a user or visitor removes his or her
information from the American Free Credit Report database
it will no longer be used by American Free Credit Report for
secondary purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by
American Free Credit Report or third parties to send promotional
correspondences to the user or visitor. Users and visitors
can remove their information by writing to us via postal mail
at the address below, or by sending an email requesting removal
to information@american-free-credit-report-online.com
5. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data
Upon
request via postal mail or e-mail American Free Credit Report
will provide to users and visitors a summary of any personal
information retained by American Free Credit Report regarding
the user or visitor.
American
Free Credit Report will only send personal records to the
e-mail address on file for the user or visitor name associated
with it. Users and visitors may modify, correct, change, or
update their personal record or cause their personal record
to be removed from American Free Credit Report's database.
Users and visitors may change or modify information previously
provided by contacting American Free Credit Report via postal
mail to the address below, or via e-mail to information@american-free-credit-report-online.com
6.
Collection of Personal Data from Children
The information and services provided at American Free Credit
Report web site by American Free Credit Report, its affiliates,
sponsors, and advertisers are not intended to be viewed by
children under 13 years of age. All contests offered at American
Free Credit Report are open to United States residents 18
years or older only American Free Credit Report will not knowingly
permit a child to participate in a game, offering of a prize,
or another activity. If a child wins a drawing, that child's
entry will be voided, and another winner will be drawn.
Concerning users and visitors to its site that it knows are
children under 13 years of age, American Free Credit Report
maintains the following policies:
American Free Credit Report will not knowingly collect personal
information from children under 13 years of age without prior
parental consent, which will include an opportunity for the
parent to prevent use of the information and participation
in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information
will only be used to respond directly to the child's request
and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental
consent.
In the event a child submits information to the American Free
Credit Report Web site, the child must provide an e-mail address
for the child's parent or guardian. Thereafter, American Free
Credit Report will send an e-mail to the parent or guardian
alerting them to the child's registration and providing instructions
on how the parent can provide consent for the child to view
the contents of American Free Credit Report, or how the parent
could view or delete the child's registration, if so desired.
American Free Credit Report will not knowingly distribute
to third parties any personally identifiable off-line contact
information concerning children under 13 years of age without
prior parental consent. No information collected from children
is knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes
whatsoever, either inside or outside American Free Credit
Report.
7. American Free Credit Report's Right
to Contact User or Visitor
American Free Credit Report reserves the right to contact
site users and visitors regarding account status and changes
to subscriber agreements, privacy policy, or any other policies
or agreements relevant to site users and visitors.
8. Right to Change Privacy Policy
American
Free Credit Report reserves the right to change this policy
at any time by notifying users of the existence and location
of the new or revised privacy policy.
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