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FRIENDLY FOLKS, INC. / FRIENDLY SONGS
PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is very important to us. We want to make
your experience on the Internet as enjoyable and
rewarding as possible, and we want you to use the
Internet’s vast array of information, tools and
opportunities with complete confidence.
We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate
our firm commitment to privacy and security. This
Privacy Policy describes how our company collects
information from all end users of our Internet Services
(the “Services”)-those who access some of our Services
but do not have accounts (“Visitors”) as well as those
who may purchase Products (Members).
We request that you read this Privacy Policy
carefully.
Personal Information Our Company Collects and How It Is
Used
Introduction. Our Company collects information in
different ways from Visitors and Members who access the
various parts of our Service and the network of Web
Sites accessible through our Service. We use this
information primarily to provide a customized experience
as you use our Products and Services, and we do not
share this information with third parties. However,
we may disclose personal information collected if we
have received your permission beforehand or in very
special circumstances, such as when we believe that such
disclosure is required by law or other special cases
described below.
Registration: Members may be asked to provide certain
personal information when they sign up for our Products
or Services including name, address, telephone number,
billing information (such as credit card number), and
the type of personal computer being used to access the
Services. The personal information collected from
Members during the registration process is used to
manage each Member’s account (such as for billing
purposes). This information is not shared with third
parties, unless specifically stated otherwise or in
special circumstances.
Online Shopping: At some Websites, you can purchase
products and services or register to receive materials,
such as a newsletter, catalog or new product and service
updates. In many cases, you may be asked to provide
contact information, such as your name, address, email
address, phone number, and credit/debit card
information.
If you complete an order for someone else, such as an
online gift order sent directly to a recipient, you may
be asked to provide information about the recipient,
such as the recipient’s name, address, and phone number.
Our company has no control over third parties’ use of
any personal information you provide when placing such
an order. Please exercise care when doing so.
If you order services or products directly from our
company we will use the personal information you provide
only to process that order. We do not share this
information with outside parties except to the extent
necessary to complete that order. For example, when a
customer purchases a heat press, the order is shipped
directly from the manufacturer. In this case, only the
customer's name and shipping address is provided.
Responses to Email Inquiries: When Visitors or
Members send email inquiries to our company, the return
email address is used to answer the email inquiry we
receive. Our company does not use the return email
address for any other purpose and does not share the
return email address with any third party.
Voluntary Customer Surveys: We may periodically
conduct both business and individual customer surveys.
We encourage our customers to participate in these
surveys because they provide us with important
information that helps us to improve the types of
products and services we offer and how we provide them
to you. Your personal information and responses will
remain strictly confidential, even if the survey is
conducted by a third party. Participation in our surveys
is voluntary.
We may take the information we receive from
individuals responding to our Customer Surveys and
combine (aggregate) it with the responses of other
customers we may have, to create broader, generic
responses to the survey questions (such as gender, age,
residence, hobbies, education, employment, industry
sector, or other demographic information). We then use
the aggregated information to improve the quality of
services to you, and to develop new services and
products. This aggregated, non-personally identifying
information may be shared with third parties.
Special Cases: It is our company’s policy not to use
or share the personal information about Visitors or
Members in ways unrelated to the ones described above
without also providing you an opportunity to opt out or
otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
However, we may disclose personal information about
Visitors or Members, or information regarding your use
of the Services or Web sites accessible through our
Services, for any reason if, in our sole discretion, we
believe that it is reasonable to do so, including credit
agencies, collection agencies, merchant database
agencies, law enforcement, or to satisfy laws, such as
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, The Child
Online Privacy Act, regulations, or governmental or
legal requests for such information; to disclose
information that is necessary to identify, contact, or
bring legal action against someone who may be violating
our Acceptable Use Policy or Terms of Service, or other
user policies; to operate the Services properly; or to
protect our company and our Members.
“Cookies” and How Our Company Uses Them. A “cookie”
is a small data file that can be place on your hard
drive when you visit certain Web sites. Our company may
use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track
information for statistical purposes to improve the
products and services we provide and to manage our
telecommunications networks.
If you are a Visitor or Member we may use a cookie to
save your settings and to provide customizable and
personalized services. These cookies do not enable third
parties to access any of your customer information.
Additionally, be aware that if you visit other Web sites
where you are prompted to log in or that are
customizable, you may be required to accept cookies.
Our Company Commitment to Children’s Privacy.
Protecting children’s privacy is especially important to
us. It is our policy to comply with the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other
applicable laws. Therefore we restrict our Web site to
persons eighteen years or older.
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS
THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE,
YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY
REASON. DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEB
SITE, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THIS WEB SITE, FALLS
WITHIN THE CHILD ONLINE PRIVACY ACT (COPA) AND IS NOT
MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Public Forums: Please remember that any information
you may disclose in any Member Directory, or other
public areas of our Web sites or Internet, becomes
public information. You should exercise caution when
deciding to disclose personal information in these
public areas.
Our Company’s Commitment to Data Security; Services
and Web sites we sponsor have security measures in place
to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the
information under our control. While we make every
effort to ensure the integrity and security of our
network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our
security measures will prevent third party “hackers”
from illegally obtaining this information.
Where To Direct Questions About Our Privacy Policy:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or
the practices described herein, you may contact us
through the contact information provided on this Web
site.
Revisions to This Policy: Our company reserves the
right to revise, amend, or modify this policy, our Terms
of Service Agreement, and our other policies and
agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating
this posting.
Last updated : February 9, 2007
2007 Friendly Folks, Inc. d/b/a Friendly Songs |