COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
Search Marketing Corporation is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe consumer experience. This privacy policy outlines how Search Marketing Corporation collects information, what information Search Marketing Corporation collects, how Search Marketing Corporation uses it, to whom Search Marketing Corporation discloses this information.
Search Marketing Corporation may collect personally identifiable information from you in various ways. Examples include:
- by signing up to mailing lists at Search Marketing Corporation;
- from submitting other online forms to Search Marketing Corporation;
- through telephone contact with Search Marketing Corporation;
- when signing up for a Search Marketing Corporation hosted training;
- when contacting Search Marketing Corporation by mail.
Personally identifiable information refers to information about you that can be used to contact or identify you. It includes, but is not limited to, your name, phone number, email address, postal address and social networking information. If you choose to make a payment using a credit card, Search Marketing Corporation or its third party payment processors may also collect billing information such as credit card numbers or gift card numbers.
Search Marketing Corporation may also collect certain non-identifying information, or aggregate information, such as anonymous demographic information including zip codes, dates of birth, customer preferences, information about customer computer hardware and software, as well as information about the links and pages that users’ access within the Search Marketing Corporation or related social media websites. Certain non-identifying information may be considered personally identifiable information if combined with other information which may enable you to be identified (such as a zip code with a street address); however, the same information when taken alone or combined with other non-identifying information, will be considered non-identifying information.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Search Marketing Corporation operated public message boards, such information may be collected and used by others.
Search Marketing Corporation may offer links to other third-party websites. Search Marketing Corporation encourages you to review the privacy policies of websites you choose to link to from Search Marketing Corporation website so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Search Marketing Corporation is not responsible for the privacy policies or other content on websites other than Search Marketing Corporation website.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Search Marketing Corporation may store and use your personally identifiable information for (i) marketing, promotional and advertising purposes, such as to inform you of products or services available from Search Marketing Corporation, (ii) internal operations, such as improving your customer experience, and (iii) to share with trusted third party service providers to help Search Marketing Corporation perform activities to improve your customer experience, such as statistical analysis, sending you email or postal mail, processing credit card transactions or providing customer. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Search Marketing Corporation, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of your information.
Search Marketing Corporation may also contact you via surveys to conduct research or to solicit your opinion on current services or new services that may be offered.
Search Marketing Corporation does not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to third parties.
Search Marketing Corporation is not limited in our use of aggregate information that does not permit direct association with any specific individual, such as the number of users of our Services, the geographic distribution of our users, the amount of information located and/or removed, etc. For example, Search Marketing Corporation may use aggregate information concerning which links and pages users access within an Search Marketing Corporation website for many reasons including to determine which Search Marketing Corporation products and services are the most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content and advertising to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Search Marketing Corporation will disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or to comply with legal process served; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Search Marketing Corporation; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of and Search Marketing Corporation website or the public.
Additionally, Search Marketing Corporation may disclose personally identifiable information to your agent or legal representative (such as the holder of a power of attorney that you grant, or a guardian appointed for you).
As with any other business, it is possible that in the future Search Marketing Corporation could merge with or be purchased by another company. If Search Marketing Corporation is acquired, the company that acquires us would have access to the information maintained by us, including personally identifiable information, but would continue to be bound by this Policy unless and until it is amended.
Security Protections for your Information
Search Marketing Corporation takes the security of your personal information very seriously. Search Marketing Corporation uses reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to secure the personal information you share with us. Despite these safeguards and our additional efforts to secure your information, Search Marketing Corporation cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third-parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your personal information.
USE OF COOKIES OR Similar Technology
Search Marketing Corporation websites work with a first party cookie that collects anonymous traffic data, a form of aggregate information. “Cookies” are simple text files stored on your computer for use by a browser. Search Marketing Corporation may use “cookies” to assist in data collection and to track visitor website usage and trends to help us better serve you. If you reject cookies, you will still be able to view our websites, but your ability to use some areas of the site may be limited. Some of our business partners and publishers (e.g., analytical tracking software providers) use cookies and tracking technologies on our websites. We have no access to or control over these third party cookies or tracking technologies. This policy covers the use of cookies on our websites by us only and does not cover the use of cookies or tracking technologies by any such business partner.
We may also use cookies, pixels, beacons, or other web tracking technologies to track the amount of time spent on our websites or social media and whether or not certain content, such as a video was viewed. We may work with a trusted third party to collect and process this information for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy.
When you visit Search Marketing Corporation’s website, Search Marketing Corporation automatically collects the name of the website you visited from (called the “referring page”) and may collect the name of the website you chose to visit immediately after ours (called the “exit page”), and information about other websites you have recently visited. This information is used to improve our website, but we cannot identify you from any information we receive from cookies. Some browsers have a “do not track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. These features are not yet uniform, and may or may not be adhered to by the Search Marketing Corporation website at the time of your visit.
Participation in Interest-Based Advertising
Search Marketing Corporation may also participate in interest-based advertising using similar technology. This means that you may see advertising on our websites tailored to how you browse or shop, or you may see advertising for Search Marketing Corporation on other websites based on your browsing behavior across websites. Some websites where we may advertise belong to ad networks that use your web browsing history to choose which ads to display on their network websites; these ads include advertising for Search Marketing Corporation, but no personal information about you is shared with those third party ad networks. Other websites where you see our ads, such as Facebook, may use interest preferences that you have chosen on those sites, as well as registration and other information about you, to choose which ads to display to you. Some internet browsers, websites such as Facebook and mobile devices offer opt-outs for interest-based advertising. Please refer to the website that you are visiting, your browser and/or your device settings for additional information.
You can opt-out of receiving interest-based ads from third parties who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) and DAA website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/).
OPT-OUT/UNSUBSCRIBE
You can opt-out or unsubscribe from receiving e-mail correspondence from Search Marketing Corporation at any time by contacting Search Marketing Corporation at smcoptout@gmail.com or by following the instructions contained in any e-mail received. It may take time to process opt-out requests, so it is possible you will receive emails from Search Marketing Corporation after your opt-out request.
CHILDRENS PRIVACY
Search Marketing Corporation’s websites are not targeted for use by children under the age of 18. Search Marketing Corporation does not knowingly collect personal information from children in connection with the features of our websites without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Special Notice for California Residents
In addition, if you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered user, you may request us to remove content or information posted on our websites or stored on our servers by (a) submitting a request in writing to Search Marketing Corporation at smcoptout@gmail.com and (b) clearly identifying the content or information you wish to have removed and providing sufficient information to allow us to locate the content or information to be removed. However, please note that we are not required to erase or otherwise eliminate content or information if (i) other state or federal laws require us or a third party to maintain the content or information; (ii) the content or information was posted, stored, or republished by another user; (iii) the content or information is anonymized so that the minor cannot be individually identified; (iv) the minor does not follow the instructions posted in this privacy policy on how to request removal of such content or information; and (v) the minor has received compensation or other consideration for providing the content. Further, nothing in this provision shall be construed to limit the authority of a law enforcement agency to obtain such content or information.
Users Outside the United States
Search Marketing Corporation is based in the United States, and our website is hosted here. If you are visiting our website from another country, the laws governing our website’s collection and use of personal information may be different from the laws of your country. If you decide to visit our website, or share your personal information with Search Marketing Corporation, you are agreeing to be governed by the laws of the United States, and you are expressly consenting to the transfer of your data to the United States.
In particular, please note that neither our website, nor the services we offer on our website, nor any other activities we carry out as set out in this privacy policy are aimed at individuals based in the United Kingdom or any jurisdiction within the European Economic Area (“EEA”).
CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
Search Marketing Corporation will occasionally update this privacy policy. Search Marketing Corporation encourages you to periodically review this privacy policy to be informed of how Search Marketing Corporation is using and protecting your information.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Search Marketing Corporation welcomes your comments regarding this privacy policy. If you believe that Search Marketing Corporation has not adhered to this privacy policy, please contact Search Marketing Corporation at Search Marketing Corporation – P.O.Box 5025 – Greene, RI 02827. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Updated: January 15, 2019 ight Accent