This Privacy Policy applies to every visitor (“Visitor”) to this website (“Website”). This Privacy Policy is also in effect in regard to any offline communications with Eluminate (“Eluminate”) involving the purchase of its products. Viewing and/or using and/or communicating with the Website and/or representatives of Eluminate constitutes acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy. The Website is not for any one under the age of 18 or otherwise covered by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Collection of Information about Visitors
The Website routinely collects information about Visitors. Information is obtained in various ways, including the following examples: (1) pages or pop-ups where Visitors enter information, (2) orders for products or services from Visitors, (3) email inquiries, (4) telephone, mail or other communication with the Website, (5) Visitor interaction with banners, pop-ups or Website advertisers, (6) surveys, (7) registrations, (8) recognition of the IP Address of the device, such as the Visitor’s computer, which is connected to the Website, and (9) cookies, which are discussed further immediately below.
Cookies
“Cookies” are bits of data placed by the Website onto a Visitor’s computer. Sometimes, cookies come in the form of single-pixel gif images, also known as web bugs or web beacons. The Website may use cookies in various ways, including the following examples: (1) to keep a Visitor “logged on” to the Website, (2) to keep track of search criteria, (3) to monitor a Visitor’s use, (4) to obtain information about a Visitor’s computer, (5) to electronically gather information about a Visitor. A Visitor can choose whether or not to accept cookies by changing computer settings. If a Visitor chooses not to accept cookies, experience with the Website (and other websites) may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
We also use cookies to provide better advertising to our customers through third-party vendors, including Google. They allow us to show our ads across sites on the Internet. These third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to our website.
You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
This Website Using Google Adwords and Google Adwords Remarketing
The Website uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an inquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.
Examples of Collected Information
Information collected by the Website includes the following examples: (1) information entered by Visitors, including name, address, telephone number and email address, (2) information about Visitors and Visitors’ computers which is collected electronically by the Website, (3) the same information collected about Visitors may be collected from someone such as a friend to whom Visitors send emails from this Website, or to whom Visitors send the URL or a page of the Website, and (4) credit card information.
Using and Disclosing Collected Information
Credit card numbers, CVS (back of the card) numbers and expiration dates provided by Visitors are never revealed by the Website to anyone except to processing agencies and/or law enforcement authorities and/or in connection with fraud investigations and litigation. Otherwise, collected information may be used for commercial solicitation and/or general marketing and/or other commercial purposes by the Website. Collected information may be combined and/or compared with other information collected from other websites and/or elsewhere. Collected information may be used to create other information about Visitors and about others, such as behavioral profiles and buying habits. Collected information may be disclosed to and shared with outside third parties for all of the same purposes. In addition, the Website will disclose information when required by law, or if the Website believes that such disclosure is warranted to: 1) Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Website; 2) Protect and defend the rights or property of the Website, or Visitors to the Website; 3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the Website; 4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.
Interaction with Other Websites
If Visitors click on banners and/or pop-ups and/or hyperlinked advertising from the Website, they must assume that information is being collected about them, and the Website is not responsible for the use of information collected. Also, the Website is not responsible for the content of the landing pages and/or websites to which Visitors are linked.
Bulletin Boards and Public Forums
Visitors who use any site providing bulletin boards or other public forums, such as chat rooms, should be aware that the Website does not monitor these services. The Website does not protect Visitors in any manner regarding information Visitors post publicly and/or share with anyone else, including information about the Website’s products and/or services.
Security and Transfers
The Website uses reasonable precautions to keep its information secure. The Website reserves the right to transfer all its information in connection with the sale of all or part of its business, capital stock or assets. The Website is not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. The Website is not responsible for such third party privacy policies or how they treat information about their users
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California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Eluminate who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding twelve calendar months. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to the address indicated on our contact page.
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be changed at any time. Visitors should check the Privacy Policy each time they visit the Website. Use of the Website constitutes acceptance of the Privacy Policy and changes.
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