This privacy policy is intended for all users of
Totally Wired Networks / www.totallywirednet.com.
Totally Wired Networks is dedicated to respecting and
protecting the privacy of our clients. All information you provide,
such as E-mail addresses or any additional personal information on
or through any forms found on our site, will be used solely to
support your relationship with Totally Wired Networks. We
strive to develop innovative methods to better serve our users. Our
services are designed and operate with the protection of your
privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal
information we gather when you use www.totallywirednet.com’s
services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.
By visiting this web site you agree to be bound by the terms
and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do
not use or access our services.
This privacy policy addresses the following areas:
- What personally identifiable information
www.totallywirednet.com collects.
- What personally identifiable information third parties
collect through the web site.
- What organization collects the information.
- How www.totallywirednet.com uses the information.
- With whom www.totallywirednet.com may share user
information.
- What choices are available to users regarding collection,
use and distribution of the information.
- What types of security procedures are in place to protect
the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the control
of www.totallywirednet.com
- How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If users have questions or concerns
regarding this statement, they should contact
www.totallywirednet.com at contact@totallywirednet.com. Any violation
of this privacy policy will lead to suspension of user privileges
and permanent removal from access to this web site.
Information Collection
www.totallywirednet.com is the sole owner of the
information collected on our site. www.totallywirednet.com
collects and monitors information from our users at several
different points on our web site.
Registration
In order to use the services offered on our web site, a user must
first complete the registration form. During registration a user is
required to disclose contact information (such as name and email
address). If offered, it is optional for the user to disclose
demographic information (such as income level and gender), and
unique identifiers (such as a username). We do encourage full
disclosure of these details in order for
www.totallywirednet.com
to provide a more customized experience on our site.
While www.totallywirednet.com exercises all due caution to
protect your privacy, www.totallywirednet.com will not be
held responsible for parties who attempt to illegally access our web
site and intercept or access transmissions or private
communications.
Unless described otherwise in this privacy policy,
www.totallywirednet.com will not sell any information. All information
collected by www.totallywirednet.com will be used solely by
www.totallywirednet.com to deliver targeted newsletters and
advertisements.
Information Use - "Profiles"
www.totallywirednet.com stores information collected
through cookies, log files and/or third interests in your user
profile. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual
users detailing specific viewing preferences. Subsequently, this
collected information is linked to users’ personally identifiable
information, which provides directs pertinent marketing promotions
to you and helps us improve site content for the user.
www.totallywirednet.com does not share your profile with other
third parties, unless specifically mentioned elsewhere in this
policy.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to
information about the user. We may use both session ID cookies and
persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the
browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a
small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended
period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following
Internet browser help file directions. Cookies, if used, will be
used on www.totallywirednet.com to remember and recall
login names, login information, previous purchases, potential
purchases, as well as other items to help us better understand
users’ needs. By setting a cookie on our site, users would not have
to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on
our site. If users reject the cookie, they may still use
www.totallywirednet.com. The only drawback to this is that the
user will be limited in some areas. Persistent cookies enable us to
track and target the interests of our users to enhance the
experience on our site. For more details, see the above "Profile"
section. We have no control over any third party that may also use
cookies to store personal information. However, we do not provide
this information to any third party.
Log Files
Like most standard web site servers we may use log files. This
includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet
service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type,
date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, site
administer, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are
not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we exercise all due caution to preserve user privacy, we may
need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein
we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply
with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process
served on our Web site. This includes, but is not limited to, any
defense to any claim in which www.totallywirednet.com is a
defendant, to assist in any investigations by law enforcement
agencies, or violations of any www.totallywirednet.com
policy.
Aggregate Information
(non-personally identifiable)
While www.totallywirednet.com will not rent, sell or share
your information in general, there are certain instances when your
information may be used. www.totallywirednet.com does share
aggregated demographic information and in some cases your e-mail
address with others. This is how your information will be shared:
If www.totallywirednet.com merges with another company,
this aggregate information will be shared with the merging company.
These are the instances in which we will share users’ personal
information: As agreed to at the various sections under
www.totallywirednet.com; www.totallywirednet.com does
not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other
people or nonaffiliated companies except under the following
circumstances:
- We have your consent.
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or
to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against
legal claims;
- We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons
for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying
information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to
agreements that oblige those parties to process such information
only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy
Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- We believe it is necessary to share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential
threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of
www.totallywirednet.com terms of use, or as otherwise
required by law; We transfer or lease information about you if
www.totallywirednet.com is acquired by or merged with
another company. In this event, www.totallywirednet.com
will notify you before information about you is transferred and
becomes subject to a different privacy policy; we do not support
any illegal use of your private information and will make every
effort to stop such practices in order to protect your privacy.
- Business Transitions: In the event
www.totallywirednet.com
goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being
acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets,
users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of
the assets transferred. Users will be notified via e-mail, as
well as with a prominent notice on our Web site for at least 30
days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal
information. If as a result of the business transition, the
users’ personally identifiable information will be used in a
manner different from that stated at the time of collection they
will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes
section.
Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that
we, www.totallywirednet.com, are not responsible for the
privacy practices of sites other than our own. We encourage our
users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to
information collected by this web site.
www.totallywirednet.com
may have co-branding and/or framing relations with other companies.
In this case, you should be familiar with the privacy policies of
both companies, since you may be subject to each of them.
Contacting www.totallywirednet.com:
If you have questions or concerns about the
www.totallywirednet.com guidelines, policies, procedures, you can
contact us at
contact@totallywirednet.com
Security:
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, changes will be posted to
this privacy statement, our homepage, and other places we deem
conspicuous and appropriate so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. www.totallywirednet.com will use
information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information was collected. If, however, we are going to use users’
personally identifiable information in a manner different from that
stated at the time of collection, users will be notified via e-mail.
Users will then be presented with a choice as to whether or not we
become authorized to use their information in this different way.
However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site,
or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be
contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new
manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy
practices that do not affect user information already stored in our
database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying
users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will
also email users (who have opted to receive communications from
www.totallywirednet.com, notifying them of the changes in our
privacy practices.
www.totallywirednet.com and its affiliates maintain
professional standards and have a high quality of respect to our
members as well as our guest and affiliates
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