Privacy Policy


Last Modified: April 30, 2012


Introduction


The 99 Percent Votes LLC ("We") respect and value your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy (together with our Terms of Use) describes the personal information that we collect from you, or that you provide on this website policyvote.com (our "Website") and how that information may be used or disclosed by us.

This policy does not apply to information collected on any other Company, affiliate, or third-party site, or by any third-party application that may link to or be accessible from the Website.

Please read the following carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By using or accessing our Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time and your continued use of the Website is deemed to be acceptance of such changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information We Collect About You


We collect information from and about users of our Website, including:
  • Information you provide to us
  • Information we collect as you navigate through the site, including usage details, IP addresses, and cookies and web beacons

Information You Provide To Us


We may collect and use the following information that you provide to us:
  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses and text messages), if you contact us

Usage Details, IP Addresses, Cookies and Web Beacons


  • Usage Details and IP Addresses. As you navigate through the Website, we may also collect details of your visits to our Website, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data, as well as information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information. This is statistical data about our users' equipment, browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
  • Cookies. For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using cookies. A cookie is a small file stored on the hard drive of your computer. Use of cookies help us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:
    • Recognize you when you return to our Website
    • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests
    • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
    You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of the Website may contain electronic images known as web beacons (also referred to as single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on the Website and are only used to compile aggregated statistics concerning use of the Website.

User Contributions


You are responsible for any content, including personal information, that you contribute to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on the Website, or transmit to other users of the Website (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to other users of the Website at your own risk. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. You understand and acknowledge that, even if removed, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use and known or suspected violations should be reported to or write to us at admin@policyvote.com.

Uses Made of the Information


We use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, in the following ways:
  • To present our Website and its contents in a suitable and effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • To provide you with information and services that you request from us.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • To notify you about changes to our service.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.

Disclosure of Your Information


Only information that is viewable through the website will be available to the public. We will not, without your express permission, share your email address or real name with any company or organization, except for the following:
  • Contractors and service providers we use to support our business
  • In the event of merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of the Company's assets
  • To comply with any court order or other legal obligation
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements

If you do not agree with our practices, your ultimate choice is not to use the Website. Remember, by using any part of the Website, you accept and agree to our privacy practices. If we update this privacy policy, your continued use of the Website (following the posting of the revised privacy policy) means that you accept and agree to the terms of the revised privacy policy.

Data Security


We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy


It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we will notify you by e-mail or through a notice on our home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.

Contact Information


To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at admin@policyvote.com.
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