PowerfulPixel.com Privacy Policy
PowerfulPixel is committed to safeguarding the privacy of your information entrusted to us. Please read the following Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to understand how your personal information will be treated as you use this web site. This Policy does not cover information collected from sources other than this web site.
This Policy is incorporated into and should be reviewed along with the web site Terms and Conditions of Use. The Policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically as your continued use of this web site constitutes your acceptance of these terms. The most current version of this Policy, which supersedes all previous versions, can be reviewed by clicking on the Privacy Policy at the bottom of each page of this web site.
PowerfulPixel Web Site Privacy Policy covers the following topics:
- Personal Information Collected by PowerfulPixel
- Use of Personal Information by PowerfulPixel
- Sharing of Personal Information
- Security Measures
- Modifications to Policy
- Access and Accuracy
- Data Retention
- Children
- Use of Cookies
- International Users
- Contact Information
Personal Information Collected by PowerfulPixel
PowerfulPixel collects information in several ways. Some personal information is gathered when you register or open an account. During registration, PowerfulPixel may ask for your name, email address, birth date, street address, city, state, and zip code. In general, we only collect such information when you knowingly provide it to us. PowerfulPixel may automatically collect or process personally identifiable data (such as your Internet domain or IP address) as part of the operation of this web site or during the course of your activities on or in use of this website. By using this web site (which resides on servers located in the United States), you unambiguously consent to any collection, processing, transfer or use of any personal data. If you do not consent to any collection, processing, transfer or use of such information, please discontinue use of this web site.
In addition, we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you make a purchase from PowerfulPixel; when you receive a referral reward from PowerfulPixel; when you redeem credits at the PowerfulPixel store; or when you report a problem with our services. If you contact PowerfulPixel, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
You understand that any information, image, video, picture, or other material included in any User Content that you post on this web site shall be considered publicly available and is not considered protected personally identifiable information subject to this Policy. Any User Content can be viewed, collected and used by others.
Use of Personal Information by PowerfulPixel
PowerfulPixel's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with an efficient browsing experience. Without the user's consent, PowerfulPixel will not sell, trade, or disclose the user's personally identifiable information to third parties that want to market products to the user. However, PowerfulPixel may disclose information to third parties assisting us in carrying out a transaction or providing a service to you (e.g. packaging, sending and delivering purchases, rewards and information to you, clearing credit card transactions, participating in PayPal transactions, performing statistical analyses of our services, or in connection with merger and acquisition discussions.
PowerfulPixel may, from time to time, send you email regarding our products and services. If you do not want to receive such e-mails, simply tell us when you give us your personal information. Or, at any time you can edit your PowerfulPixel Account Information to no longer receive such offers and mailings. You will need your PowerfulPixel ID and password in order to access your PowerfulPixel Account Information.
Sharing of Personal Information
Except as provided below, PowerfulPixel will not provide your personal information to any third party. If at any time this policy changes, PowerfulPixel will disclose any such change in this Privacy Policy, and make reasonable efforts to notify you of such changes (e.g. by email to your registered email address) and your continued use of this web site will constitute your acceptance of such changes. As a general rule, PowerfulPixel will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances described below. The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
1. Transfer of Control or Ownership of PowerfulPixel: If PowerfulPixel offers for sale, sells, or otherwise transfers ownership or control of any part of its business, PowerfulPixel may disclose your personal information to any party involved in that transaction without any additional notice to you.
2. Financial Transactions: PowerfulPixel currently uses PayPal to process all financial transactions and does not retain information beyond that information needed to identify that a user has successfully completed a transaction, such as successfully purchase of a photo(s), or the sponsorship of a pixel(s) and to provide that user with credit for the sponsored pixel. In the instances where PowerfulPixel requires purchase of products of services through a credit card, we will pass the transaction information through a reputable transaction processing company, under the terms of a transaction processing agreement that imposes upon them privacy protection responsibilities no less restrictive than those provided in this Policy.
3. Business Partners & Sponsors: PowerfulPixel may disclose your personal information to business partners or sponsors, but this is specifically disclosed to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring the data. If personally identifying data about you will be shared, we will tell you before we collect the data.
4. Linked Websites: We provide links to third party sites, such as to companies that have been instrumental to the development of this project. Since we do not control these web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policy posted on these (and all) third party sites. PowerfulPixel is not responsible for the privacy policy or practices of the sites and services controlled by other companies or organizations.
5. Third Party Data and Data in the Aggregate: Under agreements imposing confidentiality and use restrictions at least as stringent as these here, PowerfulPixel may disclose aggregated user statistics (for example, 5% of our users are in a particular city, the number of users from a particular zip code, or the age distribution of our users) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
6. Other: PowerfulPixel may disclose information when required by subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process, or in response to activities that are unlawful or a violation of PowerfulPixel's Terms and Conditions of Use or User Agreement, or to protect and defend the rights or property of PowerfulPixel.
Security Measures
PowerfulPixel has implemented technological and operational security processes to protect your personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or unintentional destruction. While no security measure can guarantee against compromise, PowerfulPixel regularly reviews and updates its security measures in an effort to provide appropriate security for all information held by PowerfulPixel.
Modifications to Policy
PowerfulPixel reserves the right to change, modify, or update this Policy at any time without notice. The most current policy date is listed below.
Access and Accuracy
PowerfulPixel wants to maintain only accurate information about users of the site. All individual information that has been gathered about you is available for your review and edit by logging into your PowerfulPixel account. Please keep this information up to date. If you find factual inaccuracies which you are unable to correct, please notify PowerfulPixel so that they may be corrected.
Data Retention
PowerfulPixel will not retain your personal information longer than is necessary for the purpose it was collected.
Children
PowerfulPixel takes children's privacy seriously. PowerfulPixel asks children under the age of 13 to not send any personally identifiable information to PowerfulPixel web sites without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. PowerfulPixel encourages all parents and guardians to instruct their children in the safe and reasonable use of personal information on the Internet. PowerfulPixel will not knowingly collect, use, or disclose to third parties any personal information collected from children, and we are committed to complying with applicable laws and requirements, such as the United States' Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account with PowerfulPixel or to sponsor pixels, unless such creation of an account or sponsorship of pixels was done with the permission and involvement of a parent or guardian.
Use of Cookies
PowerfulPixel may use "cookies" in connection with operation of this web site. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored on your computer by the PowerfulPixel web site server. Cookies are used for record-keeping purposes-the stored information can be retrieved by the PowerfulPixel web site server when you return to the web site. This allows PowerfulPixel to personalize or regulate the use of the site, and also permits PowerfulPixel to automate the access and data-entry functions of the site (e.g., login information), to store on-line information for pixel sponsorships you may make while visiting the site or the rewards you choose, and to tailor the appearance or presentation of the site to your preferences or interests.
In general, we do not use cookies to track the navigational habits of identified users without the user's consent. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your computer at the end of a session. If you visit our sites to read or download content, much of the information we do collect is statistical only (e.g., the domain from which you access the Internet, the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site) and not personally identifiable. We use this information about the number of visitors and their use of the sites in aggregate form to make our sites more useful and attractive to you. You may wish to adjust your web browser to inform you whenever a cookie is to be used, or to reject all cookies automatically. If you elect not to accept cookies, however, some parts of the web site may not function properly or permit access. For more information about cookies, see www.cookiecentral.com and www.privacychoices.com. The use of cookies is common in the industry, and they are used at most major web sites.
International Users
The PowerfulPixel web site is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you are a user accessing the web site from any region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of this web site which is governed by U.S. law, this Policy, and the Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer and to its use in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
Customers should direct any comments or questions regarding this Policy to customer_service@powerfulpixel.com.
PowerfulPixel Privacy Policy last updated September 3, 2007.