Copyright
Copyright 2008 Florida
Services & Information LLC
All Rights Reserved
Any copying, redistribution or retransmission
of any of the contents of this service without the express written
consent of Florida Services & Information LLC is expressly
prohibited.
Privacy
Policy
Effective Date: February
5th 2008.
Florida Services &
Information LLC has a firm commitment to privacy. We take your
privacy concerns seriously and want to make every effort to address
them as we strive to offer our site visitors a high quality,
interactive and personalized experience. That is why we have adopted
the following policy, which explains our position on information
gathering and how we intend to use and share any information we
collect. It is important to note that this policy applies only to
information collected by Florida Services & Information LLC.
When does Florida
Services & Information LLC collect my personally identifiable
information?
When you register on Florida
Services & Information LLC, we collect personally identifying
information from you. During registration you are asked to provide
your email address and some demographic information including such
items as your gender, year of birth, and address. The more
information you provide, the better we are able to customize our
services and your experience to suit your needs and preferences. In
addition to registration, we may collect personally identifiable
information from you when you enter contests and sweepstakes (which
may be done in conjunction with site registration), participate in
promotions and special programs, register for premium or customized
services, make a purchase at one of our merchants or partners,
subscribe to one of our print publications, or download a software
product or plug-in.
If you are making a purchase
or enrolling in a premium service for which there is a fee, we, or a
3rd party working in partnership with us, will collect your credit
card, billing address, and other verifying information. In addition,
we may collect personally identifiable information from you when you
provide content to us for display or use on Florida Services &
Information LLC, including but not limited to, when you participate
in user surveys, post messages to bulletin boards or chat areas,
submit personals or other classified listings, build a home page,
report a problem with one of our sites or services, or submit a
letter.
If you use our referral
service ("Email and Article to a Friend") to tell a friend about our
site, we will ask for your email address and theirs. We
automatically send a one-time email to the address you provided.
Neither your email address nor the email address you provide is
stored or used for any other purpose.
How is my personally
identifiable information used?
Our main goal is to provide
you with a customized and more relevant experience on Florida
Services & Information LLC We review our users' preferences,
demographics, traffic patterns, and other information in aggregate
so that we can better understand who our audience is, and what it is
you want. Tracking user preferences also helps us serve you more
relevant advertising. Please note that we do not share your
personally identifying information with the ad advertisers.
We use a third party to
serve ads when you visit our site. This third party ad server may
use certain information about your visit to our site in order to
provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of
interest to you, but they are not allowed to collect or use
personally identifiable information about you for their own
purposes.
All credit card information
is transmitted in an encrypted form, using SSL (secure socket layer)
encryption, the industry standard. We follow generally accepted
industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to
us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of
transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is
100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially
acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security. Florida Services & Information LLC
assumes no liability for disclosure of data due to errors in
transmission or unauthorized third parties. If you have any
questions about security on Florida Services & Information LLC, you
can contact us at: Florida Services & Information LLC
Feedback
The email address provided
by you at registration, or as updated, may be used by Florida
Services & Information LLC and its affiliated entities, to contact
you for any reason, including: (1) Your account status (including an
email confirmation of registration), (2) Major changes to the Web
site, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, (3) Participation in user
surveys, asking for feedback on the Web site and (4) notifying you
of existing or prospective products and services offered by us or
our advertisers and partners. This information helps us to improve
our Web site. The information provided by you at registration may be
used by Florida Services & Information LLC and its affiliated
entities, to contact you with special offers and promotions.
To update your personal
information such as name, or mailing address, you can sign into your
account and visit the Update Account page. To update your newsletter
subscriptions you either a) visit your newsletter subscription page
in your account, or b) unsubscribe by following the instructions
within the email newsletter.
If you opt-in to a third
party offer on this site then your relationship with the third party
will be governed by their respective Privacy Policies. If you no
longer wish to receive communication from the third party, then you
will need to contact them directly to opt-out. When you sign up for
some third-party services on this site, such as free coupons or look
up Yellow Pages, you will be taken to a co-branded site which may
appear to be , however if the third party is collecting information
from you, the use of this information is governed by the co-branded
partner's privacy policy.
What other
information does Florida Services & Information LLC collect and
how is it used?
Cookies,
Florida Services & Information LLC uses cookies to store and track
your preferences to provide you with a more personalized user
experience. A cookie is a message that is sent to your browser from
a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Most Internet
sites use cookies. You can set your browser preferences to reject
all cookies but then you will not be able to participate in most
customized services, and you may be required to repeatedly log in to
participate in various services, promotions, or product offerings.
Cookies make your experience easier by saving your preferences and
passwords.
We also use cookies that
contain no personal information at all. These cookies, help us
estimate our audience size, determine which areas of Florida
Services & Information LLC are the most popular, and serve targeted
advertising. Third party advertisers and our ad server may set and
access their cookies on your computer in accordance with their own
privacy policies.
Some parts of the Florida
Services & Information LLC Web site use cookies to collect
information about visitors' use of the site and to facilitate return
visits. Information collected about user activity may be done in
partnership using a 3rd party tracking tool. The information
collected from cookies is tracked to enhance security and to improve
the functionality of the Florida Services & Information LLC Web site
by avoiding duplicate data entry, facilitating navigation, and
increasing the relevance of content. Cookies on the site may collect
the following information: a unique identifier, user preferences and
profile information used to personalize the content that is shown,
and membership information to access Florida Services & Information
LLC’s services. Some cookies used by Florida Services & Information
LLC may remain on the user's computer after they leave the Web site
Most browsers can be
configured to reject cookies or alert you when cookies are being
sent. Keep in mind that if you refuse cookies, it is possible that
some portions of Florida Services & Information LLC may not function
exactly as intended.
IP Address.
Florida Services & Information LLC may also collect IP addresses for
the purposes of systems administration or to report information in
aggregate form to our advertisers (e.g. how many visitors logged in
to Florida Services & Information LLC). An IP address is a number
that is assigned to your computer automatically when you use the
Internet. When you visit Florida Services & Information LLC, our
servers log your IP address. Your IP address is not linked to
anything personally identifiable.
Who does Florida
Services & Information LLC share information with?
User information may be
shared by Florida Services & Information LLC with its affiliated
entities in order to provide you with a more integrated and
customized user experience. We will not disclose your personally
identifiable information to third parties except (1) to the extent
necessary to provide you with a requested product or service, or (2)
in order to provide targeted promotional offers during the
registration process. If you do not accept any of the offers, your
information will not be retained by our registration offers partner.
To the extent you are
notified of uses of your personal information which are different
from those described in this Policy Statement during your enrollment
in any particular service, sweepstakes, contest or promotion, the
uses of which you are specifically notified will govern that
service, sweepstakes, contest or promotion. We may co-sponsor some
contests on our site with other companies. If you enter one of these
contests, our co-sponsor may receive the information collected. In
such cases, we will tell you who the co-sponsor is and notify you
the use of this information is governed by the co-sponsor's privacy
policy.
We reserve the right to
disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law
and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or
legal process served on our Web site
What else should I
know about my privacy?
You should be aware that if
you voluntarily disclose personal information online in a public
area, that information may be collected and used by others. We do
not control the actions of our visitors and registered users. If you
disclose personal information in a chat room, forum, on your home
page, or any other publicly accessible place on the Florida Services
& Information LLC Web site, you do so at your own risk and you
understand that your submitted information may be collected and used
by others to send you unsolicited messages, advertisements, or for
other purposes.
Please remember that
protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to
register, and you should always be careful and responsible whenever
disclosing information online.
The Florida Services &
Information LLC Web site contains links to other sites that are not
owned or controlled by Florida Services & Information LLC. Please be
aware that we, Florida Services & Information LLC and its affiliated
entities, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such
other sites
We encourage you to be aware
when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each
and every Web site that collects personally identifiable
information.
This privacy statement
applies only to information collected by this Web site.
PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN. In
compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA), we will not knowingly provide access to Florida Services &
Information LLC to persons under the age of thirteen (13). If
Florida Services & Information LLC later learns that any registered
user is under the age of thirteen (13), we will take appropriate
steps to remove the member's information from the database and we
will restrict this individual from future access to Florida Services
& Information LLC. We feel strongly about protecting the privacy of
children. We encourage kids to involve their parents in any
interactive activity they participate in online. Except where
otherwise disclosed, we will not collect or use any personal
information from children we know to be under the age of thirteen
without obtaining express parental consent. All general information
collected from users under the age of thirteen is used only for
aggregate statistical analysis.
Acceptance of Privacy
Policy. By using the Florida Services
& Information LLC site and its services, you signify your acceptance
of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree or are not
comfortable with any policy described in this Privacy Statement,
your only remedy is to discontinue use of Florida Services &
Information LLC. We reserve the right, to modify this Privacy
Statement at any time. If we materially change how we use your
personal information we will notify you either by email or through a
prominent notice on this Web site. Your continued use of any portion
of the Florida Services & Information LLC Web site following
notification or posting of such changes, will constitute your accept
of those changes. If you have questions or concerns about our
specific policies, please contact us through our feedback form at:
Florida Services & Information LLC
Feedback.
We welcome you to our site.
We ask that you review these Terms of Use, which are intended to
constitute a binding license agreement that conditions your use of
this site ("Agreement"). We have tried to avoid unnecessary legal
verbiage. Our goal is to protect our rights in order to provide you
with access to the free content available at this site. If you do
not wish to be bound by this Agreement after you have read it,
please leave the site. If you remain on this site, or return
thereafter, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.
1. Responsible conduct.
You agree to act responsibly at this site and to treat other
visitors with respect.
2. Limited License/
Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Restrictions.
Except for public domain material, the content on this site is
protected by intellectual property laws, including U.S. copyright
laws. You are hereby granted a non-exclusive license to use the
material at this site ("Content") while connected to this site
(including, where available, to email individual stories to friends
directly from this site). All rights are reserved. Among other
things, electronic reproduction, adaptation, distribution,
performance or display is prohibited. Private copying and
distribution is prohibited. Changes to or deletion of author
attribution or copyright notices are prohibited. Commercial use of
any of the Content is strictly prohibited. Use of any of our
trademarks as metatags on other web sites also is strictly
prohibited. You may not display this Web site in frames (or any of
the Content via in-line links) without our express written
permission, which may be requested by contacting us through our
feedback form. You may, however, establish ordinary links to our
site without our written permission.
3. Links.
We may provide links from our site to other sites as a convenience
to our visitors. We have no control over linked sites and make no
representations about any content or material available at these
locations. Links are not intended to imply sponsorship, affiliation
or endorsement.
4. Discussion Boards and
other self-publishing 3rd party products.
Although we do not have any obligation to monitor these services, or
this self-published content, we reserve the right at all times to
remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening,
abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic,
profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole
discretion and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the
law, regulation, or government request. We also reserve the right to
permanently block any user who violates these terms and conditions.
5.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You expressly agree that
use of this web site is at your sole risk. There is no warranty that
your access to or use of this site will be uninterrupted or error
free; or that any particular results may be obtained by use of this
site. This site is made available on an "AS IS" basis and “AS IS
AVAILABLE” without warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or implied
warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement or otherwise, other than those which are implied by
and incapable of exclusion, restriction, or modification under the
laws applicable to this agreement. Neither we nor any other person
or entity providing content via this site shall be liable to you for
any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages.
6. Modifications/
Termination. The terms of this
agreement will not be modified on an individual basis. You agree
that we may modify the terms of this Agreement (or discontinue this
site) in our sole discretion, without advance notice, and that your
right to access this site is conditioned on an ongoing basis with
your compliance with the then-current version of these Terms and
Conditions. You should therefore visit this page frequently.
7. Jurisdiction.
Florida Services & Information LLC is a US enterprise and is listed
in the State of Florida. In the event of any dispute arising out of
or relating to this site, you agree that the exclusive venue for
litigating disputes shall be in state or federal court in Miami,
Florida.
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