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GENERAL
Your privacy is important and taken very seriously at Pain101.com (operated by Marketdata Enterprises, Inc.). This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect about you and about your use of our Website. By using Pain101.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Any Personally Identifiable information you provide to Pain101.com is strictly confidential and will only be used by Pain101.com/Marketdata Enterprises, Inc.. It will not be sold, re-distributed or provided to any outside organization without your express written consent, except as dictated by law.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Emails and Newsletters
Pain101.com/Marketdata Enterprises, Inc. will not share your name or e-mail address with any third party without your consent. Any opt-in e-mail (for the purpose of sending newsletters, for example) that we send will always provide you with a clear and easy way to unsubscribe. We may collect anonymous, non-personal information about your use of emails and newsletters that we send to you. In some cases, when you click on a link or an advertisement in an email or newsletter, we may note or "count" your response to the email or newsletter. When you use Pain101.com’s "Email a Friend" application, Pain101.com emails the article or other content you designate to your friend's email address and lists your email address as the sender. Pain101.com uses the friend's email address only for the purpose of sending your friend the email you requested and for no other purpose unless otherwise disclosed to you at the time you send the email.
Children
This Website is not designed or intended to attract children. We do not collect Personal Information from any person we actually know is a child.
Emails to Pain101.com
This Privacy Policy does not protect you when you send business information, ideas, concepts or inventions to Pain101.com by email to the contacts listed on the "Contact Us" links on our Website. If you want to keep business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to us. We try to answer every email in a timely manner, but are not always able to do so.
Bulletin Boards & Forums
If you visit our site to
post messages on the private forums:
We
collect and store:
- your e-mail address and the name you
choose as your handle.
- for your protection your e-mail
address will not show up in your posting.
- we also collect and store the
information listed in the above section.
- this information is kept as secure
as possible on the server.
- we use this information to help
monitor the forums.
- We also use this information to ban problem
posters.
If you visit our site to browse, read, or download
information:
- We collect and store:
- the name of the domain and host
from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com );
- the Internet protocol (IP)
address of the computer you are using;
- the browser software you use
and your operating system;
- the date and time you access
our site;
- the
Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our
site.
- This information is collected in
a log file and we use this information to measure the number of visitors
to the different sections of our site, and to help us make our site more
useful and trouble free. Generally, we delete this information after one
year. The file is located in a secure part of the server.
- At this time, we do not
use "cookies" on this site, but we may in the future. A
"cookie"is a small text file that a website can place on your
computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about
your activities on the site. The cookie transmits this information back to
the Web site's computer which, generally speaking, is the only computer
that can read it. Most consumers do not know that "cookies" are
being placed on their computers when they visit websites. If you want to
know when this happens, or to prevent it from happening, you can set your
browser to warn you when a website attempts to place a "cookie"
on your computer.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Pain101.com will not disclose any Personal Information it gathers from you on our Website. We may release Personal Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others. In the event that we are legally compelled to disclose your Personal Information to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate the law or court order.
There are links to Websites operated by companies other than Pain101.com ("Third Party Websites") that are not contractors who provide content or services through our Website. These links may be found in advertisements, referenced within content, or placed beside the names or logos of sponsors. Pain101.com does not disclose your Personal Information to these Third Party Websites without obtaining your consent. Pain101.com does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. If you choose to link to one of these Third party Websites, you should review the privacy policy posted on this other site to understand how that Third Party Website collects and uses your Personal Information.
Disclosure of Aggregate Information
Pain101.com may provide to third parties non-personal information about you that does not allow you to be identified or contacted and that is combined with the non-personal information of other users. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our site and the activities they conduct while on our site. Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge third parties for this Aggregate Information. We also may not limit the third parties' use of the Aggregate Information, except that we do require third parties to whom we disclose Aggregate Information to agree that they will not attempt to make this information personally identifiable by combining it with other databases or otherwise.
Third
Party Ad Services:
Our Site
utilizes certain services of third party service providers to display advertising
for our third party advertisers. We do not share Personal Data with these third
parties. The services provided by these third parties may in certain instances
specifically ask you to provide to them Personal Data such as in response to
contests or special offers. Such Personal Data is not provided to the Site and
is not subject to this policy. These third party service providers are,
however, bound to not to collect Personal Data from you in any way other than
from your voluntary response to a specific request stating the intended use of
the information you provide.
Some of our
business partners (e.g., advertisers and third-party ad serving companies) use
cookies in connection with the Sites. We have no access to or control over
these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Marketdata
Enterprises, Inc. and the Site only and does not cover the use of cookies by
any third parties
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
From time to time and at different locations on the Pain101.com Website, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional newsletters via email from Pain101.com and/or directly from third parties.
If you wish to subscribe to such newsletters via email, we ask for contact information, such as name and email address. You can unsubscribe from the newsletters by following the directions on the newsletter itself. Pain101.com Customer Service will unsubscribe you from that newsletter in two to three business days.
Here's what you should
know about the security of the information you provide to us:
This website takes every
precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive
information (e-mail addresses) via the website, your information is protected
both online and off-line to the best of our ability.
Pain101.com has the right to change the Privacy Policy in the
future.
Other
Terms and Conditions:
Your access
to and use of the Sites are subject to the Terms of Use. The Sites are
intended for
ALL CONTENT
PROVIDED ON THESE WEB SITES IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND IS PROVIDED FOR
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE
TREATED AS MEDICAL OR HEALTH CARE ADVICE. NOTHING CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE IS
INTENDED TO BE USED FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATEMENT OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
CONSULTATION WITH A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE
OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR OTHER QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WITH ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION. NEVER DISREGARD MEDICAL ADVICE OR
DELAY IN SEEKING IT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON THIS WEB SITE.
Contacting
the Web Site:
If you have
any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your
interaction with the Site, please contact us by clicking on the "Contact
Us" link at the bottom of the page or at the following address:
Marketdata Enterprises, Inc.
Telephone:
813-907-9090