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Updated: March 30, 2005
JeepSpeak is committed to protecting your
privacy. This privacy statement explains
data collection and use practices of the
JeepSpeak.com site (the “Site”); it does
not apply to other online or offline JeepSpeak sites, products or services. By
accessing the Site, you are consenting to
the information collection and use
practices described in this privacy
statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information
that personally identifies you (personal
information) or allows us to contact you
to provide a service or carry out a
transaction that you have requested such
as receiving information about JeepSpeak
products and services, entering a
contest, ordering e-mail newsletters,
signing up for an event. The personal
information we collect may include your
name, title, company or organization
name, home e-mail, home phone, work or
home address.
The Site may collect certain information
about your visit, such as the name of
the Internet service provider and the
Internet Protocol (IP) address through
which you access the Internet; the date
and time you access the Site; the pages
that you access while at the Site and
the Internet address of the Web site
from which you linked directly to our
site. This information is used to help
improve the site, analyze trends and
administer the site.
JeepSpeak
forum communities provide opportunities
to interact with JeepSpeak members,
experts, and your peers in order to
share knowledge and news about off-road
products, installations or simply
communicate. In order to avoid your
e-mail address or other personal
information from being gathered and used
by others for inappropriate or harmful
purposes, JeepSpeak advises that you
should be cautious about posting a real
e-mail address or other personal
information to newsgroups, chats, or
other public forums.
Use of your Personal Information
The personal information collected on
this Site will be used to operate the
Site and to provide the service(s) or
carry out the transaction(s) you have
requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, JeepSpeak may
use personal information to provide you
with more effective customer service, to
improve the Site and any related
JeepSpeak products or services, and to
make the Site easier to use by
eliminating the need for you to
repeatedly enter the same information or
by customizing the Site to your
particular preference or interests. In
order to offer you a more consistent
experience in your interactions with
JeepSpeak, information collected by
JeepSpeak.com may be combined with
information collected by other JeepSpeak
services.
We may use your personal information to
provide you with important information
about the product or service that you
are using, including Land Rights Issues
and notifications. Additionally, with
your permission, we may send you
information about other JeepSpeak
products and services, and/or share
information with JeepSpeak partners so
they may send you information about
their products and services.
When you sign up for a newsletter or
agree to receive promotional e-mail.
Each e-mail communication includes an
unsubscribe link allowing you to stop
delivery of that type of communication.
Some services on JeepSpeak.com offer
individuals the ability to publicly
display certain personal information,
such as for a JeepSpeak sponsor/vendor
who wishes to publish contact
information as part of offering a
business service. Participation in such
services is always optional.
JeepSpeak may disclose personal
information if required to do so by law
or in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to (a) conform to
the edicts of the law or comply with
legal process served on JeepSpeak or the
Site; (b) protect and defend the rights
or property of JeepSpeak and our family
of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent
circumstances to protect the personal
safety of JeepSpeak writers or
moderators, users of JeepSpeak
forums, or members of the public.
Personal information collected on the
Site may be stored and processed in the
United States.
Control of your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this
statement, personal information you
provide on the Site will not be shared
outside of JeepSpeak and affiliates
without your permission. As described
below in the next section, you can
access your personal information and
make choices about how you wish to be
contacted via the forum.
Please be aware that this privacy
statement and any choices you make on
the Site will not necessarily apply to
personal information you may have
provided to JeepSpeak in the context of
other, separately operated, JeepSpeak
products or services.
JeepSpeak.com may send out periodic
e-mails informing you of Land Rights
Issues, services or site issues.
Access to your Personal Information
You can
review and edit the personal information
and contact preferences you provided at
this Site by visiting the
JeepSpeak.com
Forums.
You will be asked to enter your Username
and password before viewing your
personal information.
Security of your Personal Information
JeepSpeak is committed to protecting the
security of your personal information.
Protection of Children's Personal
Information
JeepSpeak.com is a general audience site
and does not knowingly collect any
personal information from children.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies on the JeepSpeak forum to
ensure the integrity of the registration
process and to personalize the Forum. A
cookie is a small text file that is
placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your
computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned
to you, and can only be read by a Web
server in the domain that issued the
cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies
is to provide a convenience feature to
save you time. This simplifies the
process of delivering relevant content,
eases site navigation, and so on. When
you return to the Web site, the
information you previously provided can
be retrieved, so you can easily use the
site's features that you customized.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif
technology, or action tags, may be used
to assist in delivering the cookie on
our site. This technology is a tool we
use to compile aggregated statistics
about JeepSpeak.com Web site usage, such
as how many visitors clicked on key
elements (such as links or graphics) on
a JeepSpeak.com Web page, blog or a
newsletter.
You have the ability to accept or
decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you
can usually modify your browser setting
to decline cookies if you prefer. If you
choose to decline cookies, you may not
be able to fully experience the
interactive features of this or other
Web sites you visit.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
Changes to this Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy
statement. When we do, we will also
revise the "last updated" date at the
top of the privacy statement. We
encourage you to periodically review
this privacy statement to stay informed
about how we are helping to protect the
personal information we collect. Your
continued use of the service constitutes
your agreement to this privacy statement
and any updates.
Contact Information
JeepSpeak
welcomes your comments regarding this
privacy statement. If you believe that
JeepSpeak has not adhered to this
privacy statement, please
contact us
electronically
and we will use every efforts to
promptly determine and remedy the
problem.
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