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PRIVACY POLICY
PRIVACY
POLICY
THE
DETAILS
ACTV
respects your privacy. We recognize the potential of technology to
help you communicate with us via our website and through e-mail, and
we would like to use this technology over time to develop a
relationship with you. The privacy policy below details the measures
taken by ACTV to protect your privacy in connection with your use of
www.getACTV.ca and other sites owned by ACTV (collectively, the
"Site"). Please read the following to learn more about our
privacy policy.
This
privacy policy is incorporated into and is subject to ACTV's Terms
of Use.
If you do not agree to the terms of this privacy policy or the Terms
of Use, please do not provide ACTV with any information and do not
use the Site. Your continued use of the Site after the privacy policy
has been modified will signify your acceptance of the changes for
information gathered after the date of the change.
OVERVIEW
This
policy statement discloses our privacy practices including the
notification of:
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Personally
identifiable information ("PII") collected through our
Site;
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Intended
usage of this PII;
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Choices
available regarding opt-in/opt-out, data collection, use and
distribution of the information;
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Security
measures to protect the loss or misuse of information under ACTV's
control;
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How
to maintain the accuracy of your information.
In
general, you may visit our Site and access information while not
revealing any individual user information, other than Technology
Related Information (defined below). If you upload content to this
Site, the content will be governed by the Terms of Use, and any other
terms or conditions on the upload pages. The types of individual user
information collected in the registration process may include your
name, contact information, other PII and other information
volunteered by you.
We
collect the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our
bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us
via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our
chat areas, name and address, telephone number, and fax number. If
you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let
us know by sending us e-mail at the following address:
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The
information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web
page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for
each individual visitor, and it may be used to notify consumers about
updates to our Website.
ACTV
collects PII when you register with ACTV, when you visit ACTV pages,
and when you deliver communications or content to the Site. ACTV may
combine information about you that we have with information we obtain
from business associates or otherwise. Without limitation,
information collected, including PII, may be used by ACTV for
internal research purposes, marketing, promotions and public
relations, subject only to the terms of our privacy policy.
ACTV
will not disclose, transfer, sell or otherwise communicate your PII
to any third party, other than ACTV's parent, subsidiaries and
affiliates, and each of (i) their employees, or (ii) vendors and
contractors operating under confidentiality agreements and subject to
ACTV's privacy policy, unless you give ACTV permission to do so,
except as set forth in this privacy policy. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything to the contrary, ACTV may disclose any
information you provide if required to do so by law or pursuant to a
request by law enforcement, or if we have a good faith belief that
disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with the legal
process; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of ACTV or
third parties; or (3) act in an emergency to protect someone's safety
or legal rights. As we develop our business, we may buy or sell
assets or change our name or form of entity, and, depending upon the
transaction, your personal information may be one of the transferred
assets; provided, however, we will not sell or transfer PII, except
subject to the terms of our privacy policy. For instance, in the
event that ACTV is acquired by another company, your PII may be part
of the assets transferred to the acquiring party. ACTV will notify
you before PII about you becomes subject to a different privacy
policy. The collected information may be provided in the aggregate to
third parties, including potential business partners and advertisers,
but this information is not linked to any PII before it is disclosed
unless ACTV has obtained your consent.
To
help administer our Site and provide a positive experience while
visiting our Site, ACTV does collect technology-related information.
"Technology-Related Information" may include, but is not
limited to the following: source IP address, domain name, date and
time visited and visited pages. A "cookie" is a small line
of text that is stored with your Web browser for record-keeping
purposes and to help us provide better service to you. Your browser
has options to accept, reject or provide you with notice when a
cookie is sent. We use cookies for many purposes, such as to save
your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit
our site. We also use cookies to deliver content (which may include
third party advertisements) specific to your interests. ACTV may set
and access current "cookies" on your computer. ACTV lets
other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and
access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers or other companies
do not have access to ACTV's cookies. Other companies' use of their
cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. ACTV
has no control over the information collected from or about you by
any third party after you have left the Site. By clicking on links to
other websites, advertisers and other third parties, you are leaving
the Site. Once you have left the Site, ACTV does not control the data
collection and privacy practices, or other activities, of any third
party linked to this Site and ACTV assumes no liability, and is not
responsible for any practices of such third party websites. ACTV may
use web beacons to access ACTV's cookies inside and outside our
network of websites and in connection with ACTV's products and
services.
Use
of Third Party Ad Networks
ACTV
does not provide any personal information to an advertiser when you
interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with, or
viewing an ad, you are consenting to the possibility that the
advertiser will make the assumption that meet the targeting criteria
used to display the ad. ACTV advertisers include financial service
providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and
mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores,
airlines and software companies). ACTV works with vendors, partners,
advertisers, and other service providers in different industries and
categories of business.
We
do allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad
networks, to display advertisements on our Web page. Some of these ad
networks may place a persistent cookie on your computer in order to
recognize your computer each time they send you an online
advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about
where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their
advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This
information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements
that they believe will be of most interest to you. ACTV does not have
access to the cookies that may be placed by the third party and
servers or ad networks.
ACTV
maintains relationships with a number of the third-party ad networks.
Those ad networks that use persistent cookies may offer you a way to
opt out of ad targeting. You may find more information at the Web
site of the individual ad network.
CONSENT/OPT-OUT
ACTV
may consider requests from unrelated third parties to contact you,
but we will not give that third party any PII unless ACTV has
obtained your consent. You may give this consent by "opting-in"
to having your information shared with third parties when you
register. Additionally, ACTV provides you the opportunity to be sent
newsletters and information about programming, promotional events,
marketing events and opportunities to participate in research
studies. If you would like not to receive future e-mail
correspondence from us, you may notify us by using a link provided at
the bottom of these communications. You may review, change or delete
any information you submitted to ACTV by going to the registration
page at any time. You must include your name and password, and a
description of the information you would like to change.
DATA
SECURITY
ACTV
endeavors to ensure the commercially reasonable protection of user's
PII. We have implemented security measures to protect PII collected
on our Site against loss, misuse or alteration. However, the Internet
is an open system and technology and human operators are not
infallible. Accordingly, we cannot and do not guarantee that the
individual user information you have transmitted, including PII, will
not be intercepted by others and/or decrypted or accidentally
disclosed. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information transmitted to us over the Internet, and we accept no
liability for any unintentional disclosure.
CHANGES
TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
From
time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated
uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our
information practices change at some time in the future, we will post
the policy changes to our Website to notify you of these changes, and
provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are
concerned about how your information is used, you should check back
at our Website periodically. We will post the policy changes to our
Website to notify you of these changes, and we will use for these new
purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change
forward. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you
should check back at our Website periodically.
If
you feel that this site is not following its stated information
policy, you may contact us at
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or contact the local chapter of the Better Business Bureau, or local
consumer protection office.
A
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN:
Our
site targets an audience that is over 13, and some content may not be
appropriate for all ages. We are a general audience site, and do not
intend to collect any PII from children unless we believe such
collection to be permitted by law.
ACTV
access may include such general audience communication services as
e-mail, instant messaging, and online groups, and your child will be
able to communicate with, and disclose personal information to other
users of all ages. We encourage and support the efforts of parents
and legal guardians of children to monitor their children's internet
usage and to caution them against providing personal information to
any website without their permission.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
This
Privacy Policy was last changed and posted on our Site on September
11th, 2008.
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