Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the ways PCSecurityShield (hereinafter, "us," or "we") collects, stores, uses, and protects your personal information. You accepted the terms of this Privacy Policy when you registered on ConsumerConfidence.net (the "Site"). We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised version on the Site. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. If the amended version includes a substantial change, then we the amended Privacy Policy will take effect thirty (30) days after initial posting, but shall be immediately effective for all new guests. Your continued use of the Site after the 30-day period shall evidence your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy. We last modified this Privacy Policy on September 4th, 2008.
1. What information we collect about you
When you visit the Site, we collect your IP address and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on the Site.
If you register with us to create a Consumer Confidence Account, we collect your name and email address. Before permitting you to download any products from the Site, we may require you to provide additional information we can use to verify your identity or address or manage risk, such as your date of birth, or other information.
When you are using the Site, we may collect information about your computer or other access device.
Finally, we may collect additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here. For example, we may collect information related to your contact with our customer support team.
2. How we protect and store personal information
Throughout this Privacy Policy, we use the term "personal information" to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific user.
We store and process your personal information on our computers, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
3. How we use the personal information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, and efficient experience. We may use your personal information to:
- Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our Terns and Conditions, this Privacy Policy, or other agreements with you.
- Customize, measure, and improve the content and layout of the Site.
- Develop, enhance and market our services.
- Send you targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers.
- Protect the integrity and security of the Site.
- Conduct internal reviews of the Site and services we provide.
- Respond to your requests or contact you to verify the information you provide to us.
- Meet legal and regulatory requirements.
- Manage our business operations.
4. How we share personal information with other parties
We may share your personal information with:
- Members of our corporate family, such as affiliates or subsidiaries, to provide joint content and services (like registration, transactions and customer support), to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts and violations of our policies, and to guide decisions about their products, services and communications. Members of our corporate family will use this information to send you marketing communications only if you have requested their services OR unless you instructed them not to do so.
- Companies that we partner with to jointly create and offer products through the Site or a third-party Web site.
- Companies or people with which we plan to enter into a business transfer, such as a merger, asset sale, or change in control transaction.
- Law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when: We are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal procedure, we need to do so to comply with law, we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our Terms and Conditions or any other agreement posted on the Site.
- Other third parties with your consent or direction to do so.
- Third parties to enforce the Terms and Conditions, this Privacy Policy or other agreements with you or to enforce or protect our rights.
We will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course of doing business and only share your personal information with third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to sell, transfer, and/or license your personal information to one or more third parties in connection with a business transfer involving the Company or any members of our corporate family.
We use industry standard practices to protect your privacy and the personal information that we collect from you; however, we cannot ensure that your private communications and personal information will only be disclosed as described in this Privacy Policy. For example, unauthorized entities or individuals may unlawfully intercept data or access our servers and obtain such information, or administrative agencies or courts of competent jurisdiction may order the disclosure of the personal information we collect. Therefore, we cannot guarantee, and you should not expect, that the personal information you provide us will always remain private.
5. How you can access or change your personal information
You can review and edit your personal information at any time by logging in to your account.
Also, to the extent required by applicable law, you may request that we inform you about the personal information we maintain about you, and where appropriate, request that we update, correct, and/or suppress personal information about you that we maintain in our active database. We will make all required updates and changes within the time specified by applicable law, and where permitted, may charge an appropriate fee to cover the costs of responding to such request. Please direct your requests to the address and person listed below under the section "How you can contact us about privacy questions". To protect your confidentiality, we will only respond to the address or e-mail you provide us in your request.
6. Links To Third Party Web Sites
The Site, as well as the electronic messages sent as part of our services, may contain links to thirty party Web sites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy policy, terms and conditions, practices or the content of such third parties or third party Web sites. We encourage you to be aware of when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements and terms and conditions of each Web site to which we may link that may collect personal information. If you have a question about the terms and conditions, privacy policy, practices or contents of a third party or a third party Web site, please contact the third party directly.
7. How you can contact us about privacy questions
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact us by writing to us at PCSecurityShield c/o Consumer Confidence, 601 N. Congress Avenue, Suite 303, Delray Beach, Florida 33445 or emailing us at cc@pcsecurityshield.com.
8. Special Notification for California Residents – Your California Privacy Rights
Individuals who are residents of California and have provided their personal information to us may request information regarding our disclosures, if any, of their personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Such requests must be submitted to us at [e-mail address] or in writing at:
PCSecurityShield c/o Consumer Confidence
601 N. Congress Avenue, Suite 303
Delray Beach, FL 33445
Attn: Consumer Confidence
Such requests must include the reference "Request for California Privacy Information" on the subject line and in the body of the message and must include the e-mail address or mailing address, as applicable, for us to send our response. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. We reserve the right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.
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