Squarz, LLC (“Squarz”) takes your privacy seriously. This notice describes Squarz's privacy policy as it pertains to the services it offers through the squarz.com website and authorized social media sites (collectively, the “Website”). We may from time-to-time revise this privacy policy, and the date of last revision will be available at the bottom of this page, so please be sure to check back periodically. By using the Website, you are acknowledging and accepting this Privacy Policy. The most recent version of this Privacy Policy is available at http://www.squarz.com/company/privacy-policy.aspx. Your continued use of the Website after changes have been posted to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
What information we collect: Squarz may ask for and collect from you personally identifiable and other information at certain points throughout the Website. Depending on the information and/or services you request, you may be asked to provide your name, address, telephone number, email address, gender, age and other information. Squarz will also receive certain information from the social media site through which the Squarz content is made available, if any. Please refer to the privacy policy published by that social media website to learn more about what information is provided to Squarz. Squarz may combine this information with the other information it collects.
In addition to the information you knowingly provide, Squarz collects the domain names and IP addresses of its visitors, along with usage statistics (e.g., types of web browsers and operating systems used) and browsing history. This data is used to more efficiently operate Squarz's business, promote our (and our promoters’) products and services and administer the Website. Squarz may combine this information with the personally identifiable and other information it collects.
How Squarz uses your information: Squarz may use your information:
•To provide you with personalized content.
•To process and respond to inquiries.
•For the purposes for which you provided the information.
•To improve the Website.
•To alert you to new features, special events, products and services.
•To enforce the Terms of Service, Contest Rules, and Code of Conduct.
In the future, we may sell some or all of our assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets. In the event of a sale of our assets including our database, customer information will be transferred. We will include in any purchase agreement a requirement that the buyers honor our privacy policy.
Information Sharing with Third Parties: Squarz may disclose your personally identifiable and other information to another entity (i) for purposes of outsourcing one or more of the functions described in the previous section; (ii) to confirm or update information provided by you; (iii) to inform you of important information; (iv) as a part of a sale of assets as described in the previous section; and (v) so that our partners and affiliates can provide you with information about the products and services they offer. We may also share your information in response to a subpoena, legal order or official request, when we believe you have acted in violation of the Terms of Service, or when we believe that doing so may protect your safety or the safety of others. Because the Website may be offered through social media websites, those sites may also have access to the personal information collected by Squarz.
Sharing and use of de-identified information: Information that is de-identified (stripped of any information that could be used to identify you) may be used by Squarz for any reason and shared freely with third parties.
How we collect information: In addition to the methods described above, we may also collect information using cookies, web beacons or similar technologies. These methods permit us to collect various types of information, including which pages you visit, which of our email messages you read, and other information.
How we protect information: Squarz attempts to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your personal information. Our servers are protected by reasonable physical and electronic security measures.
Children's Privacy: If you are under 13, please do not provide any personally identifiable information to Squarz.
How you can view or update your personal or financial information: To ensure that you have as much control over your personally identifiable and other information as possible, you may update your information by contacting us at privacy@squarz.com.We will use reasonable efforts to process any change you make; provided, however, that requests to delete information are subject to Squarz's internal reporting and retention policies and all applicable legal obligations.
Links: The Website may contain links to third-party websites. Squarz is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Your California Privacy Rights: If you are a California resident, you are entitled by law to request an Information Sharing Disclosure. If you request it, we will provide you with a notice of your right to prevent sharing of your personal information as well as a cost-free means of doing so. To receive such a notice, submit a request to the email address listed in the Contacts section below, specifying that you seek your "California Customer Choice Notice." Please allow thirty days for a response.
Contacts: If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@squarz.com.
Last updated: December 28, 2010