VastCast Media, Inc has created this privacy policy
in order to disclose our use of consumer data. The scope of
this privacy policy is intended to cover all persons in all
countries of the world. Any questions regarding this policy
should be directed by e-mail to privacy@vastcastmedia.com. VastCast Media, Inc.
participates in the Council of Better Business Bureau Online
Reliability and Privacy programs. To verify program
participation, report abuses, or file a complaint, click on any
program seal displayed on any of our web properties. As an
alternative you may contact the BBBOnline or the Las Vegas chapter
of the BBB using the following contact
information:
BBBOnLine, Inc.
4200 Wilson Blvd, 8th floor
Arlington, VA 22203
703 247-9370
Better Business
Bureau
2301 Palomino Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89107
702 320-4500
The following discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices.
Information
Collection
VastCast Media, Inc. may
collect or receive information about each person who registers for
membership with VastCast Media, Inc. Information collected is
used only for the specific purpose for which it was collected and
will not be used or ay other purpose other than that stated in this
privacy statement. We also obtain information through third
parties for whom VastCast Media, Inc. has a relationship
with. Information collected includes first and last name,
e-mail address, street address,
home/business/cellular/fax/alternate phone numbers, gender, age,
occupation, interests, total combined household income,
revolving/home /automobile debt balances and associated interest
rates, business services provided, past advertising modalities,
budget, company name, first and last name of contact, billing
information, travel/hotel/vacation preferences, general health
status, interest level in business opportunities and estimated time
and monetary investment levels of said business opportunities, as
well as the desired income levels of the same.
The purchase or acquiring
of any e-mail addresses from third parties is always proceed by
assurances that all of the individuals whose names are contained in
a list have given their express permission for their personally
identifiable information to be sold, transferred, and/or shared
with those doing business with the third party.
Browsing our Website
When you browse and have
not registered for any online service you browse anonymously.
Personal information -- such as your name, address, phone number or
e-mail address -- is not collected as you browse. However
"cookies" are used to collect information about how our site is
used. Information, such as the server your computer is logged
onto, it’s IP address, your browser type (for example,
Netscape or Internet Explorer), and whether you responded to a
banner ad or e-mail is collected and tracked in aggregate.
This information is used for the purpose of measuring response
rates to banner ads and e-mail offers.
Registration for Online
Products and Services
In order to provide you
with a particular product or service online, we will request that
you provide us with personal information, including your e-mail
address, for purposes of correspondence, site registration, making
a purchase, or participating in online surveys. This enables
us to provide an online product or service to you in an efficient
manner.
Information
Use
We will use
the information you provide to us from the registration of our
online products and services for the specific reason it was
submitted only. Specifically, we, depending on the nature of
the data provided by you, utilize information collected for the
following purposes:
Newsletter
Subscription: Information collected includes first name,
last name, e-mail address, gender, and interests.
Qualified
Mortgage Lead: Information collected includes firs name,
last name, e-mail address, home/alternate phone numbers, combined
household income, estimated home value, and general credit
standing.
Qualified
Debt Lead: Information collected includes first name,
last name, e-mail address, street address, home/alternate phone
numbers, combined household income, revolving/automobile debt
balances and associated interest rates, general credit
standing.
Qualified
Travel Lead: Information collected includes first name,
last name, e-mail address, street address, home/business/alternate
phone numbers, interests, travel/hotel/vacation
preferences.
Qualified
Life Insurance Lead: Information collected includes first
name, last name, e-mail address, street address,
home/business/alternate phone numbers, gender, age,
occupation, interests, revolving/home/automobile debt balances, and
general health status.
Qualified
Business Opportunity Lead: Information collected includes
first name, last name, e-mail address, street address,
home/business/alternate phone numbers, interest level in business
opportunities, best time to contact, age, estimated time
investment, monetary investment, and desired income
levels.
Client/Advertising Inquiries and/or Client Account
Creation: Information includes company name, first
and last name of contact, e-mail address, street address,
business/cellular/fax/alternate phone numbers services provided,
budget, past advertising modalities, billing address.
Client
Quotation: Information collected includes company name,
first and last name of contact, e-mail address, street address,
business/cellular/fax/alternate phone numbers, services provided,
budget, past advertising modalities, billing
address.
Collectively
the information above is used for the purpose of qualified lead
generation, e-mail marketing campaign development/deployment,
website development/design, and/or facilitation of online purchase
and shipping of goods and services from independent online and
offline retailers and service providers. We will not use the
information you provide to us for any other reason than that which
you submitted it for. For example, if you are submitting
information for the purpose of receiving a mortgage quote we will
not use the submitted information to add you to our e-mail
newsletter service. Regardless of later updates or changes to
this privacy statement we will never use information submitted
under our current privacy policy in a new way without first
providing you the opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prevent that
use.
If you have
signed up for our e-mail newsletter service, we may, and you should
assume that we will, sell your information to our affiliate
partners so that they can send you future e-mail offers that may be
of interest to you. The affiliate partners we may sell your
personal information to have different privacy policies than
ours. We do not sell data to any affiliate partner that does
not a) have an easily accessible privacy policy posted on their
website/s disclosing their information collection and dissemination
practices, b) agree to maintain similar practices to VastCast
Media, Inc., with respect to protecting and securing data, and c)
sign an acknowledgement confirming that they have read and
understand our privacy practices and data security measures.
Only data procured or submitted for membership to our e-mail
newsletter service would potentially be shared or sold to
outside affiliates or partners. The types of affiliates and
partners we may share our subscription information with are e-mail
marketers who own a well maintained opt-in subscriber database of
their own and who are seeking to develop that
database.
We may also
send you e-mail offers if you have provided your e-mail address to
a third party and have actively chosen or requested, on an opt-in
basis, to receive e-mail offers from other parties. These offers
may be based on information you provided in your initial
transaction with us, in surveys, from information that may indicate
purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as information
available from external sources, such as census bureau data.
These e-mail offers come directly from us. You can opt out
from receiving e-mail offers as described below in the section
headed, "Declining E-mail Offers".
When we send
e-mails to you, we may be able to identify information about your
e-mail address, such as whether you can read graphic-rich html
e-mails. If your e-mail address is html-enabled, we may choose to
send you graphic-rich html e-mails.
Keep in mind that if you
take advantage of an offer from a business partner and become their
customer, they may independently wish to send you offers. In
this case, you will need to inform them separately if you wish to
decline receiving future offers from them.
Our goal is to deliver
offers to people who will find them of value. Offers are
developed and managed under strict conditions designed to safeguard
the security and privacy of our members as well as the information
they submit. Product and services offered through VastCast
Media, Inc. are scrutinized for any content that could be perceived
as objectionable or off-color. Because individual
tolerance levels vary so widely amongst people, all potential
product campaigns are tested via small random samples and feedback
is monitored. Products that elicit negative responses during
testing are deferred from further distribution.
To opt-out of any transfer or sharing of
information with our corporate partners or affiliates click here.
Procedure for
Editing/Changing/Updating Information Collected
To gain access to
personally identifiable information kept in a retrievable form by
VastCast Media, Inc. for the purpose of editing, changing or
updating said information submit an e-mail to
support@vastcastmedia.com with a subject line that reads,
“Information Update and Disclosure
Request” Be sure to include in the body of the
e-mail a valid telephone number and best time to call.
You will be contacted via telephone within 72 hours by VastCast
Media, Inc. for the purpose of verifying your identity and
authorizing the release of personally identifiable information for
reasons you see fit.yyy
Any changes, updates or
edits to your information should be included in a separate e-mail
with a subject line that reads “Information
Changes” List in the body of your message the
fields that need to be updated and the data that should be
contained in them using the following format as an example:
telephone: 555-555-5555. As an alternative you may fax
a copy of requested changes to 702-233-1222 provided a fax cover
sheet is included that eludes to the sensitivity and
confidentiality of information contained within the fax.
Failure or refusal to follow the procedures above may result in
your request being declined.
Websites where you are
asked to provide a unique identifier, password, or login, require
that you do so in order to be included or receive the product or
service of interest. Failure or refusal to provide requested
information will deny you access to product or service of
interest.
Information Protection and
Security Measures
VastCast Media, Inc. is
committed to online data security. All sensitive and submitted
information worthy of protecting is kept in an offsite location on
geographically remote servers behind locked doors and locked server
cases. Physical access to the servers at this location is
limited to a single individual employee of VastCast Media, Inc.
working under a binding and legal confidentiality disclosure
agreement. Operating systems of servers are password
protected and require authentication.
Information about
Children
We do not collect, store,
or use information about children. You must be at least 18
years of age to participate in any offer we promote.
Cookies
In the course of
communicating with you, this site, and the advertisements you see
on it, will use "cookies" to communicate with your
browser.
Along with thousands of
other Web sites, we use cookies to enhance your Web viewing
experience. Our cookies do not damage your system or files in
any way. A Cookie is a small text file that includes a unique
number. We record that number in the cookie file of your
computer. The Cookie allows you to communicate with our site
and allows us to remember your browser on a repeat visit.
Cookies also allow VastCast Media, Inc. to serve you ads that
are better tailored to your needs or interests.
Please note that if you
erase or alter your cookie file or delete all cookies, your opt-out
choice will no longer be effective.
Declining E-mail
offers: How to unsubscribe or remove your e-mail address from
this list
If at any time you would
like to exercise your choice to end your subscription to an e-mail
publication or mailing that we deliver on behalf of a client,
please follow either the directions posted at the end of the e-mail
publication or mailing, or the directions at the e-mail publisher
or advertiser's web site. Sending an “unsubscribe” or
"take me off your list" request to an e-mail box will not ensure
that your request is processed by the list owner or originator of
the message.
To unsubscribe from the
VastCast Media, Inc. Newsletter automatically, click the link
below:
We also recommend that you review this privacy statement
periodically, as VastCast Media, Inc. may update it from time to
time. Privacy Policy Effective Date:
08/05/2003