Privacy Policy

Our Family Passport and www.ourfamilypassport.com Privacy Policy

 

Our Family Passport Privacy Policy

Our Family Passport  (“Company”) is committed to protecting your privacy.  We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe to you our practices regarding the Personal Data (as defined below) we collect from users of our website, located at www.ourfamilypassport.com, our mobile application (“Application(s)”), and our widgets (collectively, the “Site”) and online services (“Services”). 

  1. Questions; Contacting Company; Reporting Violations.  If you have any questions or concerns or complaints about our Privacy Policy or our data collection or processing practices, or if you want to report any security violations to us, please contact us. Contact information can be found on our contact us page.
  2. User Consent.  By submitting Personal Data through our Site or Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 
  3. A Note About Children.  We do not intentionally gather Personal Data from visitors who are under the age of 13.  If a child under 13 submits Personal Data to Company and we learn that the Personal Data is the information of a child under 13, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible.  If you believe that we might have any Personal Data from a child under 13, please contact us at ourfamilypassportblog@gmail.com..   
  4. A Note to Users Outside of the United States.  If you are a non-U.S. user of the Site, by visiting the Site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that your Personal Data may be processed for the purposes identified in the Privacy Policy.  In addition, your Personal Data may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personal Data may be less stringent than the laws in your country.  By providing your data, you consent to such transfer.     
  5. Types of Data We May Collect.  “Personal Data” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data.  “Anonymous Data” means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Data; Anonymous Data does not, by itself, permit the identification of individual persons. We collect Personal Data and Anonymous Data, as described below. 

(a)         Information You Provide to Us.   

  •     We may collect Personal Data from you, such as your first and last name, gender, e-mail and mailing addresses, professional title, company name, and password when you create an account to log in to our network (“Account”). 
  •     If you use our Services on your mobile device, including through our Application(s), we may collect your phone number and the unique device id number. 
  •     If you tell us where you are (e.g., by allowing your mobile device to send us your location), we may store and use that information to provide you with location-based information and advertising.   If you want to deactivate this feature, you can either reinstall the Application(s) or deactivate GPS on your mobile device. 
  •     Our Site may let you store preferences like how your content is displayed, your location, safe search settings, and favorite widgets.  We may associate these choices with your ID, browser or the mobile device, and you can edit these preferences at any time. 
  •     When connecting to our Services via a service provider that uniquely identifies your mobile device, we may receive this identification and use it to offer extended services and/or functionality and associate that phone number to your mobile device identification information. 
  •     When you order products or services on our Site, we will collect all information necessary to complete the transaction, including your name, credit card information, billing information and shipping ·     Certain Services may require our collection of your phone number.   We do not store this information directly on our servers, but this information may be shared with third parties who will help process and fulfill your purchases.  When you submit credit card numbers, we encrypt that information using industry standard technology.
  •     We retain information on your behalf, such as files and messages that you store using your Account. 
  •     If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content included in the e-mail, in order to send you a reply. 
  •     When you post content (text, images, photographs, messages, comments or any other kind of content that is not your e-mail address) on our Site, the information contained in your posting will be stored in our servers and other users will be able to see it, along with your profile photo and any other information that you choose to make public on your public profile page (“Profile”).  The information that you provide in your Profile will be visible to others, including anonymous visitors to the Site.
  •     When you post messages on the message boards of our Site, the information contained in your posting will be stored on our servers and other users will be able to see it.
  •     When you participate in one of our surveys, we may collect additional profile information.
  •     We also collect other types of Personal Data that you provide to us voluntarily, such as your operating system and version, product registration number, and other requested information if you contact us via e-mail regarding support for the Services. 
  •     If you participate in a sweepstakes, contest or giveaway on our Site, we may ask you for your e-mail address and/or home number (to notify you if you win or not).  We 

may also ask for first and last names, and sometimes post-office addresses to verify your identity.  In some situations, we may need additional information as a part of the entry process, such as a prize selection choice.  These sweepstakes and contests are voluntary. We recommend that you read the rules for each sweepstakes and contest that you enter. 

  •     We may also collect Personal Data at other points in our Site that state that Personal Data is being collected. 
  1.           Use of Your Personal Data 

(a)         General Use.  In general, Personal Data you submit to us is used either to respond to requests that you make, or to aid us in serving you better.  We use your Personal Data in the following ways:

  •   facilitate the creation of and secure your Account on our network; 
  •   identify you as a user in our system; 
  •   provide improved administration of our Site and Services; 
  •   provide the Services you request;
  •   improve the quality of experience when you interact with our Site and Services;
  •   send you a welcome e-mail to verify ownership of the e-mail address provided when your Account was created;
  •   send you administrative e-mail notifications, such as security or support and maintenance advisories; 
  •   respond to your inquiries related to employment opportunities or other requests;
  •   make telephone calls to you, from time to time, as a part of secondary fraud protection or to solicit your feedback; and
  •   send newsletters, surveys, offers, and other promotional materials related to our Services and for other marketing purposes of Company. 

(b)         User Testimonials and Feedback.  We often receive testimonials and comments from users who have had positive experiences with our Services.  We occasionally publish such content. When we publish this content, we may identify our users by their first and last name and may also indicate their home city.  We obtain the user’s consent prior to posting his or her name along with the testimonial. We may post user feedback on the Site from time to time. We will share your feedback with your first name and last initial only.  If we choose to post your first and last name along with your feedback, we will obtain your consent prior to posting you name with your feedback. If you make any comments on a blog or forum associated with your Site, you should be aware that any Personal Data you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages.  We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these blogs and forums. 

(c)          Creation of Anonymous Data.  We may create Anonymous Data records from Personal Data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you.  We use this Anonymous Data to analyze request and usage patterns so that we may enhance the content of our Services and improve Site navigation. We reserve the right to use Anonymous Data and aggregated and other de-identified information for any purpose and disclose Anonymous Data to third parties in our sole discretion. 

  1. Your Choices Regarding Information.  You have several choices regarding the use of information on our Service: 

(a)         Email Communications.  We will periodically send you free newsletters and e-mails that directly promote the use of our Site or Services.  When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below).  Despite your indicated e-mail preferences, we may send you service related communications, including notices of any updates to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. 

(b)         Cookies.  If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to accept Cookies from our Service for any of the purposes described above, then you can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting Cookies or to prompt you before accepting a Cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser’s technical information. If you do not accept Cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of the Service. If you have any questions about how to disable or modify Cookies, please let us know at the contact information provided below. 

  •   Company is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data.  We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  We will not sell your name, address, e-mail address, credit card information or personal information to any third party without your permission, but we cannot be responsible or held liable for the actions of third party sites from which you may have linked or been directed to the Our Family Passport website.
  1. Changes to This Privacy Policy.  This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason.  We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here. You should consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

 

 

 

 

 

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