Privacy Statement

 

Spider Beach is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Spider Beach Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Spider Beach website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Collection of your Personal Information

 

Spider Beach collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Spider Beach also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

 

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Spider Beach. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Spider Beach for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Spider Beach Web site.

 

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Spider Beach Forum public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Spider Beach does not read any of your private online communications.

 

Spider Beach encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Spider Beach so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Spider Beach is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of Spider Beach and Spider Beach family of Web sites.

 

Use of your Personal Information

 

Spider Beach collects and uses your personal information to operate the Spider Beach Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Spider Beach also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Spider Beach and its affiliates. Spider Beach may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

 

Spider Beach does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Spider Beach may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Spider Beach may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Spider Beach, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

 

Spider Beach does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

 

Spider Beach keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Spider Beach, in order to determine what Spider Beach services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Spider Beach to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

 

Spider Beach Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Spider Beach or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Spider Beach; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Spider Beach, or the public.

 

Use of Cookies

 

Spider Beach Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

 

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Spider Beach pages, or register with Spider Beach site or services, a cookie helps Spider Beach to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Spider Beach Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Spider Beach features that you customized.

 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Spider Beach services or Web sites you visit.

 

Security of your Personal Information

 

Spider Beach secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Spider Beach secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

Changes to this Statement

 

Spider Beach will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Spider Beach encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Spider Beach is protecting your information.

 

Contact Information

 

Spider Beach welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Spider Beach has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Spider Beach at webmaster@spiderbeach.com We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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