If you submitted personally identifiable information to us prior to the above effective date, and desire to opt out of having that previously submitted personally identifiable information from being treated under the new policy, please contact us at info@socialscience.net.
(c) provide your email address for an email newsletter.
Certain information may not be personally identifiable when standing alone (e.g., your age), but may become so when combined with other information (e.g., your age and name). Whether or not you provide this information is your choice; however, in many instances this type of information is required to participate in the particular activity, realize a benefit we may offer, or gain access to certain content on our Website.
(2) Non-Personal Information: Our definition of non-personal information is any information that does not personally identify you. Non-personal information can include certain personally identifiable information that has been de-identified; that is, information that has been rendered anonymous. We obtain non-personal information about you from information that you provide us, either separately or together with your personally identifiable information. We also automatically receive, but do not collect certain non-personal information from you when you access our Website. This information can include, among other things, IP addresses, the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.), the third party website from which your visit originated, the operating system you are using (e.g., Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS, etc.), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Google, America Online, NetZero, etc.), the search terms you use on our Website, the specific web pages you visit, and the duration of your visits. In addition, we may store and use journal entries you submit to us after any personally identifiable information has been removed from such entry.
(1) Personally Identifiable Information: The personally identifiable information you submit to us is generally used to carry out your requests, respond to your inquiries, provide the services you requested, or in other ways naturally associated with the circumstances in which you provided the information. We may also use this information to later contact you for a variety of reasons, such as customer service. You may opt-out from receiving future promotional information or newsletters from us or our affiliated companies, or direct that we not share your information with any affiliated companies, as set forth below.
(2) Cookies, etc.: "Cookies" are small text files from a website that are stored on your hard drive. These text files make using our Website more convenient by, among other things, saving your passwords and preferences for you. Cookies themselves do not typically contain any personally identifiable information. We do not utilize cookies.
The features, programs, promotions and other aspects of our Website requiring the submission of personally identifiable information are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personally identifiable information to us please contact us at info@socialscience.net. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of such child's personally identifiable information as well as prohibit the use thereof.
(1) We have implemented security measures that we consider reasonable and appropriate to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We secure the personally identifiable information you provide on our dedicated servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. If your credit card information is transmitted to an outside vendor for processing, then it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third-parties will not circumvent the security measures we have in place to protect our Website. In the unfortunate event that your personally identifiable information (as the term or similar terms are defined by any applicable law requiring notice upon a security breach) is compromised, we may notify you by e-mail (at our sole and absolute discretion) to the last email address you have provided us in the most expedient time reasonable under the circumstances; provided, however, delays in notification may occur while we take necessary measures to determine the scope of the breach and restore reasonable integrity to the system as well as for the legitimate needs of law enforcement if notification would impede a criminal investigation. Because no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and no system of physical or electronic security is impenetrable, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you send to us or the security of our servers or databases, and by using the Website you agree to assume all risk in connection with the information sent to us or collected by us when you use the website.
(3) From time to time we evaluate new technology for protecting information, and when appropriate, we upgrade our information security systems.
You may contact us for any reason including if: (a) you have questions or comments about our Privacy Statement; (b) you wish to make corrections to any personally-identifiable information that you have provided; or (c) you would like to change your privacy preferences.
There are multiple ways to contact us including via email, telephone, and regular mail. Instructions on how to contact us are available here: http://socialscience.net/contact.aspx. We will respond to your request and, if applicable and appropriate, make the requested change in our active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may not be able to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain Services or benefits and features of our Website.
Beginning January 1, 2005, California law permits customers that reside in California to request certain information regarding the disclosure of personal information we collect to third parties for marketing purposes. If you are a California resident, have provided us with personal information within the last year, and would like to know whom we have shared information with and what information was shared, you may contact us at the e-mail address provided in the Contact Information section.
We reserve the right to periodically revise this policy. Please check this page periodically for changes. The document revision date displayed below will indicate when this policy was last revised.