PRIVACY POLICY
We at gotmike.com, (referred to as "gotmike.com," "we," "us," or "our")
recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information
("Information") collected about our customers and prospective customers
(referred to as "Customers," "you" or "your"). This privacy statement discloses
what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. It
is our intention to give you an understanding about how we collect your
Information and the use we make of it in the course of our business.
To that end, we gather two types of information about Customers: data that
Customers provide through optional, voluntary registration on our sites; and
data we gather through aggregated tracking, mainly by tallying page views
throughout our sites. Such information enables us to tailor our content to fit
Customers' needs better and to help our advertisers understand our audience.
Because we derive revenue from advertising and e-commerce, providing such
aggregated data is essential to keeping our service free to Customers. However,
be assured that we will not disclose personal Information to third parties
without your consent, except as may be noted in this Privacy Policy or
disclosed to you when the Information is submitted.
How does gotmike.com collect Information?
Optional registration
We collect information by specifically requesting it from you. Generally this
occurs when you register at a site or request information or a service.
Usually, our sites and our service partners use your information to
operate the sites and to deliver services. Oursites also use your information
to inform you about other products or services available from us and our
affiliates.
Usage tracking
Use of Internet Protocol ("IP") Addresses :
An IP address is a unique number that is automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you're surfing the Internet so that your computer can be identified by
the main computers, known as "Web servers," that "serve up" Web pages.
We and/or its affiliates collect IP addresses for the purposes of system
administration, to report aggregated information to our advertisers, and to
audit the use of our site. When Customers request pages from our and/or our
affiliates' sites, our servers log the Customers' IP addresses. We do not
normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means
that a Customer's session will be logged, but the Customer will remain
anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a Customer when
we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our site terms of use or
terms of service or to protect our service, site, customers or others.
Use Of Cookies
What are cookies? Cookies are small pieces of information that a Web site sends
to yours computer for record-keeping purposes, which information is stored in a
file on your computer. Cookies make Web surfing easier for you by saving your
preferences so that we can use the saved information to facilitate your use of
our Web site when you return to the site. Cookies do not tell us your
individual identity unless you have chosen to provide it to us. We never save
passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is an
industry standard, and as such, you'll find that most major Web sites use them.
By showing how and when Customers use a site, cookies help us see which areas
are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are
based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This
information is most easily tracked with cookies. We use the information from
cookies to provide services better tailored to our Customers' needs.
Most cookies expire after a defined period of time, or you can delete your
cookie file at any time. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.
You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, note that some parts of our and/or our affiliates'
services will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you refuse
cookies. For example, without cookies, you will not be able to set personalized
preferences, and/or may have difficulty completing marketing transactions.
We and/or our affiliates have two primary uses for its cookies. First, we
use them to specify a Customer's preferences. For example, Customers can
specify keywords across several categories or markets so you don't have to tell
us repeatedly about certain features in the home you are seeking. Second, we
use cookies to track Customers' Web site usage trends and patterns. This helps
us understand our Customers' needs better and improve areas of our's
and/or our affiliates services that our Customers find valuable. While
both of these activities depend on the use of cookies, you have the option of
disabling the cookies via your browser preferences.
You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. We and/or our
affiliates do not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent by
third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.
With whom do you share my Information?
As a general rule we will not disclose any specific personal information that
you submit to us about you ("Personal Information") in a manner that connects
you with the Personal Information, except when we have your permission or under
special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it or under the circumstances described below. The following describes
some of the ways that your Personal Information may be disclosed.
Business Partners & Sponsors: We may disclose some or all of your Personal
Information to business partners or sponsors, but this use will be specifically
described to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring the data.
Many promotions offer opportunities to request additional information from
sponsors. By requesting more information, you give us permission to transfer
your Personal Information to the sponsor so they can fulfill your request. In
many instances, only your e-mail address will be shared. If more Personal
Information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the
transfer.
Third Party & Aggregate Data: From time to time, you may be offered the
opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you
opt to receive information from these third parties, we will (with your
permission) share your name and e-mail address with such third parties. Under
confidentiality agreements, we may match Personal Information with third party
data. Also, we may keep track of what portions of the Web site Customers are
visiting and other Customer statistics, and aggregate this information to help
us create a better experience for users of our Web site. This is all done
without knowing your name or other Personal Information in order to describe
our viewers and services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third
parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Other: We may also disclose account Information in special cases when we have
reason to believe that disclosing this Information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our terms of
use or terms of service, or may be causing injury to or interference (either
intentionally or unintentionally) with any of our rights or property, other
Customers, or anyone else. We may disclose or access account
Information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for
administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service,
and improve our products and services.
How can you control the usage of Information?
In case you change your mind or some Personal Information changes (such as your
Zip Code or e-mail address), we will try to provide a way to correct, update or
remove the Personal Information that you give us. We also give you the
opportunity to control the communications we direct to you. We offer Customers
the opportunity to "opt out" of having Personal Information shared with parties
outside of us and/or our affiliated companies. If a Customer wishes to
update Personal Information or objects to any usage provided herein for any
reason, he/she may e-mail the requested change to:
mike@gotmike.com
What happens when you link to a third party site?
You should be aware that when you are on our and/or our affiliates' sites
you could hyperlink or be directed to other sites that are beyond our control
and/or outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a banner
advertisement or a gotmike.com search result, the "click" may transfer you off
the gotmike.com site. These other sites may include sites of advertisers,
sponsors and partners that may use our and/or our affiliates' logo as part
of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to
Customers, collect data, or solicit Information.
We and our affiliates do not control such sites, and, therefore, are not
responsible for their contents or the hyperlinks or advertising they choose to
place on such sites. We and/or our affiliates' inclusion of
hyperlinks to these sites do not imply any endorsement of the material on such
sites or any association with their operators. Our policy does not extend to
anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, which is beyond our
and our affiliates' control.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out information online (for example,
via message boards or chat) that information can be collected and used by
people you don't know. While we and our affiliates strive to protect their
Customers' information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any
information you disclose online, and you disclose such information at your own
risk.
Is my Information secure from others using the site?
The importance of security of all information associated with our Customers is
an important concern to us. We exercise care in providing secure transmission
of your information from your computer to our servers. Unfortunately, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a
result, while we strive to protect your information, we and our affiliates
can't ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or
from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we
receive your transmission, we uses industry standard efforts to safeguard the
confidentiality of your information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket
Layers. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your
continued use of our and/or our affiliates' sites following the
posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.