PRIVACY POLICY OF MEETA, LLC
Including all Related Websites Owned by or Registered to Meeta, LLC
Agreement to Access the Site:Meeta, LLC is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains the data collection and use practices of Meeta and all related websites owned or registered to Meeta. It does not apply to any third party websites, applications, products or services for which Meeta is not responsible.
By accessing this site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this policy as well as Meeta's Terms of Service.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY OR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO MEETA.COM OR USE ANY OF THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OFFERED OR PROVIDED ON ANY OF THE WEBSITES REFERRED TO IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Changes to Privacy Policy:
This Privacy Policy changes from time to time and changes are effective upon posting. It is your sole responsibility to periodically review this policy for updates and you are solely responsible to be aware of any changes to this and all posted policies on this website. Meeta does not provide notices of any changes in any manner other than by posting the changes on this web page.Information Collection, Use, and Dissemination practices:
This policy applies to Meeta's collection, use, storage and disclosure of information by Meeta on its, (a) websites, including all its divisions, subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, the "Websites"), (b) on various third party websites, and (c) to Meeta's other information collection, including the purchase of customer lists from third parties, or the use of customer lists from third parties. Meeta is not responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of third party websites or applications.1. Collection of Information.
1.1. User Direct Information:
Each time you provide information to register your information, take advantage of a promotional offer, send us an email, or otherwise transmit information via the site, Meeta may obtain and collect personally identifiable information provided by you, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number. You may also provide us with information that, when combined with personally identifiable information, provides us with a better idea of who you are, including but not limited to your gender, birthday, marital status, and education level (collectively referred to as "personal information"). If you choose to access our website, use our services or purchase our products, we may require you to provide personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the site. You are not obligated to provide us with any information which you do not wish to share.
1.2. Registration Information:
Meeta collects information from you when you voluntarily complete a Meeta registration page, order form, or survey either online by using the internet, offline by providing this information through the mail, in person or using a telephone. This information may be collected by registration pages, order forms, or surveys operated by third parties. This method of collection is collectively known as a “Registration.” Meeta may also collect such information concerning you from another source and uses that information in combination with information provided from this website. Completing the Registration is completely voluntary, and you are under no obligation to provide Survey Information to Meeta or a third party, but you may receive incentives from Meeta or a third party in exchange for providing such information.
1.3. Third Party List Information:
Meeta may collect information from you when you provide information to a third party and Meeta subsequently purchases, licenses, or otherwise acquires the information from the third party. Such purchased information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, street address, zip code, telephone numbers (including cell phone numbers and carriers), birth date, gender, salary range, education and marital status, occupation, industry of employment, personal and online interests, and such other information as the individual may have provided to the third party. When acquiring this information, Meeta seeks assurances from the third party that it has a right to transfer the information to Meeta and that the third party has a right to provide offers from advertisers to you included on the third party list.
1.4. Other Methods of Collecting Personal Information:
Other occasions when Meeta obtains information from you include (1) your claiming a prize or seeking to redeem an incentive offered by Meeta or by a third party, (2) your requests for assistance through Meeta's customer service department, and (3) when you voluntarily subscribe to a Meeta service or newsletter.
1.5. Cookies and Other Info Collected Using Technology:
Meeta currently uses cookie and web beacon technology to associate certain Internet-related information about you with information about you in its database. Additionally, Meeta may use other new and evolving sources of information in the future.
(a) Cookies:
“Cookies” are a feature on your Internet browser software. If enabled, we may write cookies that may store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to any of the pages of this Site. Cookies assist us in tracking which of our features appeal the most to you and what content you may have viewed on past visits. When you visit this site again, cookies can enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. Your browser preferences can be modified to accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a cookie is set. In order to use all of the features and functionality of Meeta’s websites, you must accept cookies.
(b) IP Addresses:
Meeta automatically tracks certain information based upon your behavior on the site. We may use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and serve you and our community
(d) Computer Profiles:
Meeta may also collect and accumulate other anonymous data which will help us understand and analyze the Internet experience of our visitors. For instance, Meeta may accumulate visitor data relating to referring domain names, the type of browsers used, operating system software, screen resolutions, color capabilities, browser plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords and JavaScript enablement. When you provide us with Personal Identification Information, we are able to use such visitor data to identify you.
(e) New Technology:
The use of technology on the Internet, including cookies and web beacons, is rapidly developing. As a result, Meeta strongly encourages individuals to revisit this policy for any updates regarding its use of new technology.
1.6. No Information Collected from Children:
Meeta requires its registrants be 18 years of age or over. Meeta will never knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of 18. If Meeta obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child under the age of 18, that information will be immediately deleted from its database. Because it does not collect such information, Meeta has no such information to use or to disclose to third parties. Meeta has designed this policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
2. Use of Individual Information.
The following section describes how Meeta uses personal information. The uses described in these sections may change at any time. Meeta may also broaden its use of your personal information. Meeta may also use your personal information to provide commercial promotional offers to individuals or entities through, among other things, email advertising and banner advertising.
2.1. Discretion to Use Information:
The personal information collected on this site and by third parties will be used to operate the site and to provide the services or products or carry out the transactions you have requested or authorized. Meeta may change or broaden its use of your personal information at any time. Meeta may use your personal information to provide promotional offers to individuals by means of email advertising and or online banner advertising and package stuffers, and other possible uses.
Meeta MAY SELL OR TRANSFER INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION.
2.2. Email:
Meeta uses your personal information to provide promotional offers by email to you. Meeta may maintain separate email lists for different purposes. If you wish to end your email subscription from a particular list, simply press the unsubscribe button on the mail message. To unsubscribe from all Meeta email lists, you must submit your email address at unsubscribe@meeta.com. Such an unsubscribe request will permanently delete your email from all lists used by Meeta. Because Meeta only sends emails when you have agreed to receive emails from Meeta or you have agreed to receive emails from third parties, statutes requiring certain formatting for unsolicited email are not applicable to email messages sent by Meeta.
2.3. Profiling and Target Advertising:
Meeta uses your information to make and improve profiles of you and to track your online browsing habits and determine which areas of Meeta's websites are most frequently visited. This information helps Meeta to better understand your interests so that it can target advertising and promotions to you. Meeta may, at its discretion, target advertising by using email, cell phones and other means of communication to provide promotional offers.
2.4. Storage of Personal Information:
Meeta stores your information in a database on Meeta’s servers. Our servers have security measures (such as a firewall) in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information while under Meeta's control. Notwithstanding such measures, Meeta cannot guarantee that its security measures will fully prevent Meeta computers from being illegally accessed, and your information from being stolen or altered.
3. Use of Personal Information.
3.1. Sale or Transfer to Third Parties:
Meeta MAY SELL OR TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY PURPOSE IN Meeta's SOLE DISCRETION. Meeta uses your personal information in the following 3 ways:
- Customer Service
- Marketing
- Complying with certain laws.
3.2. Customer Service:
Meeta will use your personal information to respond to you, to process, validate and verify requests, to fulfill any of your requests and to tailor your experience on our websites.
3.3. Marketing:
Meeta will use your personal information for any marketing and survey purpose on behalf of Meeta and its affiliates and subsidiaries to send information to you about additional goods or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, Meeta will disclose your personal information to third party agents and independent contractors to help us conduct our marketing and survey efforts and to share with other companies in connection with marketing efforts including but not limited to direct marketing. You may have no relationship with these other companies.
3.4. Complying with Legal Process:
Meeta will use or disclose your personal information in response to subpoenas, court orders, warrants, or legal process, or to otherwise establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims or in the event you violate or breach an agreement with Meeta. Meeta will use and disclose your personal information if we believe you will harm the property or rights of Meeta, its owners, or those of Meeta's other customers. Finally, we will use or disclose your personal information if we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Meeta’s acceptable use policy, or as otherwise required by law when responding to subpoenas, court orders and other legal processes.
3.5. Order Fulfillment:
Meeta will transfer your personal information to third parties when necessary to provide a product or service that you order from such third party while using Meeta’s websites or when responding to offers provided by Meeta.
3.6. Data Summary:
Meeta may sell or transfer non-individualized information, such as summary or aggregated anonymous information about all persons or sub-groups of persons.
4. Privacy Practices of Third Parties
4.1. Advertiser cookies and web beacons:
Advertising agencies, advertising networks, and other companies who place advertisements on the websites and on the internet generally may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other technology to collect information about individuals. Meeta does not control the use of such technology and Meeta has no responsibility for the use of such technology to gather information about you.
4.2. Links:
The websites and email messages sometimes contain hypertext links to the websites of third parties. Meeta is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. Linked websites may contain links to websites maintained by third parties. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference only. Meeta does not operate or control in any respect any information, software, products or services available on such third party websites. The inclusion of a link to a website does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization.
5. Unsubscribe Procedures.
If you wish to discontinue receiving email messages from Meeta, you may:
(a) Unsubscribe from one email list.
To unsubscribe from a particular list, either (1) submit your email address at unsubscribe@meeta.com or (2) follow the instructions in each promotional email message sent by Meeta.
(b) Unsubscribe from all of Meeta’s email lists. You may submit your email address at unsubscribe@meeta.com – as in 2.2. above].
Revision date: 25-Mar-08