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Privacy Statement
At Votenza, we strive
to develop innovative services to better serve our users. We recognize
that privacy is an important issue, so we design and operate our services
with the protection of your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines
the types of personal information we gather when you use Votenza's services,
as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it. This is the 2nd
version of Votenza's Privacy Statement and is effective September 2nd,
2011. The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or email address.
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Data Collection
Votenza services do not require any personally identifying
information. Votenza collects limited non-personally identifying information
your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log
information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser
language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that
may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate,
develop and improve our services.
Some of our services require you
to register for an account. Votenza asks you for some personal information
in order to create an account (typically your name, email address and
a password for your account) and we will use that information to provide
the service. For certain services, such as our advertising programs,
we may request credit card or other payment information which we maintain
in encrypted form on secure servers.
When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.
Cookies
Upon your first visit to Votenza, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people interact with us. Votenza does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Information Sharing
We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances: when legally
required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation,
to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Website and applicable laws
or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Website.
We provide such information to
trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on
our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such
information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate
confidentiality and security measures.
We conclude that we are required by law or have a
good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably
necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Votenza, its users or the public.
If you have an account, we may share the information submitted under your account among all of our services
in order to provide you with a seamless experience and to improve the quality of our services.
We will not disclose your account information to other people or non-affiliated companies,
except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy or with your consent.
Information Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Updating Your Information
If you have a question, concern, or need to update your personally identifying information please contact Votenza Support: 757.422.3600 or support@votenza.com. Your request will be responded to within 48 hours.
Changes to this Policy
Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, however this document will also show the most current policies.
Each version will be noted at the top of the page.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free
to contact us any time at:
Votenza Systems
440 Viking Dr.
Suite 210
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
757.422.3600
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