TechNotate respects the privacy of its' visitors and customers. This privacy statement covers the site www.TechNotate.com.
TechNotate is the sole owner of the information collected on TechNotate. TechNotate collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
In order to use this Web site, a user may be required to complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he or she has expressed interest.
PayPal and oDesk are authorized payment processors for TechNotate. They request information from the user on secure check out and order form. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date) to those payment processing companies. TechNotate collects nothing on our end as to your personal financial, billing or credit card information. All of this information is strictly handled by the processing site and we, therefore, share any responsibility in securing this transactional information. This information is used for billing purposes by the payment processing company. TechNotate receives only that information necessary to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
We may store information that we collect through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we may keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user's visit to our Web site, and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile with other third parties unless that third party is hired as part of an outsource arrangement.
TechNotate does not use cookies or any other type of tracking app unless it is related to the filling of your particular order or transaction.
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by our Web advertising partners. Information about users' visit to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not user name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this site.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by TechNotate only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Special Offers and Updates
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, TechNotate, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards or through e-mail - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected by those third party sites handling financial transactions. TechNotate only collects contact and order information for transactional delivery as required.
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as email), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. This can usually be done at the member area or by contacting us.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email.
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us using our email contact address.