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21st Century Eloquence Privacy Statement
Information Collection and Use
21st Century Eloquence is the sole owner of
the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share,
or rent this information to others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement. 21st Century Eloquence collects
information from our users at several different points on our
website.
Registration
In order to be placed on our mailing lists, or to obtain certain
downloadable files, a user must first complete the registration
form. During registration a user is required to give their contact
information (such as name and email address). This information is
used to contact the user about the services on our site for which
they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to
provide demographic information (such as income level and gender),
and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more
personalized experience on our site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a
user must provide contact information (like name and shipping
address) and financial information (like credit card number,
expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes
and to fill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an
order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the
user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive tied
tocontaining information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in
no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on
our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply
terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the
user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby
saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they
may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user
will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user
will not be able to participate in any of our Sweepstakes,
Contests or monthly Drawings that take place. Cookies can also
enable us to track and target the interests of our users to
enhance the experience on our site.
Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our
partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal
information that can identify any individual person.
We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. To the best of our knowledge, these companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Bulletin Board Posting-
When you post messages to our Discussion Boards, you should consider that information available to the public. You have the choice whether to post your email to the public.
Links
This web site contains links to
other sites. Please be aware that we, 21st Century Eloquence, 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.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for
contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect
for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these
communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via
surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is
completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether
or not to disclose this information. Information requested may
include contact information (such as name and shipping address),
and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.
Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or
improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a
friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email
address. 21st Century Eloquence will automatically send the friend
a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. 21st Century
Eloquence stores this information for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time email. The friend may contact 21st Century Eloquence
at http://www.voicerecognition.com to request the removal of this
information from their database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’
information. When users submit sensitive information via the
website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to jimmyp@voicerecognition.com.
Special Offers
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 our choice and opt-out below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and
service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe
from service announcements, which contain important information
about the service. We communicate with the user to provide
requested services and in regards to issues relating to their
account via email or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such
as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we
will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that
user’s personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing
our Customer Support.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having
their information used for purposes not directly related to our
site at the point where we ask for the information.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the link at the bottom of every newsletter received, or by unsubscribing at: http://www.voicerecognition.com/vrnews/
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if
any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at
the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. We will use information in
accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was
collected.