Privacy Policy
We
at OptionsandFuturesTrading.com have
created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm
and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal
information provided by those visiting and interacting with
this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information
in the highest regard.
The following discloses our
information gathering and dissemination practices for this
website. We recognizes the importance of protecting your
privacyand our policy is designed to assist you in
understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal
information you provide to us and to assist you in making
informed decisions when using our site. This policy will be
continuously assessed against new technologies, business
practices and our customers' needs.
What Information Do We
Collect? When you visit this web site you may provide us with
two types of information: personal information you knowingly
choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and
Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you
and others browse our Web
1. Personal Information
You Choose to Provide
Registration Information When you register for any of our
products, services or newsletters you will provide us
information about yourself.
Credit Card
Information
If you choose to avail of our services,
you may need to give personal information and authorization to
obtain information from various credit services. For example,
you may need to provide the following information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name
on credit card
-Credit
card billing address
-Business and home phone number
Email
Information
If you choose to correspond with us
through email, we may retain the content of your email messages
together with your email address and our responses. We provide
the same protections for these electronic communications that
we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail
and telephone.
2. Web Site Use
Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a
standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below,
"What Are Cookies?") and web server log files to collect
information about how our Web site is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the
date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our
Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after
our Web site.
How
Do We Use the Information That You Provide to
Us?
Broadly speaking, we use
personal information for purposes of administering our business
activities, providing the products and services you requested,
to process your payment, to monitor the use of the
service,our marketing and
promotional effortsand
improve our
content and service offerings, and customize our site's
content, layout, services and for other lawful
purposes. These uses improve our
site and better tailor it to meet your needs.
Furthermore, such information may be shared with others on an
aggregate basis. Personally identifiable information or
business information will not be shared with parties except as
required by law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to
notify you about important changes to our Website, new
services, and special offers we think you will find valuable.
You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive
these offers by emailing us at the link provided on the
newsletter.
What
Are Cookies?
We
don’t directly set cookies, but we do run a number of
scripts from providers such as Google. Some of these set
web browser cookies. Google in particular quietly
collects a tremendous amount of data on your browsing
habits, and we participate in that data
collection.
“Cookies” are data sent to
your web browser from a web server (such as Google) that can
uniquely identify your computer and store information about
user preferences. Most web browsers will accept cookies by
default, but they can be set to reject cookies, either from all
websites or from specific sites. You can also manually delete
cookies from your web browser. These options are generally set
through a “Privacy” setting in your browser setup.
How
Do We Use Information We Collect from
Cookies?
As
do most web sites, we may use cookies to enhance your
experience. Advertisements may appear on our web site
and, may set and access cookies on your computer and are
subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing
the advertisement. The companies serving the advertising
do not have access to our cookies. These companies
usually use non-personally identifiable or anonymous
codes to obtain information about your visits to our
site.
OptionsandFuturesTrading.com use
third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you
visit our website. These companies may use information (not
including your name, address, email address, or telephone
number) about your visits to this and other websites in
order to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you. If you would like more information about
this practice and to know your choices about not having
this information used by these companies,
click here to read more .
Google, as a
third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to
our users based on their visit to your sites and other
sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the
DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy
policy.
IP
Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer
every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address
is a number that is used by computers on the network to
identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically
collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile
data known as traffic data so that data (such as the Web pages
you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and Selling
Information
We do not share, sell, lend or
lease any of the information that uniquely identify a
subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with
anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process
transactions or provide services that you have
requested.
How
Can You Access and Correct Your
Information?
You may request access to all your
personally identifiable information that we collect online and
maintain in our database by emailing us at the usual
address.
What About Legally
Compelled Disclosure of
Information? We
may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in
other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal
rights. We may also disclose
account information 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 Service or to protect the safety of our users and the
Public.
What
About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web
Site?
We are not responsible for the practices
employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site or the
information or content contained therein. Often links to other
Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on
topics that may be useful to the users of our Web
site.
Please
remember that when you use a link to go from our Website
to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in
effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other web
site, including web sites, which have a link on our
Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules and
policies. Please read over those rules and policies
before proceeding.
Your
Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our
collection and use of your personal information as described in
this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy
policy at any time with or without notice.
Our Commitment To Data Security:
Please note that your
information will be stored and processed on our computers in
the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the
United States may be less stringent than the laws of your
Country of residence or citizenship. To prevent unauthorized
access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of
information, we have put in place appropriate physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out
This
site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not
receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will
discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as
technically feasible.
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.
A
Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible
to use our services unsupervised and we ask
that children (under the age of 14) do
not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor,
you can use this service only in conjunction with permission
and guidance from your parents or guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in
Ownership
In
the event that the web site (or a substantial portion of
its assets) is acquired, your information would be
considered part of those assets, and may be part of those
assets that are transferred.
Policy
Modifications
We
may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when
changes are made to this privacy policy, we will email
users who have given us permission to do so. We will post
any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically.
However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy
changes in the future, we will not use the personal
information you have submitted to us under this Privacy
Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with
this Privacy Policy, without your prior
consent
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