Privacy Policy for Texts.com
Thank you for visiting our web site. This privacy policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this site and through our sub-domains. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
Texts.com ("The Service") is a service provided by Texts.com Messaging Inc. ("Texts.com"), located at 23747 Rock Ridge Drive, Maple Ridge, BC, V4R2W2. The privacy practices set forth in this privacy policy are for this web site only. If you link to other web sites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites.
Collection of Information
Texts.com collects personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. This information is only used to fulfill your specific request, unless you give us permission to use it in another manner, for example to add you to one of our mailing lists. Personal information may also include information you store in your account about your contacts (for example their names and contact information) and transactional information that is generated in the process of your using our service (messages you send and receive including their content, phone numbers and/or email addresses).
We collect personal information when you register with our service, when you use our service, when you visit our pages or the pages of our partners, when you enter promotions and when you send and receive messages using our service. We may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
In addition to the information you provide, we automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP Address, cookie information, your referring website, and the page you request.
As part of delivering our Local SMS Marketing Campaigns on behalf of our clients, we collect the mobile phone number of subscribers as well as the date and time that a subscriber has opted in to the service. This information is stored in our database and may be provided to ourselves and to our clients that are engaged in the marketing campaign directly. Each client may have its own privacy policy with regards to use of this data, and every user of the service is encouraged to read these particular policies prior to providing his or her phone number to the provider in question.
Use of Information
Your use of the services as advertised on the Texts.com website and its sub-domains provides us with rights to use this information as detailed herein.
We use information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal purposes. We may also use Live Help functionality that records your browsing behaviour and page history to improve our service offerings.
We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you or the contacts you enter in your address book, with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you have requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
- We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with our service under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help us communicate with you about offers from us and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information. These partners include technology partners we deem necessary to provide you with the services detailed herein. This includes providing your information to credit card companies to fulfill your online transaction.
- We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes.
- We transfer information about you if our service is acquired by or merged with another company.
Website Advertising
At some point, we may choose to display targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area. We do not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
Cookie/Tracking Technology
The Site may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the Site, and understanding how visitors use the Site. Cookies can also help customize the Site for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.
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