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Privacy Policy
Your Privacy Is Important To Us
Hanover Metal Detector Club LLC (HMDC) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protection for our users. This privacy policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our services.
For purposes of this policy, “services” refers to HMDC’s services that can be accessed via our website at __________________________or through our mobile application. The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to HMDC. “You” refers to any user of our services. By accepting our privacy policy and Terms of Use, you consent to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
I. INFORMATION WE COLLECT - We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes only your email, which you submit to us through the registration process on the website.
1. Information Collected via Technology
To activate our services, you do not need to submit any personal information other than your email address. To use the services thereafter, you do not need to submit further Personal Information. However, in an effort to improve the quality of our services, we may track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use our service, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to our services, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using cookies, or small text files that include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal Information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our services, both on an individual and aggregate basis. HMDC may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, whereas session cookies expire when you close your browser.
2. Information You Provide by signing up for our tips and news. In addition to the information provided automatically by your browser when you visit the website and sign up for our tips you will need provide your email address By signing up, you are authorizing us to collect, store and use your email address in accordance with this privacy policy.
II. HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION - Personal Information: Except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for HMDC, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to users' email addresses for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with this policy. In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers. Non-Personal Information In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve our services and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information to track trends and analyze use patterns on the website. This privacy policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion. In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this privacy policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this privacy policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the website so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the website periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.
III. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION - We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer technology. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our services, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
IV. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION - You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When we send a promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional email. message. We may continue to send you administrative email messages including, for example, periodic updates to our privacy policy.
V. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES - As part of our services, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by us through the website and our services. Therefore, this privacy policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link on our website or via our services. To the extent that you access or use our service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that website or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
VI. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY - The Company HMDC reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our privacy policy by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days after such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the website and this privacy page for updates.
VII. CONTACT US If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or the practices of this website, please contact us by sending an email to _________________________
This Privacy Policy was last updated on March 11, 2018.
