Privacy Statement
© 2000 - 2007 DocumentsCentral.com
This Privacy Statement is for and applies to DocumentsCentral.com and its Ezine and Newsletter Advertising Site EzinesCentral.com. Because the web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users' privacy.
Items presented here will include:
- What personally identifiable information DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com collects.
- What personally identifiable information third parties collect through the web site.
- What organization collects the information.
- How DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com uses the information.
- With whom DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com may share user information.
- How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If users/visitors/browsers have questions regarding this statement, they should first email here through the Web site. [EMail Us]
If they do not receive acknowledgment of their inquiry or their inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed, they should then send any additional inquiries through to the methods that are displayed, [Regular Postal Mail] directly following this Privacy Statement.
Information Collection and Use Information Collection
DocumentsCentral.com is the sole owner of the information collection on DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com.
DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com collects information from our users at several different points on our web sites.
Newsletters/Ezines
In order to receive our Bi-Weekly Company Newsletter, Marketing Specials and/or our Weekly Advertising and Marketing Ezine, a subscriber must first optin, then complete one of our Newsletter and Ezine registration forms through the Companies list host Bravenet. During this registration a potential subscriber will only be required to give their name, email, and sending preferences such as a Text or HTML based email format. This is for the sole purpose of weekly sending only and upon the initial subscription request, for our protection, the potential subscribers IP address is recorded. Any other information that could be presented upon the sign-up form and during subscription requests, does not serve us any purpose to collect during this registration and therefore is not asked for or used.
DocumentsCentral.com does not store nor does it require any other information.
Orders
All personal web site Merchant Services for DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com are processed by and handled thru the web sites Primary Payment Processor - Authorize.net and its optional Payment Processor - PayPal. This in itself will ensure the Client/Customer the upmost privacy as this information is collected through and sent through one payment processor only i.e. The potential Client/Customer is only required to enter any information such as their name, email, shipping address, credit card no. and/or check information only once. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill potential Client/Customer orders only. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is then used to contact the Client/Customer.
Information Use
As DocumentsCentral.com has stated in the previous paragraph, this information is used for billing purposes and to fill potential Client/Customer orders only. Once a Client/Customer order is processed, then filled, this information will only be used to send by EMail/US Postal Mail at the sole discretion of DocumentsCentral.com any company brochures, catalogs, sales or coupon notices. After purchase, all EMail/US Postal Mail sent thru/by the web site is completely optional and the subscriber/customer may opt out at any time simply by following the instructions contained within each.
Profile
DocumentsCentral.com will only collect page information of a user. This is done through the use of log gif files and a special tracking through its own [Private] Affiliates Program. This is done for the sole purpose of creating a profile/page preference of our visitors and for payment purposes to our Affiliates. DocumentsCentral.com does not collect nor does it store any cookie information from a page by page view. Nor does it consequently collect any personally identifiable information of its visitors. Cookies are only used by the web site for tracking of its Affiliate Members.
A profile/page preference is stored information that DocumentsCentral.com will keep on individual visitors that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, this collected information is collected for the sole purpose of providing offers and to improve the content of the site for the Visitor/Subscriber/Client/Customer/Affiliate Member.
This profile/page preference is used solely for the purpose of tailoring a users' visit on our web site, and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to the Visitor/Subscriber/Client/Customer/Affiliate Member. We do not share your profile/page preference with other third parties. Your profile/page preference is shared in aggregate form only.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the users' computer tied to information about the user. As is stated in the previous paragraph DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com does not store nor does it collect any information from cookies on its web site, except in the usage of its Affiliate Members. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our web site, it is simply used to track its Affiliate Members promotional efforts and aids in the purpose of their individual payment processing only. Any information collected is collected only by any profile/page preferences.
There are both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once visitors close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the visitor's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.
Persistent cookies do enable a company to track and target the interests of its visitors to enhance the experience on its site. As DocumentsCentral.com is implementing the Profile/Page preference method, except in the area of the tracking of its Affiliate Members promotions, it does not for any reason use the cookie preference method. Some of our Business Partners/Affiliates may however implement this cookie process. Once permission has been given to advertise, we have no access or control nor do we use this information for any purpose.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this web site are delivered to users' from many sources. DocumentsCentral.com's Affiliated Partners: Clickbank and Link Share. DocumentsCentral.com's Banner and Traffic Associates and Advertisers: Adlandpro, FreeAutobot and Big Hits. Information about a 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 visitors on this site. As there are many and these policies will vary, you will find these listed individually by web site. Information regarding individual Privacy Policies is available. For information about any of these individual third party Affiliated or Associate Partners, Banner or Traffic Exchange Privacy Policies regarding cookies, and how to "opt-out", please browse (or simply click through) to these individual pages and/or sites found on our web site.
This privacy statement lists the use of cookies by DocumentsCentral.com/EzinesCentral.com only and does not list the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
Like most standard web site servers DocumentsCentral.com does use log files. However as is previously stated in the above paragraph, this and any gif files is all we use. A log file will include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and the number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track a visitor's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information such as viewing type, country, and/or unique visitor types for aggregate use, both for the web site itself and its Affiliate Members.
As your privacy while visiting our site is of the upmost importance, IP addresses etc. are used as they are not linked to any personally identifiable information. This is used only to determine a visitor's page or viewing preference and in the case of clicking through an Affiliates Members link, to aid in tracking the payment process. The tracking utility used for the web sites Affiliate Members is provided and implemented through the web sites Primary Payment Processor - Authorize.net for the sole purpose of payment to its Affiliate Members only. We do not use any other tracking utilities with our log files to analyze a visitor's movements.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
As is previously stated in the above section, DocumentsCentral.com and its Affiliate Members use only log and/or gif files to track any visitor viewing and/or page preference. This policy is also carried over to any Weekly Newsletters or Ezines that are sent. This enables us to gauge the effectiveness of certain communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns only. No other tracking methods are used or stored for any reason.
Any third parties such as DocumentsCentral.com's Affiliated or Associated Partners, Banner or Traffic Advertisers may use a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), that will give them the ability to better manage any content that is displayed on our site by informing them of what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users'. The main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Clear gifs can be tied to users' personally identifiable information.
Clear gifs can "work with" any existing cookies on a computer if they are both from the same web site or advertising companies. That means, for example, that if a person visited www.company.com, which uses an advertising company's clear gif, the web site or advertising company would match the clear gif's identifier and the advertising company's cookie ID number, to show the past online behavior for that computer. This collected information would then be given to the advertising company or web site. Information regarding individual usage is available. As DocumentsCentral.com's/EzinesCentral.com's Affiliated or Associated Partners and/or its Advertisers are listed individually on our site, in the manner of links, banners, and/or advertisements; to learn more about each sites use of clear gif's, simply clicking through to these sites then following the links to individually listed privacy policies will provide you with this information.
Communications from the Site Special Offers and Updates
Any new members receiving any Special Offers and Updates from the web site are received through DocumentsCentral.com's current and existing Weekly Newsletters or Ezines. Out of respect for the privacy of our visitors we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Due to the nature of our site's content (i.e. Catalog Services) DocumentsCentral.com does not have any current nor any future plans to implement the use of a password or user name usability based standard. For further details regarding receiving this information on any products, services, special deals, and our web sites Newsletters or Ezines, please see the Choice and Opt-out Sections.
Newsletters and Ezines
DocumentsCentral.com publishes a combination Bi-Weekly Newsletter, Marketing Special and Weekly Classifieds Ezine. We take great pride in the ability to publish and send our visitors these weekly communications. As a result DocumentsCentral.com has placed these communications on a totally separate list host provider - Bravenet. They are totally double opt-in and automated through this list provider (i.e. The subscriber must reply to the automated confirmation that is sent before a subscription request is considered confirmed). Recently presented separately, to allow for continued growth and to further protect our subscribers privacy. Out of further respect for our subscribers privacy DocumentsCentral.com provides an option, through our list provider - Bravenet in each independent publication, to opt-out of these communications.
Service Announcements
On occasion it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement, solo ad announcement or web site update. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send subscribers an email.
Subscribers can browse their welcome email for further details regarding these types of communications or they can browse the subscription page at: http://www.DocumentsCentral.com/FeaturedAds-Subscribe.html
Generally, subscribers cannot opt-out of individual mailings such as any service related announcements, solo ad announcements or web site updates communications separately. Opting out will unsubscribe the subscriber from any and all future mailings. This will include any regularly scheduled Weekly or Bi-Weekly Newsletters, Marketing Specials or Ezines. For further details please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
Customer Service
We communicate with Visitors/Clients/Customers/Affiliate Members 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.
Sharing 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 an 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 Newsletter/Ezine list provider and with our Merchant Services providers. Bravenet, Authorize.net and PayPal. Out of respect for our Visitors/Subscribers/Clients/Customers/Affiliate Members this information is stored by separate List/Host providers. This is as previously stated, not linked to any personally identifiable information. Please refer to the Information Collection - Newsletters/Ezines and Orders at the beginning of this privacy statement for further details regarding company policies and uses of this information.
Third Party Advertisers
DocumentsCentral.com shares web site usage information about visitors with reputable third parties: Adlandpro, FreeAutobot, and Big Hits. This is for the sole purpose of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on this site and other sites. For example, these companies use cookies and clear gifs on this site, which allow them to recognize a users' cookie when a user visits this site. The information they collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable. For more information about any third-party advertiser or for choices about not having this anonymous information used, please click through to individual sites as they are listed while you are browsing our web site.
We DO NOT share our users' personal information with any other third parties.
Third Party Intermediaries
Any shippable goods sold primarily through DocumentsCentral.com are shipped through DocumentsCentral.com. Authorize.net and PayPal are DocumentsCentral.com's official on-site credit card and check processing companies. As is previously stated, either Authorize.net or PayPal will only require that you enter your information once and then for any updates as needed. It does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Service Providers
We partner with other third parties: Specifically ClickBank, Link Share, and Adlandpro Affiliates and Associates Programs. When a visitor buys any products or services through these third parties, these products or services will be shipped through these individual parties, they will then often send DocumentsCentral.com a confirmation regarding the item bought and/or the Client/Customer name. This is necessary for the third party to provide these services and for DocumentsCentral.com's records. As all company Newsletters/Ezines are opt-in, this information is not used for any other purpose other than to provide a confirmation of service or product purchased and any other payment information etc. is not provided. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Business Transitions
In the event DocumentsCentral.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via email, a prominent notice on our web site for the 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given a chance consistent with our notification of changes section.
Choice/Opt-out
Our visitors 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 information. For example, when an item is purchased through any merchant credit card or check service, a double opt-in subscription request is sent first, and the Client/Customer must confirm through the accompanied email before any further Newsletter or Ezine communications are sent. This enables the user to 'opt-out' of any further communications regarding marketing materials etc. and keep their email address off our lists.
As is previously stated, our Newsletters/Ezines are totally automated and stored through a list provider - Bravenet. Subscribers who no longer wish to receive our Newsletter or Ezine promotional communications may 'opt-out' of receiving these communications simply by clicking on the provided link, that is provided through our list host, and that is listed in each communication sent. As this is not stored through the web site for any reason, simply sending an unsubscribe email request through the web site will not unsubscribe you and will delay the initial request as sent.
Visitors of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our visitors can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, DocumentsCentral.com are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our visitors 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.
Surveys [& Contests]
On occasion, our site requests information from its visitors and/or subscribers 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. When this requested information is done via our company Newsletters/Ezines it will be purely email and name related and will generally require no other information that is not already stored with our list host. However, when this requested information is by a survey or web site contest, it will typically include a request for name, shipping address, and demographic information (such as zip code). This information will be used in cooperation with any third party contest sponsors. Survey information will only be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this web site. Users' personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use users' personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Tell-A-Friend
If a Visitor or Subscriber elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. This to is offered through a separate provider, TAF Master. The TafMaster will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit our web site. As can be noted through the preceding link through to this page, this to is a purely opt-in service provided through the TAF Master web site. The TAF Master stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. As is customary, all other services and/or opt-in publications presented on this page, must be done through the individual web sites or publications. The friend can visit the TAF Master web site through http://tafmaster.com to request the removal of this information from its database.
Security
This web site takes every precaution to protect our Visitors/Subscribers/Clients/Customers/Affiliate Members information. When users submit sensitive information via the web site, their information is protected both online and offline. When our registration/order form, through Authorize.net or the PayPal Merchant Services, ask a user to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number, check information 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 the web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users' are just 'surfing'. To learn more about PayPal's user policies and/or SSL, browse the main web location through https://www.PayPal.com. This web address must contain an https:// to indicate this secure site location.
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. Any employees whether full time and/or any temporary office staff who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Password protection is used on each and every computer, none of this information is stored on any company computers, and all personal company and/or Visitor/Subscriber/Client/Customer/Affiliate Member information is stored and password protected in a separate disk environment.
Furthermore, ANY and ALL employees whether full time or any temporary office staff are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, this page will be automatically updated to reflect any changes and any employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users' information is protected.
If visitors have any questions about the security of our web site, visitors can send an email here through the web site.
[EMail Us]
Supplementation of InformationIn order for this Web site to fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive from 3rd party sources.
Credit Check
ID [Address] Verification
Purchasing History
Enhancement of Marketing Profile
As DocumentsCentral.com does not personally store a Visitors/Subscribers/Clients/Customers/Affiliate Members information for any specific purpose other than to enhance or overlay the 'profile' of the individual users or in the case of its Affiliate Members - Payments. This aggregate marketing data is not therefore for any reason, tied to the users' personally identifiable information. For further details regarding this section or for clarification on these statements, please see the previously outlined 'Profile' sections.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information If a users' personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our services, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. As these services are provided separately they must also be done separately. For any of our company Newsletters/Ezines a link is provided through to this page in each independently sent publication. For the web sites Primary Payment Processor - Authorize.net, this would be done at the time of any future purchases or in the case of one of the web sites Affiliate Members through the [Login Page]. For any PayPal Merchant Account information, regarding any independent account history etc., please refer to the PayPal web site at: https://www.PayPay.com, for clarification regarding these services.
As is indicated, all products and services provided through the web site are fully guaranteed. For ease in usability for the user, all personal web site guarantees for DocumentsCentral.com are listed independently by product or service for our Visitors/Subscribers/Clients/Customers/Affiliate Members throughout our web site. As these services are also co-provided through our Affiliated and Associated Merchant Partners: ClickBank, Link Share and Adlandpro, as there are many, and these policies will vary. You will find these listed independently (browse them individually) by web site before purchasing. For further details regarding our Affiliated Partner's Privacy Policies, please see the Third Party Advertising Section.
This Privacy Statement lists correcting/updating/deleting/deactivating of any personal information for DocumentsCentral.com
You can also email anything that is not applicable to the above statements through the web site. [EMail Us]
Notification of Changes As is previously stated, if we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post these changes to this Privacy Statement, the Home Page, 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. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under when the information was collected.
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. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users' have 'opted-out' of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Company Information If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, there are several ways to reach us... the fastest being by email here through the web site. As the web sites current, independently offered products and services (That is, those not offered through its independent Affiliate or Associated Merchants.) are primarily Digital Related (Available immediately, by download.) it no longer offers any type of off site ordering methods such as by Regular Postal Mail, Fax or Phone. All payment processing is now primarily offered online through its web site.
DocumentsCentral.com is privately owned and operated by Jeanette S. Ybarbo. It is legally licensed through the State of Texas (USA) by a Sole Proprietorship. The company and mailing address are one and the same.
Mail Any Correspondence Not Payment Related To:
DocumentsCentral.com
248 Quail Ridge Dr.
Dale, Texas 78616-2489
And for Questions or Any Concerns Regarding Products, Services or Payments Rendered,
By Web Site EMail Address:
EMail Us.
The Main Web Site Address:
http://www.DocumentsCentral.com
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