Member Privacy
Policy
Welcome to Empower Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter "Empower Technologies",
Empowereveryone.com, "we" or "us"). All references to
"Empower Technologies", "we" or "us" in this
Privacy Policy shall refer only to Empower Technologies, Inc.
At Empower Technologies, privacy is a top priority and we provide this Privacy
Policy to outline our practices and procedures with respect to information
collection and use to enable you to make an informed decision about sharing
information with us. Empower Technologies may deliver and/or work with
advertisements delivered to the websites you visit or via other marketing
channels.
INTRODUCTION
Acceptance of Terms
Please read this policy carefully because by visiting this website or domain or
other Empower Technologies Websites or domains ("Website") and/or
sharing information with us, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. The
Privacy Policy may be revised or updated at any time by us.
Summary
We have included a table summarizing our practices solely for your convenience
and reference purposes. This table, however, is not an exhaustive description
of our privacy practices and should not be construed to define, limit, and/or
describe the scope or extent of our Privacy Policy. As a result, we urge you to
read the entire Privacy Policy.
Information
NOT Collected - PII
We do not collect personally identifiable information (data
collected with an intention to identify and/or contact a person such as name,
address, telephone number or e-mail address) (hereinafter "PII"),
except as expressly provided for herein. PII may be collected should a consumer
contact Empower Technologies on his/her own initiative or respond to a Empower
Technologies advertisement and provide such PII.
Information
Collected – PII
The non-personally identifiable information we collect may
include as an example, IP address, browser types, operating systems, domain
names, language preference, access dates and times, referring website
addresses, online transactions and browsing and search activity.
How
Information is Used
We may use your Non-PII ("Information") for the
following general purposes: enhancement of our services; marketing; and to more
effectively match advertisements and website content to your interests.
Sharing
Your Information
We may share your Information with third party service providers
we have contracted with, Empower Technologies, LLC, and its
subsidiaries and affiliates, third party marketing partners, business partners and
our clients, and as expressly provided for herein.
You’re
Choices
You may regulate the collection of your Information through your
browser settings.
Security
We use reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect
your data.
Changes
We may change the Privacy Policy at any time by posting the
revised Privacy Policy on the Website along with the date such Privacy Policy
was last updated.
Contact
Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the
practices of or you’re dealings with us relating to this Privacy Policy,
please email us at affiliate@empowereveryone.com
or send correspondence to us at the following address:
Empower Technologies, Inc., Privacy Officer, 1963 Rolling Green Circle, Sarasota,
FL
34240.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
As part of our on-going efforts to ensure the best possible experience for all
recipients of Empower Technologies advertising, we may use log files, web
beacons and cookies (defined below) to collect and store data from browsers,
advertiser and third party sites ("Sites") to aggregate Information.
The Information collected is used for marketing purposes, enables us to
determine which advertisements perform well, allows us to more effectively
match advertisements and website content to your interests, if necessary,
assists us in improving the operation of our services, helps us to maintain the
quality of our services, enhances our services to our business partners and
clients and enables us to provide general statistics to our business partners
and clients regarding use of Empower Technologies’ services.
"Log files" store tracked actions occurring on Sites and collect data
including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, request URL, user
agent, browser accept language, platform type, and date/time stamp (for clicks
and sales/leads only), which make up click, impression, and sales/lead data, advertisements
viewed, and any other data that comes from interaction with Empower
Technologies’ network.
"Web beacons" are pixels used to track your navigation of a website
or collection of sites, the completion of transactions, submittal of
applications and browsing behavior.
"Cookies" are files (e.g. flash browser objects or http header) that
are stored on your web-enabled client (such as your web browser). There are
many misconceptions about Cookies, some of which we will try to address in this
policy. Cookies cannot erase your hard drive or otherwise damage your computer
and do not tell us an e-mail address or any other PII. Empower Technologies
does not and cannot use Cookies or web beacons to retrieve PII from your
computer. Cookies are used to improve the experience web users have when they
see web advertisements. When a consumer responds to or views an Internet
advertisement served by Empower Technologies (such as through third-party Web
sites or email solicitation) or visits a Empower Technologies Network site, we
send a Cookie and/or gif file to assign an anonymous, unique identifier to the
end user's Internet browser. One function of these Cookies is to provide Empower
Technologies with information for the purpose of paying third-parties
commissions when an Internet user clicks on a link, creates a lead, or makes a
purchase on an advertiser's Web site. If the Internet user re-visits the
advertiser's site directly, Empower Technologies is able to continue to track
the user's activities (excluding PII) on the advertiser's site and reward the
third-party Web site that referred the user. We may use Cookies to estimate the
total reach of an advertising campaign, as well as frequency of display. This
allows advertisers to determine with greater accuracy the composition of the
audience they reach. Cookies may also be used to control the delivery of a
series of advertisements to a web browser, and to limit the number of times a
web browser receives any one advertisement. We also may use Internet browsing
and online purchase data associated with an anonymous identifier to develop a
predictive statistical user profile of the end user's needs and interests. We
reserve the right to retain all ad delivery and reporting data as long as may
be reasonably necessary for accounting and audit purposes.
There are two classes of Cookies based on how long they remain on your system:
(i) "Session Cookies," which are used only during your visit to the
Sites and/or our domains and are erased once you close your browser, and (ii)
"Persistent Cookies," which remain on your browser for 5 years from
your last visit to the Sites and/or domains and enable us to remember you on
subsequent visits to the Sites and/or domains and provide more relevant content
to you on such Sites.
A useful resource on understanding Cookies may be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
SHARING YOUR INFORMATION
Information Shared by Empower Technologies
Empower Technologies will only share your Information for the limited purposes
provided for in this Privacy Policy. This may include sharing Information (1)
to enable third party service providers to assist or facilitate in the services
we provide to our clients; (2) to comply with applicable laws and regulations
or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for
information received by us, whether or not a response is required by applicable
law; (3) to enforce our terms of use and other agreements or to protect our
rights; (4) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the
service; (5) with other Empower
Technologies Entities and third party marketing
partners (including advertisers and publishers) for marketing purposes; (6)
with vendors, administrative service providers, technology providers, and
carefully selected partners for data validation, enhancement, information
verification and suppression services; or (7) for any other purpose for which
you provide consent. We also may share Information with other Empower
Technologies Entities, advertisers, publishers and
other third parties for marketing purposes, but such Information does not
include PII; provided, however, such Empower Technologies Entities, advertisers, publishers and other third parties may
combine such Information with any PII that you may choose to give in
registering and transacting with their websites and other platforms, and such
information and PII may be sent through Empower Technologies to the relevant Empower
Technologies Entities, advertisers, publishers and
other third parties. While Empower Technologies strongly encourages clients and
partners to adopt responsible approaches to online marketing, Empower
Technologies is not responsible for the information practices of such clients
and partners. The collection, use, and disclosure of information by clients and
partners are subject to their respective privacy policies, which may differ
from this Privacy Policy.
In the event that Empower Technologies is acquired by or merged with a third party
entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or
assign the information we have collected from you as part of such merger,
acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles
affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your
Information is treated, transferred, or used.
Information Collected by Third Party Sites
Please be aware that the websites of our advertiser and publisher clients as
well as the websites on which we place advertisements or any third party
websites linked to one of our sites also may collect information from you. Such
information may include non-personally identifiable information through the use
of Cookies and other technology and any personally identifiable information you
may choose to give in registering and transacting with such website. Although
we choose our business partners and clients carefully, Empower Technologies is
not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by such third
parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of such websites you
visit to determine how they handle any information they collect from you.
YOU’RE CHOICES
You will have the option of blocking the use of Cookies by changing a setting
in your Internet browser. Please see your browser supplier's Web site for
details on how to do this.
PROCESSING AND STORING YOUR DATA
Data Processing
The European Union ("EU") maintains strict privacy laws. These rules
differ significantly from the laws of the United
States of America ("US"). To reconcile these
differences, the US and the
EU have created a safe harbor ("Safe
Harbor") that
defines mutually acceptable privacy operations. For more information see www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
By providing information to us, you acknowledge that we operate in the US and
you agree to (i) permit us to transmit and use your user Information anywhere
necessary, including across international boundaries, to better improve the
services and transactions provided by Empower Technologies; and (ii) that such
use by us shall be subject to the terms and conditions stated in this Privacy
Policy and the Terms of Use.
Security
Empower Technologies employs appropriate measures to ensure the security of all
Information, and we routinely evaluate our practices to identify security threats
or opportunities for the improvement of our services. No transmission of
information is guaranteed to be completely secure. Unauthorized entry or use,
hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise data security.
You acknowledge and agree to assume this risk when communicating with us.
CHANGES
As the standards governing Internet privacy continue to evolve, Empower
Technologies may find it appropriate or necessary to update this Privacy Policy
from time to time. As a result, we reserve the right to change this Privacy
Policy at any time and shall post such changes on the Website. Our Website will
state the date the Privacy Policy was last updated. We encourage you to review
the Privacy Policy whenever you use this Website to make sure you understand
how your information will be used.
MISCELLANEOUS
Children's Privacy
Empower Technologies is very sensitive to the issue of the privacy rights of
children. Empower Technologies Websites and services generally are neither
developed for, nor directed at, children.
Your Representations
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE OVER PRIVACY IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND APPLICABLE SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
You also agree that you have provided notice to, and obtained consent from, any
third party individuals whose Information you supply to us with regard to: (a)
the purposes for which such third party's Information has been collected; (b)
the intended recipients or categories of recipients of the third party's
Information; (c) which of the third party's data are obligatory and which data,
if any, are voluntary; and (d) how the third party can access and, if
necessary, rectify the data held about him/her. It is the express wish of the
parties that the Privacy Policy and all related documents have been drawn up in
the English language and that the English version of this Privacy Policy shall
be the sole version used in interpreting and enforcing this Privacy Policy.