Picked.com strives to offer its visitors the
many advantages of Internet technology and to
provide an interactive and personalized
experience. We may use Personally Identifiable
Information (your name, e-mail address, street
address, telephone number) subject to the terms
of this privacy policy. We will never sell,
barter, or rent your email address to any
unauthorized third party. Period."
How we gather information from users
How we collect and store information depends on
the page you are visiting, the activities in
which you elect to participate and the services
provided. For example, you may be asked to
provide information when you register for access
to certain portions of our site or request
certain features, such as newsletters or when
you make a purchase. You may provide information
when you participate in sweepstakes and
contests, message boards and chat rooms, and
other interactive areas of our site. Like most
Web sites, Picked.com also collects information
automatically and through the use of electronic
tools that may be transparent to our visitors.
For example, we may log the name of your
Internet Service Provider or use cookie
technology to recognize you and hold information
from your visit. Among other things, the cookie
may store your user name and password, sparing
you from having to re-enter that information
each time you visit, or may control the number
of times you encounter a particular
advertisement while visiting our site. As we
adopt additional technology, we may also gather
information through other means. In certain
cases, you can choose not to provide us with
information, for example by setting your browser
to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you
may be unable to access certain portions of the
site or may be asked to re-enter your user name
and password, and we may not be able to
customize the site’s features according to your
preferences.
What we do with the information we collect
Like other Web publishers, we collect
information to enhance your visit and deliver
more individualized content and advertising. We
respect your privacy and do not share your
information with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does
not personally identify you) may be used in many
ways. For example, we may combine information
about your usage patterns with similar
information obtained from other users to help
enhance our site and services (e.g., to learn
which pages are visited most or what features
are most attractive). Aggregated Information may
occasionally be shared with our advertisers and
business partners. Again, this information does
not include any Personally Identifiable
Information about you or allow anyone to
identify you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information
collected on Picked.com to communicate with you
about your registration and customization
preferences; our Terms of Service and privacy
policy; services and products offered by
Picked.com and other topics we think you might
find of interest.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by
Picked.com may also be used for other purposes,
including but not limited to site
administration, troubleshooting, processing of
e-commerce transactions, administration of
sweepstakes and contests, and other
communications with you. Certain third parties
who provide technical support for the operation
of our site (our Web hosting service for
example) may access such information. We will
use your information only as permitted by law.
In addition, from time to time as we continue to
develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge or
partner with other companies or businesses. In
such transactions, user information may be among
the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court order,
at other times when we believe we are reasonably
required to do so by law, in connection with the
collection of amounts you may owe to us, and/or
to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem
it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may
not provide you with notice prior to disclosure
in such cases.
Unsubscribing from our newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will
receive direct emails from us with financial
information, news and offers. If you would like
to stop receiving these emails and be removed
from our email database, you will find an
'unsubscribe link' at the foot of each email.
Please click this link and follow the on-page
instructions to remove yourself from our mailing
list. At this point you will not hear from us
again unless you re-subscribe.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and
advertisements
Picked.com expects its partners, advertisers and
affiliates to respect the privacy of our users.
Be aware, however, that third parties, including
our partners, advertisers, affiliates and other
content providers accessible through our site,
may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices. For example, during your
visit to our site you may link to, or view as
part of a frame on a Picked.com page, certain
content that is actually created or hosted by a
third party. Also, through Picked.com you may be
introduced to, or be able to access,
information, Web sites, features, contests or
sweepstakes offered by other parties. Picked.com
is not responsible for the actions or policies
of such third parties. You should check the
applicable privacy policies of those third
parties when providing information on a feature
or page operated by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional
partners or other third parties may use cookies
or other technology to attempt to identify some
of your preferences or retrieve information
about you. For example, some of our advertising
is served by third parties and may include
cookies that enable the advertiser to determine
whether you have seen a particular advertisement
before. Other features available on our site may
offer services operated by third parties and may
use cookies or other technology to gather
information. Picked.com does not control the use
of this technology by third parties or the
resulting information, and is not responsible
for any actions or policies of such third
parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily
disclose Personally Identifiable Information on
message boards or in chat areas, that
information can be viewed publicly and can be
collected and used by third parties without our
knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages
from other individuals or third parties. Such
activities are beyond the control of Picked.com
and this policy.
Children
Picked.com does not knowingly collect or solicit
Personally Identifiable Information from or
about children under 13 except as permitted by
law. If we discover we have received any
information from a child under 13 in violation
of this policy, we will delete that information
immediately. If you believe Picked.com has any
information from or about anyone under 13,
please contact us at the address listed below.
Contacting Us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Picked.com
Email: support@picked.com
Changes to this Policy
Picked.com reserves the right to change this
policy at any time. Please check this page
periodically for changes. Your continued use of
our site following the posting of changes to
these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Information collected prior to the time any
change is posted will be used according to the
rules and laws that applied at the time the
information was collected.
Governing law
This policy and the use of this Site are
governed by Nicosia, Cyprus law. If a dispute
arises under this Policy we agree to first try
to resolve it with the help of a mutually
agreed-upon mediator in the following location:
Nicosia, Cyprus. Any costs and fees other than
attorney fees associated with the mediation will
be shared equally by each of us.
If it proves impossible to arrive at a mutually
satisfactory solution through mediation, we
agree to submit the dispute to binding
arbitration at the following location: Nicosia,
Cyprus. Judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitration may be entered in any court with
jurisdiction to do so.
Picked.com is controlled, operated and
administered entirely within Nicosia, Cyprus.
This statement and the policies outlined herein
are not intended to and do not create any
contractual or other legal rights in or on
behalf of any party. |