SimplyAstro.com is an online Astrology Service website and is part of the Vital
Acts Inc. Before you start reading all our Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy, we
would like to emphasis our stand on our notification policy related to any
Copyright
Infringement. If you believe that your property has been used in any
way that would be considered copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual
property rights, our copyright legal agent may be contacted at the following address
:
legal@simplyastro.com with details and necessary follow-up action shall
take place.
We, at SimplyAstro.com, take your privacy very seriously
and abide by the following policy to ensure your satisfaction. If you have any concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
What information does SimplyAstro.com collect/track about me?
SimplyAstro.com offers highly personalized content and services which require Birth
Data (including Date of Birth, Time of Birth and Place of Birth) of the members.
The public (visitors, other members, or anyone not employed by SimplyAstro.com or
the financial institutions used to process membership charges) cannot use the information
we gather to identify specific individuals.
Further, in order to facilitate commerce, we collect credit card information, member's
address, or bank information only from those who choose to beneft from personalized
services offered by SimplyAstro.com. Visitors to our site may browse, search and
view articles or non-personalized features without entering any personal information.
SimplyAstro.com gathers two types of information. Information members submit to
us and information not directly submitted by members.
Information members submit to us.
Public:
We define public information as personal information that will be displayed
on SimplyAstro.com but cannot be used to identify a particular member. The personal
information we gather may or may not include: customer-specified SimplyAstro.com
username, gender, Sun Sign, Moon Sign and such other astrological and general geographic
data.
Private:
We define private information as information that allows SimplyAstro.com to contact
a member through means other than the website. It includes information about the
member other than what is displayed on the site.
This information is gathered from members and guests who apply for the various services
SimplyAstro.com offers. This information includes, but is not limited to: email
address, first name, last name, credit card number or checking account information
for payment, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip code and telephone
number.
Surveys & Contests:
From time-to-time SimplyAstro.com requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. Information
requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and
demographic information (such as zip code, age, etc.).
SimplyAstro.com's Partners:
The Partners program is a vehicle for other sites to link to the SimplyAstro.com
site. No personal member information is exchanged with SimplyAstro.com partners.
Information not directly submitted by members to SimplyAstro.com
Aggregate:
This information -- browser type and IP address -- is general in nature and is gathered
for all users of SimplyAstro.com. It cannot be and is not used to identify any individual
user.
What does SimplyAstro.com
do with the information it collects/tracks?
SimplyAstro.com uses the information it collects in the following ways.
Information members submit to us.
Public:
Public information supplied by the member is used for providing personalized services
and also enable members to look for people with a specific Astrological profile.
Public information cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address,
etc.
Private:
We primarily use email addresses submitted by members to verify enrollment and when
forwarding anonymous e-mails from ad responders. Respondees' email addresses are
not disclosed to the responder. We also use members email addresses to send news/updates
regarding our site, but the member may choose not to receive emails of this type
by unsubscribing.
Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence with members for customer
service. Financial information is used to bill members for products and services.
All other private information submitted by members is confidential and will not
be disclosed except as required by law or to protect members of SimplyAstro.com.
All private information can be updated or deleted by the member at any time.
Surveys & Contests:
Contact and other information collected for contests will be used to notify the
winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for monitoring or improving
user-satisfaction.
SimplyAstro.com's Partners:
Information submitted by the SimplyAstro.com partner is used for establishing and
maintaining a business relationship. No personal or business information is shared
outside the relationship between SimplyAstro.com and the its partners. SimplyAstro.com
partners cannot view or access private information about SimplyAstro.com members.
Information not directly submitted by members to SimplyAstro.com
Aggregate:
This information -- browser type and IP address -- is general in nature and is gathered
for all members of SimplyAstro.com. It cannot be linked to any individual user.
With whom does SimplyAstro.com
share the information it collects/tracks?
Except where you are expressly informed otherwise or as described immediately below.
We do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information
except to the financial institution that processes your credit card or check transaction
unless required by law or for the protection of your membership.
If you register with SimplyAstro.com through one of our co-branded versions, your
registration and profile information may be shared with the co-branding partner
solely for the purpose of fulfilling the services provided by the co-branded site
and any related promotional offers.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of the co-branded partner for questions
about their use of your personally identifiable information and how you can modify
or delete it.
Tell me about links
with other sites.
SimplyAstro.com does provide links to other sites but is not responsible for the
privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users 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 SimplyAstro.com
Tell me about Cookies.
SimplyAstro.com uses cookies to deliver various services and to keep track of your
personal preferences. A cookie is a small text file that can be entered into the
memory of your browser to help a site recognize repeat users, facilitate the user's
ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and
compile aggregate data that allows Internet services to make content improvements
and conduct targeted advertising.
If you do not want information to be collected through cookies, use the browser's
function that allows a user to deny the cookie feature. You can also delete cookie
files from your computer at your discretion.
Please note that the use of cookies is a necessary part of the SimplyAstro.com technology
and is necessary if you wish to access SimplyAstro.com. If you disable the cookie
feature on your browser or delete cookie files from your computer, you may not be
able to access certain features/services on SimplyAstro.com. Cookies may also be
necessary to provide you with certain features like customized look and feel, customized
information, etc.
SimplyAstro.com uses cookies to provide its services, to deliver content specific
to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time
you visit different pages on our site, and for other purposes. We do not and will
not use cookies to collect private information from any user!
Also, please note that cookies are used only to recollect information sent to your
computer from SimplyAstro.com. We cannot access any information not sent by SimplyAstro.com.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers).
However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Tell me about SimplyAstro.com's
policy on correcting, updating or removing personal information.
SimplyAstro.com gives users several options for modifying or removing their information
from our database. Please visit the My Account page to modify/remove your information
or contact us.
Changes in SimplyAstro.com's
privacy policy.
If we change our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link to those changes
on our homepage so that our users are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner
different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by
way of an email.
Users will have a choice to allow/disallow SimplyAstro.com the use of their information
in this different manner, and we will then use information in accordance with the
privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Tell me about security
of my personal information.
SimplyAstro.com takes every precaution to protect its users' information. When users
submit sensitive information via the website, the information is protected both
online and offline.
When our registration/order process asks users to enter sensitive information (such
as a credit card number),that information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software in the industry - Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do
everything in our power to protect user information offline. All of our users' information,
not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices.
Only employees (for example, a billing clerk or a customer service representative)
who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally
identifiable information.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us.
Tell me about e-mail
choice/opt-out policy.
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having information used for
purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from
our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions
contained in the email.
Tell me how to
contact SimplyAstro.com.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site,
or your dealings with this website, please
contact us.