Kappler, Inc. Privacy Policy

Collection of Information

Information You Provide To Us

This website collects various types of information that you provide directly to us, such as:

Voluntarily provided information which may include your name, address, email address, password, billing and/or credit card information, preference or interest data, gender, date of birth, occupation, employer information, photo, etc., which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you access or use our services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:

Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the services, including your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, web request, access times, pages viewed, web browser, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to the services.

Mobile Device Information: We collect information about the mobile device you use to access our services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, mobile network information, and information about your use of our mobile applications.

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We and our service providers use various technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see “Your Choices” below.

This website collects information at various times, such as:

• When you register on our site
• When you subscribe to a newsletter
• When you fill out a form or enter information on our site
• When you leave a comment on our site
• When you share our content or images on other platforms

Information We Collect From Other Sources

We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Services. For example, if you create or log into your account through a third-party social media site, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site; we may also collect information about you when you post content to our pages/feeds on third-party social media sites.

Use of Information

We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, improve and promote our products and services
• Provide and deliver the information, products, and services you request process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service
• Communicate with you about products, services, surveys, offers, promotions, rewards and events offered by Kappler and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services
• Personalize and improve the Services and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests
• Facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions, and process and deliver entries and rewards
• Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
• Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.

We are based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing and transfer of information in and to the U.S. and other countries.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

• With vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work or perform services on our behalf;
• When you participate in the interactive areas of our Services, certain information you provide may be displayed to other users, such as your name, photo, comments and other information you choose to provide;
• In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;
• If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of Kappler or others;
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company; and
• With your consent or at your direction.

Social Sharing Features

The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and to provide analytics services. These entities may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be used by Kappler and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites and better understand your online activity. For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes by companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices.

Security

Kappler takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Your Choices

Account Information

You may review, correct or modify information maintained in your online account at any time by logging into your account and updating your profile information or by emailing us at customerservice@kappler.com. If you wish to delete or deactivate your account, please email us at customerservice@kappler.com, but note that some information you provide through the Services may continue to be accessible (e.g., comments you submit through the Services) and that we may continue to store information about you as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability or functionality of our Services

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by sending an email to customerservice@kappler.com. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

Push Notifications/Alerts

With your consent, we may send push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at customerservice@Kappler.com.

Children Under Age of 13

Kappler does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communications from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to customerservice@kappler.com. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our website does contain links to other websites. Kappler does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.

Disclaimer/Disclosures

Kappler includes government support, private sector support, a blog, e-marketing newsletters, and other services. Kappler may use its blog and online profiles to generate revenue using a number of sources, including advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, affiliate links, and other forms of compensation. In such cases, the content, advertisement, or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content and will be noted by using a disclosure at the beginning and end of each post.

Kappler does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

Kappler makes every reasonable effort to ensure that information presented on this website is accurate but does not guarantee that all information and content is error-free. Kappler does not constitute information on this website as advice, legal or otherwise, and cannot guarantee the outcomes of using the content on this website.

All content on Kappler is for information only, and this blog and its’ author are not liable for any damages, losses or injury that may occur due to the use of the information provided herein.

The venue for all actions arising out of this website with Kappler as a party shall be Alabama.

Security

Kappler shall endeavor and shall take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to our offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user’s personal information under our control.

Copyright

Content and images on Kappler are not to be reproduced without consent from the owner. Users may link to articles and products on https://www.kappler.com as well as link to authorities that share other parts of Kappler. However, this does not constitute any grant of rights otherwise. All rights are reserved by Kappler for content, copy, images, graphics, and all else. Unless otherwise noted, copyright is held by Kappler as of the date initially published or presented in public.

Acceptance of Terms

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy Agreement related to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email.

Email: info@ Kappler.com

UPDATED: 12/12/2019

Cookie

COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: 12/12/2019

We use cookies on our sites (kappler.com and the subdomains associated with kappler.com) (“our site”) for a number of purposes. They help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of the e-billing services.

Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below.

First-party (IT Governance Ltd) cookies:

This website will set some cookies that are essential for the website to operate correctly. These cookies, none of which capture personally identifiable information, are as follows:

Visitor ID – this cookie is a numeric value that identifies unique visitors and provides coherence and consistency to a site visit;

Page Number – this cookie identifies the page you are on;

Session ID – this cookie identifies your website session;

Test – this cookie checks whether or not your browser supports cookies;

Order – this cookie ensures that your shopping basket works correctly.

Third-party cookies

Our websites will set several types of third-party cookies, and we do not control the operation of any of them. The third-party cookies which may be set include:

Google Analytics – we use Google Analytics to collect data about website usage. This data does not include personally identifiable information. You can view the Google Privacy Policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Facebook Pixels – we use Facebook Pixels to retarget website users for Facebook ads. This means that if you browse our website, you’re more likely to see our Facebook ads. You can view the Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.