Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2009
www.taskescape.com ("Task Escape”, “we”, “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors on-line while interacting with the content, products and services on this site (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy applies to the Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other web sites to which we link. This Privacy Policy describes in some detail the information that we collect from you (or “User”) as part of the normal operation of our service, and what may happen to the information we collect.
You agree that your use of the Site signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.
Information Collected:
When you visit Site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information (“Personal Information”) you voluntarily choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information (“Website Information”) collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Site.
1. Personal Information
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Registration Information
When you register for any of our products, services or newsletters you will provide us information about yourself such as Full Name, Gender, Location and Address.
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Credit Card Information
If you choose to avail of our services, you may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the following information:
Name
Mailing address
Email address
Credit card number -Name on credit card -Credit card billing address; and, Business and home phone number.
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Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Information
Site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" and web server log files to collect information about how our Site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the IP address, browser types, date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Site, and the web sites visited just before and just after our Web site.
Use of Information Obtained
We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications, by email, regarding new services offered by us that we think you may find valuable.
Please note that Personal Information is used only to provide you with a more enjoyable, convenient online experience and to help us identify and/or provide information, products or services that may be of interest to you. We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Site and its features.
We may permit certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the source address that a page request is coming from, your IP address or domain name, the date and time of the page request, the referring web site (if any) and other parameters in the URL. This is collected in order to better understand our Site usage, and enhance the performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. We may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails; analyze data; provide search results and links and assist in fulfilling your orders.
You will receive notice when your Personal Information might be provided to any third party for any reason other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, and you will have an opportunity to request that we not share such information.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and for business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.
We may also work with outside companies to provide you with customized advertising or content. Your Personal Information and Website Information may be shared with these companies. However we will not allow these companies to share your Personal Information with any third party or from using it for any other purpose.
Email Opt-out
Task Escape employs a strict policy against sending unsolicited email. Because email is an integral part of the program, you sign up to receive email targeted to your interests at the time of enrollment. If you later decide you wish to cease participation in this portion of the program, by clicking on the opt-out links contained within each Task Escape email or by sending an email to info@TaskEscape.com.
Please note that opting not to receive email does not exempt you from receiving administrative emails that include but are not limited to, notices about vital program and membership status changes, Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions updates and purchase and redemption confirmation emails.
Our Member Services Department may contact you in response to your inquiries, to provide services at your request and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email, telephone or fax in accordance with your wishes.
Cookies
We use "cookies". A cookie is a small piece of data stored on the User's computer. We use cookies to identify the Internet browser, store users’ preferences, and determine whether the correct software needed to access certain material on the Site has been installed. Data in cookies may also be read to authenticate user sessions or provide services.
Third party advertisements displayed on the Site may also contain cookies set by advertising companies or advertisers (known as “third party cookies”). We do not control these third party cookies and Users of the Site should check the privacy policy of the Internet advertising company or advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies.
You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser. However, by blocking all cookies you may not have access to certain features on the Site.
We may use cookies and similar tools to customise the content and advertising you receive based on the Personal Information and Website Information you have provided. The information used for this feature does not provide your Personal Information or identify you as an individual to third parties, but will involve the processing of certain Website Information such as IP addresses.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Disclosure of Information
Task Escape may share any information you submit on or to the Site when it has your consent to do so.
We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a User or subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process transactions or provide services that you have requested.
Task Escape aggregates non- personally identifiable information and may disclose such aggregated information to third parties for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, it does not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to identify you.
Notwithstanding the above policies, we reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information to appropriate third parties if we are required to do so by law or We believe that such action is necessary: to comply with legal process such as a search warrant or court order; to protect against misuse or unauthorised use of Our Site.
Task Escape may also share or disclose information, where necessary, to legal and other professional advisers, Task Escape’s related companies and other business support providers, including document storage, printing and collating companies.
Links
You should be aware that when you are on this Site, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from Site pages that take you outside our service. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement or a "referral link to another site", the "click" takes you off the Site. This includes links from some advertisers, site sponsors and partners that may use Site’s logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to Users, collect data or solicit personal information.
The Site is not responsible for the privacy policies and/ or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a User should read the privacy policy stated on that site. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collect by the Site.
Your Consent
By using our Site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.
Data Security
Task Escape has established company-wide security practices for your protection. These practices include, but are not limited to, firewall security, the use of appropriate encryption technology, and the use of multiple levels of password security to limit access to data on a "need-to-know" basis.
We may use contractors or vendors to help us provide some of the services at our site. If we disclose personal information for them to provide the services, it is with the requirement that the information is kept confidential and used only for those services. All contractors and employees are required to familiarize themselves with, and abide by, these safeguards.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our Site requests information from users 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. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Live Assistance
We offer you a unique ‘Live Assistance’ feature on the Site to interact with us for any instant assistance or query handling. When the online customer service chat first begins, Users are asked to enter their names in whatever format or detail they prefer. During the chat, Users enter into a live question and answer session with an operator. We maintain dialogue transcripts of these chats. After the chat, we ask Users to fill out an exit survey in order to obtain valuable feedback about our service. Filling out the exit survey is completely voluntary. The surveys may ask for contact information (e.g., email address) and for demographic information (e.g., zip code, age or income level).
We log browser information (e.g., Internet Protocol addresses and browser types) to help diagnose problems with our server, gather broad demographic information and administer our site.
We access the information we collect for certain purposes including, but not limited to, the following: to provide maintenance, support or professional services to our customers, to aggregate the information, to monitor the use of the service during certain chats and for other lawful purposes.
Privacy Control
Children are not eligible to use our services unsupervised and we ask that children (under the age of 14) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this service only in conjunction with permission and guidance from your parents or guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in Ownership
In the event that the Site (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part of those assets, and may be part of those assets that are transferred.
Changes in the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this Privacy Policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.
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