Privacy Policy
Corporate Privacy Policy
LocalBenefitsAid, Inc. (referred to herein as "LocalBenefitsAid", "our", "us" or "we") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of those visiting our websites, including our Members' Replicated Websites (hereafter collectively referred to as the "Website" or "Websites"). Any personal information, such as your name, address, email address or phone number that you provide is extremely important to us. To earn your trust, we respect your privacy in handling Personal Information relating to you and your transactions with us, whether made through LocalBenefitsAid.com or one of our related Websites. LocalBenefitsAid created this Privacy Policy to give you confidence as you visit and use the Websites, and to demonstrate its commitment to fair information practices and to the protection of privacy.
This Privacy Policy describes the Personal Information we gather about you, what we do with it, the safeguards we have in place to protect it, and how you can control our use of it. By visiting or using the Websites, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy, and you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. When you provide Personal Information to our Websites, you are consenting to the manner in which LocalBenefitsAid will collect, use, disclose, and otherwise manage your Personal Information, as set out below.
This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Websites and not to any Third-Party websites, which may have data collection, storage and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy. For additional information, see the Section V(A) concerning Links to Third-Party Websites, below.
Each time you use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time you use the Website you should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end) and review any changes since the last time you visited the Website. For additional information, see the section concerning Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy, below.
BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF, THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE WEBSITE.
- WHO MAY USE THE WEBSITES
Children's Privacy. LocalBenefitsAid is committed to the safety of our children. The Websites are not intended or designed to attract users under the age of 18. Persons under the age of 18 may not enroll as LocalBenefitsAid Members or register as Customers. Children under the age of 13 may not purchase products through any of our Websites. LocalBenefitsAid does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If LocalBenefitsAid obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, LocalBenefitsAid will immediately delete such information from its database. Because LocalBenefitsAid does not collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, LocalBenefitsAid has no such information to use or disclose to third parties. LocalBenefitsAid has designed this Privacy Policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Users Outside Of the United States. The Websites are intended for users from the United States and those not governed by privacy policies of other countries. Users from the European Union are advised not to disclose Personal Information to LocalBenefitsAid. Information sent to us will be housed on servers located in the state of Colorado, in the United States. Do not send us information unless you consent to the application of U.S. law and to the use and disclosure of your information consistent with this Privacy Policy. - INFORMATION COLLECTION
A. Traffic Data. Like most website operators, LocalBenefitsAid automatically gathers information of the sort that browsers automatically make available, including: (i) IP addresses; (ii) domain servers; (iii) types of devices accessing the Website; and (iv) types of Web browsers accessing the Website (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you.
B. Cookies. A "Cookie" is a string of information that a website stores on a user's computer, and that the user's browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website. The purpose of a Cookie is to identify the user as a unique user of the Website. LocalBenefitsAid uses Cookies to customize your experience on the Website to your interests, to ensure that you do not see the same informational messages repeatedly, and to store your username so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Website. For additional information on LocalBenefitsAid's uses of Cookies, see the section concerning Information Use and Disclosure Practices/Traffic Data and Information Gathered Using Cookies, below. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU SHOULD SET YOUR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN OF THE SERVICES AND CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. IF YOU REFUSE COOKIES, YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
We use JavaScript to record your usage behavior on our website in order to adapt our web services to the needs of our users. In doing so, we determine your browser type, location, time, and duration of your use, URL, page name, and the website that referred you to our page. You can stop us from recording this data by disabling JavaScript directly in your browser.
Personal Information. Through your use of or visits to our websites, you may be required or requested to provide personally identifiable information (hereafter "Personal Information") to us. Personal Information is any piece of information which can potentially be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. Such information includes, without limitation: (1) "Contact Data" (such as your name, title, gender, mailing address, phone number(s) and e-mail address (2) "Demographic Data" (such as your age, gender, profession, education level,country, state, city
Non-Personal Information. "Non-Personal Information" is anonymous information is that information we collect that is not traceable to any individual person or computer. We utilize this data to analyze trends and understand customer needs while shopping and interacting on our site so that we can provide a better user experience. For example, we may use cookies, web beacons, log files and other technologies to collect information about visitors to our Website, and interactions with our online advertisements and offerings. -
EMAIL POLICY
Your email address will only be shared with our preferred mailing partner. If You receive an email from the Company, its advertisers, service providers, or other third parties, Your email address was obtained as a result of either Your express and voluntarily request to receive information from the Company, its advertisers service providers, or other third parties or Your existing relationship with the Company, its advertisers, service providers, or other third parties. Each email sent contains an automated method to "opt out" of receiving additional emails from the Company. If You no longer wish to receive emails from the Company, please follow the instructions at the end of any email. If You remove Your information from the Company's database, it will no longer be used by us for secondary purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by us to send promotional correspondence to You.
- INFORMATION USE AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES
A. Traffic Data and Information Gathered Using Cookies. We use "cookies" to recognize you as you use or return to our sites. This is done so that we can provide a continuous and more personalized experience for you. A cookie is a small text file that a website or email may save to your browser and store on your hard drive. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive once you sign out from LocalBenefitsAid.com or close your web browser. We use cookies to provide features and services
B. Web Beacons. We may also use web beacons. A "web beacon" is an electronic image placed in the code of a web page. Beacons allow us to know if a certain page was visited, an email was opened, or if ad banners on our website and other sites were effective. We use web beacons to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page to another and to improve site performance.
C. Personal Information. Personal Information that is collected is used and disclosed as described in this Privacy Policy. Except as specifically set forth in this Privacy Policy, LocalBenefitsAid DOES NOT share Personal Information. LocalBenefitsAid may share aggregated information from time to time with its partners, vendors or other third parties. D. Disclosure Practices. Except under the following circumstances and otherwise as set forth in this Privacy Policy, LocalBenefitsAid will keep your Personal Information private and will not sell it to or share it with third parties.
By Law or to Protect Rights. LocalBenefitsAid discloses Personal Information when required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or when LocalBenefitsAid believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of LocalBenefitsAid, third parties, or the public at large.
Legally Required Law Enforcement, Judicial and Administrative Agency Disclosures. LocalBenefitsAid will provide confidential and personally identifiable information as necessary to comply with judicial and administrative orders, subpoenas, Civil or Criminal Investigative Demands, Administrative and Regulatory Demands and other legal obligations. In order for LocalBenefitsAid to conduct business in certain jurisdictions, LocalBenefitsAid must disclose certain personally identifiable and confidential information to regulatory authorities in such jurisdictions. Such information may include, but is not limited to, personally identifiable information.
Business Transfers or Bankruptcy. LocalBenefitsAid reserves the right to transfer all Personal Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of LocalBenefitsAid's assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personal Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of that new privacy policy and an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it. Personal Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however, may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by LocalBenefitsAid's successor organization. - COMMUNICATIONS FROM US
A. Alerts and Updates. By enrolling as a User,you consent to receive periodic SMS text messages and email messages from us.When you sign up you may select the frequency of such message and may unsubscribe at anytime
B. Privacy Preferences/Opt-Out. We offer an on-line preference section located within the your account section on www.LocalBenefitsAid.com, where you can register and change your preferences and to receive or not receive SMS text messages or emails .Please allow sufficient time for your preferences to be processed.
SMS Text Messaging
You may unsubscribe from receiving LocalBenefitsAid Text Message Alerts at any time by texting the word "STOP" ,"END" or "QUIT" from your device
Email messaging
You may also change your marketing preferences or remove yourself from our email list by clicking on an "unsubscribe" hyperlink contained in promotional emails or sending an email to unsubscribe@LocalBenefitsAid.com.
- SMS COMMUNICATION POLICY (TEXT MESSAGING)
A. Text Messaging. If you so elect, you may provide your mobile phone number to LocalBenefitsAid to receive alerts.. By submitting your mobile phone number, you consent to receive text message alerts from LocalBenefitsAid containing product and event information, product tips or promotions that may be sent using automated dialing systems ("Text Messages"). Your consent to receive Text Messages is not otherwise required to purchase any goods or services from us. You may not consent to receive Text Messages on behalf of someone else or provide someone else's phone number. You agree to enter into, sign and receive your consent to receive Text Messages electronically.
You may receive up to 30 recurring texts per month and you may set the frequency in which you prefer to receive text messages from us. We do not charge a fee for you to receive Text Messages from us, however, your mobile service provider may charge you for sending and/or receiving text messages and air-time, as well as any other standard applicable rates charged by your mobile service provider.
Carriers are not responsible or liable in any way for delayed or undelivered messages
Participating Carriers are:
ACS Wireless Cox Wireless Pocket Wireless Alltel Cricket Communications Revol Wireless All West Communications Element Mobile Silver Star PCS Appalachian Wireless Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Simmetry Wireless AT&T GCI Wireless Snake River PCS Bluegrass Wireless Golden State Cellular South Central Communications Bluegrass Wireless Golden State Cellular South Central Communications Boost Unlimited Immix Sprocket Wireless Breakaway Wireless Inland Cellular Strata Networks Carolina West Wireless iWireless Syringa Wireless Cambridge Telephone Company (CTC) Metro PCS Thumb Cellular Cellcom Midwest Wireless T-Mobile Cellular South Nex-Tech Wireless United Wireless Cellular One of East Central Illinois Nextel Union Wireless Cellular One of Montana Northwest Missouri Cellular U.S. Cellular Cellular One of NEPA nTelos Verizon Wireless Centennial Wireless Nucla-Naturita Telephone Co. Viaero Wireless Chat Mobility Panhandle Telecommunications Virgin Mobile US Cellular 29 Pioneer Cellular West Central Wireless Cincinnati Bell Plateau Wireless
You may unsubscribe from receiving LocalBenefitsAid Text Messages any time by texting the word "STOP" ,"END" or "QUIT" from your device. If you need help for any reason text the word "HELP" You may also choose not to receive Text Messages by emailing us at support@localbenefitsaid.com. and specifying that this is your preference.You also may receive help or opt-out from receiving text messages by call us at 1-844-207-1475
Text Messages are distributed via third party mobile network providers and, therefore, we cannot control certain factors relating to message delivery or guarantee availability or performance of this service, including liability for transmission delays or message failures. To receive help with Text Messages, you can text the word "Help" or call or email support@localbenefitsaid.com.
We may also obtain the date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of Text Messages. We will use the information we obtain in connection with our Text Messages in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
B. Selling Of Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose personal information collected by our site to third parties.
C. Security of Personal Information. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of Personal Information in our custody and control. We also are committed to employing reasonable technology in order to protect the security of our Websites. However, even with the best technology, no website is 100% secure. We will take reasonable measures which we believe are appropriate to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction, and, where possible, will ask that any third parties to whom we may transfer such information to take comparable steps to protect that security.
D. Password. To provide you with an increased level of security, online access to your Personal Information is protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. LocalBenefitsAid will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication (including unsolicited correspondence such as letters, phone calls or e-mail messages).
E. Making Changes to Your Personal Information. Users may update their personal information as necessary by logging into their LocalBenefitsAid account, which allows them to access and edit their registration account information. In addition, you may contact us at support@localbenefitsaid.com.
F. Information Sharing Disclosure Requests. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request one Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure per year which will identify the third parties with whom LocalBenefitsAid or any of our affiliates has shared the Personal Information we have collected from you. You may request the Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure by writing to us at. support@localbenefitsaid.com.
Notice to California Residents - Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our customers who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year.If you are a California resident and would like to make suchYou may request the Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure by writing to us at. help@LocalBenefitsAid.com